The Marvelous Miscellany of MMcV

[fred.]

Something fairly pale and simple should work for bases - assuming that the mat they are on is typical for the game.

[mmcv]

Thanks. I think I'll likely keep the base colour but apply a little "weathering" with different brown and grey tones. I did something similar with the modern zombies for the original, a dark grey base with some lighter grey dry brush streaks to work on tarmac city boards. And some blood spatters of course. The board I photographed on is fairly typical of the game board yeah.

Got a handful of 15mm figures base coated and washed there. Shouldn't take too much to apply touchup and highlights when dry. I've not really done 15mm before so a bit strange as it's somewhere between the "paint the unit" of the smaller scales and the "paint the figure" of the larger ones.

[mmcv]

15mm Tanuki (Japanese Racoon Dog) Archers for a HotT army. Not entirely happy with these, they're a little too dark still, and the colours aren't quite popping like I want. Think I'll maybe redo the faces and add some patterns to the clothes, but putting them aside for now and will return in future as I'm not really having fun with them right now.









Back to the real world with some Aztecs next.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO trhe dreded "A" word......

Dont tell Kitty but I have some 6mm ones

[mmcv]

Dont tell Kitty but I have some 6mm ones

Not a word...



By Aztecs I, of course, mean the Mexica of the Nahua altepetl of Tenochtitlan who probably would not have called themselves Aztecs, but may have recognised the "People from Aztlan" moniker as part of their identity.

Just in case there was any confusion.

Though I will also be doing other Mesoamerican peoples with the same figures so that could lead to further confusion as they're definitely not Aztecs.

But kind of are.

[Techno]

Yep ....They do look a tad too dark, at the mo', Matthew.

Maybe the black undercoat/bases isn't/aren't helping ?

A bit of your usual skill will easily put those right.....I have no doubt, at all.

Cheers - Phil. 

PS.....Your cutting mat is FAR too clean.....And I feel quite faint.....knowing that Ian has actually got some Aztecs on his desk.

[mmcv]

Yep ....They do look a tad too dark, at the mo', Matthew.

Maybe the black undercoat/bases isn't/aren't helping ?

A bit of your usual skill will easily put those right.....I have no doubt, at all.

Cheers - Phil.  

PS.....Your cutting mat is FAR too clean.....And I feel quite faint.....knowing that Ian has actually got some Aztecs on his desk.

Yeah I think for the skin tone/fur I should probably try a dark brown with the white over the top, rather than the dark grey and the white, might lift them a bit more. Don't want them to look too white though.

My cutting mat isn't that clean, just that section in the photo had a pile of bits and bobs sitting on it for ages so wasn't able to gather a proper patina of stains. The lower half of my mat is well splattered in paint, ink, primer and encrusted on bits of milliput from years ago, don't you worry.

[FierceKitty]

I had some 6mm ones too in my young and ignorant days.

[mmcv]

Here we go, this colourful unit is led by the warrior priests who had a whole different military and rank structure from the secular military forces.



The poor slinger at the front has a bit of grass in his face, but like a true warrior he's still slinging away.





Haven't determined what my next paint job will be, will roll the dice when I'm ready to do it and see what comes up!

[FierceKitty]

Here we go, this colourful unit is lead ...

...because it's a cheap, easily cast, and durable material.

[mmcv]

...sneaky edit...

No idea what you're talking about.

New page, new pictures on previous!

[mmcv]

...because it's a cheap, easily cast, and durable material.

Ironically enough I do use led/lead as an intentional pun in the name of my blog.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very cool

[Techno]

Looking very good, that man ! 

Cheers - Phil

[mmcv]

Thanks 

Next up we are going back to the bronze age for the first unit in my Trojan War project.

As this is a somewhat finite project (naivety I'm sure) I've gone with bigger bases with the aim of doing more diorama style, especially for some of the more famous characters and units. At 80x40 they'll still fit comfortably on a dining table sized game but give a bit more space for laying out, especially when it comes to chariots, amazons and great heroes.

First up is a reasonably simple unit of bronze age axemen I'm using as Halizonian troops on the Trojan side, led by Odius and Epistrophus. They are from "Alybe far away, where is the birth-place of silver" thought to be somewhere on the Black Sea. Not much else is known of them but quite liked the idea of some axemen in the mix so seemed as good a fit as any.







The leader has an axe made of that strange metal that falls from the stars, or iron as we now know it. They did have iron in the bronze age, just didn't know how to smelt it from ore so pure sources were rare.and precious, usually from meteorites.

I'll likely add some grass tufts and scene dressing to the base down the line, but want to do them all together for the project so it's consistent. So just a basic sandy brown for now.

Dice rolled for the Trojan War again so going to do some archers.

[fred.]

I like them!

[Ithoriel]

Veeery nice!

I do like Bronze Age armies, not least for the regular inclusion in the sources of troops from places we can no longer locate with any certainty. Gives lots of scope for the imagination.

[mmcv]

Thanks 

I do like Bronze Age armies, not least for the regular inclusion in the sources of troops from places we can no longer locate with any certainty. Gives lots of scope for the imagination.

Yeah definitely, the iron axe was inspired by the possible association with the Chaldeans, who were notable metal workers. But does give a bit of scope for variety, and the mythical nature of the Trojan War means I can pillage various bronze age ranges for options. Mostly from Newline and MM (as the above) as alas our dear hosts don't venture into the bronze age. Though a few Pendraken figures will make an appearance.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice work.
King Tut (almost contemporary, maybe) was buried with an iron dagger that matches meteor iron, always fascinated me.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun's_meteoric_iron_dagger

[Techno]

I like those, too ! 

Cheers - Phil