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Post by carll on Dec 23, 2023 0:52:39 GMT
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Post by gregorius on Dec 23, 2023 1:59:16 GMT
Very nice work indeed CarlL, especially on the HChs.
Cheers,
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Post by Baldie on Dec 23, 2023 7:25:19 GMT
Like the bearded guy. That's a pretty big chariot force you got going on. When you starting to add some Greek types.
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Post by martin on Dec 23, 2023 9:10:52 GMT
Lotsa nice Indians there, Carl. Those Newline infantry are really nice.
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Post by Haardrada on Dec 29, 2023 14:35:11 GMT
I finally re-motivated myself to finish the final part of the Spring & Autumn Chinese.I thought by leaving the chariots until last I it would give me the incentive to drive the project...which it did,but I went about doing the chariots all the wrong way.Added that I could take the foot of the gas as I had a whole month to do the army..the job just stalled.Instead of dividing the chariots into paint groups of horses,main-frames and crew, I sort of did a bit here and a bit there with no real plan to the job.In a way I was trying to do one colour at a time but that didn't work out right as each part needed the same colour at a different time.I sort of completed the horses first,then the main-frames and then the crew.
After a few hours work this morning I can say that after a little tidy up work which I hope to do tomorrow(🤞) they will be done and ready to base.
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Post by Haardrada on Dec 30, 2023 12:15:08 GMT
The I/32bc Spring & Autumn Chinese are finished(subject to basing).I'll post pics when I've based them.🙂
Now it's time to assess next year's paint schedule.😁
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Post by carll on Dec 30, 2023 20:56:31 GMT
Well having taken 40 years to complete my BIG DBA classical Indian army in 25mm (metal), it was perhaps a bold (or crazy) step to buy four boxes of Coates & Shine (now HaT) set 8154, each with 48 24mm (soft plastic) infantry figures, back in early winter this November!?!
The logic (don't laugh) was that if I used my classical foot for Hindu allies of my late medieval Portuguese (colonial) raiders and traders, in India, who would provide the Hindu allies to my Muslim Arab trader armies opposing the Portuguese? So I thought lets buy a cheap option and paint them up! Well the Thursday before Xmas I washed all four boxes and put the 192 figures on painting sticks. Today I finished painting them!! WOW!
This painting spree was inspired by memory of an article in (I think) Miniature Wargames issue 1, when somebody wrote about how they painted up their QT Miniatures 25mm army in fast time using limited colour range. So I primed them all grey, later dry brushed them all off-white, (to give a basic linen appearance); then used the hardened leather contrast colour (my first use of such colours) to paint their legs, mainly bare torso, arms and heads. This just left hair, weapons and leather work, and base to do! Now all done and being matched up to bases to give me options in various rule sets: Big DBA, DBMM, To The Strongest, etc..
Will post some photos when based. CarlL
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Post by kaiphranos on Dec 31, 2023 0:07:25 GMT
I've been working on a Chichimec army for the past few months - I was hoping to get them finished up over the holidays, but I didn't quite find the time. However, I was able to finish another psiloi and the 3Bw general today, which gives me a minimum 12-unit army!
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Post by carll on Dec 31, 2023 19:33:36 GMT
kaiphranos, they are lovely figures and beautifully painted! An army to enjoy seeing on the tabletop in its full 12 elements! CarlL
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Post by carll on Dec 31, 2023 19:52:42 GMT
Some hasty photos of my hastily based soft plastic Classical Indians (which I noted above will also masquerade as late medieval Hindu Indians), the initial ones taken on my well lit painting table but later ones on my games table where lighting washed out the colour of the figures!); and last one is a bonus baggage item, two old Airfix baby elephants which I gave a quick makeover to act as camp / baggage for my DBA / DBx Indians!! CarlL 1. the plastics 'en masse 2. closer image of this mass 3. Focus on some horde at rear 4. Forest Indians 5. Javelinmen in skirmish order - not in DBA list, more useful for Armati or 'To The Strongest' rules. (Heresy, I hear!) 6. DBA Blades or Sword & Javelin close order infantry 7. Indian bowmen - no THCW here ! 8. Horde 'en masse' and baby 'nellies' 9. Horde close up 10. Airfix baby elephants as baggage Just remains for me to wish you all a Happy & Healthy New Near and 2024; and wish you much pleasure in exercising your painting mojo in 2024 however big or small your project and however basic or superb your finishing skills. CarlL
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Post by macbeth on Jan 1, 2024 22:53:18 GMT
After my extended painting pause as I ran around this corner of the country doing the Christmas stuff, I settled back in once we came back from our holiday - and Wf(X) and the younger of the (not so) little warbands headed away to visit other relatives. (The older of the (not so) little warbands was house sitting)
I finished 1xEl for my Asiatic Early Successor (other) 1xCv, 1x4Pk, 1x4Ax and 1xPs for my Macedonian Early Successor (Polyperchon) 1xCv for the Palialogan Byzantine 1xWWg for my Communal Italian - this makes the army battle ready (ie I can field my preferred 12 element army)
Cheers
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Post by kaiphranos on Jan 1, 2024 23:48:42 GMT
(The older of the (not so) little warbands was house sitting) Garrisoning the camp?
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Post by macbeth on Jan 2, 2024 0:58:37 GMT
(The older of the (not so) little warbands was house sitting) Garrisoning the camp? technically she had successfully occupied another camp Cheers
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Post by Ken Gordon on Jan 5, 2024 15:27:49 GMT
Maccabean and Hasmoneans on the table still being drilled cleaned and converted. Meanwhile I got side tracked over Xmas by some undercoated Teutonics - who knew painting white could be such fun. Thought some wintry basing would be seasonal. Spent today creating printing and applying custom decals for a Livonian brotherhood kn stand: never again!
K
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Post by gregorius on Jan 5, 2024 21:59:21 GMT
Maccabean and Hasmoneans on the table still being drilled cleaned and converted. Meanwhile I got side tracked over Xmas by some undercoated Teutonics - who knew painting white could be such fun. Thought some wintry basing would be seasonal. Spent today creating printing and applying custom decals for a Livonian brotherhood kn stand: never again! K Ken, all of my Teutons are Livonian Sword Brethren. I feel your pain 😓. Cheers,
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