tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post3601919497796011358..comments2024-03-28T16:32:41.081+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: 28mm ACW casualties and artilleryNormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-36292162795131811712019-02-16T19:02:36.798+00:002019-02-16T19:02:36.798+00:00I quite like the idea of trying out rules and the ...I quite like the idea of trying out rules and the toughest decision of all ....... how to base, to stand any chance of not having to re-base any time soon. Perhaps it is a better way to find out whether one should kill a project early doors. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-85996521983732181772019-02-16T17:14:34.774+00:002019-02-16T17:14:34.774+00:00I shifted to ‘playing while painting’ ages ago and...I shifted to ‘playing while painting’ ages ago and have still failed to get armies on the table...doctorphalanxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805618584243510174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-14997926429429502602019-02-15T18:48:13.570+00:002019-02-15T18:48:13.570+00:00Thanks Iain, i think I used to use that ink when i...Thanks Iain, i think I used to use that ink when it went by a different name (GW seem to keep changing paint names). I have since used Army Painter, Vallejo and Winsor and Newton and various blends of all three, but a bit hit and miss, will get some Agrax Earthshade, which should at least work well on faces.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-86885503172363055122019-02-15T18:20:52.066+00:002019-02-15T18:20:52.066+00:00Zouaves sounds great! Just on the subject of wash,...Zouaves sounds great! Just on the subject of wash,I tried a home brew mix which was a bit variable to be honest, when I need it I use a GW wash Agrax earthshade I think, it's controllable and consistent so it's worth it I find.<br />Best Iaincaveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-52691266788361270002019-02-15T15:01:02.290+00:002019-02-15T15:01:02.290+00:00Thanks Stu, agree on the non-painted stuff. I have...Thanks Stu, agree on the non-painted stuff. I have enough casualty bases for 8 units per side ....... but I don't have 8 units per side ...... yet :-).<br /><br />A couple of years ago I went to a wargame show where a gamer had put on a WWII game which looked interesting. The first thing he said was that he was sorry that there was some unpainted stuff on the table - it really only amounted to a few bases and a couple of tanks.<br /><br />He explained that he had promised to put on a game, but that required building the project from scratch. Real life had taken over and he was just a few models short of it being done, but he had felt it was important that he still turn up and support the show as promised.<br /><br />The episode made me think, I was fine with what he had done and in fact thought it was one of those tables that wargamers could identify with and that the message to other gamers could be taken as 'relax, enjoy your gaming and your painting, it will all come together eventually', an important message methinks. Spo I thought it a shame that his table may have been the most helpful, even inspiring there .... yet he still felt the need to apologise, no doubt he felt he was open to judgement and scrutiny from others and yet he had done the show a great service.<br /><br />I found the whole thing a little sobering really.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-84852345077675691672019-02-15T14:50:20.103+00:002019-02-15T14:50:20.103+00:00Thanks Phil, I need to do a bit more while I am on...Thanks Phil, I need to do a bit more while I am on a roll, if I pause ...... I am done for! Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-64524378599827613072019-02-15T14:47:53.064+00:002019-02-15T14:47:53.064+00:00Thanks Iain, ever onwards with this slow burn proj...Thanks Iain, ever onwards with this slow burn project, but I have enjoyed doing the casualty bases enough to want to quickly replace them with a regiment of infantry on the painting sticks ... perhaps even Zouaves! Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-10187513461556016462019-02-15T14:43:26.982+00:002019-02-15T14:43:26.982+00:00Thanks Matt, I have spent a lot of time in develop...Thanks Matt, I have spent a lot of time in developing my own rules from the ground up and have always liked doing that, but find myself at the moment really enjoying reading the works of others and having more of a care free flirtation with them.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-35400245433157391922019-02-15T14:34:59.359+00:002019-02-15T14:34:59.359+00:00There’s no harm in playing with unpainted figures,...There’s no harm in playing with unpainted figures, in fact I think the benefits of keeping up enthusiasm for a project is way more important. <br />I’ve never been able to paint a whole army at once so I think using unpainted figures to be perfectly acceptable for gaming in my own house. Who am I trying to impress? 😀<br /><br />Nice job on the casualty bases. Getting enough of those for every unit can be daunting. Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340930167419307092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-14179553965985525412019-02-15T12:25:39.716+00:002019-02-15T12:25:39.716+00:00Nice job, well done with your ACW collection!Nice job, well done with your ACW collection!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-13556034246427950692019-02-15T10:43:46.761+00:002019-02-15T10:43:46.761+00:00Nice looking figures and guns and smart work on yo...Nice looking figures and guns and smart work on your die holders,a little progress is still progress in my book!<br />Best Iaincaveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-51837394668891591712019-02-15T07:58:47.194+00:002019-02-15T07:58:47.194+00:00Good progress Norm, it takes time and regular dail...Good progress Norm, it takes time and regular daily painting of small amounts to get through bigger projects. Finding those perfect rules is always a challenge and after the reasonable success of my modified bolt action I’m thinking more about taking core rules which I like and adapting them.Matt Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841790422716738842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-58069222588992177752019-02-15T05:22:58.178+00:002019-02-15T05:22:58.178+00:00Thanks Jonathan, slow, but progress made, I am alr...Thanks Jonathan, slow, but progress made, I am already feeling the need to flip back to my 12mm 1066 stuff :-)Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-86555096603064125472019-02-15T05:20:35.431+00:002019-02-15T05:20:35.431+00:00Thanks Ross, part of the problem is that most of u...Thanks Ross, part of the problem is that most of us are probably running several projects at once, with some having that 'open ended' status.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-83839003875483530532019-02-15T03:36:42.302+00:002019-02-15T03:36:42.302+00:00Good looking additions to your growing ACW collect...Good looking additions to your growing ACW collection, Norm.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-6553595232108097532019-02-15T01:03:09.801+00:002019-02-15T01:03:09.801+00:00I like the casualty dice holders.
While I haven&#...I like the casualty dice holders.<br /><br />While I haven't "stooped" (sic) to using unpainted figures to get some games in, I have often borrowed figures from other armies & periods which comes to the same thing. Alas, sometimes I played enough games that I found that I'd done everything that I wanted and never finished the originally planned armies because I was 'done'. Just as well I saved myself the time and work but a couple of times I had also spent the money to acquire figures that I never got around to painting. Oh well! <br /><br />Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-53862957129706116932019-02-14T22:06:58.441+00:002019-02-14T22:06:58.441+00:00Thanks Steve, the wooden blocks are a great way to...Thanks Steve, the wooden blocks are a great way to test out rules and periods as the whim dictates. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-40678923990814261012019-02-14T21:34:11.501+00:002019-02-14T21:34:11.501+00:00Nice work Norm. My wooden blocks stand in for unpa...Nice work Norm. My wooden blocks stand in for unpainted figures, which doesn't help my painting output on jot!Steve J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12143308117853983963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-29048479310227284362019-02-14T19:39:45.764+00:002019-02-14T19:39:45.764+00:00Indeed ... who is going to tell us off or judge.
...Indeed ... who is going to tell us off or judge. <br /><br />I could horrify everyone and re-build my old 1970's style trees, which were matchsticks with cotton balls glued as foliage and sprayed with watered down green watercolour poster paint and made to stand upright wit a plastercine foot. They were great, not pretentious, not budget busting, crafted from materials at hand and simply enjoyed, allowing gaming to happen ..... the simple pleasures of gaming in the 70's pre-internet and pre- excellence!.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-27820822939446351232019-02-14T19:26:23.459+00:002019-02-14T19:26:23.459+00:00Thanks Robbie, I picked up a very battered copy of...Thanks Robbie, I picked up a very battered copy of V&B at Phoenix bring and buy a couple of years ago for just £1. There is just something about the layout / presentation that seems to have something of the Featherstone / Grant joy. Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-21135760403503446222019-02-14T19:06:51.885+00:002019-02-14T19:06:51.885+00:00Congratulations on your simultaneous painting and ...Congratulations on your simultaneous painting and gaming. I spent / wasted a whole year building two armies and didn't get a single game in during that time because neither side was "properly finished". What makes that mindset even more ridiculous is that I'm a solo gamer with no one else's opinions to take into account!The Jolly Broom Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14037134974588645559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-28571673814785953762019-02-14T19:04:46.005+00:002019-02-14T19:04:46.005+00:00They're coming along Norm. I use Warbases caus...They're coming along Norm. I use Warbases causality bases with a figure on them and save the small dice for the commanders if I use Black Powder. To be honest the last two ACW games we have used the Volley and Bayonet rules which are still excellent for large brigade level battles. That is in 10mm of course. Independentwargamesgrouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019172667119107650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-62283522098856432542019-02-14T18:53:08.993+00:002019-02-14T18:53:08.993+00:00Thanks Ray, small fry compared to your recent rate...Thanks Ray, small fry compared to your recent rate of output :-)Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-32676429105116858922019-02-14T17:53:02.738+00:002019-02-14T17:53:02.738+00:00Nice work Norm!Nice work Norm!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.com