Managed to get these all finished:
Well when I say finished … the crests need a brighter highlight.
Mine are the lighter coats, my mates are the darker.
Not sure what to paint next…
Probably these:
They are undercoated and ready to go.
Ferach Stragglers II
I had another bash at these tonight.
They are pretty much finished apart from the metalwork on the muskets and a bit of toning down on the grey highlights on the black hats. It didn’t darken down a# much as I expected when it dried.
I also managed to get a bit more done on my Zombies.
They still have a bit to go but I am getting there.
Bits and Bobs of Painting
I did some painting, not that you can tell…
Wash put on the Ferach troops. This will need to dry properly before I get the highlights done. I also got their hats done.
A wash was put on the zombie cuirasses.
I will get some more done tomorrow night.
Ferach Stragglers
Started on these four tonight.
Half an hour’s work to get to here.
This is a base colour for the clothing and skin, onto washes and highlights later on when the paint dries. Although a rag tag bunch each has the blue and the green colour to help tie them in together.
Hats will be black and no doubt red will appear somewhere too.
The three at the back are mine in the queue.
The Ferach are to add to the Savant Zombies I finished the other day.
Savant Zombies Finished (part 1)
These are pretty much finished…
I am pleased that I have pretty much matched in the prepainted ones and these new ones.
The bronze is a bit off but in a unit, it won’t really show up that much. I am a bit miffed about it as it was almost a perfect match. My wash was obviously a different shade than theirs.
The command section is also complete
I am quite pleased with how they have come out.
I eventually managed to make a flag to fit the pole.
I also managed to get a fair bit done on my Zombies…
I am not one for green zombies, so I thought I would mess around with a bluish tinge to the skin. This still needs work, but I am pleased with the initial results.
The final thing I managed to do tonight was to finish Mr Pig!
Tomorrow I will crack on with the Witchlands Ferach as I have to get these done for my mates birthday present.
It really hasn’t helped that my mother in law fell and broke her hip. Everything is up in the air. Her operation was cancelled today and the pain killers make her throw up. To make matters worse She hasn’t eaten since Monday.
Bedtime Zombies….
I managed to purchase some bronze paint
Except GW now call Dwarf Bronze Hashut Copper! What the heck?
Anyway enough moaning… I think I am getting the new ones matched into the old.
Still a ways to go but I am getting there.
I did some more flags today, guess what…still too big! The problems of designing them without measuring the flag pole.
Luckily my mate quite likes this one… a lot easier to cut down.
Waiting on an answer as to the colour he wants it painting.
I am letting the metallics dry overnight before adding a sepia wash.
Flagging up a Quibble
I managed to do a test flag at work today for the Savant Zombies.
However, the flag pole is rather short, this is something I have noticed on some of my other models too.
When I painted up the ghouls I extended their flag pole to take the flag.
I had done a smaller flag as I wasn’t sure of the required dimensions. As can be seen here this is about as big as you can go to fit the pole.
I will redo this flag either as a pennant or a rectangular guidon.
Zombies and the hunt for Dwarven Bronze
Or… who pinched my paint.
I would have got a lot further with these tonight if I hadn’t spent nearly an hour looking for a 17ml pot of paint.
The ones my mate has had painted look like they have a bronze cuirass and helmet, not to mention the rest of the metalwork.
Bronze is about the only metallic paint I don’t have, I used to have a pot of dwarven bronze, but it would seem not anymore!
Still a fair bit to go on these, not to mention tidying up, highlighting and basing. Once these are done I need to do the Ferach troops to go in the present.
I also received a few more figures,
Ferach civilians. These weren’t photographed on the website so I bought them blind. I hadn’t realised two of them were carrying pre black powder weapons. I am a little bit unsure about the first on the right as he looks more human than elvish.
I may retire him into my medieval forces and replace him with a dark elf guerrilla or two. The third one in might go the same way. I like both of the actual models but they don’t particularly shout elf to me.
I also purchased a ghoul officer and some of Zoltan’s 666th foot. This officer has quite a bit of flash on him, but it is nothing to worry about.
I ordered five and ended up receiving six. These are to bring my zombie dogs up to a unit of ten.
The other purchase I made was a wet palette. I have made my own before, but as I had made some money I decided to splash out. Evidently I didn’t read or even look at the dimensions!
A 28mm figure is sat on it. I decided to keep it as one of my daughters loves painting, but next time I shall take note of the dimensions.
Tomorrow I go on a shopping expedition to find some Bronze paint. Luckily the local toy shop sells GW stuff so will have a try in there.
5027 Grapeshotte Shilling Expansion Pack
My new toys came today 😁😁😁
I decided a while ago that when I sold a bit more of my unused and unloved ‘stuff’ I would purchase the Grapeshotte Shilling pack.
This is my review of what I think.
Firstly it was well packed, it had extra packing in to keep stuff from moving around in the box. The Bier and Bones pack had the figures in a small box. This had them in bags but sellotaped down to stop damage occurring.
So what do you get in the set….
The two sided Shilling sheet and the 96 page book.
This book is an expansion and you will need one of the other 3rd edition books to play a game.
I had an artillery piece and crew so wanted this book to allow me to use it. However this book is a whole lot more than 96 pages of artillery rules. The actual rules for artillery take up about 12 pages…and the rest.
Extra rules to enhance your Flintloque games. Foul Weather, night fighting, engineers and demolitions. There are some new troop types, obviously gunners and engineers/sappers, not to mention Guard and mounted infantry as well as cavalry on foot.
Chapter 3 looks at more generic weapons for most nations.
The rest of the book looks at both unique weapons for the various races as well as some different troop types or in some case updated ones.
The final chapter covers vehicles, exploring Officers and Faith. Not to mention singers and attaching characters to a section.
Finally you get the various artillery templates to pull out.
The artwork is similar to the other books.
A cartoon style which I really like 👍. Some are ‘cartoony’ and others are more gritty.
Now onto the figures.
The set comes with two artillery pieces (a mortar and a grasshopper gun) as well as 8 crew.
The mortar is made out of resin and the crew white metal.
This is a nice little set, it also comes with a pile of mortar shells and a cartridge holder.
The second lot is the grasshopper gun, or should I say guns…
Apologies for the blurry photograph.
As can be seen this has two guns and crew. The carried gun is separate to the dogs carrying it. I actually have the same sized barrel from an earlier artillery purchase so technically I can have two operational guns.
The white metal figures have very little flash on them and look the part.
The crews can be painted up as Ostarian or as the forces allied to the Ferach.
Now as with the Bier and Bones review I totted up individual costs of everything in the set.
The Shilling pack cost £32.50. To buy everything separately would have cost £44.50. With my blinding mathematical skills I make that a £12 saving.
Even better was I managed to get the order in on the last day of the March to war offer, therefore saving myself postage and gaining another pile of carrots for free.
The scary thing is I have three of them which means three orders in April…luckily I sold a lot off stuff and one order was for my mates birthday present….
Anyway is it worth it…. once again financially…most definitely.
If you are wanting to get into Flintloque then no – go for one of the other Shilling packs instead as they are awesome value too.
If you are wanting to add artillery into your games then most definitely.
There is a bonus for me in that I have purchased various sapper packs as well as religious figures more because I liked the figures than actually had any rules in mind for them. This book has now given me the rules.
Strangely enough, I ordered the undead engineers at the same time as the Shilling pack without realising the book they were coming with had rules for their use.
The one caveat I would give is that the artillery is great, but can be a bit powerful in a skirmish game. However with plenty of terrain it can be a very expensive target. The designer’s notes in the book explain this really well.
To end I will share one of my favourite pictures in the book… as I said at the start I love this style of illustration.
Once I sell a bit more stuff I may just have to get the death in the snow pack. I actually have the rule book as an electronic copy. To be honest I much prefer the hard copy version of things, it will have the added advantage of boosting my undead forces.
Zombies, Zombies Everywhere!
I have gone off Piste with these.
My whole army is red and green, so we have red and green… and blue. The chap behind the Officer is my newly promoted sergeant. Hence the red and white piping on the cuffs.
Bogenwald 