New Painting System

I HAVE painted my first unit of Hittite infantry, arranged for Neil Thomas's biblical rules in Ancient & Medieval Wargaming.

10mm figures from Newline Designs

Previously I have painted 10mm figures by first fixing them with Blu Tack to coffee stirrers - the type easily obtainable in Costa, Caffè Nero, etc.

But recently I took a new approach, at least when painting troops in open-order, gluing them to already-painted bases.

This worked so well that I decided to try the same technique for close-order infantry, the result being the figures above.

As usual with 10mm troops - at least, with my 10mm troops - it does not pay to inspect them too closely.

However, to be fair, 10mm figures are not meant for close scrutiny. Spears, for example, are almost as thick as legs, and facial features are very limited.

But I like the from-a-distance look, and there is no doubt that painting figures glued to bases, rather than Blu Tacked to thin strips of wood, leads to far fewer messy accidents.