Tiny Tin Troop Bases

From my last post I forgot to say the bases are from Tony at Tiny Tin Troops.  These are cut form good quality MDF and come pre magnetized which is a great time and money saver.
If he does not advertise the size you are after, call him he will happily custom cut some for you.

I have ordered many sizes from Tony from the large KoW bases below to small 20mmx20mm for my 10mm 7YW armies.  The quality and service is always been the same, excellent!

http://www.tinytintroops.co.uk

Kings of War Bases

Multibasing Kings of War armies, this is one of the reason I like KoW, the figures are on multi bases representing units and being able to make them look nice.

I started off basing the figures in my usual style, sand and grass but I made the mistake of watch a You Tube video by Luke Fellows (Luke APS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmD5774MOQhjYBkXqu3Jdw )

I must admit though I am glad I did the do look the business.  I'm not going to run through the process of making these bases Luke does it far better and explains it very well on his You Tube channel.

This is my first batch.....

10mm Terrain

Why I spend a lot of time painting up figures I do neglect the table top.....so I was looking around for 10mm terrain and was a little shocked at the cost of 10mm terrain, even seemingly simple things like hedges and walls.

So I took some inspiration form Luke Fellows, he has a You Tube Channel Luke APS 

 ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsmD5774MOQhjYBkXqu3Jdw )

So simple start, these are 'Art Sticks' from Hobby Craft, cost a couple of pounds and got about 100 of them.

I did try sealing them with watered down PVA hoping to prevent warping but it did not really work.  But the sticks are very easy to reshape flat if they do warp.

Applied a good coating of flock, a mix of different colours and sizes which I cant remember as it was mixed ages ago.

The hedging material, Clump Flock, dark, mid and light green and also a light green 'woodlands floor' I that is what it is called but its a little smaller than the others.

I did try using a hot glue gun to stick the flock to the bases but I did not get on with it.  So instead I just used a cheap superglue gel.  I then just dumped the mixed flock on and pressed it down.

The first six strips, you can't see it clearly but there are 'corner' pieces where the flock is angled off.  Ive also left a gap on one strip to allow access lol.

And here is a troops eye view!  These are 10mm League of Augsburg,  who can see and shoot over the hedge!

May Update

Yes I know it's nearly the end of June but I spent most of May and the first half of June at home with the family and family and real life tend to take over! lol

But I'm back at work and back at the painting table, however I did manage to do a few small things at home........

League of Augsburg......nearly there

So I have had a nearly two months with work and here are the fruits of my labors!

I set my mind to finishing my 10mm League of Augsburg project and I am so close but its time to go home tomorrow.

So in total I have painted 605 foot, 272 mounted and 6 guns with crews...

 So the completed array of figures....French on the left and Allies on the right.  Once these guys join up with the ones at home each army should be about the same size as above.

 

 The Allied forces, 5 regiments of foot, 2 regiments of mounted dragoons, 1 regiment of foot dragoons, 2 regiments of horse, 4 guns and a load of Generals

 The French, 6 regiments of foot, 3 regiments of mounted dragoons, 1 regiment of foot dragoons, 3 regiments of horse, 2 guns and a load of Generals

 Close up of French foot

 French Generals

 French Dragoons and Horse

 English Foot

 Danish Dragoons and Dutch Guard Cavalry

 Allied Generals, Danish Foot(notice no pike), English Foot

 Allied C in C and his Generals

 Danish Foot Dragoons

Dutch Dragoons and Horse

28mm Kings of War.....a start!

KoW a Start

 I am really keen on fantasy mass battle.  I have tried a couple of supplements to historical rules but why enjoyable to play there was always something missing.  Then last year Kings of War version two came out on Kickstarster, I signed up and I am impressed!

Up until now I have played in 15mm as I have large armies belonging to several factions in that scale and I really like it and love the mass effect of hundreds of figures on the table.  But I am in a minority, especially at my club and most guys play in 28mm, so I thought I better get a start!

Abyssals....

 I bought a load of old GW chaos figures off of EBay, I did get some good deals there!  Touched them and then multi based them.

I was happy with the look I had achieved for little effort but then I happen to see some You Tube videos! 

I found videos by a guy called Luke Fellows, Luke APS on You Tube, who has made some very good videos on how to produce very good and cheap multi bases, that to be honest put mine to shame!  So when I get home I will be rebasing all my units and making Lke APS style bases!  Good job I have not done many units.....

But that aside here are some more pictures of the Vangarian Warriors...I do like these! 

Warriors 1

Warriors 2

There will be more to follow once I have got home and once I have redone the bases!