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Post by jim1973 on Jan 27, 2020 7:37:22 GMT
I'm not sure why but I have a serious urge to get these and put them on 60mm DBA bases. Picoarmor 3mm ancientsDo I need help?  Cheers Jim |
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Post by goragrad on Jan 27, 2020 8:17:44 GMT
Considering that the selection I see at the link is Celts and Romans, you may indeed need help if you try to to paint the Celts with checked tunics and trousers and do any sort of detailing on either of the shield sets...
Other than that, they would give a nice impression of looking down on a battle on the table.
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Post by Cromwell on Jan 27, 2020 8:20:27 GMT
I tried this with 2mm Irregular Miniature figures. Hundred Years War and English Civil War.
My Therapist says I maybe allowed out unsupervised for short visits to the shop soon.😊
But if I hear or read the word "Microscopic" I still get the urge to commit unspeakable acts 😫
Wait! I typed Microscopic!
Nurse! Nurse! The screens, the screens, get the screens quickly!
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Post by jim1973 on Jan 27, 2020 8:31:53 GMT
I was thinking of using an operating microscope (sorry Cromwell) to paint woad tattoos to make Ancient Britons...  Jim |
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Post by Piyan Glupak on Jan 28, 2020 4:54:56 GMT
I'm not sure why but I have a serious urge to get these and put them on 60mm DBA bases. Picoarmor 3mm ancientsDo I need help? Cheers Jim No, you need the 3' to 4' board!
(You might consider basing the Celtic and Roman infantry in noticeably different formations though, to easily distinguish troop type at a glance.)
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Post by markhinds on Jan 28, 2020 14:48:35 GMT
A word of warning on these (I have some of their Napoleonics). The metal is extremely (!!) hard and brittle, so any sort of modification or cleanup will be difficult.
For example, I mounted my Heroics and Ros 6mm (made from nice malleable lead allow) on thin plastic card, which involves clipping off the figures at the base, and glueing them to the card. Try this with 3mm Picoarmor, and if you aren't careful the figure will fly off at high velocity, bounce off the wall, and get lost. In another example, it proved to be impractical to file or clip off unwanted plumes from the shakos of some experimental infantry, whereas this would be a trivial thing with traditional cast figures.
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Post by primuspilus on Jan 31, 2020 8:01:53 GMT
I first thought I was looking at a stand with some bread-mould on it ... ... Then I saw the shield-boss, and thought ... "now that is VERY SERIOUS bread-mould" Joking aside, I'd recommend painting them in exaggeratedly bright colours. I think the effects would be brilliant. |
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