What's on your workbench?

[Essex Boy]

The bases are MDF on magentised sheet, from Tiny Tin Troops. I am holding off on finishing the bases till the whole army is done, so they are nice and consistent.

Ta. It was the dark line that threw me.

[RMD]

I hate respearing figures, but that looks like a good job.

Cheers, yeah I don't normally bother except where I want to replace a flagpole or turn someone into a standard bearer, but the poses on these (allied to the softer metal used by Eureka) made it a necessity. I've got some Russian hussars with lances in charging poses that will probably need a similar treatment, as they've been in bags for around 25 years and are a bit buggered. I'll have to give those lance-pennants, but there are only about four of them per regiment, so no great drama (IIRC it was only the front rank of the 1st Sqn who had lances).

[RMD]

It's especially tricky with 15/18s so clearly you've done a very good job there.

Cheers Dave, yeah some of them didn't quite work, so I had to turn the hands into open hands with careful use of the knife rather than drill through.

[Shahbahraz]

I don't mind doing it, but I tend to break a lot of drill bits because I score with a knife and drill with a really fine bit, then with the proper sized one. And the really fine ones break very easily.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

How shelfish....

A-ledge-edly.....

Took you a while to come up with that one?

Only just saw GM's original post.

[RMD]

I don't mind doing it, but I tend to break a lot of drill bits because I score with a knife and drill with a really fine bit, then with the proper sized one. And the really fine ones break very easily.

Yeah, I usually go with a very fine one first, but I've broken them all...

[Count Belisarius]

I'm still in full on rebasing mode...

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Soon I can start painting figures again...

[Essex Boy]

Alright, s'pose.

Are they the Welsh chaps?

[Wg Cdr Luddite]

I don't mind doing it, but I tend to break a lot of drill bits because I score with a knife and drill with a really fine bit, then with the proper sized one. And the really fine ones break very easily.

Yeah, I usually go with a very fine one first, but I've broken them all...

Are you drilling with a power tool ? Because I use small (< 0.7 mm)bits manually in a pin vice and hardly ever break them. Also I go straight for the correct sized bit because I find pilot holes not necessary.

[Shahbahraz]

They do look very splendid Count. I'm still working out how to base mine, but as I'm only playing skirmish style, I'm contemplating singles and sabot.

And Wingco, I usually do the pilot with a pin vice then dremel the proper sized hole. Especially on 15/18mm I destroyed too many hands.