Diving into 10mm head first: project log

[BeardedHammer]

OK,  good to know. Thanks for the heads up! I think the hardest part for me will be finding opponents. The average gamer in my area seems to be the less than intelligent college kid (not my cup of tea), so finding a good person to play a not competitive game that requires a bit of work will be a trick.

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[toxicpixie]

Very much a game for gentlemen as the rules are "tool box" type and require a lot of input for period flavour. Still, if you do a bit of research you can present the Game as a "fair accompli" and let them argue history later

[BeardedHammer]

That's what I'm looking for! I have a few buddies that are interested in 10 fantasy so I may do an adaptation from Pike and Shotte for that to get started.

But for now I have some new pictures! The general and his battalion of foot knights


The line battalion of pikes


The ranged battalion of two archer units, 3x cannons, 3x organ guns


The mounted battalion of knights and mounted longbows


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[Techno]

Coo !....
They should look rather spiffy. 
Look forward to seeing this progress.
Cheers - Phil

[BeardedHammer]

Thanks Techno! I'm hoping to get my last two units on bases tonight so I can base coat tomorrow. I'll post as I go

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[paulr]

I have seen a few comments on here about the 'challenges' of having pike striking out beyond the front of bases. Apparently it can lead to bent pikes when two such elements meet. I don't have any pike in 10mm so haven't had this issue personally.

You appear to have only a few but thought I would mention it before you got too far down the track to rearrange the figures so you can think about if you haven't already.

I'm looking forward to watching this project 

[BeardedHammer]

Thanks for the heads up paulr. I think I will leave them as is though,  because I'm not sure how often I'll have the privilege of using this army so I at least want it to look good. If I have to touch up a few bent pikes every now and then I'll not complain. I do appreciate the forewarning though.

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[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good so far!

[Subedai]

Not sold on the use of silver as an undercoat. 

[toxicpixie]

There's a lot of armour there - silver, black wash, done

[BeardedHammer]

Lol, trolls! Trolls, all of you!  I'll be base coating in white I believe. I'm going to do white cloth with blue details and bronze armor. Does anybody have any advice to the contrary?

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[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

THERE IS ONLY ONE COLOUR TO UNDERCOAT - BLACK!!!!!!!

IanS

[BeardedHammer]

That is my usual rule of thumb, but with white and a light blue being the primary colors I figured it would be easier to let a wash do the work than to work my way up.

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[fred.]

White undercoat should work well - you will need to paint the armour black before metallic - but overall it should cut down on the amount of painting.

I do find with white undercoat you do need a quite heavy wash to shade all the awkward bits that get missed. With black undercoat these are naturally in shade, with white you need to do something to hide them - but generally a heavy wash works.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I use white, base coat, wash, highlight...
Terribly Twentieth Century I know, but I like it!