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Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:47 pm 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.

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:35 am 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).

World2dave wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:53 am 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.

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.

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:13 am

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:41 am

goat major wrote: ↑Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:53 pm

How shelfish....

A-ledge-edly.....

Took you a while to come up with that one?

Only just saw GM's original post.

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:15 pm 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...

I'm still in full on rebasing mode... Soon I can start painting figures again...

Alright, s'pose.

Are they the Welsh chaps?

RMD wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:50 pm

Shahbahraz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:15 pm 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.

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.