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Undead Artillery

The undead are ahead in the arms race!

I eventually finished these. They are lovely figures. Really easy to paint. I do like the guy with the powder bag. It looks like the ball is in there with the powder. I have some extra zombies (6 of them) that need painting. I may paint these up in the same uniform to act as armed support.

The gun carriage is from Alternative Armies whilst the barrel is a GW empire one. I decided to make a light gun however I felt that it was a bit small for what I wanted.

Hence the plastic barrel (I never got round to ordering a AA one – it didn’t help that I kept forgetting that I had the gun and the crew.

I really must get hold of the Grapeshotte schilling pack as this beast will rule the battlefield and I need something to be able to shoot back.

I have a couple of scenarios that this can be used for.

I also quite fancy a hunt the gun scenario as in the 1957 film the Pride and the Passion. The undead have to get their gun to help attack a town’s walls. Ok the gun in the film was massive.

It does have Sophia Loren in it. I haven’t seen it in years… time to find it on eBay 🤣

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Guard Bodyguard

I eventually got the L’espirit du Gard finished. I know I go on a bit about favourite figures, but this lot have to be one of my favourite units in the Flintloque range.

I have a mounted unit of these too, I will eventually get around to painting them.

One thing I am pleased about is that I am managing to get a bit of painting done each night. As I have said before. The painting helps me chill out and the blog kind of keeps me motivated to get more painting done.

Tomorrow I am going to get the undead gunners finished. Having had a quick look at them I need to paint the ramrod and put a wash on a beard. I think I might manage to get a few more figures started too. I will also have to get the gun done as well.

Having had a look in the boxes, I must get the re-animator and the Ferach hospital set done too.

So many figures so little time. 😱😱😱

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Lady Boniface part III

I really didn’t like her dress…

The yellow was a bit yucky to be honest. I did consider a total repaint but instead I kept at it. I sort of did repaint the dress but in yellow.

There is still a bit of work to do on it but it is a definite improvement on the first attempt.

Sadly the IPad seems to struggle with a bright yellow….Perhaps I should have gone with my original idea of a nice blue colour.

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Lady Boniface Part II

Her ladyship loses face.

As the gallant doctor rushed to support her ladyship he very quickly realised that to her ladyship losing face had a whole new meaning.

I do like her ladyship the figure is really good with her either removing or putting back her face.

I need to get a glaze on the smooth out the contrast of the flesh tones.

I am not too sure about the yellow dress. Because it is an ancient yellow wash it has gone a bit shiny. Because it is a wash it has caused me problems where it meets the purple wash. I think a repaint may be in order.

I managed to get a bit more done on these two:

Still a fair bit to go, but I am getting there.

Finally another lady…

Madame Pompaboom and her manservant.

I bought this duo as I thought it was a fun little set. The manservant is employed to hold up Madame’s hair… complete with a bomb in the top.

I would have liked to have got more done, but it has been a busy day. We were tiling the floor under the cooker until about half eight this evening. I hope to crack on tomorrow evening but rumour has it we will be redecorating the kitchen!

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Getting There

I managed to do a bit more painting tonight.

I think I have found another favourite character. I have always liked this figure. He is an officer of the quasi 6th Hussars. Whereas with the zombies, I went through a phase of hating them, I have enjoyed painting him from start to finish. I still have a bit to go on him but he is getting close.

The Golem whom I have named Egor is getting there too. The highlight is too light on the grey so I will either redo it or put a glaze over it, similarly with his head.

The doctor is just about finished too. I forgot to photograph him.

Madame Boniface is making progress…

I am not sure how I am going to do her dress. I did consider simply using a wash and if so… what colour?

Still a lot to do on her, hopefully she will be finished tomorrow.

The two cavalry are lagging a bit behind, simply because the blue and red I used on the others is in work.

My unpainted pile of Flintloque is growing again. I still have stuff on top of these from Christmas to paint. I still have to finish my undead artillery, they have sat like this since 8th December.

Not to mention everything else I have bought recently. My Bier and Bones figures to start with and I did order some more Finkelstein ogres and the resin Savant zombies, well there was free postage 🤣.

I am really enjoying getting back into the swing of painting every day, there are a lot more talented figure painters out there it is true. But this is about enjoyment of accomplishment.

I have been contemplating the way I disliked painting the zombies. I am beginning to wonder if it was a combination of oldish paint that didn’t flow that well (more like tar than paint) and trying to squeeze a bit of painting into a short session which is normally interspersed with telephone calls. Funnily enough I got them finished at home and that Was when I felt happier with them too.

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Lady Boniface Et Al

I managed to get a bit done on these.

From left to right…

Egor, Lady Boniface, Officer 6th Hussars, a gentleman doctor and a couple of Guard cavalrymen at the back.

I am hoping to get the front four finished soon. Most of the males have most of the base colours blocked in so I might get them done tomorrow night.

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A Great load of Crates

I love watching the crafting videos on YouTube. They are often on in the background whenever I am doing anything.

There are many very creative people out there. My Crates came about after watching Gareth over on DMG. He built a crate, which I thought was a cunning idea, and made my own version of it.

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A few weeks later DM Scotty showed an even easier way to make a crate – a wooden cube painted to look like a crate. I thought this was rather cunning so ordered a set of 10 x 20mm cubes and 10 x 25mm cubes to give it a go. The two sets cost about £5.50 with free postage. They came all the way from China with free postage (I still cannot work out how that is financially viable).

Anyway, move forward a few weeks. The dreaded flu struck and my various bits and pieces sat there. Whilst in the recovery phase I watched Dungeons and Gluesticks. John was making crates too (all three videos probably spanned 3 years).

John also used the basic wooden cube but instead of just painting it, he used a razor saw to cut grooves into the cube. He then added the cardstock around the sides. It did look rather good.

I decided to give his version a go last night.

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Mine are a bit rough and ready but they do indeed look like crates. I could probably use narrower strips of cardstock on the edges. However, seen on a table a metre away I don’t think it will really matter. I didn’t bother sawing into the sixth face of the cube as I am going to base a lot of them in groups to act as a line of sight blocker and/or cover.

I made another one today on my lunch break.

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They are indeed very easy to do; they take a bit of time but look the part and in my mind well worth the small amount of effort it takes to build them.

 

Below are links to the channels I mentioned above.

Gareth, Scotty and John

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDMGinfo

https://www.youtube.com/user/theDMsCraft

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZvZvalRLgkGXmFTpHEJBiw

Another couple of channels I watch a lot are as follows:

Vannessa on the Crafting Muse https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC92IlSbAqZY-TQv5pa4V1nQ

Black Magic crafts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Rlv-ug-mtnXuMwlpcqFgg

I have just started watching the following

Wyloch’s Craft https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKJd7jQ989DZvtf5C69mYA

 

 

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Bedtime Militia

And they are done….

Well apart from finishing the bases off.

After hating them less than a week ago I really like them now. Looking at the photo, I can see stuff I would change or add to. For example The chappy with the beard looks a bit of a funny colour for a start and his long coat could do with some more highlights.

I am really pleased that I found these as they have bulked out my undead forces basically for free. I bought these about 15 years ago at the very least so that money was spent long ago. I only wish I had another eight or ten. If some come up on eBay cheap enough I might grab some but I reckon I have about thirty now so I have enough to keep me going.

Next up will be the remaining guard cavalry and attached officers and undead.

Not sure where I will go after that. I keep forgetting that I have some 15mm Ancient Germans and an undead army almost finished. I might bump them back into the queue. Then onto….. you know it is best not to think about the lead mountain that exists on my shelves.

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Undead Militia III

I am getting there with these.

I have definitely turned the corner with these. I now am beginning to like them. They still have quite a way to go to get them finished. Unfortunately the majority of the base coat colours are in work so some of the highlighting will have to wait until tomorrow evening. I will probably do something with the white eyes add a yellowish tint to them.

Finishing the bases will also make a big difference to them too. It was nice to be able to just sit and paint for an hour.

I would have done some yesterday but after replacing three walls on the aviary and the tiling behind the new cooker I really couldn’t be bothered.

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Undead Militia II

I managed a bit of painting this Lunchtime 🙂

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They are now at the ‘I hate them stage’ as they need a second coat on the red and bits need tidying up. I always am amazed that they come together in the end. Although not a Golden demon painter I do the best that I can and it is better than I used to be so progress has been made.

Once they have had their washes on they will look better I am sure 🙂