| cturnitsa | 06 Sep 2009 11:51 a.m. PST |
Okay, lets see if I can write a more lucid report than last time TMP link I spent a little bit of time putting together two units out of a package of WF Numidians this weekend, and wanted to report on it. First of all, organization. I am doing two units of skirmishers for Warhammer Ancient Battles with these figures, but in order to maximize usefulness I will base them on WRG basing (two figures to a 60mmX30mm base). Each unit will have 14 figures in it. I chose to model a standard bearer, leader (with sword) and musician as part of each unit. That left 11 skirmishers in addition. For the first unit I chose slings as their main weapon, and for the second unit I chose the bow that comes in the package. My leaders and musicians were identical. I chose the ornate helmeted head, as well as a sword for the leader. I chose an unhelmeted head for all other figures in the unit, and the musician is given the curved metallic horn. For the standard bearer, there are two ornated poles in the set (presumably unit standards). I used these, unmodified. The more ornate one (for no particular reason) with the disc and the crescent, I gave to the archer unit. The other one (with the "horsetail") I gave to the slinger unit. I chose a variety of arms and arm poses for the warriors of each unit, and also the heads are all at different angles. It took me only a few hours to clean and glue together all 28 figures – not much more than it would have taken to sort and clean a similar number of lead/tin figures. The next step (painting) gave me a bit of a quandary. I could have taken a couple of routes, but I'll describe the one I did. In order to paint figures this scale, I usually will mount them on popsicle sticks with a dot of white glue, and then remove the finished figures to glue to bases. This might have worked, but with the plastic figures, I was unsure. So I have glued them directly to the bases (which is quite spacious, since they are on WRG light infantry style basing). I will proceed to spray and paint them on those bases, and then decorate the bases once the figures are completed. My next steps are to spray the figures black, dry brush them white (my usual technique) and then paint in all the detail layers over that. I'll report back when I am finishes (and will test my photo skills to see if they have improved). Chuck ps- note, the term Nubian was not used once in this article. |
aecurtis  | 06 Sep 2009 12:51 p.m. PST |
"ps- note, the term Nubian was not used once in this article." <happy> |
TKindred  | 06 Sep 2009 3:32 p.m. PST |
Allen, would one refer to untrained Nubians as "Nubian Noobs?" :) |
| jpattern2 | 06 Sep 2009 4:04 p.m. PST |
NUBIANS!!! Slowly Allen turned, step by step, inch by inch . . .
Looking forward to photos when you're done, Chuck. |
| Fifty4 | 07 Sep 2009 11:09 a.m. PST |
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| Dean AKI | 16 Sep 2009 5:44 a.m. PST |
Just got hold of a set and these are models with great potential. Will soon be creating a Chalcian Phalanx and two skirmisher units for my WAB Greeks out of two packs…. |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 16 Sep 2009 9:02 a.m. PST |
wAITING for North Star to restock then mean to have a play… planning zealots, as I've mentioned elsewhere. |
| cturnitsa | 16 Sep 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
CooperSteve – Zealots? What kind? |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 16 Sep 2009 10:35 a.m. PST |
Jews, 66-70 CE Is there another kind? |
| Fifty4 | 16 Sep 2009 11:18 a.m. PST |
CooperSteve – you might want to mix in some of the Ancient Germans to get some of the big bearded heads! |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 16 Sep 2009 1:37 p.m. PST |
I can sculpt my own big beards thanks! |
| Fifty4 | 16 Sep 2009 7:20 p.m. PST |
You got me thinking, so I slapped a few together VERY quickly. Check them out here:
link |
| Jojojimmyjohn | 16 Sep 2009 7:35 p.m. PST |
Nice report. Nice zelots…..the sprues, they are calling to me….. |
| Fifty4 | 16 Sep 2009 7:41 p.m. PST |
If there's enough interest, we can probably package up a combination of sprues that will get you the right # of parts from both sets. From what I can tell – the Ancient German bodies are fairly useless for this. Especially the bare-chested ones! So a mix of the other three sprues would do it. |
| Fifty4 | 16 Sep 2009 7:42 p.m. PST |
By the way Chuck – sorry to hijack your thread!!! |
| cturnitsa | 16 Sep 2009 9:13 p.m. PST |
Jews, 66-70 CEIs there another kind? CooperSteve – definitely the kind I was thinking of when I read your post. Definitely share some photos when these get painted! Chuck |
| cturnitsa | 16 Sep 2009 9:15 p.m. PST |
By the way Chuck – sorry to hijack your thread!!! Tony – No worries! The bearded heads definitely look great on the Numidian bodies. Nice mashup. Chuck |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 17 Sep 2009 2:22 a.m. PST |
No indication C1st Jews had shaggy hair & beards, but it's nice to see how versatile the sprues are! |
| Union Jack Jackson | 17 Sep 2009 2:33 a.m. PST |
"No indication C1st Jews had shaggy hair and beards" – sure they did, and they had 'merican accents too – I've seen the Masada TV miniseries! |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 17 Sep 2009 3:20 a.m. PST |
Apparently there was an Elizabethan play where the clown talks about 100 years war history & another character tells him he is 'well versed in the chronicle' – he responds 'No, I have it from the play-house, & hold it is the more accurate!' I'm currently training up our church youth leaders on Jewish history & I've showed them the docudrama on AD70 that was part of a series on Rome's wars a year or 2 back-. Not bad for its TV budget, Jews are shown more in robes & turbans, variety of facial hair. Some are straggly. The bloke from SPOOKS plays a rather slim Vespasian. The MIRACLES OF JESUS docu-series with Rageh Omar from last year(?) showed Jesus with a 'barely-there' beard. Mind you as the seige took its toll I guess the zealots ran low on razors like everything else. |
