I managed a fair bit today, only really the shields and cross guards on the swords to do.
I even painted the bases and I really, really detest basing things. Tomorrow I will paint the edges too before I get any kind of flock down.
I was a little concerned that the grey would stick out like a sore thumb beside the green ones, but to be honest I don’t think they are too bad. One thing I need to do is do a bit of highlighting on the fur on the big beastie saddle.
Well I made it home at 08.00 this morning. Managed about three hours sleep last night. The seats in the bar aren’t exactly the most comfortable, but at least I could lie down… certainly beats the floor.
So this afternoon I managed a smidge of painting.
I redid the green on the bows and still missed a bit as seen by the photo. This has brow been rectified! I also gave their bellies a lighter green and then painted the flights on the arrows white then used a red on them. The red will be the common colour for all units.
The swords at the back were given a coat of grey contrast paint. Obviously they came out of a different spawning pool to the bows, these have got shields to attach to the arm. When I am ready to attach 5he shields I will scrape away the paint where the shield will go, this will ensure a metal to metal bond. The shields and or loin cloths will be where the red goes on these.
Tomorrow I will get some more done on these.
I managed some of the infantry and general today
These still need a bit of work – first being to find all the bits I missed with the green paint. No matter how many times I look, I still spot things on the photo that were not painted. I think it might be that as the pain is wet it glistens, causing me to think the white bits are wet paint. I have just had another really close look and I am spotting more and more.
After a repaint of the green (it would seem), I need to paint the arrows in the quivers and then do some claws. A bit of highlighting wouldn’t go amiss on the bows. Then I can start on the swordsmen.
The other thing I did was darken down the fur on the big beastie. The chain and shield rims are now not blending in. I really need to tidy up the gold at the 11 o’clock on the shield though… I keep forgetting!
Am bit of highlighting on the general’s shield rim would help too. This is really where Contrast paint doesn’t work. Flat areas basically are a waste of time going for the ‘shove some paint on and voila – done’ approach.
Tomorrow I will try and get this lot finished and then at least make a start on the sword armed ones.
So I managed to get some work done on the big beastie or Juggernex as it is called on the website 😁.
I am happy with the mottling on the skin, but less so with the rest. The contrast paint didn’t work so well on the shield. I will have to highlight them both. Not to mention the gold. The gold looks better in real life, the photo has almost blended it into the skin tone.
I will need to get it flocked up, but need to decide on what and how to do it with.
Once I get these ones painted then I think I will get the cavalry… half with bows and half with spears.
Luckily the UK distributor lives on Shetland.
I have a couple of evenings left before the hols, so hopefully I will get some more painted before I head off.
I cracked on this evening and got the minis glued down onto the MDF bases. This took a bit longer than expected as these minis are large scale 15mm. So my normal 3 or 4 to a base looked wrong.
I got out the bases that I had and had a play about.
In the end I found some 25 x 40mm bases and went for two to a base. There are sixteen to a pack so two’s worked well.
In the end I ended up with eight x bows and eight x swords as well as a general and a large beastie thing.
As you can see from the photo above the large beastie had a bit of a makeover. This was because he was a bit lacklustre – to be frank he was actually boring and crappy. Which is really weird as the rest of them are lovely miniatures.
Where I put the saddle/pad were a set of straps from the legs that just fizzled out. It was almost as if a saddle was an optional extra. I checked on the website and I can’t find anything to go on it. He is a mix of lizard and mammal and there is very little texture to the skin, I really should blend in that tail section when the superglue has cured fully (who would like to bet I forget before spraying).
My attempt to titivate him is a bit off scale, but it was what I had lying around the shed at the time.
I have my source material ready for colour ideas!
The Lizardman Army was my favourite alongside the wood elves and definitely my favourite in Warmaster. Sadly they went the journey, but the Warmaster army did make me £250 which was used to buy a second hand SLR camera.
I will get these sprayed tomorrow morning and start on the painting tomorrow evening.
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