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Post by zuludon on Aug 9, 2019 15:32:47 GMT
I will be running a game based on Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812 at our major local convention at the end of August. I'll be using a white table cloth as a base for the terrain and I love the way snow flocked figure bases blend with it. But I would like to use over half the troops I'll be using for the game later in non-snowy battles, including all the cavalry. I've come up with the following solutions: Some units will have snowy bases and some won't and I'll live with it; add bits of snow to the existing ground and grass bases and later paint the snow green; before the game, sprinkle snow flock on the bases of the ground and grass terrained bases and then blow the snow off after the game. What do the members out there think is the best solution? I am looking at a total of around 200 individually based figures.
Thanks!
Nick Stern
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Post by tradgardmastre on Aug 10, 2019 6:36:46 GMT
A tricky one. I have pondered in the past about snow basing armies and have come up with a compromise often. Some Snowy ,some not. Your solution will work well. I do hope the game goes well and look forward to seeing your pictures. I am currently painting some interwar figures and am having the same debate albeit with far, far fewer figures.
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Post by Mike Blake on Aug 12, 2019 15:11:28 GMT
Yeah, it is tricky one. I have tried snow bases and they looked crap. Have tried just putting some artificial snow (the stuff shops use in displays) and it looks OK but can be a prob to get off when you no longer want it. Saw some nicely done half snow/half mud on some 28mm figures which looked good, and thought I'd try that...
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Post by stuparkin on Aug 13, 2019 16:19:06 GMT
Funnily enough, I had a discussion about this subject a few weeks ago with one of my regular opponents. He has a 28mm Great Northern War collection of Swedes and Russians, he also has Danish troops for 1689-1715 era which he uses for Williamite Ireland and for Marlborough's wars. Now the problem he now has is that he based his Russians and Swedes with snow effect bases (fine for when he plays them against each other) BUT as his Danish are part of his Williamite/Marlborough wars collection which are based for temperate climate, it doesn't look right when he plays his Swedes against his Danes.
He now wishes he had based everything the same (earth and grass) and then for when he put a demo game on at a show, just sprinkle some railway scenic snow on the bases and brush it off afterwards and touch up where required. Ironically he "terrained" his green/earth terrain boards with railway scenic snow by spraying them with hair spray then adding the snow flock on whilst the spray was still wet, so after he had put on his snow themed GNW game on at a show, he could just brush off the snow and re-use again another day (so why didn't he do something like that with his figures I asked him).
So I'd go with the temporary snow effect as even though "fixed" snow on bases looks great, it does limit the use of your figures for future games (unless they are all on snow shoes/skis and the like and would never be used for a non snow setting).
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Post by zuludon on Aug 13, 2019 20:14:49 GMT
stuparkin, thanks for sharing the story about your friend. I am coming to the same conclusion, especially in regards to my cavalry. I want to use my Russians again for the campaigns of 1814, and, although some of the battles took place in the winter, I don't want to limit myself.
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