Six months behind schedule but the first of the American War of Independence figures come off the painting queue, they have been undercoated and based for a while, but the transition from 28mm to 10mm took a while for me to get my eye in or perhaps 10mm are not the figures to be painted at 10.30 in the evening.
Based on the Flames of War Small bases, with 4 figures to a base my plan is to use the Rebels and Patriots Rule set which calls for 12 and 6 figure units, I figured I would use casualty bases to denote 1-3 casualties before taking a base off.
The facings do match the regimental standards 10 out of 10 if anyone can actually tell on game night. I must be honest before inking and basing I was beginning to this project was a step to far, but I am really pleased with the output and they look great on mass.
The standards are from Maverick models, a great choice and they can be scaled should you want slightly larger flags for the units.
The plan is to base the opposing forces loosely around Lexington and Concorde, it does mean that the American militia are largely in civilian dress, which will make them more of a challenge than the Brits given the lack of uniformity.
Plenty more to go before I have enough for 24 points a side but nice to get the first three units on the table.
Lovely work, Pendraken are lovely figures and you have made a great job on them.
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DeleteGood to see these coming off the painting desk Stu and they do look great. Certainly your eyes need to be 'fresh' to paint smaller scale figures!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve it's been a while since we first swapped mails on these. Good to get them underway.
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Stu
My goodness me Stuart, amazing job, not sure I could cope with this scale.
ReplyDeleteThere were times Michael where they almost went back in the cupboard, but worth it once they appeared on the table.
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Stu
Nicely done Stu I have found the Pendraken figures once you get your eye in quite easy to paint., the good news is you don’t need that many for Rebels and Patriots
ReplyDeleteThat's very true Matt, I was put off by Live free or die by the number of bases required. R&P is more in line with my painting pace.
DeleteVery nice and well worth the extended wait to see the first output, Stu! As is always the case with 6/10 or 15mm figures, I can see the attraction of these smaller scaled figures!
ReplyDeleteThat was my hope with the smaller scale sweeping flank moves and multiple units without needing a table 4x the size :-)
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