Middle Romans- Transfer Tales

 

First, forgive the lacuna between posts. I have been very busy with one thing and another. Let us now press on.

Regular readers know I have been playing with transfers recently. The Prince of Transfers is Little Big Man Studios. Real works of art from them.  They have a reputation for being tricky to use.  That is because there application is counter intuitive. You have to put the image on face down. Gasp!

Luckily You Tube is replete with a squad of fine fellows who show you how everything should be done. Seeing it makes it very easy to follow and, oddly, more natural. I set to.

Having been instructed the application process worked splendidly. You have to cut out the transfer. Take care over this bit. Then peel of a layer of plastic. That bit is very easy. Place the image face down on the shield and press. Wet it with a water laden brush.  Then peel the paper off. Less complex or demanding than it reads.

Anything else? The pic's in descending order are Light Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry,  Auxilia and Legions. All figures are from Forged in Battle. They are intended as a start on opponents for my Picts. More on those lads soonish.

A final thing. Although the LBM transfers are custom made for specific figures don't expect a perfect fit. This isn't the end of the world as a look at the above figures will show.

Now for a Crimean War diversion. I have been reading The Crimean War-A History by Orlando Figes. Published in 2010 so not a new book. Orlando got a bit of a public hiding for anonymously giving himself an excellent review. Quite the scandal and it ended with the lad himself issuing a public apology. 

These days such antics would hardly cause a stir at all. In fact he might be knighted or made a Lord. Certainly he could expect a Quango.

Anyhow, the book.  Some of the political currents stuff it is well worth the readers attention. Some of the rest isn't.  The military stuff is on occasion good but mostly it is cursory. Almost lazily so. Surprisingly, to me, Figes is much better on strategic ideas and who wanted what and why.  Not a bad book then but not a must have either.