So I added the card ‘wood’ beams to the first house and made a start on the second.
With the second one I am going for the card walls but adding in a bit of foam… It isn’t glued down yet. I’ll do it tomorrow.
Now the beams are a bit thick on house one so shall be rectified on house two.
Can you tell I am making it up as I go along?
This morning I added more colours to this lot.
The yellow made its appearance again.
Hopefully I will get on with them this evening.
I am actually really enjoying painting these. I don’t know if it is because I am feeling better or I am just enjoying painting more simple miniatures. By that I don’t mean any insult to Wargames Atlantic. I just think they are lovely mini’s to paint. Big blocks of colour with the odd strap or accessory. Yes if you look closely at the accessories or some of the additions then you can see they are not sitting right or seem held oddly.
This is why the photos are taken at a distance.
Yes I got a bit more done this evening…
The female guard was not re-undercoated, I actually thought Sod it. She can’t help it if everyone else has their tabard upside down or back to front!
I am now off for a week, got a ton of DIY to do, but hopefully will have enough free time to get making stuff for my course which starts on Sat 7th November….eek!
As all the cool kids are using a Proxxon hot wire cutter I have ordered one, along with a pile of other bits and pieces. Mainly from Temu as I decided to miss out the middle man and get the cheap shit direct.
I am a bit knackered today but decided to paint something.
As the civilians and guards were Undercoated then they seemed suitable.
Well off I set…
Did a few civilians in the blue then decided as the blue was out already went for Lady Merron’s guards as these are quartered blue and white. I did the female guard first, then did everyone else the other way around…. I did swear a bit!
Typical that these are the off white undercoat, but as it is just her (oh and part of one leg on another) I will just use white…
I ran 7 hours of moving and handling training today so was a bit zonked. I did manage to get the knights finished off…
As you can see from the first pic, it is always a good idea to check both sides before deciding they are painted.
My Temu order arrived, cheapskate I know, but ..
Anyway I got a tiny mitre block that was 3D printed and sadly it is a bit warped…
It’s really hard to photograph a curve, to make it look like one so I grabbed the straightest thing I could find. I have shoved it under something heavy to try and flatten it out. It was dirt cheap so not stressing too much
I ordered some cheap stuff for my course which begins in a month!
Worked on the base rims this evening and then onto the knights who are almost finished…
I will get the knights finished tomorrow then onto the rest of the civilians and guards.
And ready to go!
The rest are at this stage:
“Madam, Yes you with the Fish! Halt and explain yourself! My men are armed and ….I said HALT….Bugger! Unfortunately the last words of Guard Captain Fishwife. A poor name in the circumstances
The last civilian and five guards from the sprues. For some of the guards I mixed in bits from the sergeants sprue and also gave the female one flowing locks from the civilian set.
Now I think I still have more civilians and definitely have more guards to go. I will build them once this lot are painted.
I also have five sergeants and a knight left to build too.
As I needed to have a bit of a snooze this afternoon I decided to stay up late and make some more civilians.
I started with the gentleman and thought about him being a bit of a tinker or something but then I saw the weapon roll and the looter was born. His wife followed suit with her ‘found’ sword and a bag of coins she just happened to find along a track.
Got one lady left to build and then onto the five guards.
So left to right:
An enchantress?
Beggar, maybe, but definitely down on his luck.
A lady with a purposeful stride and an interesting sack of something.
A woodcutter? Body from Traitor’s Toll, arms and head from the militia/foot sergeant set.
Finally a youngish lady who seems to be carrying nothing.
