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Post by paulhannah on Feb 7, 2019 18:22:14 GMT
I had the pleasure last night of photographing my friend, Eric Donaldson's, brand new III/65 Nikephorian Byzantines. (15mm Khurasan Miniatures) Enjoy the Eye Candy. First, the 4x8Bw elements. Of course, he mounts a "few" more than 8 figures on the 40x40 bases. Have fun counting. (White primer, Litko bases.)  The icons of St. Michael, et al, were downloaded and printed, but Eric painted all the shields. The next view shows off the 6Kn element. (Eric substituted Legio Heroica mounts for that one element.)  And, lastly, I guess here they're off to their next engagement. ;-)  Well done, Eric. |
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Post by Tony Aguilar on Feb 7, 2019 18:31:38 GMT
Nice job.
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Post by Les1964 on Feb 7, 2019 18:49:17 GMT
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Post by nangwaya on Feb 7, 2019 18:51:21 GMT
Really nice!
The backdrop adds a great touch.
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Post by martin on Feb 7, 2019 18:55:31 GMT
Stunning !!!
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Post by paulisper on Feb 7, 2019 19:03:55 GMT
They are very nice figures and well presented, fella!
Closing in on finishing my first Khurasan Miniatures army and it’s been a real joy to paint 😎
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Post by edonaldson on Feb 7, 2019 19:34:36 GMT
Thanks for the kind words all. And thanks to Paul for taking (and posting) the pictures. To be fair to Little Big Men - the banners were purchased from that great outfit. I did make some reduced color copies for the cavalry banners however. I also took the liberty of swapping out the suggested middle bow figure on the Kavallarioi for a banner holding figure. One can never have enough flags in an army (this one sports 10). Especially with how nice the LBM ones are.
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Post by Simon on Feb 7, 2019 19:48:07 GMT
Please tell me that these are in fact 54 mm miniatures and not 15mm!!!
Simon
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Post by paddy649 on Feb 7, 2019 20:07:09 GMT
Excellent work Eric! Very nice figures and beautiful painting.
Note to self - buy a Nikephorian Byzantine Army!
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Post by paulhannah on Feb 7, 2019 20:17:52 GMT
One more view. This catches a little bit of the Varangians (4Bd) at the far right.  And, yes, Simon, they really are 15mm, and not over-sized 15's either. |
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Post by edonaldson on Feb 7, 2019 20:25:21 GMT
I haven't used the army yet but I fear it may have too many "toys" leading to great confusion in the command staff.... (me). A tough choice will be to use the 6Kn or the Varangians (4Bd). The Blades could make the 8Bw quite intimidating vs other foot with their +1 flank support - all the way up to +4 (in 3.0 of course). Regardless new armies almost always go down in defeat in their first game. Or is that just my new armies.....?
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Post by paulhannah on Feb 8, 2019 5:40:10 GMT
Since some have asked me offline, the Plowed Fields shown above are a product from Hotz ArtWorks in British Columbia, Canada. ( Link.) |
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Post by jim1973 on Feb 8, 2019 11:10:57 GMT
Doof! (Jaw hits floor). Stunning! Beautiful work.
Cheers
Jim
'SIGH'...where in the lead mountain are my unpainted Byzantines again...near the crusaders...behind the saracens...to the rights of the sumerians...
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Post by goragrad on Feb 9, 2019 6:09:53 GMT
Very, very nice!!! One can see the irregularities in the hand painted shields (my preference although I have been thinking of stencils for some blazons) when looking closely, but they are still quite well done.
And (along with paulhannah's Persians) a good reason never to convert to the 'overbasing' heresy...
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Post by edonaldson on Feb 9, 2019 15:48:32 GMT
Very, very nice!!! One can see the irregularities in the hand painted shields (my preference although I have been thinking of stencils for some blazons) when looking closely, but they are still quite well done.
And (along with paulhannah's Persians) a good reason never to convert to the 'overbasing' heresy... It's a 'heresy' now ..... but everybody comes around to the true faith eventually. I will continue to spread the word.  |
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