tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771761388078945047.post1138365812872939522..comments2024-01-10T00:56:07.880-07:00Comments on Wooden Warriors: Let's Get Medieval!Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667428218897971037noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771761388078945047.post-46142822651662937022016-10-13T08:11:10.424-07:002016-10-13T08:11:10.424-07:00Loving the horse! Brilliant.
HLoving the horse! Brilliant.<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771761388078945047.post-82689394708980634232016-10-13T06:05:01.954-07:002016-10-13T06:05:01.954-07:00I hear you on that last part. It was pretty quick ...I hear you on that last part. It was pretty quick and easy to construct. I found myself going through a bead catalog looking for a cone bead that would serve as a better horse's head (and I found it). :)<br /><br />I could see making a Dark Ages army for, say, <i>Dux Bellorum</i>. A shield wall of bead warriors! :DDalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667428218897971037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4771761388078945047.post-45567423908883061442016-10-13T05:48:35.175-07:002016-10-13T05:48:35.175-07:00As always, I love your stuff! The larger scale wi...As always, I love your stuff! The larger scale with the wooden construction gives a heartiness to the figures that is very appealing. I'm especially impressed with the helmet of the knight, I know how much goes into starting with the pawn and ending up with the piece that you end up with.<br /><br />As for the bead guys, those are great! I've been thinking about how to make a 6mm/10mm/15mm scale equivalent figure that is easy to produce and looks great. I really like the bead guy a lot. Looks like it would end up being about 20mm or so? I know that beads come in different sizes so it may not be that tough to make 15mm or maybe even 10mm guys. The real beauty of these seems to me to be rapid construction and ease of construction, and the flat surfaces allow you to focus on what you want to paint for each figure and putting the signature detail there rather than worrying about all the little fiddly stuff on the smaller figures that no one sees on the gaming table even with highly detailed metal sculpts. You can see them when you hold them up 6 inches from your face, but on the table? All you really see is what you painted on your guy, which is the helmet, the covering for the horse, and the weapon/shield. The point of these wooden warriors in my view has always been less about making an equivalent wooden figure in detail compared to a metal sculpt, but instead to create a quicker to paint, lighter to carry figure that on the table in a gaming situation allows the person playing from 3+ feet away to say "those are knights" or "those are American WWII GIs" or "those are Macedonian skirmishers" or whatever.<br /><br />I must now resist investigating bead armies, and after seeing your knight, that's going to be tough for me to do.GrayMouser65https://www.blogger.com/profile/09544842688532761550noreply@blogger.com