Donkeys dressed in the skins of Lions :-)

[Fanis]

A 10 man band of Ngoni. Figures by Copplestone and a pleasure to paint. I have 30 more Ngoni and am considering basing them in 3s or 5s i.e. on larger bases. Mainly because I find that moving these figures singly based can be a pain on the tabletop plus there is always the occassional nimrod who will try to lift them up by the shield or the spear. Any thoughts in that regard?

[Clearco]

Those are great! 
Regarding the bases, I have the same dilema with my own Ngoni  . I was thinking about making little irregular shaped movement trays for 4 or 5 minis each.
Like these ones I found on the net, but for less minis:

http://warlordgames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3850
I think it could look good and it´s more than probable that I don´t have so much Ngoni left when it comes to hand to hand combat so the multibases should not be a problem anymore at this stage of the game 

[OSHIROmodels]

Very nice  

I make skirmish trays for anysize base or number of figures. Give me a PM if you're interested  

cheers

James

[inkydave]

Very very nice Fanis. Love the skin tones,(not too dark). And the shields are fantastic.

[airbornegrove26]

Really like these.  As for the multi base.  I prefer the single base.  You make a valid argument though for the mutlibase.  Some people don't know what goes into painting and getting a figure ready for the tabletop.

[cram]

Nice work! I can see some Ila lurking about in the background, be nice to see a close up of them too if you find time.

[Conquistador]

Look at Litko Horde and Skirmish bases (or even rank bases) in sets of various amounts.  I once had him make custom 25 mm x 50 mm trays (1 x 4, 1 x 5) for prone troops.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Conquistador]

Before someone asks - http://www.litko.net/categories/Movement-Trays/

Gracias,

Glenn

[Marine0846]

Great skin tones.
Go with movement trays,
if you play with different rules.
You have the best of both worlds.

[Fanis]

Thank you kindly lads.

Re the basing system I too like the singly based figures more; especially for the games I am planning i.e. skirmish type games using In the Heart of Africa (mind you that can have up to 200 figs on the table so I am not sure if it qualifies as skirmish! )

Movement trays might be the way to go. I can still base them singly and just plop them on there for convenience and safety of the figures themselves. Will probably defer the decision till I have finished more armies for the period. Up to now I only have my Belgians completed (53 figures worth) and 4 other armies on the go at once!

Many thanks for the offer re the bases James; I will certainly contact you once I have settled on what I want.

Clearco that is a very nice force of ngoni you have there! And you painted them so fast too!!!

[Clearco]

Clearco that is a very nice force of ngoni you have there! And you painted them so fast too!!!

Those are not mine! They are zulus that I founded in google  I only wanted to show the shape of the movement trays that I wanted for mine 

[mysteriousbill]

After loosing a couple bayonets on my ACW soldiers I found that replacing them with the end of pins discouraged that short of thing. 

[Bugsda]

Excellent paintwork Fanis 

[Fanis]

Oops!  my mistake Clearco! I just read through your post too fast and assumed they were yours.

Incidentally I just realized that at my current rate of painting i.e. some 12 28mm figures per month it will take me 5 years to paint all the Darkest Africa miniatures I have!!!! A bit of a shock really! I must stop buying stuff!

[Belgian]

Warbases also makes great custom bases and an excellent customer service: http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2011/07/warbases-wooden-bases.html Scroll down the post to see the custom made bases for €0,05 coins!