| Steve M | 15 Mar 2015 7:53 a.m. PST |
This is my British army so far for Peninsular battles, all Adler 6mm figures. Some links to other components of the overall force in the blog link Steve |
79thPA  | 15 Mar 2015 8:01 a.m. PST |
That's a great looking force. |
| 18CTEXAN | 15 Mar 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
Those are absolutely "beautiful"! |
| Dynaman8789 | 15 Mar 2015 8:18 a.m. PST |
Impressive, most impressive! |
| Toronto48 | 15 Mar 2015 8:18 a.m. PST |
Very nice -perfect when you add some limbers |
| Onomarchos | 15 Mar 2015 8:53 a.m. PST |
Wow, that is a great looking force. Mark |
| jambo1 | 15 Mar 2015 10:24 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 15 Mar 2015 11:44 a.m. PST |
Not my scale, but I can recognise talent! Like Perfect Six, you can manage what I find challenging in 28mm. The lace on the RHA gunners for example. What about Picton's brolley? and then the buildings! |
| Mark RedLinePS | 15 Mar 2015 1:51 p.m. PST |
Steve, simply amazing! Your figures and buildings are superb. I have to remind myself that I'm looking at 6mm.
Can you tell me how you base your Adler infantry, do you keep them in the strips or cut them down to individual figures and then base?
Mark |
| Steve M | 15 Mar 2015 1:55 p.m. PST |
Mark depends on the figures. Mostly these days cut into individual figures as the strips are wider than my bases. I still have some Adler figures from the 1980s when they started and they are not as wide and can be stuck on bases in strips. You can see my approach to basing in an early post on a basing tutorial: link Steve |
LeonAdler  | 15 Mar 2015 11:25 p.m. PST |
And have a look here:
link
L |
| Mark RedLinePS | 16 Mar 2015 3:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks Steve, great blog. I came a cropper when I realised the bottom of the bases were not flat and trying to file the bases of the individual painted figures was a bit tricky!! |
| Steve M | 16 Mar 2015 10:31 a.m. PST |
They vary on how flat they are – the British are about the worst while some are nearly flat. I have started to use white glue with a few small drops of super glue in it. I have found you need decent super glue – a good make and a good applicator to ensure controlled small drops. Otherwise you can get white frosting on the bottom of figures from the fumes. Leave for 30 seconds or so and then put the figures in it. Works great for cavalry and not bad for infantry – although I do the rear then front rows separately otherwise things can fall around and difficult to counteract it with a full base being glued at once. Speeds thing up no end. But if base really nothing like level made need to do a bit (sometime one figure on a strip leans forward a lot and need a bit of adjustment.) |
| LeonAdler | 16 Mar 2015 3:04 p.m. PST |
Steve,
I will try explaining this again.
If the strip wont stand on its own its because the figures are leaning forward slightly, this is caused when they come out of the moulds as the rubber grips the upper portions more than the base. Happens on some strips, its a side effect of the undercuts/detail on the figures. Just hold the strip in one hand and gently nudge the figs backwards a touch, takes about 5 secs. If you use a rubber bases adhesive ( like bostick, UHU) dont even have to do that as the glue forms a filler between the base and the figure. In my experience superglue is the worst thing to base figures with. It dries too rigidly meaning shocks to the base can loosen figures. Even better is something like bastex as that fills the areas between the figs at the same time. Ive based thousands of figures and never filed a base.
L |
| Steve M | 17 Mar 2015 11:14 a.m. PST |
well I have come across plenty of figures that won't glue on my small bases without some effort. I don't mind I like your figures but I do 'nudge' them back but is not always enough. super glue in white glue does not work as you suggest |
| JimDuncanUK | 17 Mar 2015 12:50 p.m. PST |
I file the bases of all my figures whether they need it or not. |
paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
