Well apart from the obligatory basing ‘not done yet’ comment!

The Leonardo tank and knights finished tonight.

A side view on the knights.

The lances were separate, some twit never thought to check they would fit! It could be the reason that they are bent! The lances are rather long, these haven’t been glued in yet so I could replace them with something a bit shorter if needs be.

I am quite pleased with how these have progressed, roughly ten days start to finish. And if truth be known I painted more than I actually needed as there are two bases of spears, a cannon and a second Lurker done too.

This is my initial army list, it may change as I think about it 😉 I don’t want an über army that is a bit on the extreme side, but the spares allow me to have a think about things.

General/ hero @ 4 points

Behemoth (tank) @ 4points

Blades (sword and buckler men) x 2@2 points

Shooters (crossbows and aquibusiers)x 2 @ 2 points

Beasts (war dogs) @ 2 points

Lurker (snake or Triffid) @ 1 point

Hordes (native allies) x3 @1 point

Total points 24.

Flexibility of the spares (lurking at the back)…

Lurker @ 1point

Cannon @ 3 points

Spears @ 2 points each.

Unpainted are a lot more Spaniards and a lot more Aztecs, so the possibilities are endless 😉, well maybe not as I would have to paint lots more.

Part of me is tempted to get the Aztecs painted up for a second army choice. It is possible, but with only ten days to do it in then I might be pushing my luck. 🤔

What to paint next, is now on my mind??? But first get the bases on these finished, and then onto something new ( probably the hundreds of 10mm Mongols) or an Aztec army. 🙄

Finally my measuring templates came today.

Nearly there….

Managed to get the metalwork on the gun done, as well as just about finish the command section.

The biggest problem I have is what to do with the flag? I have seen many different miniatures with many different flags from holy icons, to a red saltire type thingy with nobbles.

The monk still needs a bit of work on his face, not to mention the hair on the other two too.

The Triffid thingy was the other thing worked in tonight.

I pretty much painted it in washes apart from the bone colour.

So this is the army parts painted…

And this is what is left to do…

As I shared my arty pictures yesterday, I thought I would share my 10 year olds photos tonight. She wanted to take a few photos, She scampered off and returned with these ones

Tonight I have a conundrum… why is it that when I follow certain people’s blogs only some of them appear in my WordPress feed… I suddenly realise that they have posted various things that for some reason haven’t registered.

I might go for the tank to start with tomorrow as it should be the quickest, for speed I may just use the wash method again.

Well this lot are nearly all done

The metalwork on the gun needs doing and the the sand on the bases then they are all finished.

Next up is the command stand, the yucky pink on the flag is to act as a base coat for a red flag. The monk needs another coat of paint on his habit as I ran out on the pallet.

I did a bit more on the Triffid too.

I really think that this army should be ready in time for the tournament. If truth be known the spears and gun are extras to allow me a little flexibility when planning the composition. I need to decide on the snake or the Triffid as my Lurker…oh and get the tank painted and based.

Today we had Autumnal Shenanigans in the nice weather.

A nice afternoon out in Scalloway, followed by cake 😁

Managed to crack on a bit tonight.

The swords and spears are almost finished, the shooty things are not far behind.

This leaves the command group and the cavalry to sort out.

I have made a start on the Triffid as seen in the photo above, and also, the tank is put together. A simple case of glueing the top and bottom together followed by the guns.

I will get it started sometime soon.

I decided to see what the horde looked like alongside the conquistadors,

To be honest, I am quite pleased with them. There is enough colour in the Spaniards to group them together as a fighting force.

I am ashamed to say that tonight’s painting was brought to you by this!

I still can’t see how the person that made the ‘Lord of the Rings’ also made this. Chalk and Cheese. I was looking for the Road to Eldorado, but came across this first.

I will finish the trilogy (trilogy!) and then start on the proper films 😂😂😂