>>Did you insert them so he could examine them via where the sun don't shine...

(Hi there !).   Certainly felt like it at the time but had to take the long view - there
are simply not many other players around here !

It did start me thinking though about the balance between preparation and playing.
90 / 10 ?   This explains the popularity of skirmish gaming at the moment, particularly
the fantasy variety where the button counters are going to have a hard time....

The amount of time you spend painting, also makes you realise how important it is to
get positive feedback from fellow travellers.   

Cheers,


Phil


 

TBH I'd love to play large, long wargames of thousands of figures (at least, ones where stuff still happens other than shuffling figures up three inches a turn - big games with speedy rules!), but I get about 2-3 hours of a week night once a week if I'm lucky, and that has to include set up, take down and then I've got to get stuff back and forth. Occasionally we get time for a weekend of larger games, but we're looking at trying to run three or four in a weekend so it's still not huge!

I spend a fair bit of time on prep compared to that, but it squeezes in around work, family and paid painting so...

So yeah... 90mins for Frostgrave or a couple of DBA (or 100pt AdlG if I can get people going!) is about it...

Still a long way to go and many figs to do, but Dumbarton's Regiment are starting to take shape.

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Nice,

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

Latest shots from the painting front of Dumbarton's Regiment, (later became the Royal Scots.) I experimented on the command figures' staves by painting the buff, then washing with sepia ink, after reading something on this forum about better representation of wood. Not sure about the results. Maybe needs to be more yellow. These ones were based with a primer coat of black to see how they turned out.

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Looking good, imo!

Look eminently respectable to me.

MickS

Cheers chaps

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Looks great

Very nice indeed

Take care

Andy

Latest photos. First two of the Earl of Dumbarton's Regiment, (later, The Royal Scots). Have started basing them, and need to finish off unit of grenadiers for them. Second, as I believe the real appeal of 10mm is the impact of massed figures in armies, is the Earl's Regiment and Kirk's Regiment side by side. Used nearly all the foot figures in the LOA allied armies, so having to start to buy more. Once Dumbarton's is finished I will do some horse. Does anyone have a link for uniform details of the Royal Regiment of Dragoons (commanded by John Churchill at Sedgemoor) in 1685? Drawing a blank so far! The painting goes on... much to Mrs Urban's irritation...

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Like it! Good stuff.

Particularly like the snow terrain, with the many cattle tracks!

 

I prefer the 'snow' to the orange box

Quote from: fsn on 01 May 2017, 07:31:10 PM
Like it! Good stuff.

Particularly like the snow terrain, with the many cattle tracks!

   

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Quote from: paulr on 01 May 2017, 07:55:35 PM


I prefer the 'snow' to the orange box

That was an irregular mendip geological feature!!!0 Never heard of Sugar loaf mountain? That was shoebox hill....

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Quote from: fsn on 01 May 2017, 07:31:10 PM
Like it! Good stuff.

Particularly like the snow terrain, with the many cattle tracks!

I wasn't thinking about cattle tracks...luckily it wasn't on a yellow table.


The mass effect really works, shame your pics are a tad dark.

MickS

Speaking as someone wityh terrible photo skills who uses an iPhone, try propping a couple of sheets of white paper behind and to the sides, then pointing the light down-ish. It helps quite a bit!

I got some useful piccies recently by using a duvet just after it came out the dryer, and propping it up like an impromptu light box

Figures look good btw - very meaty.

Sounds like good advice, toxicpixie, I will give it a try. Unfortunately, have to photograph on a Samsung mobile phone. Personally, I blame Brexit....🤔

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Looks great