15mm Romans Part 2

I'm now working on two projects at the same time, 15mm Scifi plus 15mm Romans. I may have to do some time travelling scifi figures so I can tie these themes together and justify the Romans place on this blog. Anybody seen a 15mm scale police box miniature?

First up for the Romans is a command base with Legate, Tribune, Aquilifer and Imagifier. The Legate is from Essex and the rest are from Corvus Belli...

Next is a Ballista, not sure about the maker of the Ballista but the crew are Essex...

All are mounted on bases from warbases.co.uk



Individual Basing

After deciding to base my figures on multiple bases I have suddenly changed my mind and decided to go with individual bases. I'd planned on individual bases originally but was never happy with the size of coins that were easily available, ie 1p and 5p pieces - 1p being too large and 5p too expensive.

Now thanks to warbases I have the perfect size bases. Only thing is I now have a load of painted figures that will need rebased.... so it's off to work!!

The bases come in various sizes. I opted for 15mm circles, 2mm deep. These come in packs of 30 and at £1.20 a pack, that's great value. They are made from laser cut MDF so are quite lightweight but not so as to cause any issues. Here's a pic of the bases with coins for scale...

I've started basing some figures that were already needing bases, rather than those already based. Here's a comparison pic of three minis, all from Khurasan - the first is a Federal Trooper on a 1p, the next is their bounty hunter based on a Euro 1 cent, and the last is a Selpuvedan Rebel on a new 15mm base. I found that I had to use the thicker Super Glue to stick the figures as the more fluid glue is absorved by the MDF. I'm not sure if a strong PVA wood glue would hold the figures, that's something I'll need to try out.

And here's the work in progress of the newly based figures, glued to the bases and sand added using PVA glue. Once these are dry I'll paint the ground with Games Workshop Graveyard Earth, then drybrush the same with added white, then some grass and tufts etc, and I'll post the finished figures soon.

Distractions!!

I really need to get back to this project. A not-so-brief foray into 18mm napoleonics and then finishing off some 28mm greek/macedonians means that my 15mm scifi stuff has been sitting way too long untouched. Plus I'm on the verge of rebasing my figures onto individual bases!!! All I need is bases that are the right size, cheao and easy to come by.

Edit: Since posting this I've ordered a couple of packs of 15mm circular bases from Warbases. Once these arrive I'll be popping some of the painted figures off there bases and individually basing them.

Also, I've just received a pack of Alien Civilians from Brigade Games. These are great little figures, full of character, that will be getting painted and stuck onto the new bases when they arrive.