I spent some time this evening working on another half dozen knights.
I did consider getting them completely finished, but got to the point of instant avoidance. This was rather foolish as pretty much it was down to the broze stirrups and bits at the mouth.
But they should be finished in about 20 minutes. Some white on the legs and faces of the horses will add to the effect.
On the downside I didn’t get them finished, on the upside I got them nearly finished 😉.
Well this evening was another try and chill one so I went for more painting of the knights.
I got this six to the touch up stage. This leaves a dozen. Half of them are on armoured horses.
Tomorrow I will try and progress another six. Not sure what to paint after these. I will have to sort out bases so they can fit into the movement trays. What I need to do is measure the originals and get in some MDF ones. Technically I could 3D print some, but really cannot be bothered.
So this evening in a bid to try and reduce my stress levels I decided to have a bash at the French knights.
Stress levels didn’t come down much but I did get some miniatures a bit further forward. I also finished my English standard and and got it stuck onto the banner pole. After the photo was taken I got the paper closer into the pole while the glue was still wet.
Hoping I will get more done tomorrow.
Well I nearly got these finished. The painting is pretty much over. I have spotted some bits I missed so they need a touch up. I took about half an hour trying to paint a swallow tailed banner for the English bowmen. I gave up on that then went for my paint pens which were crap. I totally lost heart and gave up. I will either get some banners or use my nice coloured pencils.
I might make some on the computer and then colour those. A bit like the Flintloque ones from ages ago…
I have also been slowly working on the druid…
Woohoo, I managed to actually paint again this evening. I was on training all day so really couldn’t be bothered. So I am quite pleased with myself 😉.
As per normal, they won’t win any prizes, but they are getting paint onto them.
As you can see, painted bits totally outweigh the unpainted bits.
Nearly finished. Well this evening I decided to bite the bullet and work on finishing the commanders. I nearly got there…
I added a bright silver to the armour as well as getting a wash on the gold too. The yellow harness on the horse looks a bit flat… as does Joan’s face.
Something to sort out when I get painting again. Hopefully it won’t be too long.
Getting there. Yes I managed a bit more painting this evening. I did have a parent meeting until 9.00 but felt the need to paint…
They are definitely closer to finished now. Another evening and they will be done.
I was going to do Jean with reddish hair. Not sure where that came from as I cannot now find any mention of it. As I had the black out I just went with it.
I am not too impressed by the metal miniatures compared with the plastic ones. I mean if you look at her face then it is closer to Quasimodo than the Maid of Orleans. But hey, I bought them so that is on me!
Regarding miniatures I have some very exciting news. My son is super happy… I mean jumping around happy. I will share more tomorrow. This evening I am just to tired, he is asleep and to show you I would probably wake him up.
This evening I got my backside into gear and did a bit more on the French Commanders.
Still a fair old bit to go, but they are getting there. I just have to remember the plastic ones need finishing too.
Well I got some more paint slapped on the metal commanders this evening…
Not particularly happy with the black and white. I was using ancient white paint, and to be honest it needs binning. It has had so much medium in it it has started to reactivate the paint underneath. The blaze and stockings on the horses are in fact pure white… as is the bridle on the left!
As it was so crap I opened up a brand new Corax White. I mixed it for bloody ages then dropped the sodding pot…sadly this happened!
This is seriously a newly opened pot that I stirred for about 5 minutes. I did think that after I dropped it then an air pocket or perhaps forcefield had stopped the paint escaping.
I mean I really should have guessed that it was crap when I saw the solid lump of paint inside.
So Jean, La Hire and the Bastard of Orleans had some paint splashed on.
So La Hire and the Bastard have their surcoats visible. La Hire is black with white grapes and his comrade is the blue with yellow fleur des lilles with a white bar…. see I did find out 🙂.
The metal was a bit bumpy so I went for pretty much covering the lot and I will go over the raised details with white when the base colours are dry.
