Posted on May 31, 2008
Tags: 54mm, american-revolutionIndividually, the BMC figures are nothing special. However, make a unit of them and they don't look too bad. In fact, I think they look better in the eyes of the painter simply because a unit--even a small one--gives one a greater sense of completion...
Posted on May 31, 2008
Tags: 54mm, american-revolutionI'm always a glutton for project distraction. My projects never grow too large for my space, there are just too many projects that appeal to me. Though for the most part I've not been too tempted by 54mm figures. I've stuck (mostly) to my original pl...
Posted on May 26, 2008
Tags: navalSmall scale plastic galleon kits seem to have been more popular in the past. I don't think any of these kits are in production any longer. Nevertheless, I was lucky to find 8 kits, 7 already assembled, to augment my ever so slowly growing fleet. Afte...
Posted on May 25, 2008
Tags: navalBeing blind in one eye and near-sighted in the other, I decided that I wanted to play The Perfect Captain's Sail! in 1/400 scale. Being cheap, I found that if I wanted to do that, I'd have to make my own ships to avoid spending a fortune. Being lazy,...
Posted on May 25, 2008
Tags: navalI started out scratch building galleons but didn't get too terribly far. However, not too long ago I acquired seven old plastic models--a couple of assembled Pyro/Life-Like/Lindberg Golden Hinds, Santa Marias, etc., at a toy soldier show in Indianapo...
Posted on May 22, 2008
Tags: 54mm, english-civil-warInteresting enough, there are no poses of musketeers firing included in the musketeer sets from Call to Arms. However, they do include four of them in the command set. Seems a little odd. Nonetheless, I'm glad to incorporate them into the musket comp...
Posted on May 10, 2008
Tags: 54mm, english-civil-warSo I took the plunge and ordered three more boxes of pikemen, four boxes of musketeers, two boxes of cavalry and a box of command figures from my local hobby shop. I also found that they had a box of artillerist on the shelf for $5. Scarfed that up, ...
Posted on May 8, 2008
Tags: 54mm, english-civil-warSo I tried a number of different techniques gleaned from the internet on how to keep acrylic paint on plastic figures. Special soaps and glues, chemical brews, plastic etching shenanigans. None passed my rather gentle scrape test, I might add. So aft...
Posted on April 10, 2008
Tags: 54mm, english-civil-warA fellow gamer and I were commiserated over how the scale of figures that appeal to us seems to have a direct proportional relationship to our accumulating years. Furthermore, I've always shied away from plastics simply because of the problem of keep...
Posted on February 10, 2008
Tags: 54mm, american-revolutionOddly enough, working on the BMC AWI figures made me feel somewhat nostalgic. Many years ago I painted up some 54mm metal figures for a local collector but had few of my own. At about the same time another friend was tinkering around with home castin...
Posted on February 9, 2008
Tags: 54mm, american-revolutionNot too long ago when I first started working with 54mm plastics I purchased a set of BMC figures for the American War for Independence. Price and availability are their greatest virtues. Realism is not. Nevertheless, I wanted to see how a few of the...
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