One clear advantage of watching the Euro2016 football
competition is that it provides plenty of time in which to finish those tedious
but necessary tasks, such as the base texturing of painted figures. I have
therefore completed the work on my late 19th century armies of Austria,
Prussia and France, as shown below:
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| French Army |
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| Prussian Army |
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| Austrian Army |
I am pleased with the results and can now get on and play
more Bloody Big Battles on the tabletop. I have also devised a method of ‘randomly’
generating forces for standalone games (I will discuss these in future AAR blog
posts). My ‘lead pile’ for painting has again been cleared; inspiration for new
projects awaits! I do require a few more Pendraken figures; each army could do
with a bit more cavalry, and the Austrians require some rocket troops, plus
some flags! I am looking forward to the ‘Attack’ show in Devizes and plan to
spend some money there. I also hope to sell on the Bring and Buy stall my 6mm
19th century armies, together with a pair of DBA 15mm samurai armies
by Two Dragons that have sat on the selves unused.
Looking good, Mark! Each nationality looks to provide a gameable force. These are 10mm, right?
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan. Yes they are 10mm Pendraken figures. I really like this scale of miniature at the moment. You can get a reasonable amount of detail, they paint surprisingly quickly, they are not too fiddly or light weight on the tabletop, and look the business for large scale battles. Plus the cost is relatively small e.g. the above armies cost only roughly £50 each.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful armies, Mark! Looking forward to seeing them in action!
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