Just joined the forum, have been a customer of Pendraken for many years and have large WW2 and WW1 collections. Would like to be persuaded into other areas but the fear of painting 10mm for some era's definitely is off putting, but then again I prefer playing with my toys not painting them. :)
Bill
Hello and welcome,
10mm is addictive!
Welcome on board Bill :)
Morning Kaiser
Get yourself some Pendraken Marlburians or 7YW or AWI.
Paint them like this (quick and easy).
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qvPLzEYOCTI/WJzulokUtoI/AAAAAAAAG-0/eWfaEoRnGuUNJ3tPdouYuxFKO8I2yPtcQCLcB/s1600/P1000484.JPG)
http://jim-duncan.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/the-portable-wargame-paintjob.html
Once you know what you are doing, paint them like this.
(http://www.pendraken.co.uk/ProductImages/AWB1.jpg)
Eventually you'll have enough to do this.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0R048v9bX7c/T6afs1nyyQI/AAAAAAAAAvs/C6o6BU7g9I8/s1600/P1030724.JPG)
Jim
more foreigners - hi
IanS
Welcome to the premier internet forum, full of Talent, Intelligence and Wit........... sorry wrong Forum :)
Welcome Kaiserbill, to the mad house.
Fit like frae anither in the same neck o' the wids. Banchory.
Furtle twimble bobbldyboo, dingle dandle plonk, or in the common British tongue, welcome - democracy being all conquering, therefore again welcome, unless of course you are French, German, Irish Republic, Polish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish, Swedish etc.. God, how I love this sceptic Isle :-&
Welcome to the forum!
Don't let the thought of painting put you off. Even very modest paint jobs look good from "gaming distance" when viewed en masse.
As far as I'm concerned the smaller the figure, the easier it is to get away with a less than perfect paint job ... which may explain why I'm currently painting up 3mm figures :D
Welcome to the forum, Kaiserbill! As I spend a good deal of time in my 10mm, 17th c. version of Aberdeenshire, you are twice welcome!
Weetinypaintphobia is to be embraced (as Jim just showed). This world can be your oyster (or your rowie if you prefer :) )
Welcome to the Forum kaiserbill!
8)
Quote from: Leman on 25 September 2017, 12:42:00 PM
Furtle twimble bobbldyboo, dingle dandle plonk, or in the common British tongue, welcome - democracy being all conquering, therefore again welcome, unless of course you are French, German, Irish Republic, Polish, Lithuanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish, Swedish etc.. God, how I love this sceptic Isle :-&
Is that sceptic or septic?
Quote from: Leman on 25 September 2017, 12:42:00 PM
Furtle twimble bobbldyboo, dingle dandle plonk
Likely you are not aware of what you just said in Southern Appalachian English, but I want to affirm that none of my cousins actually ever did that! ;) :D
Welcome, Kaiser Bill !!
Cheers - Phil.
What Ho! Bill.
Welcome to the Forum. Well, if you've done WWI and WWII, there are still plenty of periods to game. Hang on for a tick and the Korean War will be on line, then there's the Vietnam, Falklands, Arab-Israeli (if you're not keen on infantry), Spanish Civil, and with a bit of tweaking the India-Pakistan, Russian Civil, Russo-Polish, Sino-Japanese, and of course, the Indo-China.
Think they do some earlier stuff too. :-
What takes your fancy? C19? Medieval? Ancients?
I think the C17 to early C19 is the hardest to paint. May I suggest (as I always do) the ACW? You can get a really good effect with relatively simple uniforms, and then when you get gallus you could add Zouaves and the like.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i9Ak6JGwPW8/UJsDTTylXrI/AAAAAAAAGxo/sXL54aMU9Iw/s912/PA180531.JPG)
Quote from: d_Guy on 25 September 2017, 01:57:28 PM
Likely you are not aware of what you just said in Southern Appalachian English, but I want to affirm that none of my cousins actually ever did that! ;) :D
Oh they should try it! Such fun. Just remember to warm the rice pudding, and don't let the children go near the flame thrower.
... oh. And make sure the razors are sharp.
Quote from: fsn on 25 September 2017, 04:49:53 PM
Oh they should try it! Such fun. Just remember to warm the rice pudding, and don't let the children go near the flame thrower.
... oh. And make sure the razors are sharp.
Not bad! But flamethrower would be "dinghhee" (like in the Welch) a common mistake for non-native speakers. dingle would literally be "chicken feather blaster offer" but the usual translation would be "chicken plucker".
Hi Bill
I'm going to make an unusual statement here, heed what fsn suggests (this may be similar to a stopped clock telling the right time twice a day, but he does offer some good ideas).
I'd definitely look to go a bit earlier to the end of the 19th Century - you still get uniforms but you get colour too.
Hallo!
The WSS range has nice simple sculpts with plenty of character, and generally simple uniforms - it's a great place to start. Eventually you can move back to the League of Augsberg and go cross eyed ;)
Can't do better than start with SYW.
Hi
Welcome Bill. What Kitty said.
Cheers Paul
Welcome to the madhouse. It's full of nice folks, just watch out for the feller with the dremel.
Quote from: DFlynSqrl on 27 September 2017, 01:14:11 AM
... just watch out for the feller with the dremel.
Which is apparently steam powered with a half ton cast iron flywheel. :D
Quote from: d_Guy on 27 September 2017, 03:08:51 AM
Which is apparently steam powered with a half ton cast iron flywheel. :D
No - its stone where Phil is, they burn metal workers as witches in Wales.
IanS
Tsk, Ian, south of the border we HANG witches; only the Scots burn them!
The Welsh were disturbingly unenthusiastic anyway, only put five of them to the noose.
I think Phil's safe...
On the other hand he lives in the country with sheep, and sheep are the no.1 dangerous animal. Watch your back Phil, and listen for the "maaaa" in the night. They're coming.
Quote from: d_Guy on 25 September 2017, 01:57:28 PM
Likely you are not aware of what you just said in Southern Appalachian English, but I want to affirm that none of my cousins actually ever did that! ;) :D
note:- He only ruled out his cousins. :)
Quote from: toxicpixie on 27 September 2017, 07:35:35 AM
The Welsh were disturbingly unenthusiastic anyway, only put five of them to the noose.
We were similarly "enlightened" but I think our body count ran slightly higher.
Quote from: Orcs on 27 September 2017, 08:19:24 AM
note:- He only ruled out his cousins. :)
You, sir, are astute. You should form an institute. ( sorry, it's stuck in my head)
Quote from: d_Guy on 27 September 2017, 03:07:33 PM
( sorry, it's stuck in my head)
I apologise in advance but ...
that's what she said.
<sigh> <groan> ;D
Quote from: fsn on 27 September 2017, 05:23:59 PM
I apologise in advance but ... that's what she said.
Well, if she was still able to speak it won't have been all that big... eh, 'bad' I mean!
I didn't bring a coat... never mind...
Cheers,
Rob
*groan* indeed!
Welcome, Kai, apart from the above, it's nae bad here. :)
It's part of the primitive welcoming rituals, KB, soon there will be juggling and YouTube posts.