| HarryHotspurEsq | 09 Sep 2013 7:17 a.m. PST |
6mm Rapier Greek archers – just a test run to see if I like the scale.
Quite happy with those. Cheers!
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| Khusrau | 09 Sep 2013 7:50 a.m. PST |
Wow.. very nice. Those wouldn't shame a 15mm figure. |
| Andrew Walters | 09 Sep 2013 8:16 a.m. PST |
Very cool. I took out my Microworld Games 6mm figures yesterday to get back to work on them. It's a neat scale… |
| Caesar | 09 Sep 2013 8:47 a.m. PST |
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| Rapier Miniatures | 09 Sep 2013 8:51 a.m. PST |
Love them, absolutely love them. |
| Who asked this joker | 09 Sep 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
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| HarryHotspurEsq | 09 Sep 2013 8:54 a.m. PST |
Rapier – I bought them ages ago to use as antefixes on a 15mm scale temple. They proudly sit up on that roof, all in gold. These are the first ones I've painted as miniatures. |
| Tony58 | 09 Sep 2013 8:55 a.m. PST |
Nice:) What are the bases? |
| Cerdic | 09 Sep 2013 9:03 a.m. PST |
Love 6mm for BIG battles with loads of figures! Rapier are very nice figures and mix well with Baccus so you can have more variety. |
| Mapleleaf | 09 Sep 2013 9:07 a.m. PST |
First Great Painting I really like your style One suggestion would be to build up the ground surface to the top of the base to help the figures blend into their terrain |
| elsyrsyn | 09 Sep 2013 11:42 a.m. PST |
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| Big Ian | 09 Sep 2013 12:07 p.m. PST |
Excellent painting on 6mm! |
| HarryHotspurEsq | 09 Sep 2013 1:09 p.m. PST |
Based on 40x20mm bases. Mapleleaf – I agree completely. This was just a test unit and I need to find a better ground cover to disguise the base of the figures a little more. |
| colin knight | 09 Sep 2013 2:32 p.m. PST |
bases are too thick IMHO. Painting and figures very good. |
| whitejamest | 09 Sep 2013 5:11 p.m. PST |
Beautiful work! Respectfully disagree with Collin, I like thick bases because they make it so much easier to pick up a small piece safely – all the more important with very small scale figures that can bend easily. But to each his own of course.
- James |
Joes Shop  | 10 Sep 2013 4:48 a.m. PST |
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| HarryHotspurEsq | 10 Sep 2013 6:21 a.m. PST |
Thanks for all the encouragement guys. This will be next years project I think. Colin Knight – yes, the bases are deep – 3mm to be precise, plus 1mm for the magnet, so 66% the height of the figures. However, as James says, thick bases are handy with small and fragile troops. |
| HarryHotspurEsq | 16 Sep 2013 8:45 a.m. PST |
Here are the same lads with builder's sand on the base rather than the silty stuff previously used. |
| oldbob | 17 Sep 2013 10:36 a.m. PST |
I do like the bases and I can see the detail on the figures. Nice brush work! |
| Caesar | 18 Sep 2013 1:55 p.m. PST |
The contrast with the ground cover really makes them pop. |
| theleadfarmer | 26 Sep 2013 5:00 a.m. PST |
Harry, v. nice paint job, esp at the scale! On the bases, it seems common for gamers using Rapier to sand/file down the bases. By all accounts a tedious effort but worth it. (I should add this is on reading the work of others – like Cranium27's blog – as I don't have any Rapier myself.) Seems like the sand works just fine though! |
