Good to hear your voice again Terry, and don't worry about your presentation style - I much prefer this type of video to the more polished channels that seem to go all out for views, subscriptions and advertising revenue. I do have that book. I was hoping to get to SELWG this year (it's on the 15th Oct by the way, not 9th) but unfortunately found myself in Casualty on Saturday for the second time this year. As a result I won't be going anywhere for a while but maybe next year.
I echo Ralph’s sentiments, your videos are great just as they are. I come for the chat, which is always great. Really enjoyed seeing those plastic 1/72 scale miniatures. An often overlooked area of the hobby really, I always get the sense that there is a snobbishness that deters people from painting and gaming with 1/72s, but I myself am rather partial to a good box of HaT plastics. Cheap cheerful, and have a classic toy soldier look.
Is it really snobbishness? 1/72 minis aren’t that cheap any more, and it can be hard to find opponents. They’re almost as difficult to paint as 28mm - if you want them to look half decent. I say this as a 1/72 player myself. If had the choice to start again, I’d probably go for a smaller scale for massed battles - 15mm or maybe 10mm. And for skirmish games, 28mm is the obvious choice. To me the biggest advantage of 1/72 is that I can play both types of wargames using the same figures!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I think the snobbishness was related to a) the soft plastic, which I have seen folks turn their nose up at. There is perhaps still a bit of metal elitism going about. And b) the poses, Airfix in particular has some rather exaggerated poses that look “toyish” rather than naturalistic. That said, you are right on the price, those 1/72 soft plastics are getting rarer it seems. But time was you could pick up a box of Thracians from HaT for 7GBP at a department store in Oxford.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Back when Airfix was the only budget option everyone aspired to have metal figs. It was as much down to practicality as anything else. Most of us knew nothing about mould release agents and didn’t wash our figures before painting with enamels (no acrylics yet available) and the plastic figures flaked horribly!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I remember that happening with first ever box of HaT Swedish Napoleonic infantry. Painted them up over a spray primer, and they looked rather good. Then all of a suddenly the paint started flaking off, and my heart broke. Only then did I learn that I had to wash my miniatures, like resin ones. Still love those HaT figures.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Yep, wash them religiously, and then paint on a layer of raw PVA glue, which strengthens the plastic, prevents flaking and acts as a key for the paint. I like HaT too, though the figures can be a little small and wiry.
Nice size for miniatures gaming. Before a health crash put an end to my miniatures doing and gaming days in early 2000s, 1/72 and 1/76 scale plastic guys, some sets had a few gals, and plastic models were a favorite size of a local game group I was part of for doing WW2 games. 🎨 Painting was successfully accomplished via using an undercoat of artist style acrylic matte medium 🖌 and then doing color coats with the fairly flexible (and now out of production) PollyScale military and railroad acrylics & some other acrylic model paints such as some from a model ship company I now forget the name of. A final overcoat of thinned acrylic medium helped durability too. Had lots of fun hours painting those figures. At the end I probably had almost a thousand guys and a few gals for assorted WW2 countries & from a number of different manufacturers; mostly in plastic with a few metal figures from then common miniatures companies. Got, I dunno, is 'hooked on' the right phrase?, the 1/72 and 1/76 size figures as a child with Airfix, an a couple other companies, figures back in childhood days. Fun memories, lots of good memories. 😊
I usually play Ímpetus with 1/72 models (I have just finished some Zvezda Greek Hoplites). Really cheap, great for all the historical periods...but yes, not everybody likes this scale 🤷♂
Those Revell 30YW figures really are gorgeous sculpts. The pack you opened seem to based on De Gheyn’s book of ‘postures’ published in around 1609, though based on sketches he made up to ten years earlier. Probably OK for the battle of White Mountain (near Prague) in 1620, but very ‘old fashioned’ by the time of the English Civil War.
Hah hah. I got over my compulsion about a month ago with the purchase of two ‘red sable’ brushes (sizes 0 and 2). About three/four times the price of nylon brushes but they seem to be worth it. I use them only for detail work and stick to nylon and hog bristle for workaday painting.
I did an English Civil War project using 1/72 plastics, including the Revell you show here. Great figures at an affordable price. They paint up very nicely. Good video, thanks!
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Good to hear your voice again Terry, and don't worry about your presentation style - I much prefer this type of video to the more polished channels that seem to go all out for views, subscriptions and advertising revenue. I do have that book. I was hoping to get to SELWG this year (it's on the 15th Oct by the way, not 9th) but unfortunately found myself in Casualty on Saturday for the second time this year. As a result I won't be going anywhere for a while but maybe next year.
I echo Ralph’s sentiments, your videos are great just as they are. I come for the chat, which is always great.
Really enjoyed seeing those plastic 1/72 scale miniatures. An often overlooked area of the hobby really, I always get the sense that there is a snobbishness that deters people from painting and gaming with 1/72s, but I myself am rather partial to a good box of HaT plastics. Cheap cheerful, and have a classic toy soldier look.
Is it really snobbishness? 1/72 minis aren’t that cheap any more, and it can be hard to find opponents. They’re almost as difficult to paint as 28mm - if you want them to look half decent.
I say this as a 1/72 player myself. If had the choice to start again, I’d probably go for a smaller scale for massed battles - 15mm or maybe 10mm. And for skirmish games, 28mm is the obvious choice. To me the biggest advantage of 1/72 is that I can play both types of wargames using the same figures!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I think the snobbishness was related to a) the soft plastic, which I have seen folks turn their nose up at. There is perhaps still a bit of metal elitism going about. And b) the poses, Airfix in particular has some rather exaggerated poses that look “toyish” rather than naturalistic. That said, you are right on the price, those 1/72 soft plastics are getting rarer it seems. But time was you could pick up a box of Thracians from HaT for 7GBP at a department store in Oxford.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Back when Airfix was the only budget option everyone aspired to have metal figs. It was as much down to practicality as anything else. Most of us knew nothing about mould release agents and didn’t wash our figures before painting with enamels (no acrylics yet available) and the plastic figures flaked horribly!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I remember that happening with first ever box of HaT Swedish Napoleonic infantry. Painted them up over a spray primer, and they looked rather good. Then all of a suddenly the paint started flaking off, and my heart broke.
Only then did I learn that I had to wash my miniatures, like resin ones. Still love those HaT figures.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Yep, wash them religiously, and then paint on a layer of raw PVA glue, which strengthens the plastic, prevents flaking and acts as a key for the paint. I like HaT too, though the figures can be a little small and wiry.
Nice size for miniatures gaming. Before a health crash put an end to my miniatures doing and gaming days in early 2000s, 1/72 and 1/76 scale plastic guys, some sets had a few gals, and plastic models were a favorite size of a local game group I was part of for doing WW2 games. 🎨 Painting was successfully accomplished via using an undercoat of artist style acrylic matte medium 🖌 and then doing color coats with the fairly flexible (and now out of production) PollyScale military and railroad acrylics & some other acrylic model paints such as some from a model ship company I now forget the name of. A final overcoat of thinned acrylic medium helped durability too. Had lots of fun hours painting those figures. At the end I probably had almost a thousand guys and a few gals for assorted WW2 countries & from a number of different manufacturers; mostly in plastic with a few metal figures from then common miniatures companies.
Got, I dunno, is 'hooked on' the right phrase?, the 1/72 and 1/76 size figures as a child with Airfix, an a couple other companies, figures back in childhood days. Fun memories, lots of good memories. 😊
I usually play Ímpetus with 1/72 models (I have just finished some Zvezda Greek Hoplites). Really cheap, great for all the historical periods...but yes, not everybody likes this scale 🤷♂
hey terry hope you are well, i like the mars miniatures as well. that book looks cool, i may grab one for my library.
Those Revell 30YW figures really are gorgeous sculpts. The pack you opened seem to based on De Gheyn’s book of ‘postures’ published in around 1609, though based on sketches he made up to ten years earlier. Probably OK for the battle of White Mountain (near Prague) in 1620, but very ‘old fashioned’ by the time of the English Civil War.
Thank you for showimg this. God Bless you.
Thank you and God be with you my friend .
Yay! 😁 I'm not the only person in the galaxy who feels a compulsive paint brush buying urge.
Hah hah. I got over my compulsion about a month ago with the purchase of two ‘red sable’ brushes (sizes 0 and 2). About three/four times the price of nylon brushes but they seem to be worth it. I use them only for detail work and stick to nylon and hog bristle for workaday painting.
I agree with Ralph too. Really glad that you have managed to do a video again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did an English Civil War project using 1/72 plastics, including the Revell you show here. Great figures at an affordable price. They paint up very nicely. Good video, thanks!
Thanks for commenting mate!
Thanks buddy....for all u do.
Hello John hope your well mate!
regards!,
Terry.
The propaganda is even in wargaming.
Yeah, Carl Gustavs Propaganda has reached the hobby
Very enjoyable video mate 👍
Thanks 👍