The rules I use require a lot of artillery guns, so I base my guns separately from the figures, so I can use the same artillery piece for various periods (1800-1815) and simply change the figures.
Documenting the lives of my tiny plastic people.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
LINE CHASS-A-CHEVs
These HaT figures are by no means my favourites. Not much detail on these blobs! But there's no real alternative out there and they are necessary plastic chaps to have.
Foam Trees
Using my styrene foam again, these trees are made of a garden twig for the trunk, with clumps of foam stuck on.
A coarse flocking is glued on
Then a more appropriate “leafy” looking flock over the top.
ONE CORPS COMPLETED (almost)
This is the first corps of 1805/06 French: Two Infantry Divisions, One Cavalry Division. Except for the Artillery.
Little men need food
Crop fields. Constructed of corrugated cardboard (of suitable scale), with water-putty edging, a fence and wall, flocked and ready to go. All my terrain is built quickly. I knocked off a dozen of these in a few hours.
The little men need houses to live in
Recent purchases of a big-screen TV, Fridge etc came with a huge amount of styrene packaging, which has all sorts of uses. Some pieces were triangular in shape – perfect for house roofs, so I went about building some houses out of foam. I'm always looking for quick and simple ways to make terrain, and this method certainly fulfils that criteria. Here's a picture of the first stage: gluing the bits together.
I have an existing home-made mold (made of inexpensive bathroom silicone from the local hardware) of some windows and doors I created. A quick casting with Resin and the houses now have some windows and doors. Roof tiles are cast in a similar way and stuck on.
The finished product.
Command
My painting style can be best described as impressionistic. I don't bother with every detail as my figures are for war-gaming not dioramas. This is a typical example. I'm fairly consistent, though. Once upon a time I hated the idea of glossy figures, but now I kinda like 'em better that way, at least for my Napoleonic guys. In daylight you'd hardly notice and the coat of varnish makes the little plastic men as tough as nails!
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