2018 painting challenge: reduce the mountain some more!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I voted fir the truck and the civilians, I thought they were brilliant sir.

[petercooman]

I voted fir the truck and the civilians, I thought they were brilliant sir.

Thanks!

Funny thing, i painted the truck, civilians and the sacrifice especially for the comp, trying different techniques.

The russian infantry is just my normal wargames standard, painted to fit in with the rest of my army.

The russians got more votes than the others combined   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Maybe best not to experiment in future then! 

[Techno]

Good work, Peter ! 

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

I finished my zouaves! I based the colour schemes on a perry miniatures leaflet:



I rushed these a bit just to keep going forward. They are just wargames standard, but will look nice on the table!

165th zouaves (in turban)





1st Louisiana zouave battalion (in fez)





So,adding 62 model means: 427 models painted and 13 forces done:

1) pirates   20
2) privateers 10
3) British forces to battle the pirates 19
4) bolt action USMC  33
5)  bolt action IJA 33
6) bolt action germans 21
7)   bolt action US airborne 30
8 ) deadzone marauder warband 13
9)  deadzone plague zombies mob 30
10) terminator force 31
11) resistance force 39
12) soviet additions 30
13)ACW additions


shrinking the list back to 20!

1) epic orcs
2)epic space marines
3)  warhammer fantasy dwarf army
4)warhammer fantasy orcs and goblins
5)  warhammer fantasy undead
6)  LOTR goblins
7) LOTR numenor
8 ) LOTR high elves
9)  40k imperial guard
10) 40k dark angels (dark vengeance starter set)
11) 40k chaos (dark vengeance starter set)
12) mice and mystics/reaper mouselings (prepped and mounted to bases)
13)D&D legend of drizzt game
14) D&D temple of elemental evil game
15)D&D tomb of annihilation game
16) the great war boardgame (germans + british, one entry because they belong togheter)
17)pendraken zombies (cleaned and prepped and mounted to bases)
18)napoleonic French
19)napoleonic British/Hanoverians
20) republican rome and carthago


Next up, probably perry miniatures napoleonic artillery!

[Techno]

Very nice, indeed, Peter ! 

Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

 

[petercooman]

Thanks guys!

Looking at the pictures, i wonder if it might be worth highlighting the red. Looks a bit dark in the pictures.

[Steve J]

Nice work Peter and personally I'd highlight the red

[Techno]

Looks a bit dark in the pictures.

Hmmm... The main thing, Peter.....
Is if you're happy with what you've got (in proper light)...I'd leave it at that.

The first few photos I had published in WD and the Citadel journals......I'd painted the figures how I wanted them look.....Then I got the '1 hour developers' to mess about with the colour balance.
Those would be the prints I'd send up to GW, 'cos they had a lot more 'punch'.

Nowadays I can do it myself, on the PC ,with the snaps I send to Leon. (Which are never completely in focus...' cos I can't be bothered to put the camera on a tripod.)

Cheers - Phil.

[petercooman]

I guess i'll just leave them on the tray and give them a quick highlight when i working with red on a batch of miniatures. They can be used in the meantime.

My gaming buddy says leave it like that, but it bugs me a bit that it's so dark.

[Westmarcher]

Nicely painted miniatures there, Peter. Particularly liked the cargo on the truck.   

[petercooman]

Nicely painted miniatures there, Peter. Particularly liked the cargo on the truck.   

Thanks!


Now, let's play guess what i undercoated!

[d_Guy]

Kristang dropships? 

[petercooman]

Kristang dropships?  :-

Not even close 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

28mm Napoleonic artillery

BTW, just checked, 2067 painted,  only 1094 for myself!

[petercooman]

28mm Napoleonic artillery

Yup, as i mentioned a few posts back, i'm getting started on my perry miniatures artillery!



Front to back:
royal horse artillery with 9 pdr
hanoverian field artillery with 6pdr
french line horse artillery with 9pdr
french imperial guard artillery with 12 pdr
two french line artillery one with 6pdr, one with howitzer

BTW, just checked, 2067 painted,  only 1094 for myself!

Good show! What mix of scales are you painting? I seem to be going 28-10-28 for this year. Probably back to 10 after these to get going on the punic wars!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

15/10/6/10/10/10/15/15/10/10/28/10/15/10/28/10...

[petercooman]

15/10/6/10/10/10/15/15/10/10/28/10/15/10/28/10...

So i see you are consistent 


Got the guns done, on to the crew... (still some white spots, varnish still drying)







i'm keeping the painted guns and some finished bases next to the crew to keep them motivated 

[paulr]

Guns are certainly looking good 

Only 24 crew