nnascati  | 14 Feb 2017 11:14 a.m. PST |
All,
Photos of my Eureka ToyTown armies re-fighting HGW's Battle of Hook's Farm. The positions at the end of one turn. Nick link |
| Joes Shop | 14 Feb 2017 11:35 a.m. PST |
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| 79thPA | 14 Feb 2017 11:50 a.m. PST |
Good job. Are the infantry one piece castings? |
| nnascati | 14 Feb 2017 12:32 p.m. PST |
79th, yes happily one piece castings. |
| Gone Fishing | 14 Feb 2017 4:09 p.m. PST |
I love the old fashioned look. Very well done. |
| Ivan DBA | 14 Feb 2017 6:59 p.m. PST |
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| Dale Hurtt | 14 Feb 2017 7:30 p.m. PST |
Really great looking troops, table, and game. |
| arthur1815 | 20 Feb 2017 6:18 a.m. PST |
Splendid old school look! If only they were a smaller scale! OTOH, I suppose I could just paint some historical figures in toy soldier style… |
| nnascati | 20 Feb 2017 1:34 p.m. PST |
arthur1815, hard to get that look in the smaller scale. Maybe use Franco Prussian War figures? But all in the same poses. |
| arthur1815 | 20 Feb 2017 3:55 p.m. PST |
nnascati, I agree all – except officers, musicians and generals – should be in the same pose, probably march attack or similar.
But I do believe it would not be difficult to achieve a toy soldier style effect by simply painting in flat colours, with no highlighting or shading (how I used to paint my Airfix armies in my youth!)and a limited colour palette. I'm planning to use Napoleonic infantry and artillerymen in bell-top shakos, heavy cavalry in classical helmets, light in bell-top shakos and lancers in czapkas. Obviously, I'm not going to reproduce the rocking/hobby horses of the Eureka Toy Town range, but then 19th century toy soldiers were mounted on ordinary horses, anyway! |
| nnascati | 20 Feb 2017 5:00 p.m. PST |
To be honest, the Hobby Horses are th eonly thing I don't like about the range. Good luck with the project. |
| arthur1815 | 21 Feb 2017 6:52 a.m. PST |
nnascati, thank you! May I ask what rules you used? I presume you didn't actually shoot projectiles at your nicely painted troops, so you either adapted the Little Wars rules or used another set altogether? |
| nnascati | 21 Feb 2017 10:45 a.m. PST |
Arthur,
Why don't you email me . We can have a much fuller conversation that way. I am – nnascati@gmail.com Nick |
| 14Bore | 20 Oct 2017 4:36 p.m. PST |
Nice collection, looking around tmp for places I never have been. |
| gangbusters | 11 Nov 2017 10:15 a.m. PST |
link using Portable Wargame rules |
| davejl | 12 Dec 2017 11:41 a.m. PST |
Brilliant. Lovely painting. I've just bought some of the Toy Town figures after months of dithering. Your beautifully painted figures have inspired me to paint these new figures (in spite of having over a dozen other projects and painting commissions on the go) And have convinced me I've done the right thing.
Well done Best Wishes Dave |
