What are you working on....?

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I'm still plugging away at my technicals and armoured vehicles and those fiddly little projects mounting weapons and crew on/in vehicles. Awaiting a PP parcel to mount a ZPU-4 on my spare QRF tracked chassis and more support weapons and crews for the troops. I need more bases I've been so busy it would appear.
I'm trialling a new process - getting figures 3/4 complete then basing before finishing off 'in situ'. No point in highlighting bits no-one will see eh?
The plan is to finish all my Govt. forces before Christmas

Neil

[Leman (Andy)]

Off to Modelbouw Krikke again this afternoon to see if I can pick up a more user friendly plastic spatula for applying basing material. The metal one is ok, but a bit fiddly getting between figures bases. At least I very quickly surmised that putting reusable tufts back on new bases before applying basing material was probably as stupid as giving the richest in society a massive tax break.

[sukhe_bator (Neil)]

I use my blunted scalpel blades as mini spatulas for applying basing material... the curved No.10 does most jobs and the triangular 10A is good for getting into those important little places...

Neil

[Colonel Kilgore]

I use a wooden lollipop stick to dump the basing material onto the base, and then move it around with a cocktail stick.

Simon

[Panzer21]

Off to Modelbouw Krikke again this afternoon to see if I can pick up a more user friendly plastic spatula for applying basing material. The metal one is ok, but a bit fiddly getting between figures bases. At least I very quickly surmised that putting reusable tufts back on new bases before applying basing material was probably as stupid as giving the richest in society a massive tax break.

The anti-tuft growth coalition? ☺

Neil

[Leman (Andy)]

 

[Paul in NZ]

I've repainted all my 10mm Goblins into the D&D colours ie Tan, Ochre etc now just need to rebase.  They should make some bases towards a Goblin Army.

Also finishing some 15mm sci-fi infantry... just need a few praetorians

[Leman (Andy)]

Currently I am in 6mm mode, the German Wars of Unification. This will certainly occupy most of this year, but then it will be back to Square Bashing 1914 - my troops are languishing and begging for an outing, and I want to play through the retreat to the Marne. If I can do a decent job of fitting scenarios to the grid I'll photograph them and post them. I have a very nice book of gridded paper for this purpose.

[martin goddard]

Sounds good Andy.

martin

[Ozzie]

Have just submitted a figure review to the Society of Ancient's journal Slingshot for the Dark Ages Carolingians. Should be in the next issue.

Very nice figures and worthy of tabletop outings. When my gaming group started talking of games for the "Crusades", I interpreted this as Charlemagne against the pagan Saxons, not the later Holy Land stuff. Originality of thought rather than understanding the obvious?

[martin goddard]

Thank you for doing that. Very nice


martin

[Ozzie]

No worries. Good figures deserve to be seen. My PP Bedouin have seen a lot of tabletop use, usually on the wrong end of Egyptian or Sumerian spears, but they fill a vital role in the games I set up.

Building the Bedouin army and reviewing the PP figures for Slingshot triggered off my whole Middle Kingdom Egyptian and project, and now includes Bedouin, two Egyptian armies (for civil wars), Hyksos, Nubian and Libyan.

[martin goddard]

Hello Steve
Like you I always enjoy making new armies.
That army needs about  7 games to earn its place.
A bonus is that using a desert cloth makes a game look great.


martin

[Leman (Andy)]

Currently a step by step 1914/15 BEF infantryman using Contrast and standard paints to get a fairly quick finish. Photographing as I go and will submit as a Mill article.

[martin goddard]

MILL contributions always wanted Andy


martin