experiments with using recessed bases for figures with cast-on bases.
I'm in the process of expanding my fantasy barbarian army, and since they're barbarians, I realized I didn't have to do "more of the same" – different groups of barbarians can have different 'looks'.
The last time around, I showed you the barbarian warriors. This time, it's the glamor boys – chariots!
Here's a comparison shot of the new chariot (left) and the old chariot (right).
My painting directions for the reinforcements has kept them 'less fancy' than the old chariots, which gives me the option to field them as regular and elite chariots.
The reinforcements are more blonde, and the chariot decorations are in gold rather than skull-like.
The new chariots were painted for TMP by Blue Table.
The antlers are separate pieces, assembled by the painters for me.
The antlers complicate things, as it limits where you can place the animals on the base, and they can prevent other chariots from lining up properly.
Alternately, I could have mounted the chariots one per base, but that wouldn't match up with the original army (which was based as recommended for Mighty Armies).
Multi-part models such as chariots don't ship too well in the mail, so I had the painting service leave the final assembly to me.
I started by gluing the animals down to the bases, texturing them in with spackle.
When the spackle was dry, I added the chariot to the base, then added the crew to the chariot.
You can see above how the chariots attach to the reindeer.
The crew consist of driver and archer. The driver needs to fit up front, so not a lot of options there. The archer can be posed in different directions, but is hard to fit entirely within the chariot.
After all the models were attached to the base, I painted the top Mississippi Mud, let it dry, then flocked.
These reinforcements boost my chariot force from two bases up to seven – two allied tribes, or maybe some barbarian-on-barbarian action!