2018 painting challenge: reduce the mountain some more!

[petercooman]

Soooo, was going to do all the slingers at once, so gauls and romans, but when i was prepping the roman slingers something seemed off. Closer inspection showed half of the roman slingers are in fact iberian warband carrying a falcata. Looks like i'll have to improvise, or make one stand less.

[paulr]

B*gger, the other option is to order more figures

[petercooman]

B*gger, the other option is to order more figures

Nope not for a while now. Crisis is on it's way!!

[petercooman]

So, already down 6 slingers, to make matters worse, one of the remaining models' sling broke of. Very hard to fix wth glue so i went and repaired it with greenstuff.

Not a first class job but it will have to do.


As I had some left, i decided to just convert the falcata's on the wrong models into a sling. I trimmed down the sword untill i had a little 'rod' left that i could use as an armature, and went from there



Hard to see in the picture,but here is a closer one


These will do just fine when painted up i guess!

AS i had some more green stuff left; I also made a cloak/animal skin for one of my numidians, to represent a chief!



Now i have a bunch of stuff ready for painting:

back left: lybian spearmen
front left: roman slingers
back right: gaul slingers
front right: celtiberian warband

Hope to get started tomorrow!!

[paulr]

 

[FierceKitty]

Looks pretty convincing, even before painting.

[Techno]

Great stuff, Peter !

Slings ARE fiddly little sods to do.

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

Thanks guys!

Great stuff, Peter !

Slings ARE fiddly little sods to do.

Cheers - Phil

Yes! Didn't even see what i was doing most of the time to be honest  

My eyesight is getting worse, new specs aren't helping! I did have a good headstart though, had +2 glasses when i was a toddler, now already on +6 and a bit. Blind as a bat 

[petercooman]

Built another Dave Graffam building, this time the tennement from the low street buildings set.

[Techno]

My eyesight is getting worse, new specs aren't helping! I did have a good headstart though, had +2 glasses when i was a toddler, now already on +6 and a bit. Blind as a bat 

My left eye is +9, the right +10......and you think you're as blind as a bat.   

Love the building !!

Cheers - Phil

[petercooman]

My left eye is +9, the right +10......and you think you're as blind as a bat.   

Love the building !!

Cheers - Phil

Difference is, i'm 33 
I know one eye is worse than the other, but i think it's only a 0.25 difference.

Like the building as well, wanted to make more, but ran out of ink...again 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I say, marvellous building.
Will
(Better than 20/20, last time I went to the opticians, he asked me to read the bottom line, I told time 'P. R. I. N. T. E. D. I. N. C. H. I. N. A!'

He wasn't happy...)

[Techno]

Difference is, i'm 33 

According to an NHS website, "How old is your heart ?"........My heart's 74. (Bloody cheek.)

Alright.... there were a couple of questions I couldn't answer...."What is you cholesterol reading ?".......Not a clue....."What is your blood pressure?".....That should be alright 'cos I take BP tablets.
I think THAT fact 'marked me down', though.

Then there was the question about smoking.....I could only tick "I quit"......Didn't ask how LONG ago I quit....(About 25 years ago.....Thought that would have been something good, as far as the score was concerned.)

Hey Ho !

Cheers - Phil 

[petercooman]

Ha, i don't want to guess mine. I smoke a lot. Have bp tablets as well though 

[Techno]

Ooooops.......Your heart's age might be even higher than mine, Peter !!

Cheers - Phil