Medievals: Kingdom of Jerusalem & Salah Ah-Din

[nikharwood]

Base edges now done & whole army matt varnished - finished pics here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3086.0

The totty thread has been neglected whilst you've been painting these 

Shame on me  I'll sort that right now 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

...and did he ever!

[Nosher]

Nik will you be painting up Saladins opponents anytime soon?

Looking for some inspiration as these are two armies that are based and primed ready to start (along with Rus/Carolingian/Viking/Samurai and lots of other generuic medieval types, both sides for the ECW and some Indo-China stuff PJ convinced me to buy...)

So many armies, so little time!

[nikharwood]

Yep - hopefully!

At the moment I've got JCs' WW2 Brit commission to finish - and then I should be onto some of my own stuff: including these...[although I do keep getting distracted!]; Luke's also after some more WW1 artillery so that'll need doing...

I've got a bit of time off over August though [long weekends mostly] so that'll help...

[Nosher]

Good man

[nikharwood]

Finally - got round to making a start on the Crusaders...dunno where the time goes  - and I forgot to take pics as I painted...

Anyway, have got the cavalry done: Sergeants & Knights - these will get transfers for shields & then washed later; the highlights on the white have bleached out with the flash:



Sergeants:






Knights:

[sixsideddice]

OOo they`re really smartly done... nice work 

[Nosher]

As usual *top notch* Nik

Which reminds me - I MUST get on with starting my Salah Ah-din... been distracted by some 28mm SAGA Anglo-Saxons

[Leon]

Cool, looking good!

[Peritas]

AMAZING 

[Squirrel]

Great work as usual Nik

Cheers,

Kev

[nikharwood]

Thanks folks...house was invaded yesterday & into today by relatives, but have had a thoroughly pleasant afternoon (although, again, got carried away with painting & forgot to take pics as I went...):

Commands:








Crossbows:










Infantry:










I think these will probably get one wash before bunging shield transfers on & then another before a fast final highlight...I want 'em dark & dirty 

[Leon]

Now these look cracking en masse!   

[Hertsblue]

Medievals look great en masse, Nik.

Can I make one suggestion, though? I know you're only snapping them for internal consumption, but photograph them against a plain backgound. They stand out so much better. Small sheet of plain grass-paper would do the trick. 

[nikharwood]

Can I make one suggestion, though? I know you're only snapping them for internal consumption, but photograph them against a plain backgound. They stand out so much better. Small sheet of plain grass-paper would do the trick.  

Yep - good point, but what I tend to do is WIP / Painting Diary pics on my painting board like this & then once they're finished they get lobbed on-table for the pretty pics...unless you'd like to see the WIP / Diary pics on plainer backgrounds as well? [grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter...more work for me...grumble, grumble etc  ]

[fred.]

Yeah, pull your finger out Harwood ! 

Again a huge volume of figures in a couple of days. Is the red and white scheme a historical one, or a looks good one? I always like red and white halves or quarters - my first Human Fantasy army was in red and white, far too many years ago.

[nikharwood]

  You're right mate - what a slacker!

The colour scheme here owes more to Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, Orlando Bloom & the delectable Eva Green) than historical sources...unashamedly wanting some Hollywood WMA action on my table 

[Rob]

Nick you show just what is possible to the rest of us. My painting is ssooooooooooh painfully slow, and is OK for WW2/khaki stuff but decidedly average for bright uniform periods.

I've looked at your wiki painting guide which seems to be the method you have used here. I was wondering would you change anything such as the priming if you were doing a Napoleonic army?

Cheers 

[Nosher]

Shame I'm not able to make Nikfest this year - we could have a massive Crusader scrap with our joint Crusader/Saladin armies.

Dont tell Leon but mine are MM However they did get bought as a present!

[nikharwood]

Nick you show just what is possible to the rest of us. My painting is ssooooooooooh painfully slow, and is OK for WW2/khaki stuff but decidedly average for bright uniform periods.

I've looked at your wiki painting guide which seems to be the method you have used here. I was wondering would you change anything such as the priming if you were doing a Napoleonic army?

Cheers 

Thanks Rob - too kind 

I painted my Naps using exactly the same process - although that was years ago & I've speeded up  & refined my techniques since then; the only thing I *might* vary - depending on colour scheme - would be to do a grey overbrush [instead of brown] onto the black undercoat - I did this with my SYW Austrians with their white uniforms [have a look here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,709.0.html ]

Shame I'm not able to make Nikfest this year - we could have a massive Crusader scrap with our joint Crusader/Saladin armies.

Dont tell Leon but mine are MM However they did get bought as a present!

Shocker mate - but don't worry, I'm sure your secret's safe. It's not like you've broadcast it on the internet or anything.

Oh.