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Post by carll on Nov 17, 2023 20:54:44 GMT
You are a busy army builder, Haardrada. All power to your army builder (painter and baser) 'mojo' !!
CarlL
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Post by Haardrada on Nov 18, 2023 1:17:42 GMT
You are a busy army builder, Haardrada. All power to your army builder (painter and baser) 'mojo' !! CarlL I'm a long way behind you in the army building Carll, your work is inspiring. I'm only motivated as I started to tidy up a few armies that had loose ends and to do projects during a recovery from a knee operation.I'm now facing the replacement of the other knee so will be lining up projects to do in 2024 to help me through the recovery.
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Post by Baldie on Nov 18, 2023 9:48:34 GMT
You are a busy army builder, Haardrada. All power to your army builder (painter and baser) 'mojo' !! CarlL I'm a long way behind you in the army building Carll, your work is inspiring. I'm only motivated as I started to tidy up a few armies that had loose ends and to do projects during a recovery from a knee operation.I'm now facing the replacement of the other knee so will be lining up projects to do in 2024 to help me through the recovery. I am sure several of us could help you with your recovery. Just let us know where you want our painting projects shipping to.
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Post by Haardrada on Nov 18, 2023 10:24:19 GMT
I'm a long way behind you in the army building Carll, your work is inspiring. I'm only motivated as I started to tidy up a few armies that had loose ends and to do projects during a recovery from a knee operation.I'm now facing the replacement of the other knee so will be lining up projects to do in 2024 to help me through the recovery. I am sure several of us could help you with your recovery. Just let us know where you want our painting projects shipping to. That's a Great offer Baldie, I'll let everyone know when I run out of armies to paint.š
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Post by skb777 on Nov 18, 2023 12:17:32 GMT
I've completed the Lombard 3rd batch today(awaiting basing)..so the tally of complete armies are... III/2. Early Lombards. III/21a&b. Italian Lombards. II/80a. Attila's Huns. IV/4. Anglo-Norman(morph legal list to add to the Normans). My Huns are creeping along slowly. Still can't decide which range to go to for the Franks - though I'm angling towards the Baueda
or maybe these as one lot of hairy barbarians are much the same as another
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Post by carll on Nov 18, 2023 19:23:55 GMT
skb77, for 'Franks' you can't beat a good top knot (or side knot) hairstyle! Other hairy louts could be any beserker or beer drinker on a bender! IMHO CarlL
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Post by carll on Nov 18, 2023 19:32:34 GMT
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Post by elliesdad on Nov 18, 2023 20:22:10 GMT
Very nice CarlL. šš
Cheers,
Geoff
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Post by Baldie on Nov 19, 2023 11:50:07 GMT
Loving those
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Post by skb777 on Nov 19, 2023 23:21:23 GMT
skb77, for 'Franks' you can't beat a good top knot (or side knot) hairstyle! Other hairy louts could be any beserker or beer drinker on a bender! IMHO CarlL Top knotted 'airy 'erberts it is then
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Post by macbeth on Nov 20, 2023 4:07:31 GMT
I had an extended break from painting as I went south to my home town for a high school reunion last week - the weekend just gone was also busy but I pushed on with basing the recently created scrap build armies
The Gallic are almost complete - I just have to do the tufts and second flock on two remaining 3Wb elements (I ran out of space in the flocking container).
The wash has gone over the earth tone for the Sha To Turks - so this week I do the tufts and the second flock - as also with the three elements for the Asiatic Early Successor
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I did also complete painting 1x3Bw and 1xPs for the Palialogan Byzantine
Cheers
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Post by Haardrada on Nov 20, 2023 10:19:54 GMT
I've finally based the finished Lombards...what started as an allied contingent for a Southern Norman army has now been transformed into an army(armies) in its own right. The Warband plus an additional Gothic Kn element are also useful to help my II/38a Hsuing nu morph into a II/80a Attila's Huns army. I also added 1x4Bd(Dismounted General),1x3Ax(Welshry) & 1x3Lb elements to the II/52 Normans which along with the Lombard So can morph the army into a IV/4 Anglo-Norman army. Photos of the Lombards & Hun army morph are on fb. www.facebook.com/groups/382414395294162/permalink/2189158761286374/
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Post by carll on Nov 21, 2023 0:05:28 GMT
Macbeth and Haardrada, all power to your painting mojos; you have each been busy! CarlL
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Post by paddy649 on Nov 21, 2023 19:49:17 GMT
Today I finished my Apulian and Bruttian armies to complete the full set of forces for a 2nd Punic Wars campaign. Originally intended as 2 x 3/4Ax allies to nerf the Polybian Romans this army kind of expanded. Because they were allies for an existing army I used Xyston miniatures - which are lovely. I had bought a couple of packs but they lay unpainted for a while until I figured I could use some spare Greek cavalry, convert some slingers into javelinmen and use some junk Italian peasants to create the cadre of an army. A couple more packs and a LBMS order gave me the 3xCav, 9x3Ax, 4x4Ax/Sp & 2xPs I needed. Still short of the 2x7Hd Iād need for āAll Optionsā but might get them in a future order.
These figures are lovely and make a cracking little army. No armour and not much equipment made them quick to paint but I made each one look different so that took time. Then I found that the LBMS decals fitted the Hoplite shields OK but not the disc peasant shields - so I had to do some detailing work to make them look good. All in all a pretty little army.
Now I have no pretensions - this army isnāt going to win an Open Tournament. It is crap! Anything with that much Aux is pretty hopeless. BUT when I play my son or a newbie I often use armies that are hopeless so I can get a game where I have to work for a victory (or at least an honourable defeat) against the odds. Plus if I ever use āMatched Pairsā these figures will nerf the Polybians so that Hannibal has a chance. Also I can now run a full 2nd Punic War Campaign.
Next up on the painting table are two more two crap armies. Estonian and Prussian enemies for my Teutonic Knights in the Northern Crusades. This time Gladiator minis - which look rather nice!
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Post by carll on Nov 22, 2023 18:13:24 GMT
Well done Paddy649. The Iphicratean reforms circa 375BCE could arguably be the creation of a light hoplite later thought of as Macedonian hypaspist or Greek peltast, and as Auxilia in DBA, great in poor terrain! CarlL
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