I have always wanted to have a go at some ancient battles, particularly the Punic Wars. The problem is that, with all of my other interests, I have never been able to put together a painted army. I had seen Wofun figures on other blogs, so I thought I would take a look.
I have opted for the 18mm version of the Punic Wars starter set. It consists of the two armies, Roman and Carthaginian. Setting up, took a couple of hours as each group of figures needs to be eased out of the Perspex sheet and then attached by clipping in to an MDF base, which is pre-coloured. So seting up is quick and easy, although I managed to break a few figures with my fat fingers.
This is what they look like; the Romans:
Overall the set does provide two reasonable armies, however, at 18mm I find it quite hard to work out what the figures are and I have written a description on the underside of the bases. This may prove a problem in a game. I do not like the white outline created by the Perspex and I may paint all the edges in black.
The jury is out.
I think as a means to game periods you want to but will never be able to paint then this is a really good way forward. A colleague has a large 18mm Marlburian and he has brown inked the edges just to diffuse the white and they look a lot better, a small label stuck to rear of base my be your way forward re ID enjoy
ReplyDeleteHi Graham, good advice. I think I will do something with the edges as the white edges just don't look good.
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