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valleyboy wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:08 pm That's a great set up Donald, are they 20mms or 28s?
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You might notice a thin smattering of the old Airfix figures in the ranks.

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Lovely stuff but surely if you have Airfix in the ranks you need to use Terry Wise's rules?
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With the ACW, I just do as I'm told.

I was rather shocked to hear about all the weird fencing you need & just how much is required for a 6mx2m layout.

The battle is evidently going to be Chancellorsville BTW.

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ochoin wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:13 am With the ACW, I just do as I'm told.

I was rather shocked to hear about all the weird fencing you need & just how much is required for a 6mx2m layout.

The battle is evidently going to be Chancellorsville BTW.

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So was I - I built loads from scratch and still think its not enough. Do any MDF companies produce anything useful?
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ochoin wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:13 am I was rather shocked to hear about all the weird fencing you need & just how much is required for a 6mx2m layout.
And of course, it will need to be the correct type of fencing, not just for Virginia, but for Spotsylvania County, which will almost certainly be unique to that particular place.

The ACW set up looks as good as your ECW one (which is superb).
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valleyboy wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:09 am
ochoin wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:13 am With the ACW, I just do as I'm told.

I was rather shocked to hear about all the weird fencing you need & just how much is required for a 6mx2m layout.

The battle is evidently going to be Chancellorsville BTW.

donald
So was I - I built loads from scratch and still think its not enough. Do any MDF companies produce anything useful?
I believe Andy bought some mdf snake (?) fencing.

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There’s Blotz:
Says it’s 10mm ‘scale’ but look at the figure comparison, it seems too big for 10mm
https://blotz.co.uk/index.php?main_page ... ts_id=1142

Or Hoka Hey’s 15mm ‘scale’:
https://www.timelineminiatures.co.uk/st ... ke-fencing
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levied troop wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:33 pm There’s Blotz:
Says it’s 10mm ‘scale’ but look at the figure comparison, it seems too big for 10mm
https://blotz.co.uk/index.php?main_page ... ts_id=1142

Or Hoka Hey’s 15mm ‘scale’:
https://www.timelineminiatures.co.uk/st ... ke-fencing
Thank you. I'll pass it on to the OM who has taken full responsibility of the terrain: I believe the knots in the wood the fences are made of must be authentic to the locale. He's fairly painstaking at the best of times & the ACW is his baby.

Unlike most Show games, where I supply 50% and more of the figures, I have only a few hundred painted & will only be adding a handful to bring them up to strength. This does give me time to pursue my Nap. Waterloo Campaign project.

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