Sunday, 1 June 2025

Unstuck, in some matters-

 Friday saw rebasing and gaming-

Removing figures from six on 60mm square to six on 40mm square, from mdf and felt to see through acrylic.
Reasons the bigger bases were far too dispersed imho and forty mil looks better for line infantry in this period.
See thru acrylic allows winter games and non winter ones.
I haven’t the patience of Tidders so I retained their metal bases rather than the more aesthetically pleasing method of cutting off the bases retaining just the feet.
Work in progress, in the new and out with the old!
Friday’s game of DBV. Normans v Saxons, my friend’s figures, large but lovely 28s.
I was umpiring this week. Bolt action dice for order of activation worked well again.
“ what’s that coming over the hill is it a Norman?”
Saxons wait the onslaught…

Norman cavalry causing chaos and carnage! Even by our standards an unbelievable number of ones were thrown by the Saxons not to mention an inordinate number of six versus one opposed dice rolls. Good fun indeed.

Tried the backdrops again-


A little better l think…



8 comments:

  1. Love the perspective bases...I've used these for ships but not figures. Quite tempted though. Basing always feels like one of those necessary evils!

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    1. I have spent ages over the year on this necessary evil. Give them a go you won’t regret it.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Gald you have unstick yourself with some distracting rebasing and Im sure you can reuse the castoff bases. Acrylic bases solve that ‘wrong terrain for what is on your basing’ issue

    I saw acrylic bases first on Star Wars action figures c1979 such as here:

    https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/farewell-chewbacca-may-the-4th-be-with-you/

    and I’m surprised they haven’t been more popular / widespread.

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    1. A useful time spent and I am very pleased with the results.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. That winter scene is great! I'm going to do my best to erase it from my mind before I find myself mounting figures on perspex for winter skirmishes in Acadia and Quebec!

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    1. Thanks. Don’t erase too hard .
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Very neat looking bases. The last photo was very atmospheric.

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  5. I am pleased with them and thanks.
    Alan Tradgardland

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