Finally cleared up the hobby table a bit, and immediately put more stuff on it! As the pic shows:
Old and new projects there, with the Huaxtecs dominating, and those archers from the First Legion of Ever Present Glory, resplendent in blue, are on the left. Along with those troops is the return of some Boschenberg musketeers from my Monster Blood Tattoo project and, making a table appearance after a very long absence, are some Reptus warriors.
The Huaxtecs have a fairly good coating of paint for their skin (close-ups at a later point). Some will get tattoos, and their clothing and weapons need to be finished. Then, there is the matter of their shields...
The Ever Present Glory archers are getting close to being finished also, with just some detail work and skin shading left to do.
The Boschenberg musketeers just need detailing also. I am wondering if I should consolidate the posts from my usual Monster Blood Tattoo blog (link here) to this blog.
The Reptus miniatures are for an old fantasy skirmish project, and they will need to be stripped and restarted anew. I have orcs, humans, and Reptus, while my lovely wife has elves, and I am slowly getting around to doing some actual work on them. I feel a little more confident about my usually poor painting technique and I am willing to give it another go. Of course another driving factor is the hobby budget, which is getting tight once again and new purchases are being directed into just one or maybe two projects.
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While engaging on my usual 'Net rounds, I came across this post at LeadAdventure forums and I was intrigued enough to get the book:
It is a thin volume for the price, but it hits several targets for me. One, it is an odd enough venue, perfect for games. Second, Homeric fable? Nice. Third, it is illustrated by Fred Gwynne, better remembered as Herman Munster, who was a skilled illustrator, a fact that I did not know until I read about him.
Now, there is a small company that is starting a line of miniatures based on the book, Grimm Miniatures, also with a Facebook page.
No new projects though, right!?!
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My second (or is it the 3rd?) order from Warbases arrived a while back, but of course the pics and post are slow to be produced.
Above are the three basic sabot base sizes that I will be using for Irregular Wars. Unit casualties are tracked by Resolve, and a typical unit will have a Resolve from 3 to 5. Figure removal will be an easy way to track the loss of Resolve. Although the base sizes are irregular, they do have a similar width, which was a key to my plan.
Here is an example, using some unfinished (!) Huaxtecs. The miniatures are on 25mm round bases, and they fit into the sabots very nicely, not too snug which will allow for some of the space to be taken up by a thin coating of paint. Mesoamerican units will range from 3 to 5 Resolve, while most Spanish Conquistador units have a Resolve of 4.
These sabot bases will work very well for regular foot troops, but I have yet to figure out how I want to represent the small handful of Conquistador cavalry units, and artillery. Base width once again will be the issue, and might require a bit of deviation from the plan for 1 figure = 1 Resolve that is set up for the infantry.
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