Got these finished.
Orc Hussars update II
These chappies are taking forever. They, as you might imagine being Hussars, are quite intricate. I am also trying to get lots of shades etc in the different colours, I still think I am being too subtle on some of the colours. Once upon a time I would have just painted base colours then thrown a wash on. I am really liking how they look. The horses are all but done, just hooves and markings to finish.
https://bogenwaldblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/ostarian-general/Orc Hussars
I have made a start on my Orc Hussars. The horses were cleaned up and based around 9 months ago. There are some seriously complicated uniforms here. We shall see how I get on.
Ostarian General.
A lovely little chap to command my Ostarian forces.
To be honest I have decided I don’t like painting white uniforms. They either look messy/bitty or flat white. Something I will have to work on.
Cheap Undercoat Paint
I had to pop into the car place and decided to give this stuff a blast. £6.00 is a lot cheaper than the £11.00 for the GW one. I stuck it in warm water and gave it a bloody good shake. I am happy with the coverage. We will see how it takes paint once dry.
Update 19.00 hrs
I tried to rub off the paint on the flanks of the horse and it wouldn’t budge.
Update….
I have done a base coat on these and the undercoat has worked fine, takes the different colours from the different paint manufacturers without a problem. The one thing I would say is that the undercoat is a little grainy, but at this scale I can’t see a problem.
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HEVC finished
Sergeant Futty Nutkins and the stalwart chaps of the Honourable East Valonian Company are almost ready to set forth.
KR Multi Case Storage
Well my storage and carrying conundrum has been answered. I ordered these on Ebay second hand. One has a pluck and store bit the other has a couple of trays with bits cut out. All in all happy with what I got. £35 all in.
I will see how much stuff I can get in these with the standard trays around 200 figures plus the pluck and store and the cut out bits so probably will do all of my Flintloque and all of my Lion/dragon rampant stuff too.
All in all a happy bunny.
HEVC
I love these little guys. Once again really great to paint. Some tricky flash to get rid of between the legs, nothing a modelling knife couldn’t get rid of. Still wondering whether to put a coloured band on the hat or whether to leave it black. The Foundry Bay brown triad has eventually been used as a skin tone. Probably had the paints 6+ years. I am rather pleased with the results. I can see I am going to have to get some more of the HEVC because they are awesome. Naming the individuals is going to be the tricky bit.
Infestation!
Run for your lives fairies have been seen in the kitchen.
Send for the Fairy catcher! Forget what you read in fairy tales. These little buggers are vicious.
HEVC and the Fairies
Started on these this afternoon. I would have got further but we had an invasion down the chimney and I tried to find my booklet with the uniform colours on – not sure why….I normally just make it up as I go along
