So I bought a couple of test packs of Commission Figurines MDF napoleonics.
He says they are 6mm, but with the caveat they are a bit bigger- I measure at 8-9mm with the base strip. (the bases are 40x20s)
I bought artists pens from Hobby Craft (Windsor and Newton Promarker – 12 for £20.00 GBP, chisel tip at one end, pointy one at the other), and after a white undercoat coloured in, staying between the lines! I can do this quicker, and (a bit) more neatly than painting (I hate painting). Hobby craft also do a 2.5l RUB, with a tray in. 1 compartment takes the pens (and painting glasses) while the other 4 have the figures.
Did a test strip one night, then Monday did the other 11 (2 were half started). Basically did 88 figures in an evening!
I think I could well buy the rest of the Army now! Not only are they ideal for FoG:N (for the '15mm measurements – why do rules writers not understand the rational for small figures is often more in the same foot print!), but that battalion is the width of a BP unit when playing at the Inch measurement scale, not the sub in cms that SJ, I and Tring club do.
The strips are 42mm – I assume that is to do with laying out efficiently, so I clip the end men off, and put them behind as file closers.
Next up – Dragoon test paint.
Thanks to Sunjester for the loan of bases
paints his first three ships from the starter set.
