I've had a large number of figs on my painting tray, so progress has been painfully slow. As enfilade (the convention in Olympia in May) approaches, I realized I needed to focus on the most time critical stuff. I managed to finish banging out these guys (which still leaves me with some projects to finish with some celerity).
The Perry's are lovely to assemble and paint. Inconveniently there are 14 in the box, and Doug's convention rules set, General du Corp, uses cavalry in 3's. I therefore have a 2/3's finished base, waiting for another horseman to be pillaged from my next purchase of Perry figs.
Not the best photos, but it's been busy lately. I do have the lovely pink, yellow, and red trim on the Cuirassier , as well as a representative stand of the Carabinier.
A stirring sight! Nice work mate - good luck getting all the planned stuff ready for the Con!
ReplyDeleteI am pretty happy with how the horses turned out. I fully accept your good luck.....last year I was working on my figs till the minute I had to step out the door. Yikes!
DeleteHow deep are your bases? Or how deep do the bases need to be to accommodate these horses?
ReplyDeleteThe short answer is 12cm wide by 6cm deep (1/4 inch thick mdf).
DeleteDoug (one of the developer of the rules) has a whole post on doing the basing (if you are interested). The dimensions in the caption of the first pic. https://dotsofpaint.blogspot.ca/2014/08/basing-tutorial.html
If pressed I imagine you could shorten the base another ....2cm...maybe? It's a fairly pleasing size though as it lets you get a good grip to maneuver without banging your minis very often.