I had been looking at these for quite a while.
They are over 30 years old all, Wargames Foundry, and at the time I painted them I was never happy with the fact that I just took some dirt and sprinkled them over PVA on the base.
So I decided to at least repaint the bases and highlight......
There are about 300 all up- so I got started.........
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| Repainted with an earth brown. |
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| Original 'dirt'. |
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| Base still wet on the battalion command stand! |
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| The new colour- the photos don't really show it...but it is an improvement! Needs highlighting. |
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| Bases drying |
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| Getting there- going back in their box file! |
and now the Germans!!!......
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| There is a lot of them! |
There are a lot of them! Singled based? Yikes! That is a lot of figures to move.
ReplyDeleteYes Jon, when they are all out on the table....there is a lot to move....and 15 minutes into the upgrading the bases, I was beginning to think this was a mistake!
DeleteThey look good .
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThat was a big push. I have to say that the original looked good as well, but photos can be deceiving.
ReplyDeleteYes - the BIG push! The originals basing was just dirt from the garden- and is was always 'gritty'. The paint over at least stops that.
DeleteThe figures are lovely and have stood the test of time ….. a well deserved re-basing :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm- 30 years + and still campaigning!
DeleteNot as bad as I thought when I read the title...at least you are not physically taking figures off an existing base and putting them onto a different one!
ReplyDeleteI too thought the original looked fine, particularly foe WW1 and churned up, bombed out tench warfare etc, but the upgrade looks good too.
Thanks Keith- the thought of changing bases was in the 'too hard' basket. A nice new paint job!
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