Toxicpixies various motley assortment.

[FierceKitty]

Wot is dis "bathtub", pliss?

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[toxicpixie]

Wot is dis "bathtub", pliss?

It's a term for reducing the size of a game (in this case) so that instead of being a full sized ocean going mega tanker of a campaign you shrink it to something like a toy boat that would fit in a bathtub

Ideally you get all the period flavour and command decisions in a small easily playable space & amount of models.

So instead of Frundsbergs landsknectes at Pavia being five units strong, and the Swiss three etc on an eight foot by six foot board, they're two units and one unit etc on a three by two. Or you size down the Panzer Armee Afrika to a division with a German armoured group, an Italian armoured group and an Italian infantry brigade versus the Eight Army at similar reduction in size.

The. Play over terrain resized but essentially similar in effect to recreate the campaign in miniature. Using miniatures. Miniature. *ahem, sorry carried away there!

Like a real war but shrunk in the wash

And cheers, Andy

[FierceKitty]

Thank you.

[toxicpixie]

Pleasure! Sometimes it works well an you feel like a mini-Monty or mini-Frundsbergs, others it doesn't. Either just looks/feels daft or the tactical/operational decisions you're modelling just don't work at the reduced size/rules/whatever.

[toxicpixie]

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/131541168075?nav=SEARCH

Just a little shameless plug - a rather nice piece of terrain as done by the Ms Pixie - she's unimpressed with gaming but does like a bit of DIY scenery!

Must get some piccies of Sandinistas Williamite cavalry, now mostly done!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Cool

[Techno]

Like that !
Cheers - Phil

[toxicpixie]

Ta!

Sadly it's still available if anyone wants to avoid eBay fees In fact, if you've an idea for some scenery or want stuff done she's very handy with the "craft" side. Also very handy at general DIY which is good 'cos I'm not

Anyway, less of blowing her trumpet, here's some LoA miscellaneous command from Sandinista's nearly complete commission! Oddly enough, they're blowing their own trumpets

[paulr]

What have you done to that poor defenceless keyboard 

[Techno]

Looking good, Pixie ! (The figures....Not the keyboard. )
Cheers - Phil

[Leman]

Nice looking figures - lucky Sandinista.

[toxicpixie]

The keyboard is fine, it said so. Just don't think the bottle of superglue poised over it as a threat

I think I do to my keyboard with paint what Phil does to himself with the Dremel

Cheers - I'm impressed my camera skills and shonky lighting have come out ok tbh - usually my photo's are *terrible*!

[Womble67]

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

[toxicpixie]

Now Sandinista's LoA is off on its travels, I've knocked up a few bits and bobs - some more stuff for my Italian Wars, early-ish mounted crossbows -



There's a second image in the album, as well - https://www.facebook.com/jtppainting

Currently also got some 1/72nd Napoleonic Curaissiers on the bench as well, a simple "block and wash" job that will be off on FleaBay unless anyone at the CLub wants them/I can convince them they want me to paint a Waterloo game for Wargamer come December

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice work sir!

[toxicpixie]

Ta! I popped a piccy on the website as well, as I'm going to attempt the same for anything I paint that isn't shown... actually, if jchaos is reading - feel free to use any of the piccies for your 10mm catalogue thing, it's handy!

[Techno]

Very nice work sir!

Hear, hear.....Excellent work, Pixie.
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

 

Very nice basing but it doesn't blend very well with that base cloth 

[toxicpixie]

I know, I should take it back. In my defence I did find it in the garden when we moved here