Thanks LWTV for letting me work woth you on making this fantastic battle. Im really impressed with Greg's great looking, and deceptively simple, bases!
Its the cover over the hold and the main way the rowers would get inside, probably made of linen, which is why its white. It would only probably be put on in inclement weather, but that would be more difficult to mold.
Great video and welcome this critical side of the hobby. Illustrating that the actual playing of the game is only the culmination of a lot of other preparation work is priceless. These segments in some form would be a great addition to all your games.
Awh man, if I'd known you guys were doing Actium I'd have sent you over my own Ancient galleys! I (fairly) recently put out a whole range of them for 3D printing with nice detailed decks and the like.
Hey if you want good water basing I highly recommend Vallejo Water textures specifically the one called Still Water from their Diorama Effects line. It looks great as water, and if you mixed with a high gloss varnish it does a ice really good. Also another good thing about it is a it mixes easily with inks to do things like dirty water or sludge/toxic waste.
Hi, this is off topic for this video, but I wanted to submit a suggestion for something you guys brought up in your Yorkshire Gamer Podcast interview. I think coming up with buying guides for either big games that you like or maybe the scenarios you put up might be something that could really help novice gamers. I think you guys are connected to Pendracken, so you could probably collaborate with them to create buying guides for starter forces or for scenario specific forces. Watching The Napoleonic Gamer's buyer's guides really helped me get ideas for how to collect 28mm Napoleonics by showing me manufacturers and what is out there. I think many gamers who come from the GW side are mainly familiar with 28mm so if LWTV did manufacturer/buying guides for the smaller scales, that would be helpful to gamers who'd like to put on the bigger games. I know for sure that I would've went for 15mm or 10mm if I knew about it, but the BP Waterloo set was right in front of me and it was easy for me to get started with that. Obviously, the Epic Battles range has been big in introducing smaller scales to 28mm gamers; I think a collaboration between LWTV and Pendracken or Baccus would be instrumental in propagating smaller scales to the masses.
Your recent Actium game has inspired me to take out m ancient fleet (Hellenic/Successors). Now, after watching this one I'm thinking of making a Roman fleet.
Great video. I love seeing how your minis are painted and primed. I was surprised you textured your bases and then glued on the ships. Are you gluing onto an uneven surface? Do the ships look "in" the water? Maybe the scale is too small for that to matter.
YEARS AGO here in K.C. Mo. my friend Scott Newberry owned a hobby store YANKEE DOODLE and every time I went in Scott was PAINTING FIGURES ( other peoples figures) - I forget what price he charged per figure but when I asked him WHY he was painting ALL THE TIME ? He told me that that $$$ he made painting kept his store OPEN for the rest of us local wargamers who had regular jobs that actually made a LIVING WAGE ! I thought at the time HOW THANKFUL I was that he had his local store OPEN whenever I wanted/needed a wargaming fix and a place to go battle with friends ! THANK YOU SCOTT - RIP :-)
@@Source98705 Have you looked at Tumbling Dice in the UK, they do 1/2400 and 1/4800 age of sail, and Forged in Battle has 1/3000 Trafalgar packs, most of which can do double duty for other nationalities. Navwar also probably has some, but they're in a bit of flux now.
We did most of them without sails and a few with sails just because it looks cool. But yes, you are 100% correct that sails and masts would have been below deck in a battle, unless you were trying to flee like Cleopatra
Thanks LWTV for letting me work woth you on making this fantastic battle. Im really impressed with Greg's great looking, and deceptively simple, bases!
The basing doesn’t need to be flashy when you have those killer models to draw the eye! Nicely done!
You do amazing work!
These tutorials are really great and as important to the hobby as the battle ones.
We think so too. That’s why we keep doing them even though they don’t seem nearly as popular among viewers
@@tommylrph Yes. Best wargaming hobby tutorials on TH-cam.
A great video, made even better by the inclusion of music from the original Rome: Total War. A huge nostalgia hit there!
Ahh the Music !
ROME TOTAL WAR 1 !
CLASSIC , EPIC !
TIMELESS ! ! !.
Its the cover over the hold and the main way the rowers would get inside, probably made of linen, which is why its white. It would only probably be put on in inclement weather, but that would be more difficult to mold.
Some great tips; I’ve got some ships I need to finish and base so I’ll give some of these methods a try
Love the tutorial that makes painting approachable rather than intimidating!
Would love to see more 6mm ancients
Interesting subject, and tuto, a beautiful and effective painting guide...Thanks for sharing!
Great video and welcome this critical side of the hobby. Illustrating that the actual playing of the game is only the culmination of a lot of other preparation work is priceless. These segments in some form would be a great addition to all your games.
Have you tried dry brushing or damp brushing the gloss coat so it only hits the wave tops and makes them reflect and glisten?
Didn’t try that! Would be neat to test.
Looks good, guys!
Awh man, if I'd known you guys were doing Actium I'd have sent you over my own Ancient galleys! I (fairly) recently put out a whole range of them for 3D printing with nice detailed decks and the like.
Hey if you want good water basing I highly recommend Vallejo Water textures specifically the one called Still Water from their Diorama Effects line. It looks great as water, and if you mixed with a high gloss varnish it does a ice really good. Also another good thing about it is a it mixes easily with inks to do things like dirty water or sludge/toxic waste.
Hi, this is off topic for this video, but I wanted to submit a suggestion for something you guys brought up in your Yorkshire Gamer Podcast interview. I think coming up with buying guides for either big games that you like or maybe the scenarios you put up might be something that could really help novice gamers. I think you guys are connected to Pendracken, so you could probably collaborate with them to create buying guides for starter forces or for scenario specific forces. Watching The Napoleonic Gamer's buyer's guides really helped me get ideas for how to collect 28mm Napoleonics by showing me manufacturers and what is out there. I think many gamers who come from the GW side are mainly familiar with 28mm so if LWTV did manufacturer/buying guides for the smaller scales, that would be helpful to gamers who'd like to put on the bigger games. I know for sure that I would've went for 15mm or 10mm if I knew about it, but the BP Waterloo set was right in front of me and it was easy for me to get started with that. Obviously, the Epic Battles range has been big in introducing smaller scales to 28mm gamers; I think a collaboration between LWTV and Pendracken or Baccus would be instrumental in propagating smaller scales to the masses.
A most excellent idea!
Your recent Actium game has inspired me to take out m ancient fleet (Hellenic/Successors). Now, after watching this one I'm thinking of making a Roman fleet.
Thanks for this; highly practical and very well done.
Just use gloss medium for the water sheen. Nothing fancy sold specifically for miniature stuff, anything from an art store would work.
Fantastic Video!
Chris gets most of the credit!
Great video. I love seeing how your minis are painted and primed. I was surprised you textured your bases and then glued on the ships. Are you gluing onto an uneven surface? Do the ships look "in" the water? Maybe the scale is too small for that to matter.
Nice video. Thank you very much for sharing and thx to Cristopher.
Very nice
some more basing and painting tutorials would be cool.
Thanks! What kind of brush did you use?
YEARS AGO here in K.C. Mo. my friend Scott Newberry owned a hobby store YANKEE DOODLE and every time I went in Scott was PAINTING FIGURES ( other peoples figures) - I forget what price he charged per figure but when I asked him WHY he was painting ALL THE TIME ? He told me that that $$$ he made painting kept his store OPEN for the rest of us local wargamers who had regular jobs that actually made a LIVING WAGE ! I thought at the time HOW THANKFUL I was that he had his local store OPEN whenever I wanted/needed a wargaming fix and a place to go battle with friends ! THANK YOU SCOTT - RIP :-)
How do u guys get u miniatures like I’ve been searching and I’ve only found some that are EXPENSIVE
There are lots and lots of companies that sell minis. So what period are you looking for?
@@LittleWarsTV napoleonic and American cw but I do live in the uk and there’s not many from what I’ve seen and if there are there expensive
@@Source98705 Have you looked at Tumbling Dice in the UK, they do 1/2400 and 1/4800 age of sail, and Forged in Battle has 1/3000 Trafalgar packs, most of which can do double duty for other nationalities. Navwar also probably has some, but they're in a bit of flux now.
Sails look nice, but galleys struck their sails and masts before going into battle.
We did most of them without sails and a few with sails just because it looks cool. But yes, you are 100% correct that sails and masts would have been below deck in a battle, unless you were trying to flee like Cleopatra