Busy Dad Painting

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@Blech319 5 күн бұрын

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_painting 5 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).

@Stormseer88 6 күн бұрын

Very nice! You get bonus points for painting the caetrati´s javelins as soliferrums!

@busydad_painting 6 күн бұрын

Ha, thank you. They are such a unique weapon

@sstvost9 6 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_painting 6 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.

@sstvost9 6 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_painting 5 күн бұрын

Thanks, I'll be getting to command bases soon enough and I'll keep that in mind

@ZenMiniPainting 13 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_painting 12 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

@philRminiatures 14 күн бұрын

Superb painting and basing, I do like the dynamic poses and the gorgeous shields...Most beautiful units, congrats!

@busydad_painting 13 күн бұрын

Thanks, those transfers do add a lot to the models

@takenogundam1 14 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_painting 13 күн бұрын

Wow, four sets! The Vikings set was the first I bought, it's a classic

@takenogundam1 13 күн бұрын

@@busydad_painting Yessir. I used them for Warhammer Armies Project: Norsca.

@Dan-ds8sf 14 күн бұрын

Lovely progress as always. You’ve convinced me that I definitely need to pick this kit up for my own Carthaginians.

@busydad_painting 14 күн бұрын

Thank you, great to hear. I think every Carthaginian army needs some Iberians!

@wgeffoxdo9719 14 күн бұрын

nicee, i love the large bases, they really looks like a full unit

@busydad_painting 14 күн бұрын

Thank you

@MrTheJoeguy 14 күн бұрын

Great painting. Love seeing this era of miniature wargaming

@busydad_painting 14 күн бұрын

Yeah, I love this time period

@PlanetToborTV 15 күн бұрын

Those look great!

@duanegregg6222 24 күн бұрын

Dang, they look great !!!

@busydad_painting 22 күн бұрын

Thank you

@ltjamescoopermason8685 Ай 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 .

@ltjamescoopermason8685 Ай 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_painting Ай 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

@ltjamescoopermason8685 Ай бұрын

Great figures great painting with excellent enjoyable educational back stories! Good luck with the future fighting murderous Roman home wreckers!

@user-zb2jy3ge5d Ай бұрын

Nice video, where did you get those bases from a great size

@busydad_painting Ай 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-zb2jy3ge5d Ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting I have just ordered some.

@user-zb2jy3ge5d Ай бұрын

Where do you get those bases from?

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

Simon Miller's BigRedBat shop

@robharris5317 Ай бұрын

Wow great miniatures buddy, where are the awesome bases from?

@busydad_painting Ай 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.

@Castillo525 Ай 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_painting Ай 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.

@Castillo525 Ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting a great option imo

@shropshireminiaturewarfare Ай бұрын

Awesome work!👍

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

Thank you

@MrElliotc02 Ай бұрын

Beautiful job....all the best

@joseanramirez8551 Ай бұрын

These look amazing! This video has greatly inspired me to continue with my ancients project.

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you. I love the look of the period.

@Dan-ds8sf Ай 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_painting Ай 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-ds8sf Ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting Hey I meant to ask for your thoughts on how the Agema and Victrix kits blend together?

@takenogundam1 Ай 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_painting Ай 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-ds8sf Ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting Great to know, thanks for the synopsis!

@rickythompson6874 Ай бұрын

You've done a nice job on them minatures! Where did you source those mdf bases from?

@busydad_painting Ай 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

@rickythompson6874 Ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting nice work 👏

@SolventAbuseUk Ай бұрын

look cool bud

@tyrian_baal Ай бұрын

Id personally reccomend looking at the Divide Et Impera mod for Rome 2 for some good colorscheme inspiration!

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

That's a great idea, I had forgotten about that mod and I think it is super popular (I already own the game)

@brianirving1707 Ай бұрын

Great Work what are the base sizes ? /

@busydad_painting Ай 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

@tinsoldierwargaming7698 Ай бұрын

Nice one, just discovered your channel and subbed. excellent painting sir!

@inthetrencheswithcas1762 Ай бұрын

Me too mate I love his energy and unique basing in bulk

@randolphmagee Ай 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_painting Ай бұрын

Thank you very much, its been a very rewarding hobby to get into

@wgeffoxdo9719 Ай бұрын

stunning!, all the different shields look really nice together, especially on a large unit base

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

Thanks, yes there is a certain quality to quantity

@leadbelcher7248 Ай бұрын

Very nice models 😀

@philRminiatures Ай бұрын

Excellent additions, love hte blue/purple shades on your cavalry and, of course, the gorgeous shields...

@busydad_painting Ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I love that deep bluish purple color

@dubart5918 Ай бұрын

I especially like the cavalry, the cloaks turned out great. Do you have any fully armoured cataphracts?

@busydad_painting Ай 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

@TriariusWarGaming Ай бұрын

Painting looks great to me, don’t sell yourself short. Are you doing to do Roman opposition force?

@busydad_painting Ай 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.

@NossCalavera1670 Ай бұрын

Love the large bases! Where did you get them?

@busydad_painting Ай 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

@NossCalavera1670 Ай 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_painting Ай бұрын

Thanks. I bought from his shop before I knew he was such a big name in the community

@solovei8235 Ай бұрын

What paint do you use for veterans' helmets?

@busydad_painting Ай 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.

@okabayashijoe 2 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_painting 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, yes I'm continuing to encourage her painting and I have no shortage of miniatures for her to work with!

@okabayashijoe 2 ай бұрын

Inspiring work!

@Dan-ds8sf 2 ай бұрын

Where do you source those bases from, Alex? The saw pattern on the edges has a neat look to it.

@busydad_painting 2 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-ds8sf 2 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_painting 2 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-ds8sf 2 ай бұрын

@@busydad_paintingI admire that philosophy!

@rangerminiaturesandgaming3647 2 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_painting 2 ай бұрын

Aye, I'm enjoying it so far and its nice to have 1 unit in 1 piece.

@Corvinuswargaming1444 2 ай бұрын

they look great. Victrix figures paint up really nicely

@busydad_painting 2 ай бұрын

Yeah thanks; I love the detail and I find the sculpting works well with washes and contrast paints.

@septimus64 2 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_painting 2 ай бұрын

Nice, I hadn't heard of that game before. In addition to the basing I like that it is miniature agnostic.

@lacasacaroja9858 2 ай бұрын

Hey, the basing is awesome, how did you do it?

@busydad_painting 2 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.

@Chrisbo123 2 ай бұрын

Awesome scenic basing! Paintjob looks great too!

@busydad_painting 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TriariusWarGaming 2 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_painting 2 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

@TriariusWarGaming 2 ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting Thanks man much appreciated!

@philRminiatures 2 ай бұрын

Wow, splendid unit...and explanations, love the disposition of your spearmen...👍👍

@busydad_painting 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@greatsouthernancientminiat8812 2 ай бұрын

Carthage are the best. Im working on some now. Did you get metal Agema Carthaginians or just the plastic box set ?

@busydad_painting 2 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.

@greatsouthernancientminiat8812 2 ай бұрын

@@busydad_painting they mix in fine.

@paulroberson9312 2 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_painting 2 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.

@paulroberson9312 2 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.

@wgeffoxdo9719 2 ай бұрын

lovely backstory to the troops, and i dont see any reason they couldnt be used for wargaming :)

@busydad_painting 2 ай бұрын

Thanks

@zargonfuture4046 2 ай бұрын

I like it, simple but effective. What rules are you basing for?

@busydad_painting 2 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.

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