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@@busydad_painting How many miniatures has 15 dollars gotten me?

Thanks. I got the MDF bases from Simon Miller's Bigredbat shop. I talk more about it in my last video on the iberians

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Thank you for the recommendation, I hadn't seen their stuff before. They've got a lot of options!

Thanks. Painting more for the collection and process, but I might try out Hail Caesar or To the Strongest at some point

@@busydad_painting That is a great hobby in its own right. I was a miniature gamer but dropped it when I discovered hex and counter wargaming. Id like to get back into it but only paint historical miniatures for the enjoyment of it. Debating on what scale to go with 10mm, 15mm or 28mm. I really do like the massed effect you have going with the Celts.

Thanks, thats a good idea, not sure if I have a pipette around but my local hobby store probably has one. I'll certainly help next time I use the sand basing

Victrix, ordered directly from their site. They have a wide range of miniatures from the classical and roman time period.

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Yes, it is viable way to put these large units together, but for me right now the look and spacing I can get with true multibasing outweighs the practical benefit of a movement tray. I did go down the path of drilling my own base holes in an mdf board. I discuss this in a little more depth and the motivation for my multibasing approach in my 3rd video log on the Libyan spearmen

@busydad_painting Makes sense. Are you wargaming with these?

@@takenogundam1 I might in the future use them for hail caesar or to the strongest, we'll see. Focusing on the journey right now

@busydad_painting In that case, individual bases wouldn't be best anyway! Regardless, models look superb!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed

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Thank you Dan

Thanks Dom, I originally had Hail Caesar in the back of my mind when I first started the project, though I am now curious about To the Strongest too. I've just joined a board gaming group and some of the members are familiar with Warhammer, so at some point I might pitch a game of Hail Caesar. No rush, I'll get there when I get there

Thank you! Having a great time

Hmmm, personally I am much more familiar and comfortable with shield transfers. I do have a few aspis/hoplite shields with raised and they are easier to paint, but I prefer the flater shields to let me pick a suitable transfer for each individual guy. Good luck sculpting!

@@busydad_painting Thank you very much for your reply, in the future I'll probably have to consider making my shields perfectly compatible with the decals, but also making embossed shields, leaving the choice up to you in short. May the omens be with you!

Yep, I've been placing them in ranks of 2 so the frontage for my blocks of infantry is about 19cm. I've been varying the depth; for my Libyan spearmen and the Iberian Scutarii (shown in this video) I used the FK&P14b bases placed 2 by 2 Thats just enough room for 3 ranks if you place the infantry close together. For a bit more space depthwise you can use FK&P14c bases or even the 14d bases (which I used for the Caetrati and Carthaginian Cavalry respectively).

Ha, thank you. They are such a unique weapon

Thank you, I did grab some Agema Carthaginians and Romans which I am very excited to build up/mix with the obscene number of extra Victrix pieces I have. I like the look of the V&V miniatures, though I am not as familiar with resin; complementing the plastics with some specialized, high quality figures from V&V is a great idea.

@busydad_painting it's what I've gone for. Mixed in a few of theirs into other units / used them for the command bases. They're actually really easy to work with. X-acto knife and superglue was all that was needed. Nice to chuck some loot ukraine's way as well. Look forward to seeing your agema guys if they are as good as what you've done with victrix!

Thanks, I'll be getting to command bases soon enough and I'll keep that in mind

Thank you, I use Pro Acryl's Metallic Bronze, and depending on the location/if I want to dull it a little, I put a light brown wash over it

Thanks, those transfers do add a lot to the models

Wow, four sets! The Vikings set was the first I bought, it's a classic

@@busydad_painting Yessir. I used them for Warhammer Armies Project: Norsca.

Thank you, great to hear. I think every Carthaginian army needs some Iberians!

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Yeah, I love this time period

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Thank you. Currently I am focusing on creating the land armies of the period, no grand plan but I'll see where it takes me

Thanks, I got the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat's shop. The various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.

@@busydad_painting I have just ordered some.

Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop

Thanks, I bought them from Simon Miller at the Big Red Bat shop; the various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.

Thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about how better to integrate the miniatures to the base visually; and I've got a ton of sand colors that I could use for this sort of basing blending.

@@busydad_painting a great option imo

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Excellent, thank you. I love the look of the period.

Thank you Dan, your freehand shields look awesome. The LBM shield transfers can work really nicely, so if you want to try transfers I'd recommend them; cutting out these ones for the central bossed scutum takes a little finesse, but the final product looks good.

@@busydad_painting Hey I meant to ask for your thoughts on how the Agema and Victrix kits blend together?

1000% agree. He did a great job on these models and should be very proud of how they came out. Even the base looks good.

When you build models within each kit, they blend together well in a unit. The Agema kit supports more upright, non fighting poses. I found the cross-kit builds to be a little difficult, at least for this Agema Veterans kit which has very few parts. The bannermen I built here had a Victrix head (which I think are a little bit better than Agema) and a Agema body, and I had to add material to the neck to get the look right.

@@busydad_painting Great to know, thanks for the synopsis!

Thank you, I bought the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop; they come in smaller pieces that fit together like a puzzle and I glued em together with some backing

@@busydad_painting nice work 👏

That's a great idea, I had forgotten about that mod and I think it is super popular (I already own the game)

Thank you, they are about 19 cm by 11 cm for the infantry, 19 cm by 13 cm for the cavalry unit. I combined some bases that I bought from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop, I recommend them they fit together like puzzle pieces

Me too mate I love his energy and unique basing in bulk

Thank you very much, its been a very rewarding hobby to get into

Thanks, yes there is a certain quality to quantity

Thank you very much. I love that deep bluish purple color

Thank you. I do not have many cataphracts, just a few from V&V miniatures, though that would be a great unit to do for this time period

Thank you! I can't help but see little errors I made. Yes, maybe in 4 units or so I'll start working on some Roman or at least Italian units. I've only got Agema Romans right now, but I am looking forward to building them up and giving them some character.

Thanks, I bought these from Simon Miller's Big Red Bat's shop; they are MDF bases and I piece together smaller bases, which fit together like a puzzle, to create a single large base about 18 cm across

@busydad_painting I thought as much. I knew Simon didn't have that base but never thought to glue them together. Well done!

Thanks. I bought from his shop before I knew he was such a big name in the community