Diving into 10mm head first: project log

[BeardedHammer]

Lemmey: That's my plan for the moment. It's simple and effective, and that is exactly what I need.

Fred: Thanks for the heads up on the armor, I'll give it a shot.

What do you think about the dip method for the wash?

[fred.]

I've not used Army Painter Dip. The general view is it can be quite messy used as a dip.

I tend to make my own wash from Pledge floor polish diluted 50% with water and a few drops of ink (brown or black)

Forgot to say - I do like the look of your bases. With the Pikes I'll echo what Paul said, it can be worthwhile putting the angle pike troops back on the base a little to protect the pikes.

[BeardedHammer]

Ok, I'll re-base the pikes. I've changed my preferred method anyway, lol.

Thanks for the advice guys!

[toxicpixie]

The Days of the Silver Legions are well and truly behind us, hurrah

White under coat, detail and a decent wash should be fine if have thought. So long as the undercoat is solid it'll pass muster! If you're doing bronze for armour you might even get set with it straight over the white if it's a solid enough metallic - the GW Copper I have works well like that - no idea what it's now called though. GnarMar Obsidibronze or something most likely...

[BeardedHammer]

Here is the new pike line. It looks much better anyway



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[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Spiky!

[toxicpixie]

And will probably remain spiky for a lot longer

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello BH

That's what I'm looking for! I have a few buddies that are interested in 10 fantasy so I may do an adaptation from Pike and Shotte for that to get started.

There is a fantasy adaptation of Hail Caesar available from http://adyswargamesden.com/shadow-storm-aka-fantasy-hail-caesar-pdf/.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[BeardedHammer]

Awesome!  Thanks for the link Grumpy! I'll be checking that out ASAP!

I'm hoping to get started on the painting tomorrow evening.  Between rebasing the pikes and dealing with issues at work time ran short.

I'll post as I go, and I may be doing a bit of work on my WW2 army as well.

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[BeardedHammer]

Here is a pic of my first test base. Its a bit rough if you look close, but in a unit a foot or two away it'll do



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[Techno]

Well....
Seeing as on my monitor, those are coming up six to seven times actual size, I should think they look particularly zippy from a couple of feet away !
Great looking unit !
Cheers - Phil

[BeardedHammer]

LOL! I just had the same issue  I uploaded from my phone and it wasn't so bad.

Thanks for the compliment Techno! I will be going back and highlighting a bit to bring out some more detail, but that will be the general appearance.

[Subedai]

I can't tell from the picture but would give the armour a dark brown wash before you highlight.

Like fred 12df I use the magic wash recipe and can highly recommend it. You can make up any colour as a wash you desire provided you can get the relevant colour in waterproof ink.

The link for magic wash is

http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html

[paulr]

I second the motion to wash

Should also add that they are looking very good

[toxicpixie]

They've had a wash from the look of it - I'd guess a GW Reikland Flesh or similar?

Look very nice for 28mm figures, very like the Pendraken sculpts in 10mm but huge

Good decision on recessing the pikes, I think - you might actually get them base to base as needed without breaking all the pike shafts in storage/transport