I managed to slap some paint on these.
Not a lot – but enough to be able to say I have made a start on them.
They really are lovely figures that are full of character. I will hopefully get on with them tomorrow evening. I was too knackered tonight to get much further.
I am going to darken down the blue a bit with a dark blue wash and then highlight it back up again. I just think it is a bit bright for a base coat.
My little boy (7) was taught to finger knit by some older girls in school.
He taught me when I got home. The results are below. I think he was quite a good teacher!
In the background we can see some of the dwarves.
First up are the Krautian dwarves.
Think Napoleonic Prussians, but dwarven one’s. I have to look up the uniforms, but I think dark blue tunic with grey breeches. Black shako, gaiters and cartridge box. White equipment straps and a brown haversack.
The other three are either dwarves from the confederation of Finklestine or some form of civilian militia. I have already painted up the two ogres that came with this schilling pack.
One of them has a sword, the other two seem to be unarmed, however they both have large satchels that could contain anything.
I am still in a dither as to whether I should paint these or crack on and finish my French and Indian Wars stuff first…
We shall have to see what tomorrow brings, but as these are already on bases and the mould lines removed…🤔🤔🤔
Sort of.
Still the basing to do but I am calling these done. A varnish is required but that can wait. I lightened up the green and the red so at least you can see where I have been this time.
If I were to do these again I would have sorted out the fur a bit better. These were all the same shade of grey, but with different coloured washes to change them a bit. I think I was a bit too rough and ready with the overpainting.
So what do I think of them… Great figures to swell the ranks of the Dark Tzar.
Next I think I will paint up the dwarves from the Schilling pack, either that or the winged hussars…. choices, choices… well that is a minimum choice, I have Ostarian cavalry, Ferach infantry and cavalry, orcs and more nasties from the Witchlands. That is what I can think of off the top of my head!
Nearly there with these…
Birthday tea and people packing meant I didn’t get as far on as I would have liked. To be honest they are nearly there… a bright silver edge to the swords and bayonets and another layer of the brighter green and red as the layers I put on earlier are all but gone.
This is the command group for the werewolves…
One of these days, I am actually going to have to properly base everything painted. That will be a dark day… I find painting relaxing and basing stressful.
Finally I went and purchased a couple of the next Conquest magazines. To be honest I will probably never use the miniatures but my little boy enjoys painting things from time to time. It saves me trying to find something for him to paint.
Three figures, six dice and a pot of paint, not to mention a cardboard battle mat for £4.99 isn’t a bad deal.
I only wish they would fasten the top down better…as I put the other one in my basket the top flew off and the contents flew all over the co-op. The people in the queue by the magazine stand helped me get everything back. It really is amazing how far a six sided dice can go on a tiled floor!
A smidge more tonight
Not that you can really tell 😱
Bits and pieces such as teeth, base coat on the musket woodwork and the gold and face on the vampire Officer.
Before I got these out of their box I was convinced that they were much further on than they actually were. Still a fair bit to go highlights on the uniform etc, claws and the bits that were chipped to heck when someone knocked them off the top shelf. Metalwork on the weapons needs doing too.
I knocked up a poster for this years games day. Quick and easy and hopefully bright enough to spot. I have still to do the leaflets to hand out on the day.
I decided to get some more paint onto my werewolves…
I would have got more done but thunder was rumbling around the surrounding area and the lights kept going off.
I thought I had better get back on with them before I carried on with the French Indian Wars stuff.
Whilst painting I noticed the following…
I mean what could possibly go wrong! Luckily I decided to eat my yoghurt before the inevitable happened.
I will probably crack on with these tomorrow night.
Very slow progress
Subtle highlights on the green uniform and white breeches. Base coat of red down and white strapping painted in.
You can just about see the green highlights here.
Still a longish way to go. My paint brush looks like it is eventually giving up the ghost 😟. It wasn’t a Windsor and Newton super expensive one, but a cheap one that actually had a bit if a bend at the end. I found it really easy to use, but tonight sadly it started splitting down the middle as I ran it over the figures.
I reckon another couple of evenings and I will have these done.
On the upside, I found a regimental colours to fit the flag pole.
I may do another one, I have some with a full moon on, but they are the larger size version. The other option is to extend the length of the pole.
A teeny bit done:
I have managed to get the uniform green base colour on and the grey base for the fur.
I dithered a fair bit about the colours to do them. It was going to be a random mix of colours for the fur, but instead I decided on grey for them all. I will alter the base by adding different colour washes. Browns etc…whatever I can find.
If I wanted to add another unit I would choose a different fur colour to keep them separate.
later on…. an update:
I added the various washes and painted their breeches a very light grey.
The washes didn’t work how I wanted them to, but to be honest I will work from where I am.
I might repaint the caps as they are meant to be black…. however I do quite like the green.
I decided on this unit.
Nine werewolves and a vampire officer. Normally the werewolves have a different officer, but as I had this one from the command pack handy I decided to save £2 and utilise what I had.
Once again I will be back to Russian Green with red turn backs.
I got some airbrush paint this morning too.
This is to paint up the three Char B1’s for my mate. Kind of useful colours for other stuff too. I also got some airbrush thinners too.
The Dogs escaped!
Well okay I tried to get some better photographs of them in natural light.
I enjoyed painting these and managed to get them done over three nights. I am definitely improving regarding the painting, but still not where I want to be… to be honest I am not sure where that is, but some people are amazing artists on the same figures, so perhaps closer to them.
A couple more shots from different angles…
I am not sure what to paint next, possibly the dwarves. These need glueing to their bases, as do the werewolves, but maybe I shall keep on with the undead theme. It’s not as if I don’t have a bit of choice with the unpainted undead pile.
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