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This
article provides some techniques you can use to modify your GW Bretonnian
miniatures to help make them unique and customised.
Background
My
collection of GW Bretonnians comprises almost exclusively 5th
edition miniatures, since I am not a fan of the 6th edition ones. However,
I’d been collecting Bretonnians since well before the 6th edition was
even hinted at. Therefore, having collected the full range of the 5th
edition Bretonnians, I wanted to expand my army whilst trying to avoid
duplicating the individual miniatures. So I begrudgingly
started adding 6th edition Bretonnians.
I
feel I should explain why I don’t like the 6th edition Bretonnians.
It’s all the ‘fluff’! And by fluff, I mean all the shields, ribbons, straps and
other paraphernalia that seem to cover every surface of the horses and figures
in the range. Don’t get me wrong, I love the multi-part assembly options for
all the plastic figures and horses. I love the fantastic level of moulded
detailing of the plastic miniatures. I just hate
all the fluff. Therefore, I remove all the unwanted detail, so that I can expand
my Bretonnian army without losing its medieval theme (See “Alternative Miniatures to GW Bretonnians” to find out more
background information about other miniatures I’ve used in my Bretonnian
army).
In
addition to my wanting to maintain the medieval appearance of my Bretonnians, I
like to modify my miniatures in small ways to introduce an element of customisation,
and thereby make them unique. I accomplish this objective through simple
methods, such as replacing the plastic banners and standards with my own
home-made ones; replacing some of the weapons and helmets or heads with ones
from accessory sets produced by other manufacturers of 28mm scale miniatures;
and by using my own home-made water-slide decals to add the heraldic designs to
my Bretonnians (See “Bretonnian heraldry
– a more traditional approach” to find out more background information
about my Bretonnian army’s heraldry).
I
therefore thought it might be helpful to share some of the techniques I use to
modify my Bretonnians to accomplish their customisation. This article covers
the following techniques:
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Replacing a plastic banner with a home-made one.
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Replacing helmets, heads and weapons with ones
produced by other 28mm miniature manufacturers.
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Removing unwanted details from a 6th
edition Bretonnian warhorse.
So
if any of these are of interest to you, then please read on.
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