| Fifty4 | 31 Aug 2009 6:36 p.m. PST |
Tim Young (Runicus Fasticus) sent us a great little primer on how to create saddle blankets for the Wargames Factory hard plastic 28mm ancient horses (ponies) You can check it out here:
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| vojvoda | 01 Sep 2009 4:55 a.m. PST |
Nice simple tip. Have not done this in may a moon but I use to use wine cork covers off bottles of wine back in the day. They were metal and easy to shape. Now most are plastic and cork is no more. Rum and other spirits are still using metal caps and covers.
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James Mattes |
| TKindred | 01 Sep 2009 7:12 a.m. PST |
vojvoda, I still use the metal foil from wine bottles (the heavier foil) for banners and flags. Great stuff! And you get a free bottle of wine with every purchase! :) heh… |
| John D Salt | 01 Sep 2009 12:41 p.m. PST |
In the good old days, of course, toothpaste tubes used to be made of metal foil, which Airfix Magazine recommended using for flags and such things. No alcoholic content to a toothpaste tube, though, regrettably. All the best, John. |
IGWARG1   | 01 Sep 2009 7:50 p.m. PST |
I just cut saddle "bumps" on the saddles that were provided with the kit. Painted they look just like simple blankets. |
| vojvoda | 01 Sep 2009 8:56 p.m. PST |
I just can't figure out why all the ancient cavalry saddles come without stirrups? 
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James Mattes |
| Pictors Studio | 01 Sep 2009 10:49 p.m. PST |
I just buy rolls of lead foil. It is about $70 USD for a lifetime supply. I use it for flags and such like, it would work well for this too. You'll never run out of it and it is just perfect for stuff like this. I'll never run out of it and I'd imagine I paint a lot more than the average gamer. |
| Widowson | 02 Sep 2009 5:09 p.m. PST |
James – the ancients didn't have stirrups. It's one of the reasons why the mounted knight became queen of the battlefield in the dark ages – the advent of the stirrup. Others – I make Napoleonic shabraques out of paper. I use AutoCad to draw the shabraque based on measurements, use color printer. A tiny roll of paper towel at the front end imitates blanket roll/pistol holsters. Then wet down the inside with PVA glue and water, work over the horse body and secure by putting a mounted figure on it to hold it in place until dry. |
| vojvoda | 02 Sep 2009 8:41 p.m. PST |
Widowson 02 Sep 2009 5:09 p.m. PST wrote:
James – the ancients didn't have stirrups. It's one of the reasons why the mounted knight became queen of the battlefield in the dark ages – the advent of the stirrup. Ah you must have missed the stupid grin at the end of my posting.
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James Mattes |
| Marc the plastics fan | 07 Sep 2009 9:17 a.m. PST |
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