Scrumpy wrote:First time you've agreed with anything on here Jim?

again I agree

Jim

Should I field the band as a group of 6 or 8?

Six sounds right with there only being 300 of them.

Jim

I concur

Jim

The start of my Thracians, I'm doing these in between the Thebans and my modern / zombie 15mm stuff.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/829/n1hq.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/36/o3xx.jpg

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I already have a ...

Some of my Hoplite Battlegroups...

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64 bases in total and every figure different, either in pose, scheme and eye colour ...

as a result they are totally smooth and devoid of any grain...

I didn't mean any real grain, I meant to make them look like they had grain. Have a look at Simon's (List_Lurker) Sarmatian lancer in the other thread for an example of what I meant.

LOL neither did I. what I meant was they are just ...

list_lurker wrote:Hi Jim, its only a test piece

DOH!!! -slaps head...

Jim

Thanks for the info chaps.

I did one blue and one red but they looked silly somehow :? I'm going to go with my usual wood colour and be damned, I tend to use long dress makers pins for my spears as they are far more robust and resilient to other folks fat fingered clutches, as a result they are ...

...Posts do new members have to reach before they can post pictures?

I've just tried and got refused "as my post looks like spam..."

Jim

Just got my hands on the new Xyston TSB figures and look forward to getting some paint on them. However the personalities pack is a little rough on the sculpt side, with all the armored figures looking a little one dimensional and lacking in detail. The "band" figures are quite nice and are modeled ...

Fantastic paint job on all of them, I think I like the heavy cavalry the best -just though.

Jim

Nice piece of work. Why only 1 on a base?

jim