I realized last week that I didn’t have any arrow storm markers for my medieval and renaissance period games. I generally don’t like seeing a table littered with tokens and markers, so I’m always keen to find ways to minimize the impact of these on the aesthetic if possible. A bit of searching online turned up this idea – quick and easy and does the trick. I finished one as a test piece and will eventually make a bunch more.
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Chessex mini dice, greenstuff, arrows from Perry miniatures, and a 28mm flat base |
Going into the holidays I picked up some of the new plastic Dark Ages/Medieval scatter terrain kits produced by Victrix and Wargames Atlantic (WGA). These are great kits jammed with useful items and offer great variety for creating some great pieces. This first batch was built on 40x60mmx2mm bases – I had great fun making these and look forward to getting a second batch done before the end of the challenge.
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| This includes bits from the WGA Fantasy Town Guards set |
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Here we have some great terrain pieces that really show why size is not a great way to score terrain. While each base here is fairly small and all together would not make even one 6" cube in the old scoring system, there is a lot of detail here to deal with! While you kept the painting fairly simple there is still a ton of little details scattered everywhere and they look lovely.
If I had to guess, most of the bases probably took at least as long as a single figure to paint. I see a few that were likely a bit faster as they have a few less things on the base, but to keep it easy and to count the lovely little arrow marker in, I am going to go with 5 points a base and keep it simple, for a total of 40 points.
-Byron
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