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    Another unit to share today – some Pistoliers from Magister Militum.  I’ll use these as Light Riders (Short Range Missiles):

    6 pistoliers
    And yes, the sand-dip on these means things are progressing towards priming at least!

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    Ah. What size bases do you use? 10×10 and variations thereof for infantry? Circular bases at 20mm for heroes? Cannons, war wagons, dragons and demons?

    10×10 or 10×20 for Infantry (I tend to do hybrid basing for Rampant rule sets)

    10×20 for Cavalry

    Anything else whatever bases I have to hand that fit OK – Rampants are pretty flexible for basing thankfully!

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    in reply to: Spanish Civil War Moors #159074
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    Cracking stuff! Really interesting conflict too!

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    I got the version without so no gun – just dudes riding around taking potshots and stabbing at footsloggers

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    Today some artillery in the form of an Organ Gun – which I like to think of as an early Helblaster Volley Gun.  This is again from the Pendraken Landsknechte range and I’ll use it as Heavy Missile (Venomous) most likely:

    an organ gun artillery piece with three crew members
    I’ve got another artillery piece planned, just waiting for it to come!

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    in reply to: 10mm WFB #159036
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    Classic Oldhammer style photo there!!

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    in reply to: 10mm WFB #159007
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    Are those Battlescale buildings? If so, they are great aren’t they! Got some originally for ECW gaming but will see use in my Old World forays too!

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    They’re a nail-on! Think I’m decided on everything I need to get for the project now – just have to wait for more funds a little down the line!  Ah well, not like I don’t have plenty to be getting on with in the meantime!

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    When I’ve finished prepping everything that’s here and on order I’ll be sure to take a pic!

     

    I’ve decided on Chaos – specifically Nurgle. It’s been my favourite Chaos god since an old Realm of Chaos Nurgle warband in White Dwarf way back when. I’m going to include humans, beastmen, daemons and chaos dwarfs – all led by a Great Unclean One!  Luckily the plucky Empire will be backed up by some allies in the face of all that (when they arrive!)

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    A couple more units to share today – more specialist/elite than the State Troops!

    First some Flagellants – available from Crom’s Anvil.  These I intend to use as Bellicose Foot – quite possibly with Hatred upgrde:

    12 flagellants
    I’m really pleased with these miniatures – they are absolutely spot-on!

    I’ve also put together a unit of Greatswords – using Pendraken Landsknechte.  These I’ll use as Heavy Foot (Aggressive, Mystical Armour):

    12 greatswords
    I could have used Elite Foot – but I wanted more than a unit of 6! I’m using Mystical Armour to reflect they have heavier armour than most in the army. As for the miniatures, I particularly like the forward-motion of these when compared to the more static State Troops.0

    That’s shaping up to be it for infantry (at least for now as this project is already getting bigger and bigger – 10mm is just so affordable!) – but I’ll have more of this army to share soon.  Maybe one day I’ll even get the bases sand-dipped and everything primed!

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    in reply to: 10mm WFB #158969
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    Superb! That banner is absolutely amazing in particular!

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    in reply to: 10mm WFB #158914
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    Excellent stuff!!

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    I must confess the three foot rule never worked for me, I always like to get down and have a birds eye view next to the models, or just pick them up and look at them. My hero models have some actual time and effort spent on them though.

    me too – but even from the model’s eye view I’m not seeing his boot laces lol

    of course leaders, characters and centrepieces get more effort though (what I call tabletop plus)

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    Three feet rule… plus any other bits that catch my eye is my approach 

     

    and painting more units is definitely more interesting for gaming purposes!

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    I am really enjoying the progress Alex. I am looking forward to seeing them painted. As someone who just started with minis, and opted for 15mm (also because of storage, but also nostalgia, as I had tiny army men back when I was a kid, which I enjoyed much more than the standard 1/72? ones), 10mm painting kinda scares me 😀

    thanks Fred! I find 10mm to be the easiest to paint – enough detail to look good, but not so much to make me fret over hitting every buckle and strap!

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    The project is coming a long nicely. I do enjoy the smaller end of the miniature spectrum for this very fact. You can easily put a few armies together in a short space of time and at a relativity small budget. On wargames vault there is a pwyw home brew called rampant hordes – https://www.wargamevault.com/m/product/224531 that might have some useful additional rules.

     

    very true Ian – for me it’s about storage! The smaller the scale the more gaming experiences I can store!

     

    thanks for that tip – will be sure to check it out when the hobby fund resets!

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    Cool. I think detachments came in with 4th edition? Is that just small units attached to other units? Or something to do with LD stats? I need some Empire crossbows too.

    It’s small units attached to larger ones – the homebrew rules I found gave them a rule to intercept charges aimed at the parent unit, which is why I’ve only included them for the handguns/crossbow units.

    Oh, one thing… Will you be having more than one unit type? IE – multiple units of pikes and spears etc?

    Not of the infantry – I’m not too keen on duplicating, especially in fantasy games.  I am planning a couple of units of Knights (seeing as they are only 6 miniatures per unit!) though!

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    Got some missile weapon armed State Troops this time – first the Handgunners (Heavy Missiles, Weighty Projectiles), for which I’m using Pendraken Landsknechte Arquebusiers:

    12 handgunners

    Also from the same range I made up a unit of Crossbowmen (Heavy Missiles, Weighty Projectiles):

    12 crossbowmen
    I found some homebrew rules for State Troop detachments in Dragon Rampant, so decided to make up a couple of detachments of Halberdiers to guard their handgunner/crossbowman comrades:

    two units of 6 Halberdiers
    That’s the ‘basic’ infantry all sorted now!

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    I love halberdiers, I need to make more for my Empire dudes.

    to me they’ve been iconic since the monopose plastic ones! Had to include some!

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    Next up a couple of units of basic state troops – both from Pendraken’s Landsknechte range for maximum puffy sleeves and fancy hats.

    First, a unit of Spearmen (Heavy Infantry):

    a unit of 12 spearmen
    For the project I got a pack of the Landsknechte Command – for this unit they supplied the standard and drummer and the champion with his sword is a spare from a pack used for another unit.

    I also made up a unit of Halberdiers (Heavy Infantry, Offensive):

    unit of 12 Halberdiers
    That provides a solid infantry core for the purposes of Dragon Rampant – on to the missiles and more exotic elements!

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    Laran miniatures do 10mm individual chaos warriors https://laranminiatures.bigcartel.com/product/infantry-evil-men

    thanks for the tip off Ian!

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    Wow! Thanks for all the input both!

    I admit to not having seen those Lancer Beastmen – well that would certainly sort that part of Chaos out just nicely!  And those Morbi Plague Demons from MM look a great option too!

    Good idea on Celts as Thugs! I’d be tempted to maybe convert a couple to have mutations of some sort though… perhaps a GS tentacle arm here or there? Hmmm… certainly got me thinking now!

    If you have no use for them I’d happily buy them from you!

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    in reply to: Other Hobbys? #158721
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    Alongside my wargaming I am a keen boardgamer (recovering KickStarter addict) and also enjoy playing videogames.  I also like RPGs (Old World of Darkness, early Legend of the 5 Rings, 1st ed 7th Sea) but have not played in many, many years now.

    Outside the various forms of gaming I enjoy professional wrestling (watching, not being a performer!) for escapism, coffee and try to travel to Japan as often as I can with my wife.

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    Cool beans. What is in the running for enemies at the moment? I am also making a small chaos army, small in terms of model count but quite hefty in points, cos that’s how chaos rolls.

    I first thought Ogres (and they are still in the running) – but then felt like Nurgle was an option (it has been my favourite power since seeing a Realm of Chaos warband in WD way back when).  There’s a couple of very nice 3D printed options for a GUO and Nurglings at 10mm – sadly the options for Chaos Warriors are printed on strips and they are all touching shoulder to shoulder and the like   For Beastmen I would go to Eureka, but unless I can get good Chaos Warriors (not too bothered about Chaos Marauders/Thugs) then it’ll be back to the Ogres via Black Gate.

    Oh and the Cibo’s Lord on Griffon is a possible… but that shipping charge makes it ~£15 for the one model… I may have to bite the bullet at some point I suppose as there’s nothing else close in style out there it seems!

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    in reply to: Mortal Gods – 15mm #158717
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    Crikey. What was wrong with them?

    The worst wrist joins I’ve ever come across. A common feature I’ve found from them across three of their ranges…which is a great pity as otherwise they are lovely miniatures.

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    in reply to: Macedonian and Punic Wars 15mm #158710
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    Cracking stuff – those Numidians are striking!

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    in reply to: Seeking recommendations – 6mm Persians #143483
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    Thanks both! Looks like Rapier for me, with Baccus if/when I’m able to catch an open cart window that times with having the hobby cash!

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    in reply to: Seeking recommendations – 6mm Persians #143477
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    Rapier (https://rapierminiatures.com/) do Achaemenid Persians too. They fit well with the Baccus ones. Rapier and Baccus are on a par sizewise and in terms of detail. I find Irregular Miniatures 6mm Persians a bit “blobby” for my tastes, though I like much of their other stuff. YMMV! Heroics and Ros figures are smaller and slighter than Rapier/ Baccus and, though nice figures, don’t seem to be available from H&R at the moment. Ranges are being made available a few at a time at the moment. Can’t think of anyone else who does them in 6mm … which probably means I’m missing someone blindingly obvious! Hopefully, someone will fill in the gaps, if so. Leven Miniatures (http://www.levenminiatures.co.uk/) are my “go to” for 6mm buildings. There’s a large range of Middle Eastern buildings and the Mycenaean/ Trojan city walls wouldn’t look out of place either.

     

    Many thanks for the very comprehensive reply! And good advice on the buildings too!

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    in reply to: Seeking recommendations – 6mm Persians #143473
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    I would recommend Baccus, but another viable option would be Rapier Miniatures.

     

    Rapier is definitely new to me – will have a look at not just their Persians but have a browse through their other offerings too! Thanks for the tip!

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    in reply to: Seeking recommendations – 6mm Persians #143471
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    Baccus do them.

     

    thanks for the suggestion – will definitely consider the Baccus range, if/when the cart reopens(?).

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    in reply to: Seeking recommendations – 6mm Persians #143469
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    I knew keeping the same avatar would pay off

     

    The Battlepacks from Irregular look a really great value option to consider – will have to try the site next time I’m on the laptop as the phone version is a little cumbersome and I can’t find any pictures of what might be in their Persian selection.

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    in reply to: Boxer Rebellion with Red Wing Figures #139788
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    Lovely stuff! I can certainly see these retain a certain charm even after all this time!

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    in reply to: Would you rather… #129687
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    If I waited to even paint at all until I played I’d play twice a year or something. So, I play, and paint to my best ability as and when I can.

     

    Yes I do prefer playing with painted miniatures, but I wouldn’t rush them just to game with – better to play with basecoats or primed than not to play at all.

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    in reply to: Suggestions for a Warrior project #122115
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    Yep 28mm, sorry – misposted. Think I have successfully relocated it to the right sub-forum now!

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    Just because it hasn’t been mentioned yet, I was impressed with the stuff I got from Three Dee Pee on eBay.

     

    nice range of 3d printed guns, rams and armour plates.

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    in reply to: Bolt Action Soviets on the cheap #122081
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    Cracking looking army there!

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