Post by Brian Ború on Feb 6, 2024 17:22:10 GMT
Some thoughts about terrain building in scale lead me to this project: Alexandrian armies in scale of 1:1000. In this way one day I might bring Gaugamela onto one table. Now I'm bent over my tiny armies (by Irregular) and try to work things out...
First important thing: I wanted to arrange bases rather in smallest independent units. In the Maxcedonian phalanx these were 1024 men or two squares of long pikes. So I had to go for 2 pike units on one small 40mm base.
Second I don't like the look of tiny miniatures on thick bases, so I took to laminated cardboard: stiff, thin, stable, won't warp when wet from glue or paint.
The base making.
Macedonians on the move.
Glued and sanded. Drying.
First important thing: I wanted to arrange bases rather in smallest independent units. In the Maxcedonian phalanx these were 1024 men or two squares of long pikes. So I had to go for 2 pike units on one small 40mm base.
Second I don't like the look of tiny miniatures on thick bases, so I took to laminated cardboard: stiff, thin, stable, won't warp when wet from glue or paint.
The base making.
Macedonians on the move.
Glued and sanded. Drying.