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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Plynkes on 10 October 2007, 11:22:10 AM
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I see there are some (small) pics of the Great War Miniatures early war Brits up now:
http://www.northstarfigures.com/shop/greatwarminiatures/britishexpeditionaryforce/index.html
Like the Scots MG. That's a nice new addition to what's available for Great War gamers (though Renegade already do one with chaps in Tam O'Shanters. A choice of two kinds of machine-gunning Scotsmen? Who'd've ever thought it? A golden age of miniatures indeed).
I also like the skirmishing kneeling figures. I wish more companies would do kneeling figures. They go well with machine-gun teams, for rule sets where you need more figures for an MG team than generally come in manufacturers' packets (like Price of Glory).
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Quire agree with you Poly and these chaps would be good for the initial landing at Gallipoli too!
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Very nice. I hope someone has these at Fall In next month. My resistance to WW1 Early war is just plain non-existant now.
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Why resist? Read "The Guns of August" and allow your lapse to be complete. My only suggestion would be that you also get uniform guides. I painted my Early War Brits entirely too brown, and I really, really, really don't want to repaint them, but they irk me so.
Brigade stocks Renegade, but I don't know who is the stockist for Great War.
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Great minis! Yes, I believe to remember similar looking uniforms in the Young Indiana Jones Gallipoli serie
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North Star in the UK sell Great War Minis, exclusively, as far as I'm aware. The link provided is the place to buy them.
Speaking of which, the postie just brought my British tank crew. Very nice, much more so than the Old Glory ones (which I still like, by the way).
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On shows you can get them from the same guy who sells Perry & Foundry.He'll attend to crisis/antwerp.
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Age of Glory? Great news. I'll be stopping by there anyway to procure more Perry figures for my Sicilian Norman army.
No need to read Guns of August to stoke my interest Pete. I have that, everything by Lynn MacDonald (sp?), and a shelf full of first hand accounts and original manuals. Plus, I've just finished "Baltimore, or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire". I just need to convert a few into WW1 vampires!
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Why resist? Read "The Guns of August" and allow your lapse to be complete. My only suggestion would be that you also get uniform guides. I painted my Early War Brits entirely too brown, and I really, really, really don't want to repaint them, but they irk me so.
Brigade stocks Renegade, but I don't know who is the stockist for Great War.
Would a bit of drybrishing with Khaki work to remove or tone down the brown?
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No need to read Guns of August to stoke my interest Pete. I have that, everything by Lynn MacDonald (sp?), and a shelf full of first hand accounts and original manuals.
And you've resisted to this point? I wish I had your resolve... :lol:
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Would a bit of drybrishing with Khaki work to remove or tone down the brown?
I should try that. I'd be worried that the appropriate color green would muddy the color further. Although that would make my mind up for me, wouldn't it? Thanks for the suggestion.
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You could try redoing just the shadows and highlights in the new colour. I had some khaki I wasn't happy with once and did that and it turned out okay. Leaves you with the three-colour style rather than beautifully blended tones, but some (lazy) people (like me) like that look, and it usually passes for tabletop use.
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No need to read Guns of August to stoke my interest Pete. I have that, everything by Lynn MacDonald (sp?), and a shelf full of first hand accounts and original manuals.
And you've resisted to this point? I wish I had your resolve... :lol:
Well, if I'm being honest I have about 40 of the Foundry Brits and Germans I picked up over ten years ago. I think what stalled me at that time was the disappearance of the line. I'd have to strip and repaint those, though. That was back in the day when I thought a base color covered with sloppy brown ink looked good. :oops:
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Leaves you with the three-colour style rather than beautifully blended tones, but some (lazy) people (like me) like that look, and it usually passes for tabletop use.
And just what is wrong with the three colour style (he sobs having spent the last few months trying to get his miniatures just about passable for wargaming) :lol: :lol: :lol:
I really do wish I could all that blendin' and shadin' stuff :cry:
One day.............
Dodge
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Nothing at all. It's what I do, for clothes at least. Especially when I need to do piles and piles of fellas all dressed the same.
Some folks (especially over at that other place) don't care for it though, and tend to berate it and shout it down.
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Nothing at all. It's what I do, for clothes at least. Especially when I need to do piles and piles of fellas all dressed the same.
Some folks (especially over at that other place) don't care for it though, and tend to berate it and shout it down.
It's ok I was only having a bit of a laugh helps pass a bright but particularly uninteresting afternoon in the office. Which all of your posts do by the way :)
That other place is that the very gig global type company based in Notts with lots of high street shops? :mrgreen:
Dodge
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No, The Miniatures Page.
http://theminiaturespage.com/
The other week there was a huge flame-war there when advocates of two different painting styles (one of which being the Dallimore high-contrast 3-colour thing) had an enormous bloody spat, which went on for post after post, and soon degenerated into name-calling, petty bickering, and threats of violence. In the end there were all kinds of accusations flying about, even to the extent of one chap accusing another of sending porn to his computer while his grandchildren were using it! :D
It was pathetic and sad. And also hilarious. You don't see that kind of thing here much, probably because we are a smaller crowd, and all seem to get along, and we aren't here just to bitch and whine.
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No, The Miniatures Page.
http://theminiaturespage.com/
The other week there was a huge flame-war there when advocates of two different painting styles (one of which being the Dallimore high-contrast 3-colour thing) had an enormous bloody spat, which went on for post after post, and soon degenerated into name-calling, petty bickering, and threats of violence. In the end there were all kinds of accusations flying about, even to the extent of one chap accusing another of sending porn to his computer while his grandchildren were using it! :D
It was pathetic and sad. And also hilarious. You don't see that kind of thing here much, probably because we are a smaller crowd, and all seem to get along, and we aren't here just to bitch and whine.
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Sorry mate confused once more.
I personally like both just can't do either particularly brilliantly.
Kevin Dallimores book really made it seem staright forward and I frequently dip back into it.
I can't believe that that sort of thing goes on in forums its just sad. We all do stuff different its what makes us individual.
By the way I've seen your blog it's great now encouraged to be more silly about wargaming and names and stuff thanks :mrgreen:
Dodge
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There's no need to be :oops: I wasn't exactly clear about what I was talking about, was I?
Internet squabbling is stupid, but it is also funny. Not sure where I stand on it.
I don't have the Dallimore book, but I quite often look at his website for inspiration. I've just found that I had a bucket of Space 1889 High Martians that I'd forgotten and I'm all inspired to paint them. So I'm going to copy the ones on his site. Would you recommend the book?
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There's no need to be :oops: I wasn't exactly clear about what I was talking about, was I?
Internet squabbling is stupid, but it is also funny. Not sure where I stand on it.
I don't have the Dallimore book, but I quite often look at his website for inspiration. I've just found that I had a bucket of Space 1889 High Martians that I'd forgotten and I'm all inspired to paint them. So I'm going to copy the ones on his site. Would you recommend the book?
I would but you've got to bear in mind that I was a slap it on does it look ok sort of guy for years and years.
When I came back to the hobby at Christmas it was like starting as a beginner and he made sound really easy. He takes you from the start of the model to the finish based up and varnished article. Its £25ish and I got it as a present .
Loads and loads of pics and different painters like Tom Weiss Chris Steadman etc... all good. Its the sort of thing I will look at for inspiration and hints and tips from time to time. But even for an experienced painter it may be good. I didn't put it down for about three months. :lol:
Dodge
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Slap the paint on, a bit of layering (high lights ) dry and wet brushing galore and an oil wash to hide the bad bits :) thats me. There are some wonderful paint jobs on this site and I know IU can never match it so I do my own thing :)
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I'm more embarassed by unpainted lead languishing in boxes than I am about stuff that may not be up to Dallimore's standards, but is ready for the table!
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Slap the paint on, a bit of layering (high lights ) dry and wet brushing galore and an oil wash to hide the bad bits :) thats me. There are some wonderful paint jobs on this site and I know IU can never match it so I do my own thing :)
I liked your werewolves if you are slapping it on it's pretty precision slapping :lol:
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Hi Folks, It seems we are going off topic here. Can we look at the workbench for this please :)
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Sorry Helen I think it was my fault conversation with Plynkes just drifted a bit.
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Nothing at all. It's what I do, for clothes at least. Especially when I need to do piles and piles of fellas all dressed the same.
Some folks (especially over at that other place) don't care for it though, and tend to berate it and shout it down.
Well they are not the ones filling your cases with painted miniatures so they should put a sock in it! Jeez the nerve of some people...