Diving into 10mm head first: project log

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Spiky!

[toxicpixie]

And will probably remain spiky for a lot longer

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hello BH

That's what I'm looking for! I have a few buddies that are interested in 10 fantasy so I may do an adaptation from Pike and Shotte for that to get started.

There is a fantasy adaptation of Hail Caesar available from http://adyswargamesden.com/shadow-storm-aka-fantasy-hail-caesar-pdf/.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[BeardedHammer]

Awesome!  Thanks for the link Grumpy! I'll be checking that out ASAP!

I'm hoping to get started on the painting tomorrow evening.  Between rebasing the pikes and dealing with issues at work time ran short.

I'll post as I go, and I may be doing a bit of work on my WW2 army as well.

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[BeardedHammer]

Here is a pic of my first test base. Its a bit rough if you look close, but in a unit a foot or two away it'll do



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[Techno]

Well....
Seeing as on my monitor, those are coming up six to seven times actual size, I should think they look particularly zippy from a couple of feet away !
Great looking unit !
Cheers - Phil

[BeardedHammer]

LOL! I just had the same issue  I uploaded from my phone and it wasn't so bad.

Thanks for the compliment Techno! I will be going back and highlighting a bit to bring out some more detail, but that will be the general appearance.

[Subedai]

I can't tell from the picture but would give the armour a dark brown wash before you highlight.

Like fred 12df I use the magic wash recipe and can highly recommend it. You can make up any colour as a wash you desire provided you can get the relevant colour in waterproof ink.

The link for magic wash is

http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html

[paulr]

I second the motion to wash

Should also add that they are looking very good

[toxicpixie]

They've had a wash from the look of it - I'd guess a GW Reikland Flesh or similar?

Look very nice for 28mm figures, very like the Pendraken sculpts in 10mm but huge

Good decision on recessing the pikes, I think - you might actually get them base to base as needed without breaking all the pike shafts in storage/transport

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good there!
Once based those will be really awesome!

[BeardedHammer]

Thanks for the complements guys!

They have been washed with GW gryphone sepia, but I was not very happy with the way it covered so I will be doing something different. I'll look into the magic wash today, and I'll be restocking my basing materials as well.

And as far as rules go, I had actually managed to forget about my fantasy rules so I've been reworking those a bit for some added clarity.

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[jchaos79]

great pikemen!

[fsn]

great pikemen!

I'm using that as a sweary oath.

[toxicpixie]

Holy halbardiers, bat-Pope!

[BeardedHammer]

OK, so here is an interesting update. I got my stuff for basing and some inks to try for a wash, but updates may be a bit delayed. My wife had a doctor's appointment and found out that our little boy could arrive at any time, which is 3 weeks ahead of schedule. So depending on how things go I'll have a new little dudesman very soon!

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[toxicpixie]

Is that a mini-bearded hammer? Excellent news

Good luck doing anything for some time that doesn't involve the wee one

[BeardedHammer]

I think I'll be addressing him as the beardless hammer, lol! And I was planning on getting this army painted before DDay, but looks like that's not happening.

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[BeardedHammer]

Sorry for the delay. Yesterday was spent getting the last stuff ready for the little guy, but today I have the day off so hope to be more productive.  I'd like to finish painting most of my pikes, and I may head to my LGS to get a test game of my rules.

On a side note, do you guys have an idea of what models I could use to make a 15th century Romanian army lead by Vlad Dacula?

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