Well go me, I managed to glue the flags to the appropriate flag pole.
So here they are… I initially planned to have two different rectangular flags for the Pike Block. I realised that too late as the rest were glued on. Therefore we have two identical ones.
Off on the boat tomorrow night, so no painting or anything… Back on Monday morning.
Next to do is the flock.
Not something you generally hear, but when said videos are in your own home then it gives you the opportunity to move your hands whilst listening..and to be fair it was interesting stuff. So much so I told my line manager it was worth a watch…
Tadaaa…. All done apart from the flags.
Here they are … Blending in with the rest of the throng.
The cultists carried on getting their hand me down paint. I shall hopefully get on with them tomorrow.
Two arrive at once!
Well today I decided to undercoat this lot as my Alternative Armies box hadn’t arrived.
I was waiting for the undercoat to cure when my son walked in with the post!
These are the remaining militia. I based them up and they are now undercoated. I will make a start on them tomorrow.
Borgia hasn’t been based because his doppelganger came too…
There is meant to be one mounted and one on foot… A slight packing error methinks. Ah well. One less base to paint for now
Yep, this lot just need the base edges painted black and the flags shoved on and that’s them finished.
Then the remaining miniatures when they arrive.
I will flock them all together rather than in two bits.
Now I still have one base sitting there with Two of the three miniatures glued on. I realised there was a load of flash that still needed removing… I then noticed something odd on the back of the miniatures…
I checked the others still in the white metal stage.
They pretty much all look like this…
Sadly the other ones in the same pose in the mercenary unit and in this lot have the undercoat on and then have been painted. I can just about see the pattern on the banner holder.
I can honestly say I have never seen anything like this on miniatures before… Well this isn’t exactly true as I see it occasionally on 3D printed stuff.
Now I am not saying that these are printed then moulded, but I wonder if there has been some form of vibration as they were spun cast. As I have said before these are probably the worst miniatures with regards to flash and vent nubs/wires.
Well this evening I got the pikes done as well as the majority of the metal stuff on the miniatures.
Still to do is the bronze bits for the swords and trumpet as well as the colourful sash on the officer.
Then onto the bases….
Oh and as I expected… My extra miniatures were posted today lol.
I had better speed up lol!
I need to sort out more flags for the above and the extras… I reckon 6-8 will do me.
Well this evening I got a bit more done on the militia. Boots, scabbards and firearms done.
Pikes, helmets and metalwork left… Oh yeah and their annoying dagger on the front.
A couple more evenings and I reckon these will be finished… Ready for the rest to arrive!
Well this morning before breakfast I got all of their hands and faces painted…
Weapons, boots and helmets left to do.
Trying to work out what colour to do the pikes. Probably just a plain wood colour, I am thinking, as befits a militia armed by a city state. They really aren’t going to be splashing out the gold on what is basically a pointy stick.
Hopefully I will get on with more painting later on.
So I am attempting a new regime. A a big word for trying something new… lol.
Basically I have decided that even an hour to do some painting can feel like a lot. So I am going for about half an hour daily. Obviously if I achieve more…yippee, but providing I do the half hour or use up one colour of paint then I am happy 😊.
Here is the yellow/brown on them. Faces and hands next. That shouldn’t take too long then it will be the buff coat. Now the buff coat is often seen as a golden brown or a light yellowy/brown.
Now as I have a similar colour then my buff coats are going to be pale bone colour…. More like this…
The above is a 17th century version, but the colour will work for me.
The thing with the half hour sessions is that if I feel up to it then I can easily decide to do so
I am now feeling the urge to try the colour out.
Well go me!
Buff done with a bit of time to go…
Not exactly the last three seconds like a film. But in two sessions I have got a bit further forward…
Tomorrow skin and weapons.
Well, I am back in my own house and decided to slap a bit of paint on the militia.
Reddish, blue, green and grey so far. Got a yellow/sand to go then onto the buff coat…
I am knackered at the minute so not feeling the love of these lol.
Well I made a start on the militia this evening.
I have got some paint on the undercoated miniatures.
The base on the right is missing a miniature so I decided to leave him out of the undercoated group. When the rest arrive I will get them based up and painted as one.
As you can see from the above I am going for a muted palette. Colour was still a thing for less well off people but I am wanting the militia to be totally different from the mercenary forces.
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