Whittling down the plastic pile.



http://jim-duncan.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/wss-artillery.html

Very nice!

Especially the officer! USefull for many other things too!

Very nice. The casualty removal system is interesting.

Quote from: Subedai on 03 February 2016, 02:21:49 PM

Very nice. The casualty removal system is interesting.

I forgot to add that the bases are magnetic including the artillery crew so they stay in position during play and transit.

Look damn fine, to me.

Cheers - Phil

Very nice indeed! 

Looking very good. A period and scale I shall be playing with a mate as we test drive Impetus Baroque.

Great painting, love the work on the cannon.


kev

Nice job, I have three boxes of the infantry and a box of artillery but wasn't too keen on the gunners but you have made a cracking job of them.

Quote from: jambo1 on 03 February 2016, 05:42:19 PM

Nice job, I have three boxes of the infantry and a box of artillery but wasn't too keen on the gunners but you have made a cracking job of them.

Get the pinning right and they will be fine.

Explanatory how-to post in the pipeline.

Very nice and a cool idea for the casualties removable

Take care

Andy

I like the look of that box set, and how you've painted them up looks the business.

I've only ever played the period as part of a pen and paper play-by-mail campaign - I'm still doing so, but this time as the Rozvi of Southern Africa. I don't think my 'pre-Zulus' will me mastering the art of artillery warfare any time soon 

Quote from: jimduncanuk on 03 February 2016, 07:45:17 PM
Get the pinning right and they will be fine.

Explanatory how-to post in the pipeline.

Pinning post is here:

http://jim-duncan.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/pinning-plastic-cavalry.html

Good tutorial - very clear. I'm surprised that polystyrene cement works to glue the metal - I don't think I would have tried this, as I would have assumed it wouldn't stick and used super glue instead. But poly cement is much easier to work with.

This also made be go and check how I based my Perry cavalry, and realised that their horses come with integral bases for one of the horse body halves, which certainly makes them much quicker and easier to go together.

Do you think you would get away with just pinning a couple of legs, and just gluing the others to the base? A poly cement joint is usually pretty strong.

Quote from: fred. on 04 February 2016, 11:16:21 PM

Good tutorial - very clear. I'm surprised that polystyrene cement works to glue the metal - I don't think I would have tried this, as I would have assumed it wouldn't stick and used super glue instead. But poly cement is much easier to work with.

It seems to be OK. The metal wire I used is slightly thinner than the holes I drilled so each bit of wire is completely encased in polystyrene cement inside the plastic leg and base. It might be better if the wire and drill bit were exactly the same diameter.

Quote from: fred. on 04 February 2016, 11:16:21 PM

This also made be go and check how I based my Perry cavalry, and realised that their horses come with integral bases for one of the horse body halves, which certainly makes them much quicker and easier to go together.

Yes, I've noticed that on my Perry cavalry.

Quote from: fred. on 04 February 2016, 11:16:21 PM

Do you think you would get away with just pinning a couple of legs, and just gluing the others to the base? A poly cement joint is usually pretty strong.

Probably but it doesn't do any harm to over-engineer each base.