Saturday, August 19, 2023

Two Days Wasn't Enough, But a week will do

 

Old School paint-jobs for Old School minis, just waiting for the shield decals
not quite finished but the core of a force is there;
four cohorts, two units of auxilia and two barbarian allies

       My absurd deadline of two days came and went in a flash and I had to use substitutes in my game with The Housemartin (which ended with my resounding defeat). This shall not be the case in the future! The substitutes I mean; my luck in dice-dependent games is notoriously bad. With the luxury of a couple of extra days I finished the above seen figures and I am starting on a few more cohorts of infantry and a couple of units of cavalry which will round the force out nicely. Now all I need is some dice that have a few vestiges of luck on them.
       What I don't ever want to hear again is a complaint about assembling plastic minis. These all required shields and spears, heck a few even needed heads glued on! With plastic minis you just put a dot of tube cement on it and the part stays in place. Metal minis require holding (and seem to need to test-fit every part by gluing it to my fingers first!!!), absolutely nightmarish!

 

4 comments:

  1. Now the question is, can they fight? Let’s hope your dice skills improve😉

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  2. Here is part of my first legion of figures. Stopped painting them as did have anyone to battle. But they did one battle at your place with Tom.
    https://gary-oldsargeswargameandmodelblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/romans-is-raising-part-3-imperial-roman.html

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  3. Anton would have to build some dice skills with proxie in order for them to "improve".

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    1. Don't tempt me, I could easily make some "special" dice, just for my use, that would ensure better results

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