My old ACW figures were based some 30 years ago. Over the years they have lost their green colouring and become quite dark, and needed some livening up. I did consider removing the figures from their bases and creating new bases, but they do seem to be very well stuck on with the risk a breakages during the removal process.
After a little bit a trial and error I have ended up painting the bases with a heavy dry brush of green following by a lighter dry brush a brown. While not perfect is good enough for my eye when deployed on the tabletop.
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| Original bases are looking drab and tired and look too dark on the tabletop |
Over the last week I have been testing out a One Hours Wargaming ACW variant using D3 dice, having units retire and rally with random command events, and commanders to improve unit performance. These can be found on a tab at the top.
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| Bases livened up with dry brushed paint |
I will be doing a game write up of one of these games next, and hope to finish all the bases this weekend. However, this week seems to be slipping away with work and the lead up to the end of year.
Touching up basing brings renewed life to an old collection. Escalating year-end work commitments is a real drag.
ReplyDeleteI am certainly happy with the base refresh. I am hanging in there until Christmas comes.
DeleteLivening up thoses bases has worked a treat. Looking forward to your game write up, as I'm planning some Neil Thomas style games, but using his Ancients rules.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Good luck with your plans with Ancients.
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