The first thing I based and painted for my 10mm First
World War Middle East project was a casualty base,
done several years ago as a bit of an experiment. I
converted the two generic figures from Pendraken’s
Casualty on Stretcher with Medic pack (WW4) by
sculpting a green-stuff Wolseley helmet on the
orderly’s hatless head and giving the
unfortunate wounded warrior a beard so I
could paint him up as an Indian soldier. Not
having the correct size of laser-cut MDF base
handy and supplies of laser-cut MDF bases
only coming from abroad in those days, I
mounted the miniatures on two UK pennies
glued together. The weighty base and the
I showed these conversions to Dave at the Pendraken
stall at Falkirk’s Carronade wargames show one year.
They must have tickled his fancy a little as it wasn’t
long before he sent me some Pendraken dollies and
rifles for me to experiment with a bit of 10mm
sculpting.
coins’ phosphorus content able to attract magnets made it seem like a
good idea at the time. However, I became concerned that if the
miniatures were knocked over the weight of the base might cause
the fragile 10mm figures to be damaged when taking a tumble.
If the Lord Spares Us recommends basing figures in pairs, a
base being the lowest unit of firing. However, casualties are
taken in single figures, making casualty markers essential.
I hadn’t made any definite plans regarding casualty
markers but certainly painting up the odd marker like
this one wouldn’t spoil any future plans.
Casualty Conversion
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