Nothing much with the tip of a paintbrush going on here - just a bunch of re-basing of various figures onto 40mm square Litko bases. The hardest part was removing the figures from metal washers using an X-Acto knife. Some of the figures, particularly the plastic Warlord Games EIR, were surprisingly well-bonded with super-glue. What was even more surprising was I managed to accomplish all of the removals without serious injury. Only the thumb of the hand which wielded the knife suffered a slight numbness for a while afterwards.
In the foreground are Crusader Saxon Huscarls, followed by a handful of Newline Sea Peoples, and finally Warlord Games EIR - LBMS transfers profusely used throughout. All based primarily for Hail Caesar - with which I've yet to game with any of them. The Saxons had been part of a Norman WAB army as Mercenary Dogs of War, and also later as Vikings in a couple of SAGA games. The EIR were originally based for WAB, but never got around to gaming them. Some of the EIR bases have three figures which allowed the units to be rounded to even numbers of stands. The Sea Peoples will be an additional Small unit for a Trojan army.
I find the multi-figure basing more organized, both for gaming and also storage/transport. I have a couple more re-basing projects which should be completed before an order of Perry Samurai and Choson Koreans arrive. These additional figures will be used for command stands to complete the Imjin War forces.
They do look great based up like this!
ReplyDeleteYou have a seemingly endless supply of great looking figures, Dean.
Thanks for the nice words, Monty. I'm actually almost done with re-basing the units that were sort of bugging me the way they were individually based. I still have a lot of units that were based singly for WAB, but plan to leave those alone - at least for now ;). Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteRebasing can be a long slog, however, the end results are often well worth the effort. Looking forward to seeing the Choson Koreans and Samurai when you start to paint them.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Ross
Impressive and great work Dean .
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Vincent .
They all look great, Dean - that is a lot of work. Maybe take a lie-down for a few days?
ReplyDeleteRe-Basing is a thankless task. But usually worth the effort. These look good and I would say very well accomplished.
ReplyDeleteThey look great on the new bases Dean. Well done on it being an injury free task so far.
ReplyDeleteNice evolution from single-based figures. I like the effect of your basing very much.
ReplyDeleteFor me, rebasing gives a collection a whole new lease on life.
Rebasing... One of my favorite tasks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comments, everyone. I appreciate all of you allowing me to indulge in posting images of just re-basing old stuff vs. new projects.
ReplyDeleteWarm regards, Dean
Basing's always a pain in the butt whichever way you look at it. You base them up for one set of rules and they then don't work for another set?? Multiple basing's good because you can actually fit all them awkward figures that didn't fit on a 20x20 single base!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ray; and well said - in fact, even when I had them on magnetic trays, it was always a hassle getting them ranked back up - them ones with long pointy thingees. Also, handling them in games would be fiddly as they easily fell off or would be grabbed instead of the base, etc. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteI must get round to this one day for my old WAB stuff --> to make it more Hail Caesar friendly...
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ReplyDeleteI have left most of my Macedonian/Successor troops as is - singles on on movement trays. Mainly because there are so many of them, if nothing else, but the pikes look better in four ranks as they already are. Same as for some of my Medieval guys.
Best, Dean
Looks, good. and there is nothing wrong with reposting this masterful figs.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all your rebasing projects! The results so far are awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ted!
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