Traditionally artillery are on large rectangular bases. This is how everyone else I know has always mounted their artillery stands. It is just the way it was done. A gun, and three to five figures and that is a artillery stand. Add a limber and you are done.
But, on the Fife and Drum miniatures blog I noticed that one player mounted his artillery on a round base. I cannot tell you why, but it looked great. Better then great, I really liked it a lot. So much so that I mounted my War of 1812 artillery on round bases.
Now I am redoing my American Revolution collection. Not a really big deal. Just time consuming. Stay tuned for more pictures when done.
Looks very promising. ...though of course it has made me look at my shelf of artillery bases and start to wonder...
ReplyDeleteI like the round bases. It might be a visual thing wherein the round, or lack of corners, blends in better with the tabletop.
ReplyDeleteI changed all my Arty pieces over to round ones after I say some of your pics.
ReplyDeleteThey look rather nice on round bases Mark...
ReplyDeleteI don’t thing I will be changing my existing artillery though...but I my try it in future projects...
All the best. Aly