Whilst I was on the way to Salute (more of that later) I got a message from the Margravina to say that a small parcel had arrived for me.
Excellent stuff! When I opened the pack I thought "crikey that's a lot to paint and base". Of course if I'd been more organised I'd have known what bases to buy from Pendraken today at Salute. I want to play around with different sizes and combinations before I commit to buying any bases.
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| Romans on the left, Carthaginians on the right. |
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| 650 inf, 84 cav and 5 elephants. Not bad for the money! |
Something to do in these longer, light evenings!
You will be raising two armies in no time! How was your visit to Salute?
ReplyDeleteIt was good Jon. I'll put up a brief post Sunday. I met Dave B, Lee and Ray, plus Postie himself! Yarkshire Gamer, Steve from General Reeve(?), Tamsin.
DeleteI look forward to hearing how Salute went too and perhaps you have some pictures…
DeleteAlan Tradgardland
I didn’t take many. Meant to go round again but it was just too big!
DeleteChris
Will follow your progress on these with great interest Chris....
ReplyDeleteMy first ancients since my mid-teens! When ABBA were big and Punk burst onto the scene!
DeleteBugger me, that’ll keep you busy!
ReplyDeleteFine fellow that you are, I’d rather not!
DeleteChris
Looking forward to seeing both the pictures and the basing experiments…
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Hopefully it won’t disappoint!
DeleteChris
A pretty cool project to revisit ancients. I have been tempted to the Punic era by some peek at the Warlord kit coming soon.
ReplyDeleteI’ve been tempted for a long time. A few games ago of Basic Impetus (adapted by Jon Freitag) gave me the push I needed.
DeleteChris.
Chris, while you are not constrained by basing, the legacy of WRG means most rule sets go for a 40mm frontage or in the case of Impetus, double that at 80mm for sizes 15mm and below. Depth varies, mostly between lighter and heavy troops.
ReplyDeleteI guess the question is, what rule set are you considering?
Neil
Hi Neil. I’m planning to do something along the lines of BI. I tend to do factors of 12 with my 6 and 10mm stuff. 40mm would therefore work. Also one side of my cloth is a hex grid 130mm between the flats, so 3 x 40mm or 4 x 30mm work.
DeleteThe other question I want to answer is what looks right and what is practical depth wise.
Chris
I shall look forward to see these with a lick or two of paint on them, Chris!
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