Fred's 2014 Painting Diary

[fred.]

Thanks.

Not much progress tonight, mainly an overall brown wash, and a layer of sand on the bases.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good though chap.

[andys]

Thanks chaps, the cavalry are Kallistra a couple of their eastern European codes - they are going to form some irregular lancers to augment my Empire forces.

The Warmonger Landsnekcts are very nice - almost too nice, they have so much detail, I'm not quite sure how to paint them! I think they are due to be on sale shortly outside the kickstarter, they only downside is that the shipping and customs soon add up. What they need is a UK distributor....

I echo fred's comments. very nice minis, so much detail on them.

I've bought 2 units via the kickstarter, including bases. I reckon each unit set me back £10.35 - the most expensive I've ever bought.

Having said that, it's definitely a case of you get what you pay for - in this case TOP quality. Highly recommended.

[fred.]

I've bought 2 units via the kickstarter, including bases. I reckon each unit set me back £10.35 - the most expensive I've ever bought.

My mate and I got 18 units in total - about half from the KS and half as add-ons after - these worked out at £7.75 each,  ( even with Royal Mail handling charges  ) which is not bad at all.

Check out Eureka pricing - its even more!!

We shouldn't post this kind of stuff, Leon will be having price rises!!

[Leon]

We shouldn't post this kind of stuff, Leon will be having price rises!!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

 

[petercooman]

We can always blackmail him to keep the prices low, you know with the naked x-boxing and all that....

Anybody who volunteers to take pictures???

[fred.]

In a, probably vain, attempt to get that image out of our heads, here's some more toy soldiers

Got the lancers based up tonight, and a few highlights added, I'm pleased with the way these have come out.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

They work really well Fred.

[fred.]

The lancers got their first outing on Friday night, and true to the expectations of newly painted figures, they died to a man - and I think failed to do any damage to the enemy, hurrah!!

On to the next unit - some Zweihander swordsmen from Warmonger miniatures



Going for crazy landsneckt style clothing - but with limited colour palette so they have some semblance of a unit when finished. These have painted up much more easily than I thought they would, the detail of the sculpts is nice and deep and helps guide the brush.  Which is good because I had been worried they would be very hard work to paint.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking great.

[toxicpixie]

STOP MAKING ME CRY THAT I FAILED TO BACK THE KICKSTARTER!

Very nice

Well done the Lancers, great job. Did the enemy at least twist an ankle climbing over their corpses?! Or perhaps get food poisoning from undercooked horsemeat

[fred.]

STOP MAKING ME CRY THAT I FAILED TO BACK THE KICKSTARTER!

Mwhahahaha!!

I do think they are going to be available for sale o/s the kickstarter soonish.

Well done the Lancers, great job. Did the enemy at least twist an ankle climbing over their corpses?! Or perhaps get food poisoning from undercooked horsemeat

At worst they strained their wrist reloading their crossbows....

[toxicpixie]

Ooo, strained wrist, that's nasty Maybe horse-burger with Lancer relish will be too hard to lift and your cavalry might recover some losses post game?!

I hope they do come up for sale, I just fear the import taxes unless they cast & ship within the EU...

[Techno]

Lovely work, as always, Fred !
Cheers - Phil.