After a massive paint orgy on Friday, I'm at the stage where quite a few models are in need of basing. Exciting times! I've based up my best examples into impetvs-sized units to give an impression of what the finished army might look like, The units will be single-based, and affixed to a sabot-base. I briefly considered using magnets (like every other blogger seems to be...) but realised that a cheaper solution already exists! Blu-tac!
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| This was using my Vallejo greens, which don't seem to work. I am currently mixing blue and yellow to get the colour right. |
I've found that it's possible to do the wood on spears with minimal effort by basecoating with Leather Brown and drybrushing with Bonewhite. So much better than starting from scorched brown!
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| The shield patterns are very hit and miss. |
As you can see, I'm having a little trouble with the shields, especially the ones involving straight lines. My next gaming purchase is going to be masking tape to do this properly.
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| 5 25mm bases is 125mm wide, just a bit too wide for Impetvs, so one horse has to be unbased. |
My large order of correctly-sized bases arrived today, so I spent a good hour gluing horses down. Hoping to have a completed shot of my 13th century folks at the end of the bank holiday weekend. Fat chance eh folks?
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| Crusader horses aren't amazing, but they have four legs, at least. |
I've finally bitten the bullet and attempted to wrestle thread and paper into line to make more slingers. I was worried that it would be impossible to pose them in a 'throwing' action, as the thread would droop, but I'm pleased that this is not the case!
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| Another brilliant slinger conversion. |
Yes, I am that excited about not having to buy metal models for one army. I'm writing a wargaming blog, did you expect me to be 'cool' and 'with it'?
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