tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46852025265448320132024-03-06T05:20:25.041+00:00NORTIVS MAXIMVSThe intermittent commentary and occasional thoughts of NORTIVS MAXIMVSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-81492633239487719862017-12-23T21:02:00.000+00:002017-12-23T21:05:09.450+00:00Pressing on with the auxilia<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think I have fallen out of love with my Warlord Games’ Early Imperial Romans<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> … </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">looking longingly at the Victrix offerings<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, while really enjo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y</span>ing the experience of painting the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> latter’s</span> Numidian infantry.</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While I sort myself out over this<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>I have decided to finish all the auxilia <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">figures that I have. T<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hese comprise a <i>centuria</i> of W<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">arlo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rd</span> Games </span>auxiliary infantry, a <i>centuria</i> o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">f Victrix</span> auxiliary Numidian infantry, and a <i>turma</i> of 1st Corps auxiliary cavalry.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been making slow progress with the <i>auxilia</i>, while being distra<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cted by recent Victrix EIR releases<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> …</span> <i>and</i> seduced by their forthcoming African war elephant.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am considering <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">making my Numidian <i>cohors</i> an <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">historically</span> quirky combination of <i>dromedarri</i>, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">equestrians, skirmishers on foot, and … well … an elephant.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think I <i>need</i> to have a look at the Victrix EIR <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">legionaries<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> If the size of the Numidian<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">’s <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span> anything to go by t</span></span>he forthcoming cavalry should be a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> reasonable <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">match</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. So I imagine ordering these, a box of legionaries, and the elephant when the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y are all available.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-88635292599914085862017-06-10T19:38:00.000+01:002017-06-11T09:50:20.299+01:00Auxilia infantry and minor surgery<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Spurred on by my uncharacteristically rapid progress with the Numidian cavalry, I decided to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">make the most of my mood and move on straight away to</span> the second <i>centuria</i> of auxiliary infantry.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want these to be a bit different to the earlier <i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">centuria</span></i>, with the front rank armed with the <i>gladius</i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and the rear rank armed with jav<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span>lins</span>.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-57230539410416691972017-06-10T18:48:00.001+01:002017-11-27T21:06:10.596+00:00Cohors I Numidarum<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have decided! My latest <i>auxilia</i> are Numidian.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A very quick internet search revealed discussion of a fragment of a third century Roman document from Egypt (<i>Cohors I Numidarum and a Roman military document from Egypt</i>). It is suggested that around 88AD Cohort I Numidarum Equitata was stationed in Syria. The third century unit discussed in the document included <i>dromedar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">i</span>i</i>. I don’t think it’s implausible that <i>dromedarii</i> were attached to the unit at the earlier date.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought to photograph them properly alongside a 1st Corps <i>turma</i> of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Roman </span>auxiliary cavalry. I like the difference in poses, and overall I think they look fine.<br /><br />Now I have to decide whether these chaps are actually Numidians or Moors … <i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span>quites Numidarum</i> or <i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span>quites Maurorum</i>. There’s a fascinating article discussing their ethnicity <a color:="" href="http://etherdrakecave.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Numidians" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-25912200141544870712017-05-29T20:45:00.001+01:002017-05-29T20:46:02.999+01:00A pleasant surprise …<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I spent a bit of time on my new auxiliary cavalry over the bank holiday weekend.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The shields caught me out: I completely failed to notice that they are three different sizes … must be my age. Anyhow, the results are quite acceptable, but I will bear this in mind when it comes to preparing the infantry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did a bit of research about pinto markings, including a fruitful enquiry over at The Miniatures Page (<span style="color: #990033;"><a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=452282" target="_blank">here</a></span>).</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tricky part was finding references for both sides of the animal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I mentioned below, I base coated the riders’ skin with matt ochre, hoping that it would give the right tone when washed with flesh. I’m pleased with the appearance so far; shading with The Army Painter strong tone ink, followed by a couple of coats of Duillcote laquer should finish them off nicely.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-78350812526029072962017-04-30T17:45:00.001+01:002017-05-25T20:42:10.735+01:00Size comparison<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been thinking about preparing some size comparisons for a while, especially since I have often found them useful.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here’s the first, a quickie in respnse to a comment on one of my earlier posts<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span> a comparison of 1st Corps Early Imperial Roman auxiliary cavalry with Victrix Numidian cavalry. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The </span>1st Corps <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">figure is</span> actually quite <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">small</span>.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-21853429464176424982017-04-30T12:50:00.000+01:002017-05-25T20:42:47.063+01:00Just what I needed!<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Numidian cavalry really do seem to have galvanised me – I haven’t felt this enthusiastic for my project for quite some time.</span></span></b><br />
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-66194653956671526732017-04-27T09:35:00.004+01:002017-06-02T05:12:37.552+01:00Victrix Numidians … and a conundrum<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I thought to finish a couple of my new Victrix Numidian cavalry figures, but once I had primed them and blocked-in the main colours I had an urge to keep going.</span></b><br />
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These are lovely sculpts: excellent detail and athletic poses; the additional left hands carrying individual and pairs of javalins require minor surgery to add but are worth the effort. I ran out of these, but a quick survey of the Numidian infantry sprue confirmed that some of the parts are common; these also yielded an unbearded head with a helmet for the <i>decurio</i>.<br /><br />
I am looking forward to working on these spirited figures.<br /><br />
I have been looking longingly at Victrix’s recent releases of Early Imperial Romans … they are lovely sculpts too, with lots of detail and imaginitive but realistic poses. The command figures look great. These figures appear to be taller than Warlord Games’ Roman legionary figures, but about the same height as the latter’s auxiliaries; the Numidian infantry I have scale in much the same way. I am considering buying the advancing legionaries and finishing them as Praetorians … then I can make an assessment of size.<br /><br />
At this stage I am considering replacing my Warlord Romans with Victrix figures … that’s four <i>centuriae</i>, just under a hundred figures, so I have decided to shelve the veterans for the moment and finish everything else I have. On the bench or in boxes and bags I have Victrix Numidian cavalry <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(10 figures) </span>and infantry (24 figures)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span> Warlord Games auxiliary infantry (24 figures)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span> and a <i>turma</i> of 1st Corps cavalry<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (10 figures)</span>. The Roman travelling coach (<i>carpentum</i>) will become a camp vignette, parked with a Praetorian guarding it. Then I shall have another think about the Victrix offering.<br /><br />
Victrix’s first <i>vexillum</i> transfer set looks promising too … if the next one includes Legio VI Ferrata that would solve my various <i>vexilum</i> and <i>signum</i> needs.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It’s been a long time since I made any progress with this project<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, but the release of the Victri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">x<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Numidian infantry and ca<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">valry have given me rea<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sons to get back into the groove.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-1968458397624255542016-05-12T13:13:00.001+01:002017-04-27T09:51:10.929+01:00Hiatus …<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After a long period where life just seemed to take over, I am ready to overcome months of inertia.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spurred on by the coincidence of reading Mary Beard’s <i>SPQR: a History of Ancient Rome</i>, watching her BBC Two series <i>Ultimate Rome: Empire without limits</i>, and a visit to the British Museum, a vignette seemed to be the ideal project to get my juices flowing again. An incentive from Warlord Games prompted me to buy their Roman travelling coach, or <i>carpentum</i>.<br /><br />I would unreservedly recommend Beard’s book. It’s beautifully written and very accessible without dumbing down.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-61162831120832593132014-11-19T17:41:00.000+00:002016-05-14T11:28:49.461+01:00The veterans take shape<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, I have made some progress with my veteran <i>centuria</i>.</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All the figures have greaves, <i>manicae</i> with the addition of mail hand armour, and <i>focalia. </i>I have furnished the variously reinforced helmets from Warlord Games’ veteran set with crests from their Praetorian set. They have a pretty imposing look and I am really looking forward to painting these fellows … just need to wait on the gesso.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have enough of Warlord’s metal attic helmets to give the Praetorians a different appearance too … but this is a project for another day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So … an empty ‘bench’ … what next? As mentioned I have the camels to add to the baggage train, and I want to begin enhancing Warlord Games’ Praetorian Guardsmen … these will take a while, so might be a good project to have on the go while painting something else … maybe my last <i>turma</i> of cavalry. (Note to self: never say ‘last’.)</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-52691181599942235532014-04-26T14:31:00.000+01:002014-04-26T18:31:40.211+01:00Waiting for the PVA to dry …<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">… then I shall dry brush the base and add the tufts. Annoyingly, I managed to get some Sandy Paste onto some of the figures. If caught while wet it brushes off using a wet brush. Once dry it’s a careful procedure using a new cocktail stick, taking care not to damage the varnish beneath.</b><br /><br/ >I am wondering which unit to do next. I think I may paint another <i>turma</i> of cavalry, while beginning to prepare the Praetorians. These will need a bit of sculpting to add <i>focalia</i> and some cloaks. I have a couple of camels to convert for the baggage train too.</span><br />
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<i></i> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-2674049980749991042014-04-19T11:46:00.000+01:002014-04-19T11:46:16.285+01:00Kneeling legionaries and a watchtower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope to have the <i>centuria</i> finished by the end of the Easter weekend … but wait to see, as I have a tonne of other (domestic) things to do too.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-11238511610270803232014-04-05T19:26:00.001+01:002014-04-05T19:36:34.546+01:00Box files<b><span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I store my figures in box files. Lined with magnetic sheet, they have shown to provide an immovable platform for an army in repose.</span></b><br />
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<i></i> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-86211197034388605262014-04-04T09:52:00.001+01:002014-04-04T22:38:46.052+01:00Turranius Priscus and kneeling legionaries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the midst of a busy April I hope to have the <i>centuria</i> finished by month’s end. Also, I really must start to make some much better photographs. I don’t mind the immediacy of the mobile camera images for the work in progress shots, but I think I need to make a better effort for the <i>record</i> of finished items.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The kneeling legionaries will form the front rank for my next <i>centuria</i> … I have blocked in the main colours for all 24 figures, but decided to finish the first 12 … I have just glued the <i>scuta</i> on. The castings were a bit disappointing, but the worst is now hidden behind said <i>scuta</i>. The overall impression will be fine, I think.<br /><br />As I mentioned in my last post, I discovered that Turranius Priscus, a <i>prefects castorum</i> (Camp Prefect), commanded a <i>vexellation</i> of <i>Legio VI Ferrata</i> during the siege of Jerusalem. He is now based with a mounted tribune.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-23668016030834152632014-02-27T22:57:00.001+00:002014-02-28T07:04:14.290+00:00More vignettes<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>While I know I said that I would finish that century of legionaries before starting anything else, I have been giving some thought to a couple of new vignettes. I have been doing some research into the commanders of Roman units in Judea and Syria, thinking about <i>who</i> might command my desert frontier <i>vexellation</i>. I have also been thinking about expanding the baggage train.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was considering using Wargames Foundry’s Vespasian figure as my <i>vexellation</i> commander, but, in truth, he looks way too <i>senatorial</i>. <i>Legio VI Ferrata</i> had a hand in making Vespasian Emperor in 69 AD, following the suppression of the first Jewish Revolt … so I came around to thinking he could legitimately be present amongst his loyal legionaries. This also gives me an excuse to have Praetorian Guard units.<br /><br />My research revealed that Turranius Priscus, a <i>prefects castorum</i> (Camp Prefect), commanded a <i>vexellation</i> of <i>Legio VI Ferrata</i> during the siege of Jerusalem. I have decided to have a couple of figures representing Turranius Priscus and a mounted tribune. While about it I thought to make a <i>vexillarius</i> for my cavalry commander, Tiberius Claudius Maximus.<br /><br />I have a couple of spare eBob camels which I want to convert into pack animals. I just need to work out what sort of load they might be carrying.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #9b0032; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Work in progress: <b>Warlord Games’ mounted legate, Wargames Foundry’s Suetonius Paullinus (who will become Turranius Priscus), and a 1st Corps’ tribune with Warlord attic helmeted head and a <i>vexillum</i> salvaged from an abandoned figure.</b></span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-7409799795089636452014-02-19T08:49:00.000+00:002014-02-21T14:07:33.640+00:00On the ‘bench’ …<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>With the completion of the <i>Balaeres</i> and the pack mules my work ‘bench’ is quite sparsely populated. I plan to finish this unit before beginning any others.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However … a delivery from Warlord Games has me keen to begin a couple of sculpting projects: pack camels based on a couple of EBob miniatures (which, you may remember, match Warlord Games’ dromedary sculpts … indeed, they were probably the basis for Warlord’s miniatures); and cloaks for my Praetorian guardsmen.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9b0032; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>I am looking forward to seeing what I can achieve with these<i>.</i></b></span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-30978025551333972622014-02-14T18:50:00.000+00:002014-02-14T18:50:56.806+00:00Auxilia and baggage train<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I finished the <i>Balaeres</i> and the pack mules today. I am pleased with how these turned out: in particular the <i>Balaeres’ centurio</i>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The slingers are on very stoney ground … I was thinking of adding some small piles of shot … I may yet do so – see how the mood takes me.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4685202526544832013.post-6998835931646756472014-02-12T18:48:00.000+00:002014-02-12T18:48:10.529+00:00Basing continues …<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I had a bit of time so I got on with the task of basing the slingers and the pack mules.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two grades of sand, and two types of small stones have been applied to the Sandy Paste base. Once these are set I will give the bases a vigourous dry brush to lighten the bases overall, </span><span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">add highlights,</span><span style="color: #990033; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and remove any loose sand and stones. Then tufts …</span></div>
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