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The Whole Force

Well this evening I went for a bit of a cop out and took a photo of the cavalry in their entirety…

This is the full twenty seven of them. If you remember,  if I went off and bought half a dozen of the Perry horses then I could build another six, but to be honest I think I will leave them be for the time being.

So what next, we’ll to be honest my eyes were automatically drawn to this lot that were sat next to the druid bust…

I need to finish the frog riders to make a unit for Dragon Rampant. There are also the two chaps at the front… evidently because. I don’t know any better then I, for some reason printed another ten with pole arms and about the same with bows. I must have done it way back in June. Must be off my head. To be honest at the time, I wasn’t going to do any more but kind of fell down the rabbit hole of each knight needing a bit of a retinue! Luckily I stopped short of going for some mounted sergeants too.

I also want to do some Steppe and Coastal goblins too. Why? Because I always wanted a goblin army when I was playing the game lots. I did have a unit of forty night goblins complete with fanatics as well as chariots and wolf riders, but the force also included orks of various types.

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Last Six

That is the final six mounted knights done. So all twenty four are finished. Well when I say finished I will need to do add some white onto the horses round the legs and faces (still the penultimate half dozen to do too. I will need some form of banner for both sets too.

As you can see, these are all with horse armour. So a lot of metal paint for these. The more I have looked at these then the more I think the gilded helmets are going to he painted silver/gun metal.

Not sure where I am going next…

You will be amazed to hear that the printer hasn’t been on for months… in fact this is the last thing I did…

I reckon the last time I powered it up was 9th/10th July.

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Another Six Finished

Well today I have managed to get the penultimate half dozen finished.

I am actually quite pleased that I don’t actually have six left. In fact I have five… if you remember I did an extra miniature when I did the mounted bowmen…

The French knights trying out the English banner for size!

So here we have the remaining five… ready to go  – so to speak…

I forgot to take my steroids today so am feeling a little wobbly right now. If I feel a bit less ropey later on then I will try and crack on with them.

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Another Six

I spent some time this evening working on another half dozen knights.

I did consider getting them completely finished, but got to the point of instant avoidance. This was rather foolish as pretty much it was down to the broze stirrups and bits at the mouth.

But they should be finished in about 20 minutes. Some white on the legs and faces of the horses will add to the effect.

On the downside I didn’t get them finished, on the upside I got them nearly finished 😉.

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Another Six Done

Well this evening was another try and chill one so I went for more painting of the knights.

I got this six to the touch up stage. This leaves a dozen. Half of them are on armoured horses.

Tomorrow I will try and progress another six. Not sure what to paint after these. I will have to sort out bases so they can fit into the movement trays. What I need to do is measure the originals and get in some MDF ones. Technically I could 3D print some, but really cannot be bothered.

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French Knights

So this evening in a bid to try and reduce my stress levels I decided to have a bash at the French knights.

Stress levels didn’t come down much but I did get some miniatures a bit further forward. I also finished my English standard and and got it stuck onto the banner pole.  After the photo was taken I got the paper closer into the pole while the glue was still wet.

Hoping I will get more done tomorrow.

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Even More Painting

Woohoo, I managed to actually paint again this evening. I was on training all day so really couldn’t be bothered. So I am quite pleased with myself 😉.

As per normal, they won’t win any prizes, but they are getting paint onto them.

As you can see, painted bits totally outweigh the unpainted bits.

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Commanders…

Nearly finished. Well this evening I decided to bite the bullet and work on finishing the commanders. I nearly got there…

I added a bright silver to the armour as well as getting a wash on the gold too. The yellow harness on the horse looks a bit flat… as does Joan’s face.

Something to sort out when I get painting again. Hopefully it won’t be too long.

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Commanders…

Getting there. Yes I managed a bit more painting this evening. I did have a parent meeting until 9.00 but felt the need to paint…

They are definitely closer to finished now. Another evening and they will be done.

I was going to do Jean with reddish hair. Not sure where that came from as I cannot now find any mention of it. As I had the black out I just went with it.

I am not too impressed by the metal miniatures compared with the plastic ones. I mean if you look at her face then it is closer to Quasimodo than the Maid of Orleans. But hey, I bought them so that is on me!

Regarding miniatures I have some very exciting news. My son is super happy… I mean jumping around happy. I will share more tomorrow. This evening I am just to tired, he is asleep and to show you I would probably wake him up.