Sorry, the dimensions for the BRB bases you use? There's many on the store page and I'd like to use the same as you have. 9.5ish cm by 4.5ish?
@busydad_painting5 күн бұрын
Yep, I've been placing them in ranks of 2 so the frontage for my blocks of infantry is about 19cm. I've been varying the depth; for my Libyan spearmen and the Iberian Scutarii (shown in this video) I used the FK&P14b bases placed 2 by 2 Thats just enough room for 3 ranks if you place the infantry close together. For a bit more space depthwise you can use FK&P14c bases or even the 14d bases (which I used for the Caetrati and Carthaginian Cavalry respectively).
@Stormseer886 күн бұрын
Very nice! You get bonus points for painting the caetrati´s javelins as soliferrums!
@busydad_painting6 күн бұрын
Ha, thank you. They are such a unique weapon
@sstvost96 күн бұрын
Look really excellent. And the big basing style really suits the caetrati as well. Agema and V&V also do some great plastics and resin for this era - the latter particularly for command figures, which are superb.
@busydad_painting6 күн бұрын
Thank you, I did grab some Agema Carthaginians and Romans which I am very excited to build up/mix with the obscene number of extra Victrix pieces I have. I like the look of the V&V miniatures, though I am not as familiar with resin; complementing the plastics with some specialized, high quality figures from V&V is a great idea.
@sstvost96 күн бұрын
@busydad_painting it's what I've gone for. Mixed in a few of theirs into other units / used them for the command bases. They're actually really easy to work with. X-acto knife and superglue was all that was needed. Nice to chuck some loot ukraine's way as well. Look forward to seeing your agema guys if they are as good as what you've done with victrix!
@busydad_painting5 күн бұрын
Thanks, I'll be getting to command bases soon enough and I'll keep that in mind
@ZenMiniPainting13 күн бұрын
Fantastic work. I really like the way your bronze is done, has a nice luster. What is your method for the bronze?
@busydad_painting12 күн бұрын
Thank you, I use Pro Acryl's Metallic Bronze, and depending on the location/if I want to dull it a little, I put a light brown wash over it
@philRminiatures14 күн бұрын
Superb painting and basing, I do like the dynamic poses and the gorgeous shields...Most beautiful units, congrats!
@busydad_painting13 күн бұрын
Thanks, those transfers do add a lot to the models
@takenogundam114 күн бұрын
Victrix has quickly become my favorite historical miniatures producer. I have 4 sets of their Vikings, and they are phenomenal. Same with their Romans.
@busydad_painting13 күн бұрын
Wow, four sets! The Vikings set was the first I bought, it's a classic
@takenogundam113 күн бұрын
@@busydad_painting Yessir. I used them for Warhammer Armies Project: Norsca.
@Dan-ds8sf14 күн бұрын
Lovely progress as always. You’ve convinced me that I definitely need to pick this kit up for my own Carthaginians.
@busydad_painting14 күн бұрын
Thank you, great to hear. I think every Carthaginian army needs some Iberians!
@wgeffoxdo971914 күн бұрын
nicee, i love the large bases, they really looks like a full unit
@busydad_painting14 күн бұрын
Thank you
@MrTheJoeguy14 күн бұрын
Great painting. Love seeing this era of miniature wargaming
@busydad_painting14 күн бұрын
Yeah, I love this time period
@PlanetToborTV15 күн бұрын
Those look great!
@duanegregg622224 күн бұрын
Dang, they look great !!!
@busydad_painting22 күн бұрын
Thank you
@ltjamescoopermason8685Ай бұрын
Growth of a childs artistic challenge is important just never have your work too close to a busy bunch of fingers lol . Keep building your army with odd figures acting as ambassadors making your child feel proud once they're a little bit older as their understanding expands in pre school etc. I'm a grandparent now so my three are now hopefully doing it with the energetic gang .
@ltjamescoopermason8685Ай бұрын
Carthage had such a magnificent naval fleet are their any chances to feature a ship on ship battle with a ships outline put on paper with the correct marines and heavy weapon some ships had. The history of this period is interesting and a decent book on the period. Good luck for the future painting even if they dont fight a battle for a while long or short !
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you. Currently I am focusing on creating the land armies of the period, no grand plan but I'll see where it takes me
@ltjamescoopermason8685Ай бұрын
Great figures great painting with excellent enjoyable educational back stories! Good luck with the future fighting murderous Roman home wreckers!
@user-zb2jy3ge5dАй бұрын
Nice video, where did you get those bases from a great size
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks, I got the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat's shop. The various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
@user-zb2jy3ge5dАй бұрын
@@busydad_painting I have just ordered some.
@user-zb2jy3ge5dАй бұрын
Where do you get those bases from?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop
@robharris5317Ай бұрын
Wow great miniatures buddy, where are the awesome bases from?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks, I bought them from Simon Miller at the Big Red Bat shop; the various MDF bases fit together like puzzle pieces and I put four of them together for these particular bases.
@Castillo525Ай бұрын
Really nice! If you want a more war torn look, you could do a bit of weathering on the metals, maybe a darker wash and a few slash marks. Same for the shields. One more thing you could do is lightly drybrush their feet, bottom of tunics and lower part of shields with the color of the basing material (in this case a light sand color). Keep up the good work!
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks for the suggestions. I've been thinking about how better to integrate the miniatures to the base visually; and I've got a ton of sand colors that I could use for this sort of basing blending.
@Castillo525Ай бұрын
@@busydad_painting a great option imo
@shropshireminiaturewarfareАй бұрын
Awesome work!👍
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you
@MrElliotc02Ай бұрын
Beautiful job....all the best
@joseanramirez8551Ай бұрын
These look amazing! This video has greatly inspired me to continue with my ancients project.
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Excellent, thank you. I love the look of the period.
@Dan-ds8sfАй бұрын
Thanks for the shout, Alex, and these are looking amazing. I think you’re selling yourself short on your painting ability, and I doubt I’d be the only one interested in a tutorial from you. You’ve also convinced me to pick up some of those LBM shield transfers to thread into my own unit of Veterans, freehanding really can’t compete!
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you Dan, your freehand shields look awesome. The LBM shield transfers can work really nicely, so if you want to try transfers I'd recommend them; cutting out these ones for the central bossed scutum takes a little finesse, but the final product looks good.
@Dan-ds8sfАй бұрын
@@busydad_painting Hey I meant to ask for your thoughts on how the Agema and Victrix kits blend together?
@takenogundam1Ай бұрын
1000% agree. He did a great job on these models and should be very proud of how they came out. Even the base looks good.
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
When you build models within each kit, they blend together well in a unit. The Agema kit supports more upright, non fighting poses. I found the cross-kit builds to be a little difficult, at least for this Agema Veterans kit which has very few parts. The bannermen I built here had a Victrix head (which I think are a little bit better than Agema) and a Agema body, and I had to add material to the neck to get the look right.
@Dan-ds8sfАй бұрын
@@busydad_painting Great to know, thanks for the synopsis!
@rickythompson6874Ай бұрын
You've done a nice job on them minatures! Where did you source those mdf bases from?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you, I bought the bases from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop; they come in smaller pieces that fit together like a puzzle and I glued em together with some backing
@rickythompson6874Ай бұрын
@@busydad_painting nice work 👏
@SolventAbuseUkАй бұрын
look cool bud
@tyrian_baalАй бұрын
Id personally reccomend looking at the Divide Et Impera mod for Rome 2 for some good colorscheme inspiration!
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
That's a great idea, I had forgotten about that mod and I think it is super popular (I already own the game)
@brianirving1707Ай бұрын
Great Work what are the base sizes ? /
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you, they are about 19 cm by 11 cm for the infantry, 19 cm by 13 cm for the cavalry unit. I combined some bases that I bought from Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop, I recommend them they fit together like puzzle pieces
@tinsoldierwargaming7698Ай бұрын
Nice one, just discovered your channel and subbed. excellent painting sir!
@inthetrencheswithcas1762Ай бұрын
Me too mate I love his energy and unique basing in bulk
@randolphmageeАй бұрын
Hello.Hope you are well.Lovely figures,very nice paintwork.For someone who's only been painting for just over a year,your progress is excellent.All the best.Randolph.
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you very much, its been a very rewarding hobby to get into
@wgeffoxdo9719Ай бұрын
stunning!, all the different shields look really nice together, especially on a large unit base
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks, yes there is a certain quality to quantity
@leadbelcher7248Ай бұрын
Very nice models 😀
@philRminiaturesАй бұрын
Excellent additions, love hte blue/purple shades on your cavalry and, of course, the gorgeous shields...
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you very much. I love that deep bluish purple color
@dubart5918Ай бұрын
I especially like the cavalry, the cloaks turned out great. Do you have any fully armoured cataphracts?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you. I do not have many cataphracts, just a few from V&V miniatures, though that would be a great unit to do for this time period
@TriariusWarGamingАй бұрын
Painting looks great to me, don’t sell yourself short. Are you doing to do Roman opposition force?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thank you! I can't help but see little errors I made. Yes, maybe in 4 units or so I'll start working on some Roman or at least Italian units. I've only got Agema Romans right now, but I am looking forward to building them up and giving them some character.
@NossCalavera1670Ай бұрын
Love the large bases! Where did you get them?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks, I bought these from Simon Miller's Big Red Bat's shop; they are MDF bases and I piece together smaller bases, which fit together like a puzzle, to create a single large base about 18 cm across
@NossCalavera1670Ай бұрын
@busydad_painting I thought as much. I knew Simon didn't have that base but never thought to glue them together. Well done!
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
Thanks. I bought from his shop before I knew he was such a big name in the community
@solovei8235Ай бұрын
What paint do you use for veterans' helmets?
@busydad_paintingАй бұрын
I used Pro Acryl's Bronze metallic color directly on these helmets, though in the full unit which I'll show soon sometimes I mixed in iron helmets with a Silver and Dark Silver mix from Pro Acryl.
@okabayashijoe2 ай бұрын
Fantastic! Wonderful to see you supporting your daughter's creativity! She'll only grow from here. Please, continue to show her work as she progresses!
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you, yes I'm continuing to encourage her painting and I have no shortage of miniatures for her to work with!
@okabayashijoe2 ай бұрын
Inspiring work!
@Dan-ds8sf2 ай бұрын
Where do you source those bases from, Alex? The saw pattern on the edges has a neat look to it.
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Hey Dan, I bought those MDF bases at Simon Miller's Big Red Bat's shop; there are a bunch of sizes you can choose from. They slot together nicely if you orientate the base in the same direction.
@Dan-ds8sf2 ай бұрын
They turned out great, I like how their ranks look kind of ragged and loose which is fitting for a unit of Levy. What system(s) do you plan to use these for? That’s always been my greatest reservation with multibasing, though the end result certainly looks phenomenal.
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I was tentatively thinking of using them for Hail Caesar or perhaps To the Stongest, but just painting and assembling units is my current hobby.
@Dan-ds8sf2 ай бұрын
@@busydad_paintingI admire that philosophy!
@rangerminiaturesandgaming36472 ай бұрын
Talk about multi basing, honestly I might considering basing like this if I stay will to the strongest. So much easier to move and transport
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Aye, I'm enjoying it so far and its nice to have 1 unit in 1 piece.
@Corvinuswargaming14442 ай бұрын
they look great. Victrix figures paint up really nicely
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Yeah thanks; I love the detail and I find the sculpting works well with washes and contrast paints.
@septimus642 ай бұрын
Basing has been a struggle for many wargamers. I am waiting on a set of rules called Hobgoblin which will work great for multi-based minis.
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Nice, I hadn't heard of that game before. In addition to the basing I like that it is miniature agnostic.
@lacasacaroja98582 ай бұрын
Hey, the basing is awesome, how did you do it?
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you. For the material I used two different sand mixes from All Game Terrain, one of fine sand and the other with mixed in green and larger sand pieces. I added just a touch of wash strategically to the base. Used watered down white glue for the adhesive. The squiggly base pieces are from BigRedBat's shop; I should talk a bit more about it in my next video.
@Chrisbo1232 ай бұрын
Awesome scenic basing! Paintjob looks great too!
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@TriariusWarGaming2 ай бұрын
Great project! I went through a similar journey to you regarding basing. I agree the individual basing just doesn’t look like a real body of men. Great job on the Carthaginians! Regarding wargaming those would work perfectly for hail Caesar or to the strongest.
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you. I am really happy I went for a large base. Before I saw your channel I hadn't even heard of the battle of Strasbourg; your armies are looking great. Godspeed finishing them in the final weeks
@TriariusWarGaming2 ай бұрын
@@busydad_painting Thanks man much appreciated!
@philRminiatures2 ай бұрын
Wow, splendid unit...and explanations, love the disposition of your spearmen...👍👍
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@greatsouthernancientminiat88122 ай бұрын
Carthage are the best. Im working on some now. Did you get metal Agema Carthaginians or just the plastic box set ?
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Aye, they've got a mysterious tragedy to them. Its such a shame we've lost all their writing; though we kept their alphabet. I got the plastic box set, and their republican roman set too. I'll see if I can mix them in with the Victrix guys well.
@greatsouthernancientminiat88122 ай бұрын
@@busydad_painting they mix in fine.
@paulroberson93122 ай бұрын
A really good looking unit. I’ve been painting miniatures for 30 years and have constantly struggled with the aesthetic look for basing miniatures. A lot of my figures are based individually and set into movement trays to suit earlier gaming systems but I think they always look better multibased. Multibasing gives a better sense of unity and also the figures being part of the landscape that they are fighting in. There are a few rule systems now which support this too . I intend rebasing a lot of my old figures on multi bases. Nice work.
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thank you, and wow 30 years that's great. Good luck with the rebasing; I had to do some rebasing for this unit since I kept changing my mind, its annoying but manageable.
@paulroberson93122 ай бұрын
@@busydad_painting thanks. Yeah I’ve done a lot of rebasing over the years. It’s actually not too bad once you’ve decided what you want and much quicker than painting.😊 Looking forward to seeing your next units.
@wgeffoxdo97192 ай бұрын
lovely backstory to the troops, and i dont see any reason they couldnt be used for wargaming :)
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thanks
@zargonfuture40462 ай бұрын
I like it, simple but effective. What rules are you basing for?
@busydad_painting2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Regarding rulesets, I'm leaning toward Hail Caesar; I'm building my bases with that game in the back of my mind, but I am hoping to be able to try out other systems too.