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Mongol Cavalry IV

Now with faces…

I also painted the hats, the effect isn’t obvious from the front.

It can however, be seen much better from the back.

I went for two distinct units of two. I could mix and match them as required, but at least I will be able to see which base belongs to which unit.

I also did a bit of research into Mongol horses.

Very few have a blaze, but for artistic reasons I will leave mine as are.

Tonight’s painting was brought to you by:

Another film I really enjoy… my Mongol horde can act as the Tao Tei…or is it the other way around. 😉

Still a fair way to go but they are beginning to look good en masse. And they don’t look too bad from a distance.

Still to do are the weapons, quivers, boots and the occasional bit I have missed. I am seriously considering missing out the bridles and straps.

All of the bows will be bleached bone, spears monster brown or similar. The next question is do I do all the quivers the same colour to speed things up or do I mix them up a bit….

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Mongol Cavalry III

Totally knackered tonight! Finished work at 20.00.

I still wanted to keep the momentum going so I added the blazes and socks on the horses.

It really does make a difference to the look of them.

I went a bit wild and did probably more than would be realistic…

The camels almost got a blaze. I was on a roll and merrily slapping white paint on faces and noticed just in time.

Tomorrow I will carry on with the riders’ tunics and trousers.

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Mongol Cavalry II

Blue, sand and russet tunics done…

Some trousers done on them using the same three colours.

Still a long way to go but I feel that the end is definitely closer than the beginning. The problem is that they are now at the ‘they look really crap’ stage which I seem to hit with everything I paint. I sometimes think that photographing them as I go along doesn’t help.

Take the following picture as an example…

Was my first thought ‘wow look how far I have come’ err no my first thought was that pale horse with the camel needs another wash, it is far too bright.

I know for a fact that once the rider is painted in and the groundwork is done then it won’t stick out as much.

I decided to call it a night early as quite frankly I am knackered.

I will get onto the greys and creams tomorrow.

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Mongol Horses II

Some more work on these…

These have had the wash on, not that you can tell ☹️

I will highlight them tomorrow

I also got manes and tails done. Mostly grey or black to be honest.

I also started on the tunics and breeches. I started with red …. as is a bit obvious based on the photo!

I will get some blue and a sand colour onto the clothing tomorrow, a smattering of green and grey then they will be all finished…..I wish.

I am enjoying doing these though. I am trying to remember to make them bright so that they stand out.

I did find an unusual miniature in amongst the rest

His tunic is longer than the rest…. just checked on the Pendraken website… evidently he is Subedai… being a bit incognito as I know that I didn’t order the commander pack… I better check, as I might have done. If so Genghis and Jebei have also gone undercover too!

Tonight’s painting was brought to you by ‘Kingdom of Heaven’

I don’t have a film with Mongols in it, so this had to suffice. I haven’t seen it for ages and forgot how much I liked it

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Mongol Horses

I managed to get the horses started…

I took the undercoat and gave it a heavy dry brush of leather brown.

Once this was dry I randomly painted various colours onto the horses. These are the base colours. I will give them a wash once dry and then highlight them. Manes and tails after that.

When the horses are done I will move onto the riders.

I will have a look at some pictures of mongol horsemen to see what colours to do the clothing.

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Mongol Cavalry

I managed a bit on the light cavalry today.

They have progressed from the bare metal.

Through to the sand onto the bases. The sand has been sealed with watered down PVA.

I stood them on the radiator to speed up the drying time.

The whole miniature was brush undercoated with Foundry Bay brown A.

The paint is still wet so it looks I have missed some of the undercoat . Well at least I hope I haven’t missed an6! I will hopefully get a heavy brown dry brush onto them tomorrow, not to mention covering up any of the bases that are showing any metal.

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10 mm Knights

These were the most complicated 10mm so far

I decided on a small contingent of one of the Holy orders. Comprising knights, mounted sergeants, foot sergeants and crossbows.

Onto the non religious types

The sergeants have the same livery as the knights. So one knight may have a mounted sergeant and a couple of foot sergeants in the same colours.

The general in charge of operations.

The force is also supported by a small group of peasants armed with a random selection of agricultural tools.

It seemed like a really good idea to paint twenty seven different liveries across the knights, although it was tricky it really does give a pleasing and colourful force.

I decided to purchase the Mongols to fight this lot, which is why I went for the colours on the religious orders.

Apologies for some of the photos as they are a bit on the dark side.

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10mm Undead

Now onto the undead…

Still in Aberdeen so more pictures of previously painted stuff.

A small force of scary stuff.

Vampire commanders, one of the three bat clouds, the other two are sitting in the 15mm early German box. This became a quasi fantasy force with both werewolves and giant bats.

Skeletons both cavalry and infantry with their own command. Ghosts in the background

Zombies with big scary skeletons and mummies in the background

I increase my undead force by including the beggar army to act as thralls

They have their own command (at the back)

They do have a mounted force

As well as a small force of missile troops.

As with the barbarians, these are based up for GW’s Warmaster. I intend to rebase the cavalry to a 30 x 40mm base giving me two bases worth.

Other things I found when I was having a mooch around in my boxes.

Samurai Apes, these are part finished and the following need even more work

I have a whole host of the blue ones at the same stage of painting. I may have to get them finished now that I have found them. The above is pretty much the full range apart from bow armed tiger riders. They really could do with some additions. Some form of peasants as well as some monks and ninja just to name a few.

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Barbarian horde in 10mm

“Somebody wake up Hicks!”

He Gods the plane journey down to Aberdeen was like the drop-ship scene from Aliens! First time I have ever actually left my seat on take off. 😱

Anyway as I am away from home, I won’t be able to paint anything. So instead I photographed my barbarians from Pendraken.

I based these up for GW’s Warmaster rules which is why the cavalry etc are on 20x40mm bases long ways. My plan is to now rebase the cavalry troops to 30x40mm bases.

So what do we have in the horde?

A general mounted on a mammoth. I have around three others without the howdah. These are my heavy hitters, you don’t get many things heavier and hittier than an enraged pachyderm. The rest of these ended up in my Palaeolithic mammoth hunting box.

Bison riders next, these will become two units of three riders.

I wanted a wild feel to this force, so the next lot are my bison stampede troops… the warriors chase the spare bison towards the enemy lines!

There is also a pack of wolves that can be utilised too.

Some heroes and sub generals to lead the force

Some allied muscle in the form of some trolls

And not to mention some hairy chaps with big sticks. There are twelve bases of warriors armed with hand weapons and three bases of missile armed troops. My missing or imagined Caucasian Amazon’s added to this force!

Finally we have a giant eagle that is useful for various things.

There are another two knocking around somewhere else!

They are really hard hitting with some flexibility of troop types. Their relative lack of missile troops makes them vulnerable at long range, however their main protagonists are an undead/thrall force who thankfully don’t have many missile troops either, their ability to get back up again after you knock them down makes them a little more tricky to beat.

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Amazon’s All Finished

I wanted these finished tonight and managed to do so.

Well when I say finished, I suddenly noticed all of the glaring errors in the photo above. If nothing else, the saddle on the sitting camel needs a wash and a highlight.

I was right about the bases being finished would help distinguish the figures, but I think I am going to repaint all of the spears etc something like a bone colour to give a better contrast.

The camels look like this:

And the infantry like this:

I really do think I need the lighter colour on the spears etc more for aesthetic’s than anything else. The other thing I need to paint is the bier that the queen is sitting on. I evidently totally forgot to paint it.

These certainly aren’t going to win any prizes but they are done in two evenings. So success on that front.

I had a look for my other Amazon’s and this is all I found!

I am totally perplexed as to where the rest have gone.

I am now beginning to wonder whether or not I imagined painting up an army, either that or I painted them up for somebody else.

Tomorrow I am off to Aberdeen on the first flight off Island, this means a wake up at 05.00… I am seriously not looking forward to that!