Friday, December 18, 2015

Flats Battle Preview





The armies square off.  Left: Aquilonia. Right: Argos



Casus Belli: Fort Panion



Sound the advance !



I'll be using the Tony Bath rules from Featherstone's War Games.  These are the first photos taken on my new iPad Mini.   More to follow....

11 comments:

  1. When I saw the 1st picture I immediately thought of the Battle of Trimsos. Well done sir!

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  2. lovely - painting tutorial would be nice.

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  3. Ancients with Flats? How could one use any rules other then Baths?

    Luscious work,

    Greg

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  4. Full of nostalgia, excellant looking game, Tony

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  5. Great looking set up.....Looking forward to the battle report.

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  6. Glorious!
    I can't wait to see more.
    BTW can you recommend a book on painting flats with acrylics I am tempted to have a wee go...

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  7. Proper old school, a really impressive sight!

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  8. Many thanks, one and all ! I can only hope the battle report lives up to expectations.

    The paint jobs of the various units (more detail about which in the next post) are a mix of factory paint and my own.

    Regarding flats painting tutorials, I think it's something Michael Taylor did best in "The Art of the Flat Tin Figure". Suffice it to say here, anyone who has painted a wargames figure can do it. I'd say at first go, don't worry about shading, just get used to painting on a 2D surface. Nor is it really necessary on a figure you intend to use primarily for gaming.

    So far as shading goes, the main thing is to keep a consistent light source. For me, that's an imaginary sun to the left, shining down at a 45 degree angle.

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  9. Beautiful painting and as others have said, evocative of a bygone era.

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