Everyone has now got their legs coloured as well as their coats done too *.
*We all know I am going to have missed both on at least some of the miniatures!
In a little while I shall get the flesh done… Or at least as much as I can get done before boredom, cramp or an Alien Invasion happens… More likely the dog will want attention than the latter but… You never know.
Guess who wanted my lunch!
Addendum17:00 GMT…
That’s the skin all done, with the usual caveat of…I am bound to have missed something. I had in fact missed a coat sleeve and when I went to find it then I reckon he hid behind someone else to avoid getting coloured.
The one thing about online training is it allows one to do productive things with your hands.
Leaving five bases of cavalry and three guns of different types. The super light crew were done this evening as I didn’t want to waste paint lol.
I go off on the boat on Thursday night. So I basically have three evenings to get as much of these done before I disappear for a few days and come back with loads more projects…
Speaking of projects…
I evidently got a parcel yesterday, just everyone forgot to tell me!
I totally forgot I backed this on Kickstarter… Well technically not true, they, like a lot of things were caught up in Humpty Trumpty’s trade war, as well as his actual war. Well at least I got it, so can’t complain.
Well as you know I have made a start on the Florentine forces. In the back of my mind I thought I had got some of the new Militia.
I decided that I hadn’t bothered as they were pretty much the same as the mercenary troops, but with a leather jerkin and no feathers.
Evidently I was wrong… Whilst looking for my ‘Death of the Landsnekht’ book…(I spent so long looking for it that I forgot why I wanted it!).
But I digress… Whilst mooching through my crap I came across a box….
I swore!
I have just about got myself motivated to paint the originals. So I would seem to have a pike block of nine bases. Some form of command set and the rest are shot ( four bases of close, or two and three of skirmish/two close).
One of halberd and two of sword and buckler men.
So basically another sixty miniatures to paint. I am once again a bit disappointed by the quality control. Considering this is a brand new mold it’s a bit of a mess.
Some of the bases have holes in them and the vent on a lot of them will need a file taken to the bottom.
Somehow I was beginning to persuade myself that I really needed some Spanish, French or possibly a Papal army. I must be off my head.
Luckily Claymore is on the first so no doubt I will find lots of new shiny things to add to the pile of crap.
So, if you remember yesterday I painted the trousers and hose of my Pikes and ended up getting cramp so had to pack in.
Well I needed to finish three bases out of the nine. Now I thought I had chosen them randomly… Earlier when I went to finish them I came across this conundrum…
One front rank and two back ranks. So was my random actually actually or was there some form of unconscious choice being made.
I am now trying to remember, exactly how I placed them and picked them up.
To avoid wasting paint I got the arqubusiers clothing done too and used up the rest on random stuff off the tray
More clothing looking colourful…
Now because there are only sixteen miniatures their random trousers colours are less than random when compared to the pikes. I suddenly realised there was one colour left to do and not enough miniatures…
Anyway this evening I got the trousers painted on the pike block.
I would have got more done but ended up with both hands cramping up…bloody annoying!
I aim to get more done tomorrow…
These were done with yellow, blue, green and a turquoise. These colours will be used throughout the force, with additions of colour to allow things to sort of match in. Yes they all have a red coat, but I don’t want to do hundreds of different colours.
Wellll I was painting some more of the Florentine Mercenary forces…
That is all of the troops with a red coat.
I suspect we don’t know what they actually wore, but in my mind if you are employing a lot of well paid people to fight your battles then I suppose you want people to know who the money is coming from. Secondly when push comes to shove it is helpful to know who not to poke with a pointy thing and finally in other earlier conflicts the use of a jack or tabard was used to denote allegiance. Not exactly perfect, but they are mine and as the (at the present) Florentine Doge then I have decreed a uniform of sorts.
The trousers are going to be various colours to give a less uniform look… But knowing me I won’t be able to help myself and will sort of make a unified look on the lower body.
Well I got some painting done today whilst doing some online training… It was either that or fall asleep…
Well I based these about two months ago, so thought I had better pull my finger out.
I decided that these are going to have a maroon/red coat. Any bicolour bits are going to be the three feathers on the helmet. I really, really couldn’t be bothered with slashed doublets.
Yes I eventually got enough energy to actually sit down and start working on the Florentine army.
I didn’t get them all done, just the Pikes and gun crews… Yes crews. I was convinced I only ordered one.
Well I checked. I actually ordered two, but got a whole gun crew instead of just the Gun captain.
So yey me! Do I make it into a three gun force….mmmmm interesting conundrum. They were super wealthy and do have a certain Leonardo Da Vinci in the box with them. I am sure he might have some cunning ideas.
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