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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680) => Topic started by: irregularwars on 18 May 2014, 05:32:46 PM

Title: Saxon foederati
Post by: irregularwars on 18 May 2014, 05:32:46 PM
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Continuing on my slow plod towards raising a couple of Dux Bellorum armies, here are a couple of shots of my Germanic foedarati shieldwalls that will bulk out my Romano-British infantry. Although my Romano-Brits will have an overall red colour scheme, I have made these guys blue to a) distinguish them as 'different' from their comrades, and b) in case I decide to do a fully fledged Saxon army in the future, they will provide me with a core.

More on the blog: http://irregularwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dux-bellorum-foederati-shieldwalls.html (http://irregularwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/dux-bellorum-foederati-shieldwalls.html)
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 18 May 2014, 05:40:48 PM
Very nice!
What is the mounted figure in the back middle of the left hand element?
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: irregularwars on 18 May 2014, 05:56:39 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 18 May 2014, 05:40:48 PM
What is the mounted figure in the back middle of the left hand element?

Eureka sorceress on a unicorn... She's wearing a nice feather cloak which I quite like. Obviously I de-horned the pony.
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: Steve J on 18 May 2014, 06:26:34 PM
Very nice indeed 8).
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: seano1815 on 18 May 2014, 07:01:02 PM
Beautiful figures, and I enjoyed your blog, consider yourself followed (but in a nice way not stalker fashion ;D)
All the best
Sean
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: Techno on 18 May 2014, 08:06:43 PM
Great work !
Cheers - Phil
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Post by: Ric on 19 May 2014, 04:08:41 AM
These are really impressive, how do you get the blonde hair looking so nice? Anytime I try to do it they end up looking like Simpsons characters. ..
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Post by: irregularwars on 19 May 2014, 06:09:19 AM
Quote from: Ric on 19 May 2014, 04:08:41 AM
how do you get the blonde hair looking so nice? Anytime I try to do it they end up looking like Simpsons characters. ..

I start with a pale yellow - Vallejo 'light yellow' in this case - and put a grubby brown wash over the top. Pretty simple, but I find it effective on 10mm and 6mm figures. I would only rarely highlight with the light yellow again after the wash.
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Post by: Ric on 19 May 2014, 06:50:07 AM
Awesome, cheers :)
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: Hertsblue on 19 May 2014, 07:51:35 AM
Great work, IW. And using a fantasy figure in an historical unit is a new twist.
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: FierceKitty on 19 May 2014, 10:00:59 AM
I've got some Copplestone "horse tribe" fantasy figures as Alans in my Byzantine army, and their "city guard" as Franks (crusades, that is). A number of Pendraken's fantasy figures are renaissance-friendly too.
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: toxicpixie on 19 May 2014, 11:02:57 AM
Very tasty! That colour scheme is really good :)
Title: Re: Saxon foederati
Post by: Leman on 19 May 2014, 02:09:27 PM
Very good. It will help me with my Saxon army for Dux Britanniarum.