The next step is to paint the bases. I use a pot of paint I mix up from cheap tubes of acrylic- lots of Raw Umber, and some tan colour and a little Buff Titanium. I roughly drybrush this over the brown of the base, and then drybrush successive coats with the mix diluted with more Buff Titanium until I achieve a fairly light colour.
Here we have a comparison shot that shows that the base colour is much lighter than when I started (bottom left base). The bottom right base is one of the templates from earlier, that I've used to check that the colour is roughly correct.
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After this I seal with Testors Lacquer, into which I mix a tiny bit of brown oil paint, which helps tie the colours of the base together, seal it against water damage, and above all make it very matt.
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So here is my discovery of the month; Silflor tufts. These come ready made and one can quickly stick them into place. They will replace the tufts you can see on the archers (below) which I laboriously cut and trim from hair, dyed green, and which can take a whole evening to do for a couple of units.
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The archers above have been "dressed" with some Silflor, static grass, a twig and some of the hair tufts (which still need to be trimmed).
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Finally, here are the BTD legionaries, which I am really pleased with, because they will bring a little variety to my Saleh EIR army. I've replaced all the legionaries' shields with Foundry shields. I'm especially pleased with the Optio who is lightly converted from a Praetorian...
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Close this window Jump to comment formhaha ! "Silflor tufts." I ve ordered some in prevision off my Spartacus army yesterday night !
1 February 2009 at 15:35
They are a fantastic time-saving device. I think the mixed colour ones are great!
1 February 2009 at 15:39
I ve taken :
6mm X-LONG LATE SUMMER PRAIRIE TUFTS,
SPRING GREEN BUFFALO GRASS,
TALL 4MM SPRING PASTURE TUFTS
and some ordinary
1 lb. BULK SPRING GREEN STATIC FLOCK
because i was going out of stock )
1 February 2009 at 17:28
Good looking bases indeed. One question though ... why did you replace all the BTD legion shields with Foundry shields? They look great.
Cheers
Matt
2 February 2009 at 19:49
Hi Matt,
I saw your post on the WAB forum and answered it there! This link
http://www.displacedminiatures.com/BigRedBat/image/2362/22319/
Shows why I decided to replace the shields...
Cheers, Simon
2 February 2009 at 22:37
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2 February 2009 at 22:39
Excellent bases!
The spikes you have on the bases for the Romans, where did you get them please, I am after some as well.
Thanks :)
Neil
3 December 2009 at 11:23
Hi Neil, they are from 1st Corps; nice products.
4 December 2009 at 17:53