The 120 cavalry from the Hannibal Barca's Army Epic box set all completed for Leo. They consist of 8 bases of Liby/Phoenician cavalry, 4 bases of Celtic cavalry, 8 bases of Numidian skirmish cavalry and 4 bases of Spanish cavalry. Just the foot skirmish bases and the command packs left for October.
Goods arrival at Yaldbury. I'm still enjoying working on Yaldbury my compact N Gauge shunting layout, adding the smaller details now but still a good bit to do. With the 'offstage' fiddle yard added the complete layout now measures up just short of 5'. The extra section simply bolts on via 2 wingnut bolts as required. I'm very pleased with how well things run, especially at low 'shunting' speeds, not an easy thing to achieve in this scale but I did spend a LOT of time on the trackwork and especially point work, attention to detail that has paid off.
I'm looking at how best to light the layout from above next which explains the poor focus on the arrival video!
I am amazed at the level of progress that you can make on the Epic, they do look impressive in volume. Yaldbury is of course the gift that keeps on giving:-)
ReplyDeleteIt's funny Norm, I ground to a complete stop painting the AB's yet really enjoy painting the Epics! I can paint them so quickly now yet produce a satisfying wargame standard finish that will take a bit of close scrutiny on the tabletop. Horses are my thing and I have found a method of turning out nice horseflesh in various shades but all starting from that base Flat Brown drybrush over matt black. I don't cut corners though, all are individually painted then based although I do paint the outer and centre figures glued to the bases then add the rest after painting to fill in the spaces, a handy little tip there Norm :)
DeleteYaldbury is a joy to me :) I doubt I'll do more layouts but it's been a great fun project to do and will keep me adding more small details over the Winter months no doubt.
All the best and your feedback is always appreciated.
Lee.