Another couple a paper soldier units were completed at the weekend along with a test cannon. I opted to go a bit more three dimensional with the artillery pieces as the flat front view just did not seem to give the look I was after. The flat infantry and cavalry because of the unit rows provide depth to the unit, whereas the artillery with only a few figures lacked depth.
The cannon took a bit of time to do with a few modifications, for example using dowel to form the barrel. The crew will soon follow.
The armies are slowing increasing and their shoebox storage homes are being filled. The figures are quite light and surprising sturdy and can deal with just being popped fairly casually into the shoebox. All the figures are strengthened with inserted card (250 gsm).
The cannon was worth the effort. It looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It worked out better than I expected.
DeleteMy very first figures were flats. The flat canon were OK, but the artillery looked much better with "round" ordnance and flat crews! Your cannon upgrade looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks. The book gives both options, a flat view from the from, or rounded.
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