" Wooden Wars- painting- is timing Everything? " Topic
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| Skull and Crown | 01 Jul 2012 9:38 a.m. PST |
Wooden Wars: Wooden Soldier Project – Part 6: Painting – is timing everything?
I've posted more pictures of painted officers and go through some painting steps and challenges, on my latest blog post. I'd love to get some feedback from the "Flats" community out there in TMP land. skullandcrown.blogspot.com
Cheers!
Thomas Foss |
| flipper | 01 Jul 2012 10:39 a.m. PST |
Hi Shame that they don't come pre-printed in colour. Don't know if I would want to spend 20-40 mins painting a figure to then throw ping pong balls at them! BUT, I would play the game with my grandson using his plastic army men (unpainted) of 'Toy story' fame! |
| Black Cavalier | 01 Jul 2012 1:30 p.m. PST |
flipper, having seen these these wooden soldiers in person, one of the great things about them is that the laser etching makes them look great straight out of the box. If you look at the banner picture at the top of the Skull & Crown blog, you can see the figures in their unadulterated state on the left. All that black-line detail comes on the figure from the start. So just assembly, line them up, & bowl them over. |
| jefritrout | 01 Jul 2012 4:46 p.m. PST |
Thomas,
One again I am very impressed. My wife just looked at what you are making and aaid she would love to paint up some for our 6 year old daughter to play with. While the cavalry are a bit more complicated, she thinks that they are great. |
| Skull and Crown | 05 Jul 2012 8:58 p.m. PST |
Jeftrout- Horses are only 6 pieces including the saddle, and are actually easy to paint. At some point I'll do a few tutorials.
My Children love to paint their own- it is great times together.
Cheers
Thomas |
| Widowson | 07 Jul 2012 4:46 p.m. PST |
There was a commercial version of this game back in the 1960s, called "Pow." the projectiles were smaller, and fired from plastic, spring loaded mortars. The two sides were separated by a castle-type wall, and the figures advanced as the opponent tried to knock them down with the mortars firing over the castle wall. Figures that got all the way to the wall were out of play and part of the victory points system. Great fun, as I recall. |
| spontoon | 08 Jul 2012 8:52 a.m. PST |
With the overwhelming mountain of rules there is today, and barely two players who agree/know any one set; I think we will all be forced to game by setting up our armies and hurl our dice at our opponents! |
| spontoon | 08 Jul 2012 8:54 a.m. PST |
But these figures are GORGEOUS! |
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