Although greatly under strength, the Italian Bersaglieri prepare to square off against their Austrian foes!
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| The officer gets fancier black leather shoes. |
These Waterloo 1815 figures painted up fairly quickly by my standard.
I attribute this to two things. One, there is an overall lack of kit with these figures - akin to Airfix WWII Soviets. The other reason is that I discovered that if I take a little more time with each step, there is less need to go back and fix errors. Not no need mind you, but far less need. Who knew?
Sadly, there was some peeling when I removed the figures from their painting bases which you can see in the picture.
I will seal the bases with PVA and regloss the bases once I settle on what the final actual basing will be.
At present, I am leaning towards individual figures on the same size bases I use for my Great Game armies (I don't recall the size, so hopefully I have the order receipt from Litko so I can order more!). Trench Hammer works equally well either way, and H.M.G. which I would like to try, by default uses individually-based figures.
These figures are sweet John! I've always loved Bersagliari and yours look great! Nice paint job, I can't wait to see them on your war game table in action!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brad! I'm painting up the next batch of 3 which should be good for a small game of Trench Hammer. If things go as well with this batch it could be by Monday even that I can get them on the table.
DeleteI do like these figures and you have certainly done them justice, great work. Can you tell us a little more of the Trench Hammer system and how it plays compared to your gridded games, is it a lot more complicated?
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I need to play a few more games before I can make anything more than generalizations about Trench Hammer. However, I feel confident in saying it's a fairly uncomplicated game, billed as it is as "beer-and-pretzels WWI". That said there is, I think, enough that gives it a WWI feel (at least for the Western Front) compared to a WWII game. It is probably more complicated than The Portable Wargame but not as complicated as my own Company Fire! or G Company rules (which are the same scale of 1 base = 1 section or thereabouts).
DeleteKaptain Kobold has done quite a few posts about Trench Hammer and those posts are what convinced me to buy the PDF (https://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com/search?q=trench+hammer). I think you'll get a real sense of whether or not the game is for you by reading them. For a wonderful looking 54mm game featuring the rules, see https://natholeonsempires.blogspot.com/2020/03/i-wanna-be-your-trench-hammer.html
I should note that someone somewhere on the web mentioned making a grid version of Trench Hammer,and though I haven't seen such a thing, I don't imagine it would be much more than converting every 6" in the rules to a single grid space. Indeed, I may try that myself!
Just bought Winter Hammer. Thought it was excellent value and looks like it will give a good game. Now to source suitable figures in 54mm ...
DeleteThey look very dashing, nice sculpts with a nice paint job.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Paul.
Thank you, Paul! The figures are from Waterloo 1815 and are quite nicely detailed. I imagine in the hands of a painter who does shadows and highlights and all that, they'd look stunning.
DeleteActually I think these figures might look best with straight paint and gloss or semigloss as you have done them. (My old plastic toys had a sheen but not high gloss.
ReplyDeleteI'll never know for sure since I prefer the Deetail style (but with gloss) to detailed painting!
DeleteVery good. The 'toy soldier' look is where it's at! I know I have a load of these W1815 figures somewhere but I can't find them!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tim! I have a bunch I picked up on Ebay in a very chipped paint form as well as a few new boxes. I bought way more than I will probably use!
DeleteJohn, they are painted nicely, and the castings look good, it was definitely worth putting the time and effort! I've come to the conclusion that gloss varnish not only protects, but brings the paintwork to life in 54mm, it actually hides some of my errors too. But I don't like gloss on my 28mm collections.
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Thank you, Michael! I agree. The big figures really pop when they are glossed!
DeleteThey look beautiful! I'm sure you've answered this before (sorry!), but what varnish do you use?
ReplyDeleteThank you, DW! I use Delta Creative Gloss Exterior/Interior Varnish. It's an acrylic varnish available at craft type stores (and Amazon). I've been using it for a few years now and haven't noticed an yellowing or anything of that nature.
DeleteThank you, John, I might have to look into getting some of that!
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