This is a summary of how I built a 6mm scale prototype forest with a removable canopy top in 6mm scale for second World War games, which might also work for 15mm scale infantry, possibly for War of 1812 games. The finished product is shown below.
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| Top half of photo shows Forest with removable canopy and base |
I decided just to make one forest to start with, figuring I would likely learn by my mistakes, and best to do that with one forest before going into "mass production" of 10 or more.
I was pleased that some new members at my Games Club the Ottawa Miniatures Gamers (OMG) club have expressed an interest in playing Spearhead, a battalion / regiment level Second World War land battle game, reviving one of my favourite micro scale Second World War rules sets that I had not had a chance to play in over a decade at the club. This game took place on Sunday February 5th, 2023 at OMG, it is set in the Summer of 1944 in Normandy with two reinforced British battalions attacking one German reinforced battalion that is defending a town and a nearby ridge line. The scenario is an introductory scenario since both players had not played for some time and with an AGM a the club meeting interrupting the game we had limited time. The game was played in 6mm, 1/285 scale on a 3' x 4' gaming area, a Warzone Homeland - green grass and earth mouse pad mat.
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| Scenario map |
The
map above is based on a 36" wide by 48" deep table where each grid square is 12" in width or 1200 yards. A series
of woods break-up the battlefield and provide cover for both the British forces and the German defenders, whom I was playing.
The scenario called "Battalions Advance" can be found here: https://ww2spearhead.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/battalion-advance/comment-page-1/#comment-292
