The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[Sophie Scholl]

Those are pretty awesome. You could always do up some Thousand Sons and keep the Egyptian/Tomb Kings aesthetic going into 40k!

[The Brain]

I could use another non-Imperial army for 40k.

[katmai]

Yo teh Brain, what is the size ratio of ruins to the tomb king miniatures?

[Iormlund]

If you want to make a Thousand Sons army there's a handy little app for trying out color schemes called Impcat. There aren't that many templates available yet, but one of them is a Rubric Marine:

[The Brain]

@katmai: That's a good question!



@Ior: looks useful. Thanks!

[The Brain]

I got my sweet Perry shipment. Looks great. And I also got flags for Richard as Duke and as King, and also for Lord Hastings.

[Sophie Scholl]

I got my sweet Perry shipment. Looks great. And I also got flags for Richard as Duke and as King, and also for Lord Hastings.

Nice! I'm definitely looking forward to seeing those!

[The Brain]

Interlude:

While I was waiting for the Perry shipment I started to paint some guys I've had primed for years. Hazmat guys by Copplestone, they are part of my Alien collection. I've had Copplestone guys painted up as Colonial Marines for a long time, and I have Alien models from the Alien vs Predator game (I don't use the human models from that game since they are not really compatible with 28mm figures). A good thing about the Alien universe is that lots of modern and near future models are suitable. I imagine these guys are more salvage crew or spaceship crew than soldiers (or their suits wouldn't be bright yellow). They can also stand in for guys in spacesuits, which may be relevant in a scenario where someone is trying to open an airlock for instance. I really like Copplestone's figures, nice and with the right amount of detail. Yellow can be a tricky color but I think it came out OK. I also tried an asphalt basing effect from Vallejo that I impulse bought at my FLGS. It's pretty nice, makes basing quicker and in some ways better.

[11B4V]

Brain, do you have a recommend miniature brand for French and Indian war figures?

[The Brain]

Brain, do you have a recommend miniature brand for French and Indian war figures?

While I haven't bought any FIW figures myself, I can tell you some stuff that I happen to know, which is about 28mm scale (my normal scale). General note: if buying models from different manufacturers it's good to check that they are reasonably the same size, and not just height but bulk, the test is of course "do they look OK next to each other?". If you find a manufacturer with a comprehensive range that you like and just buy everything from that manufacturer then of course you won't have to think about this.

Not in any special order:

North Star have some minis in their fairly small Muskets & Tomahawks range. I often buy stuff from North Star.
http://www.northstarfigures.com/list.php?man=290&page=1

Warlord Games have a fairly big range of FIW minis. I've bought other stuff from Warlord, they're a solid supplier. If I were going for a one-stop-shop FIW thing, I'd definitely consider Warlord.
https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/french-indian-war-1754-1763?page=1

Perry Miniatures may be the best manufacturer of historical minis in the world IMHO. My Wars of the Roses collection is based on Perry. They have an AWI range that may contain the odd bit of useful stuff for the FIW.
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/index.php?cPath=23_29&osCsid=ihveujs78qscqvh8ep57efou44

I learnt from Wargames Illustrated about Sash and Saber Castings, and the photos in the magazine looked good. They appear to have a big range. But apparently their website is stuck in the 90s, so I'd tread with caution.
http://www.sashandsaber.com/catalogFIW.php4

[11B4V]

I'll give them a look, thanks.

[The Brain]

I finished my command groups for Richard Gloucester and Lord Hastings. This way I can deftly remake my army based on the 1461 season into a 1471 army, since I am not absolutely anal about correct liveries. My plan is to expand the army with some specialist units and, depending on my energy, more troops both liveried and peasant militia type.

The banners are from CitadelSix, my earlier banners were from Little Big Men Studios. The CitadelSix banners are of brass (of course with transfers), so they are mechanically sturdy, but heavy. I had to switch banner bearers for Lord Hastings, the one with the smaller banner was supposed to have the big banner, but since he is plastic and the other is metal balance made it necessary to switch. The transfers were very fragile, color came off if you looked at it, but I managed to only have to repair some solid fields, I didn't have to paint Monkey Jesus. Note: I made a test banner first since the tech was new to me, this of course is always an important rule in miniature painting...

[Threviel]

What wind is there supposed to be? Seeing as the banners are straight and even. Should they not, for an anal man, look like this?

[Threviel]

BTW, I love your updates and want to see more.

[The Brain]

What wind is there supposed to be? Seeing as the banners are straight and even. Should they not, for an anal man, look like this?

A very valid question. My earlier banners were fluttering in the wind a lot more, but I didn't dare bend these brass banners realistically since my main priority was not to fuck up the transfers (and having to order new transfers and wait for them to arrive...). So I sacrificed realism a bit for safety. I'm sure it's possible to get a good result but I didn't dare experiment.

Addendum: the square banners were, AFAIK, historically mounted in a way to make them always be fully extended in battle. So the above is primarily for the long banners.