I’d already had a shot at
producing flocks of sheep
for other 10mm projects.
My preference had been
for basing sheep minis
on bases 25mm round.
However, I changed
my mind. I thought
livestock bases should
act more as markers
than playing pieces and
decided to mount them
instead on 20mm round
bases.
Getting hold of
10mm sheep (without being fleeced) was
very easy: Irregular Miniatures produced a
figure (TMS3) and there were lots of N-
scale railway model sheep minis to choose
from both in metal and plastic.
Including a shepherd figure on a base of
sheep can, of course, limit the base to the
number of historical periods the shepherd
can be used for. I chose a figure of a young
lad from Pendraken’s Arab Civilians pack
(SC13). His clothes made him suitable for
many periods up to the early 20th century.
BELOW Three Irregular Miniatures 10mm sheep
mounted on a 25mm round MDF base before being
ripped off the base and rebased on a smaller one.
"success is gauged by the number
of sheep captured rather than by
human casualties"
Operations in Persia 1914-1919, p.188.
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