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CAG 1908 Nov 2012 3:22 p.m. PST

Trying to get through the undercoated pile on WOTR figures (15mm) led me to try something different this evening to go from white undercoat to an intermediate step as quick as possible.

You can get the general idea from an all over basecoat

To something I could get on the table with


More photos etc can be found here
link

Still need to go over and touch up weapons etc but start to finish was under 60 minutes for 15 figures. As I stopped for photos etc and a bit of TV I can probably up the speed to get the rest of this lot done by the end of the month

link

(as long as every other project doesn't get in the way).

MajorB08 Nov 2012 3:37 p.m. PST

Good idea re undercoating.

See here:
TMP link
for a very interesting discussion about the possible use of crossbows in the WOTR.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP08 Nov 2012 8:15 p.m. PST

They look good. Way to get a lot of guys done at once.

Rapier Miniatures09 Nov 2012 4:05 a.m. PST

It was a crossbow, fired by Henry Tudor from a grassy knoll that killed Richard III!

MajorB09 Nov 2012 4:55 a.m. PST

It was a crossbow, fired by Henry Tudor from a grassy knoll that killed Richard III!

And what evidence can you offer to support that statement?

See also here for discussion re Richard III's demise:
TMP link

bobm195909 Nov 2012 6:36 a.m. PST

Henry Tudor never "fired" a crossbow…..

CAG 1909 Nov 2012 12:46 p.m. PST

It was a crossbow, fired by Henry Tudor from a grassy knoll that killed Richard III!

He is on about Kennedy (I think)

MajorB09 Nov 2012 1:16 p.m. PST

He is on about Kennedy (I think)

Kennedy? I know of no such person in the WOTR?

Joes Shop Supporting Member of TMP09 Nov 2012 1:31 p.m. PST

Very Nice Work!

Regards,

J. P. Kelly

CAG 1910 Nov 2012 6:11 a.m. PST

Sorry Margard,
I meant I thought it is a parody of Kennedy's assasination not someone at the Battle

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