I decided I needed to get my backside onto gear even though I couldn’t be bothered. I am choosing random knights and painting the horse tack with the colour I had on the pallette.
I decided to pack in when I totally messed up the red bridle in the middle. For some reason the red just went everywhere. Eighteen more to go and lots of colours to choose from. These will be quite colourful (and shiny)
Well OK… Twenty four shades of Horse.
So that is all of the Horse skin done, still the hooves and manes/tails to go. For some reason one of them has gone a bit blue. I will put a grey wash over it tomorrow and see if that helps.
The command section still needs to be undercoated.
I had a cunning plan yesterday, I still have enough knight parts for six more heavies. They just need horses. I can get six mounts as separate sprues from Perry Miniatures, but as I supported Wargames Atlantic think there are some suitable horses I could print….Time to head to the Computer!
This evening my son and I started off our film binge with ‘The Longest Day’. Whilst doing so I made a start on the French knights.
I did a clean up on the metal ones and as I suspected the centre one (La Hire) lost his sword. Well it was 90 degrees to the pommel, so no surprises there. Luckily I had an awful lot of spare arms knocking aound. He now has a plastic replacement.
I also got some paint slapped on some of the horses.
Not a lot, but it is a start.
Well Mizzy is just about finished so I decided to undercoat Loreil Softvale the Druid.
I need to highlight the orb and tidy up a few areas on Mizzy. After two print failures on the warlock bust yesterday, I decided to do the supports myself. Today was a success!…Ahh the joys of 3D printing!
We still haven’t played Heroquest yet… hopefully soon.
I had a bit of a stressful afternoon/evening as my 15 year old fitted. She suddenly went no verbal, passed out then had what could be best described as an Epileptic fit. So I got back in past nine. 5 hours in A&E with her and my wife having to stay in overnight.
I really couldn’t be bothered it, but added gold onto the bronzeas a highlight. Not that you can really tell. I also went blue on the lenses.
Well this evening I went for some metallic bronze to do all of Mizzy’s buckles. It was then that I remembered how bad the Army Painter first generation metallics were. I decided on these instead of the Speedpaints because it would save me undercoating them all white.
I also remembered her eyebrows this evening!
My next conundrum is what colour and how to do those lenses on her goggles.
I will need to so a bit of touching up as some of the paint has rubbed off. Perhaps on the next one I will use my one and only GW painting handle.
Well that is me technically done with my most amazing little school. Technically because I am still the principal there until August 12th. By amazing I mean the most awesome children, parents and staff. It was really hard to step out of the door for the last time. The last six months have been a nightmare roller-coaster of emotions with today being a bloody nightmare. But you are not here to listen to me ranting.
I really couldn’t be arsed to do anything this evening, but forced myself and managed to get some more done on Mizzy.
There is definitely less white showing now. Really just the hair and device as the main bits and the metallics and corks.
One thing that struck me this evening was that I was worried that I was wasting paint. But then it dawned on me that I am putting one small drop of paint and about 4-5 times the amount of medium.
I reckon I will get her finished sooner rather than later… well plucking up the courage to do the eyes may take a while, so look for July 2025 as a rough plan.
This evening I achieved a little bit more on Mizzy. I got her bottles and bow started.
I am thinking of leaving the bottles as they are and working a bit more on the bow.
I also plucked up the courage and did a bit of work on her lips.
I bought the AP Thunderbird Blue a good while ago because I thought it was a nice colour. It worked well for what I wanted here. My first thought with the bottles was to have two different colours, but I bottled it, no pun intended. I just didn’t think I had enough ideas on what two to choose that wouldn’t spoil the overall effect.
Today I have evidently made my 90th post in a row. 10% of my longest run, but hey nearly three months of daily posts.
This evening I did a smidge more on Mizzy. This time some of her leatherwork.
This was the Sand Golem Speedpaint. You can see the undiluted version of the colour on the bottle lid.
I really went to town on avoiding puddles (leading to staining). Sadly I did it so well that the lower coloured bit has lost all definition. It looks totally flat.
I really must brave the rosy cheeks sometime soon. I am do far out of my depth on how to do this that the fish have lights on their heads.
On a totally different note, my posting streak has reset properly now. Today I got back to where I thought it should be… namely 82 days in a row.
Well after a totally Shite day work wise I came home and decided to be productive.
This lot are now finished, apart from some form of symbol on the two banners and shield (oh and the green one needs a shield).
I know green is a bit of a rare colour in these kinds of fantasy miniatures but this isn’t Brettonia so the green rule doesn’t apply. Interestingly enough after the 13th century green was actively avoided into the 15th century. It came back in the 16th, long after people had the need for it on a shield.
So I had a mooch about and got out the medievals I could find…
I now need a lot more commoners!
Actually to be honest, I really need to ask myself… do I really?
My original plan was that each knight had ten to twelve foot. So I would need about another fifty or so to paint! Obviously if I have some unpainted ones lying around then I will get them done.
I also painted some 6mm ork chariots and did a bit more on the bust. I tidied up the painting cupboard and made another covered (Duck tape) cat food box to store some extra Speedpaints in.
Bogenwald 