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It’s Not Me

So after getting lots of paint on this knight I have decided to keep going on this one, but will then paint another one using a darker red and lighter black which is more like my original kit.

The other thing is, my crest is a Northumbrian Boar. One of the helms actually has a boar on it… I chose bull horns for this one. So all in all, a new knight is being printed. I have added a couple of foot soldiers to the plate too.

The other thing I am printing is some Wargames Atlantic Ikko Ikki. I decided to join them on Teams for a test period.

They do have some nice stuff… it’s a lot smaller than most things I have already, but that’s the beauty of 3D printing. From what I remember I basically need to increase x and y by 105% and z by 110%.

I will finish painting the above before starting on the next.

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It’s All About Me!

This evening I decided to slap some paint on the third Knight. As discussed the other day I went for my reenactment livery.

So this time I used my old favourite… Contrast. However there were some issues…. Dah, Dah, Daahhhh!!

As you probably noticed I haven’t exactly been going hammer and tongs with my painting over the last three or four months. Because of this a whole pile of my contrast is now the equivalent of coloured tar. Luckily for me the livery colours had unopened pots so I managed a speedy paint job.

I was pleased with how they went on, sadly though the ‘Black Legion’ isn’t really Contrast in the same way as the others are.

The big question I am now pondering is whether I actually start to replace my Contrast or go Xpress and Speedpaints…. Watch this space.

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A Knight & his Entourage

This evening I got this trio cured and glued onto some bases. It was my plan to get them undercoated for painting tomorrow.

This one is going to be done in my re-enactment colours. These colours will be matched on the large shields, but the foot soldier clothing will be in random colours as befits the period.

The more astute of you will notice the lack of undercoat… I have two words ‘Effin midges.

They were so bad I actually ended up finding my net hood to go into the shed to retrieve the above. They were so numerous around the door it seemed misty.

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A Pony, A Dwarf and a Ruffian…

Walk into a bar…. Well okay maybe not.

I managed another bit of painting this evening and got these finished.

I am quite pleased with myself as I was really not wanting to do anything. I started with the pony and as I had paint on the palette I moved onto the dwarf, ditto with him so a third miniature was done.

These were all done with Speedpaints 2.0. I had less problem with bleeding this evening… so either I am getting more used to them or I shook the pots more.

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A Knight to Remember

So today I set to work on the Speedpaints knight. These paints are a lot different to the Xpress ones. Colours are fine. The biggest issue I found was that they seemed to bleed/spread into other areas.

You can see how much the yellow spread.

Now to be fair, these paints are relatively new and as such I do need to learn how to use them. I had forgotten these weren’t what I am used to so perhaps I didn’t leave them long enough. Possibly a case of “only fools blame their tools, when the skill is lacking!”

So anyway here is the glamour shot…

I had a spare shield so painted it up.

Here he is with his buddy…

So, on the left Speedpaints 2.0 and on the right Xpress paint. Have I got a favourite… I am a bit torn… but if we look at only the blue, then i would have to go Speedpaint. I am going to print some more knights and do some with Contrast and the rest in the above two.

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Midge Induced Painting

This evening I was sitting in the conservatory messing on the computer. I had actually set an alarm for 21.00 but the midges had somehow got in there with me… they were a bloody nightmare so I evacuated.

I decided to do something constructive. And painting seemed constructive enough.

So I worked on the Xpress painted knight and various other miniatures I had handy to avoid wasting paint.

This is where I got to with him…

I may have gone a bit overboard with the mud along the bottom of the horse trapping. I will need to do something with the stag on the helmet as it is looking very flat.

I also need to grubby up the bottom of his tabard too.

I will get the base done tomorrow which should make it look better overall.

I shall also try something on the Speedpaint knight tomorrow.

I also have to print another one to do a Contrast knight.

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A Bit of a Knight Mare

This evening I came up with a bit of a cunning plan to test out the XPRESS paint and Speedpaints. So as you may have seen in an earlier post I printed a knight. I now have two,..I am going to paint one in one range and another in the second range. This will give me a bit of an idea as to how they compare on larger miniatures…

So this is a start with the Xpress paint. The blue was thinned with four drops of the Vallejo Medium.

The second one will be a reverse of the above. I still have my original GW Brettonian water slide transfers.

I still have to work out how to do the quarters on the knight.

The tabard on the body is easy, these ones have the long bits covering the legs.

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Teeny Tiny Camels and a Knight with a Small Head

Well after a smidge of painting the other day I decided go see how the 2mm camels I built would look printed out… to be honest I am rather chuffed, for no other reason than you can tell they are pack camels…

Highland Miniatures also released Gallia on their Patreon… I can see knights in my future:)…or maybe that should be 😦 ….I have so much to paint as it is… this mighty Knight had a bit ofca helmet failure and as such will need another doing…

I had really better get busy with my Goblins… these guys will need something to fight 🙂

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Painting Teeny Tiny Dudes

So this evening I got booted off the computer. I was busy making a camel to go with the 2mm miniatures. I also have worked on a legionary century. The auxiliaries I did did kind of work. But they need to be increased to at least 110% to match what I already have.

So I went for the Barbarian forces. With some additional buildings and siege engines.

I have done a flesh base colour for the infantry and a dark brown base for the cavalry. Once fully dried I will dry brush the riders white to allow the flesh colour to be put over the top.

The other thing is my Mug came back yesterday…

I have also been a bit busy on the other blog… every time we have been out I have done a little vlog blog… this is one of the latest ones:

Another Beach
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Teeny Tiny Dudes

I have been a bit further down the 2mm Rabbit Hole and present my auxiliary century.

These are to still come off the printer. But they were a bit of a sod to combine them all. There were so many of them it made 3D printer almost grind to a halt.

What I did with these was give them a solid block inside the miniatures you can sort of see it between the centurion and vexilarius. This will hopefully avoid fragility that I found with the other ones.

I have also built a legionary as well as a conicern… I forgot to add him to this block. You cannot see but there is an Optio in the rear rank. I have also done an eagle and a horse… this will become the start of my cavalry force.

I have thoroughly enjoyed doing these. I think I will need to go to a bit more complex software such as Blender. Problem with that is I am really too Lazy to learn it properly. At this scale I really don’t need a lot of texture. So I will have to see how the copy and merge tools work.