DBA First Crusade project

[paulr]

IV/7 Early Crusader 1096AD-1128AD & IV/17 Later Crusader 1128-1303AD

2x General (Kn), Byzantine horse archers (LH) [Generals duplicated so I can field two armies, Godfrey of Bouillon - blue standard, Bohemund of Taranto - scarlet standard]




3x mounted Knights (Kn),




3x dismounted Knights (Bd s),




1x Syrian archers (Bw f), 2x crossbowmen (Cb s),




5x Spearmen / foot sergeants (Sp)

[Techno]

Very, very nice, Paul. 

I like those, a lot !

Cheers - Phil

[d_Guy]

Love their look! Really quite excellent, Paul. 

[toxicpixie]

Very nice - they all hang together really well, too!

[Leman]

Excellent job made of that little lot.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Great job Paul! 👍

[paulr]

Painting nearly finished on Turcopoles and pilgrims, hair and skin highlights to do

Main base colour done on the Seljuq Turkish foot

[paulr]

Painting finished on Turcopoles and pilgrims, touch ups, wash final dry brush  to do

Main dry brush and second base colour done on the Seljuq Turkish foot, started some of the details

[paulr]

Touch ups and wash done on the Turcopoles and pilgrims, final dry brush to do tomorrow once wash is dry

Details progressing on the Seljuq Turkish foot, about to start the metal work

[Steve J]

Great stuff once again

[paulr]

Finished the Turcopoles and pilgrims
I now just need to get them and the crossbows and archers that didn't get done last time based

Details progressing on the Seljuq Turkish foot, metal work and base skin colour done; hair, skin highlights and some 'fur trim' to do

[paulr]

A large bunch of Crusaders now waiting to be based

Finished the Selijuq Turkish foot, touch ups and wash to do

Prepared the Selijuq Turkish mounted, they are ready to go on the painting rods soon to be vacated by the pilgrims

I need to prepare the Selijuq Turkish bases

[d_Guy]

Your consistent efforts REALLY make me feel guity that I am sitting here reading and not painting! 

Keep plugging away dude! 

[Leman]

I try to do something each day (not always possible), e.g. today I boxed up some figures in new storage boxes and finished off 24 bases of troops. Tomorrow I'll do something to the 6 bases waiting to be finished off and prime some more figures. Tuesday is out as I shall be playing a game away.

[d_Guy]

I try to do the same, DP. About two hours most mornings when the light and my eyesight are best. Currently working on Monmouth's 1685 army.

[paulr]

I find doing something each day helps maintain progress and enthusiasm 

I've been working from home for the last couple of weeks, since the earthquake, and this gives me back my commuting time, about 2 hours each day

The only down side is I have to make another time to read the forum

[Techno]

I've been working from home for the last couple of weeks, since the earthquake, and this gives me back my commuting time, about 2 hours each day

A small (?) plus......Any idea when 'things will be back to normal'. Paul ?...Cant believe that happened a fortnight ago !

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Looks like we will be back in our building on Wednesday

Normal is probably a few months away, there are at least 3 buildings being demolished and probably over 30 that require repairs in the Wellington area. That is over 150km from the epicentre.

Kaikoura, the largeish town near the epicentre, has only one road partly open with the army trucking in supplies and one escorted convoy of civilian vehicles allowed out. Fuel is rationed, water is back on but needs to be boiled... Normal is a lot further away for them.

[Techno]

Blimey ! 

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

One of the 'smaller' slips (landslides), note circled digger for scale, about 60km north of Kaikoura



Story here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/86949154/digger-balances-on-top-of-slip-in-effort-to-repair-severed-road