The Strength and Honour Game yesterday has given me some really good ideas for my next 2mm army and terrain, having seen what Mark has done with the Antonine Miniatures range.
1. I was sceptical about the extra faff of adding toothbrush bristle spears or lances to the units but, having seen them up close the effect is well worth the effort, so I'll be adding some to my Parthian Cataphracts for starters.
2. Mark's painting is far more subtle than my blocking in and dry brushing approach, so I'll be taking more time to paint things like faces and shields, especially for the Numidians or Caledonian units.
3. The basing is key to making the units really pop, so while my desert themed bases look fine, I'll give some more thought to base texturing, painting and decorating for my non-arid basing. I really like the snow effect that Mark achieved but scope for that is a bit limited.
4. I've still not sorted a terrain cloth with a grid pattern, although I'm trying to find one for my birthday, but Mark's terrain boards looked brilliant and would be easy to make using high density foam or similar. A pain to store but visually way better than a cloth and easy to colour match to the army bases.
5. I really need to learn the rules and play more games in order to grasp the system properly and really make the most of the armies I've assembled. It's great that the buzz from the game yesterday may well encourage other club players to get stuck in but I'd also like to play solo.
....watch this space.
Those toothbrush lances look great... if my family go to clean their teeth tomorrow and find all the bristles on the toothbrush have disappeared I'll tell them it was your fault!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! They do make a big difference to the 'look' of the units
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