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With the mini battle board done, it's time to turn my attention to the characters for my ASoA&M adventures

Planning 3-4 warbands, keeping mostly to Pendraken but with a few guest stars.

First up is my Romano-British Leader

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Ohh cool!

Thanks, however I think the head needs a bit more work

Not sure why I thought he had a closed helm, I'm going to blame the post-op meds I'm on

I think this is now heading in the right direction

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Cracking work 8) !

Lovely job!

Couple more painted today

Archer with slight modifications

Added length to the bow and quiver, maybe a bit too long to be historically correct but it's King Arthur after all

Also need to add an arrow at some point

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This old retainer still needs his shield painting, I'm undecided if I want the whole band to have identical shield designs or even what pattern I want

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Very nice job on the archer's bow and quiver :-bd

Quote from: Corso on 16 December 2023, 07:04:50 PMCouple more painted today

Archer with slight modifications

Added length to the bow and quiver, maybe a bit too long to be historically correct but it's King Arthur after all

Also need to add an arrow at some point

This old retainer still needs his shield painting, I'm undecided if I want the whole band to have identical shield designs or even what pattern I want

Nice job on those figures!

Adding an arrow ... there's dedication! But. Wot? No bow string? :D

If you need inspiration for the shield pattern, The Notitia Dignitatum has shield patterns for the Late Roman field army units. You might like to consider the Exculcatores Iuniores Britanniciani (The Stompers from Britain - Junior Unit) as a template?

Luke Ueda Sarson has a page here giving the images still extant for the unit shield design plus a summary of what we know about them here:

http://lukeuedasarson.com/NDexculcatoresIunioresBritanniciani.html

Quote from: Ithoriel on 17 December 2023, 07:28:16 AMAdding an arrow ... there's dedication! But. Wot? No bow string? :D

I was tempted, I've used stretched hot glue to good effect in the past

Thanks for the shield info

Archers update  :D

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A couple of infantry finished

Minor mods

Spwarman with headswap

The other has a replaced weapon


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Impressive

Thanks

Still need to settle on  shield design

I'd also like to turn my attention towards some adversaries but there is a lack of early Saxon characters out there

Plenty in the Saxon and Viking ranges if you look carefully

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 18 December 2023, 09:06:37 PMPlenty in the Saxon and Viking ranges if you look carefully

They will certainly be worth a go but I'm hoping to mod some of the Dacians and Picts which seem a bit better scale wise

I'm looking for something like these

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And thinking this guy is a good start

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Well

I've made a start on the Saxons

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He looks crisper in the flesh

Body and head from a couple of different LR models, arm came from a Lancashire games miniature

Next one gets facial hair and fir cloak

And he's got a mate now too

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Very impressive conversions :-bd

Thanks, I've another Pendraken order on its way that should give me enough to finish my Romano-British and Saxons, I've decided to go with Lancashire games for the Irish, they mix well with Pendraken and have a wild character that helps them stands out.

I'll then be looking to add some of the unique characters from the rules and finish up the terrain

Saxon standard

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Doesn't look standard at all, looks great!

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The 300pt Irish warband is almost done, just the chieftain to finish off



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Mostly Lancashire minis but Keira made an appearance too

Good old Keira!  8)
Nice work there.

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Thanks

Got a brief game in last night using the sellworss and spellslingers solo npc mechanic

It worked well enough for basic scenarios

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Great to see your project come to fruition Corso, the game looks really good  :-bd

Brilliant

Sunjester is an expert on those rules...

Quote from: Lord Speedy of Leighton on 28 December 2023, 10:22:00 PMBrilliant

Sunjester is an expert on those rules...

I'm suprised  you even worked out I was talking about sellswords with that spelling

They seem like an interesting evolution of the song of rule set

Finally finished the Irish

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Now making a start on the Saxon

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Very impressive

Thanks, its a mix of Pendrakens range and figures from lancashire games

The plan is 3 300pt warbands

1 Irish, 1 Saxon and the third being Romano-British

To play the historical version

I then only need a few characters and animals/monsters to play the Welsh legend version

Whether I progress to high medieval I havn't decided,

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Those look really great. Top stuff  :)

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great to see them in action as well :-bd

Some terrain came through today so knocked up this tower and finished off my Merlin and someone I'll be using for
Gildas the Monk

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Excellent work there Corso. Sellswords and Spellslingers works really well for historical skirmish, just leave the magic bits out!

I have been thinking about givingbit a go at some point but want to finish this set first

I have a habit of flitting from one project to another but made a deal with myself I'd stop this year  :D

QuoteI have a habit of flitting from one project to another . . .

I don't think you're the only one with that tendency.

Nope, but it's the only resolution I still have from New Year

Excellent. And good luck with the resolution :)

If I do a 2024 resolution, I think it'll have to be to play a game (last one was in 2017, iirc)

Quote from: Corso on 11 January 2024, 03:51:09 PMI have a habit of flitting from one project to another but made a deal with myself I'd stop this year  :D

I seem to have developed a habit over the past few months of flitting from making no progress on one project to making no progress on another at frequent intervals.

Would focussing on making no progress on a single project be an improvement? :)

Corso, :-bd  =D>  :-bd  =D>  :-bd good luck with the surviving resolution ;)

Roy, just one, even a small one :)

Ithoriel, possibly but probably not ;D

Nice tower.
Flit like a butterfly

Still got plenty to keep this project on track with an order from Pendraken and some buildings from the baggage train on their way

This one's another from Leven, I modified the door to fit the scale of the figures better, needs a tidy up at some point but it'll fo for now

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Ah, Leven Miniatures...? I did wonder where the buildings had come from (you've probably mentioned, elsewhere, on this thread - I'll have a look).

I don't think I did, I mentioned sn order with baggage train that I'm hoping to get started on next week

My Pendraken order arrived this morning so I spent the afternoon putting Arthur's companions together

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Haven't used greenstuff for years but I'm enjoying this project, the Late Roman figures have a solid foundation to work with

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The spears and shield are a nice touch on the building :-bd

Quote from: paulr on 13 January 2024, 01:41:52 AM:-bd  =D>  :-bd  =D>  :-bd

The spears and shield are a nice touch on the building :-bd

Thanks, it was an attempt to make a 6mm large tower fit in 10mm scale. I think it helps do that

Here are the Companions finished

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Very cool. Lovely crisp shield patterns too.  8)

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Seconded on the Lovely crisp shield patterns :-bd

You completed them pretty quickly as well :)

Thanks

Havn't go the hang of the Chi-Rho design so decided to keep it simple

 :-bd I'll, also, state that I like how you've based them too.

I've made a mess of my individually based 10mm miniatures in the past, putting too much on to the base and crowding out/hiding the figure with basing stuff meant for larger sized figures. I must remember to have a look at these photos when I come back to doing 10mm foot figures.

Quote from: Roy on 14 January 2024, 01:45:45 PM:-bd I'll, also, state that I like how you've based them too.

I've made a mess of my individually based 10mm miniatures in the past, putting too much on to the base and crowding out/hiding the figure with basing stuff meant for larger sized figures. I must remember to have a look at these photos when I come back to doing 10mm foot figures.

It's a pretty simple approach, I mount the figure with superglue, coat with pva and dip in a 80/20ish fine sand, ground green flock mix while the pva is still tacky I dip again is a tub with small stones. What stays gets pressed in. Finally I'll add a bit of green flock here and there if it's looking a bit bland

Leave it to dry and coat with watered down pva glue to seal them in

Arthur's Romano-British are done

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Now need to look at some additional characters, finish the terrain and put together some questing monsters

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Very nicely done  :)

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QuoteArthur's Romano-British are done
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Now need to look at some additional characters, finish the terrain and put together some questing monsters

Definitely a true wargamers definition of done ;D

Indeed I still have quite a list

My Saxons need a couple of Archers and
I still need suitable figures for

Mordred
Gwenhwyfar
Vortigern
As well as a Druid,Bard, Hag, and a Sorceress

And then it's on to the monsters...

:D

Saxons are almost done, mix of Lancashire and Pendrakens. Just need a couple of suitable bowmen

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Nice
I used the viking ones for mine

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The two axe heads on the left look a bit darker than those on the right. Is that lighting and/or intended?

Looking really good there. now post some games! :d

Quote from: paulr on 18 January 2024, 02:17:43 AM:-bd  =D>  :-bd  =D>  :-bd

The two axe heads on the left look a bit darker than those on the right. Is that lighting and/or intended?

I hadn't noticed that, not intended and needs fixing

Quote from: sunjester on 18 January 2024, 06:26:04 AMLooking really good there. now post some games! :d

I'm never very good at that, I always forget to take pictures

While I wait for an order I've started knocking up some of the senario terrain

Summoning Stone

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QuoteI hadn't noticed that, not intended and needs fixing

Glad to be of assistance, it's interesting how many things are revealed by photographs ;)

Quote from: paulr on 19 January 2024, 06:11:57 PM:-bd  =D>  :-bd  =D>  :-bdGlad to be of assistance, it's interesting how many things are revealed by photographs ;)

Well they are tiny buggers

Next step in the madness is I want a figure like this in 10mm

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After an extensive search the one here bottom left is the closeted pose I could find

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Time to go to work...

And after a lte night of modelling here she is

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Stripped down a little on the detail, greenstuff is hard to work with at this scale but she fits in well with the collection so I'm happy enough

Now to find a Mordred and a Morgana

Excellent work on the converting and colouring in Corso  :-bd  :-bd

Quote from: Corso on 20 January 2024, 10:00:25 AMAnd after a lte night of modelling here she is

Reminds me of when I used to start doing stuff - converting models - when I'd gone to bed, and it'd be just gone midnight. Having your painting table in your bedroom, sometimes isn't conducive to getting a good night's rest - another reason why I'm now moving stuff into our spare room.

Won't be the first time I've sculpted using blu-tak and used superglue over the top of it as a hardener - though, from memory, I've only ever used greenstuff on 10mm stuff.

Quote from: Corso on 18 January 2024, 08:47:06 AMI hadn't noticed that, not intended and needs fixing

Don't bother they are fine.  I have a couple of axes, one of which was my grandfather's, came to me via my father, so it must be over 100 years old, and their heads are not the same colour.

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Another great conversion :)

Thanks

Moved on to some terrain while I wait for the Saxon Archers

Start of the Village

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Burial mound

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Lovely work

Thanks

The project is really coming together, the Saxon Archers have arrived so it's just the last bits of terrain to sort

A river with crossings, 3-4 more huts, a church and some walls to go

Then it's on to beasts and monsters :D

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Needed some otherworldly warriors so made some from some old MM ghosts as I wanted them more in the style of the dead men of dunharrow

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Overall effect works really well

Corso, your figures and terrain look excellent.

Thanks

I've mainly been on a terrain kick as I need to star working out what to use for the mythical beasts

Corner River section, more useful than simply spliting the board in half and easier to fit in the box

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Another dwelling and a well

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Start of a defensive wall, decided to make it in sections since it's more versatile and easier to store

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still got a bit more terrain to add but I'm now looking at monsters etc.

this is most of the list for the mid-fantasy version

Banshee
BlackDog
Big Cat/Cat of palug
Dog Head Warriors and Champion
Dragon
Dwarves
Ghost
Giant
Giant boar
Giant Wolf
Giant Stag
Hobgoblins
Serpent
Otherworld Warriors and Champion
Tormented soul

Dog Head Warriors and Champion - I'm looking at beastmen for the
Hobgoblins I'm undecided to use either coppleston half orcs or some sort of goblin

Most of those are readily available from Pendraken.
Headeosmwn are good.
There is also an interesting chaos warrior type.
Tigers and lions are available

Headeosmw?

For the dogs head warriors I'm probably going for a mix of the lancer and eureka ones

Most of the rest will be Pendraken

Headeosmwn

I presume it's these. Nice beastmen types.

Home>10mm-12mm FANTASY>Old>Haedusmen

They look a bit too squat and oversized for my needs

I think we can fill most of those:

Banshee - Undead Wraiths, or Dark Elf Witch Elves, or possibly something from the Undead Necromancer pack?

BlackDog - How big does this need to be?

Big Cat/Cat of palug - Savage Beasts in the Monsters range: https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-12mm-fantasy-monsters

Dog Head Warriors and Champion - Our Egyptian Mythology are dog-headed but obviously wearing Egyptian kit!

Dragon - We can supply the dragons from the Dragonmen range.

Dwarves - Hill Dwarves.

Ghost - In a sheet ghost or writhing wraith type thing?  The Undead Wraiths might work here too.

Giant - In the Monsters range again: https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-12mm-fantasy-monsters

Giant boar - We've got Boars in the Woolly Beasts: https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-12mm-fantasy-monsters

Giant Wolf - We've got a few wolves, there's the smaller ones in the Goblin range, the medium ones in the Dire Wolves: https://www.pendraken.co.uk/fantasy-eldritch-vampires-dire-wolves-fan-vam7 and then some massive ones that we've never done anything with.

Giant Stag - No giant ones unfortunately, just the regular one in the Deer/Stag pack in our Animals.

Hobgoblins - There's some of these in the Old ranges, depending on how you want them to look: https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-12mm-fantasy-old

Serpent - Coiled snake or sea hydra type?  Coiled snakes are in the Dungeon section, or there's the ones breaking ground in the Monsters section again.

Otherworld Warriors and Champion - What kind of style are you looking for here?

Tormented soul - Wretched ghoul or an author with writers block?!  Wraiths would be my go-to again here.

Wow you've done alot of the work for me :)

Over on Facebook folks are suggesting Pendraken have taken over the Leven Miniatures Range. Is this true? When I try and visit their site, all I get is 'server not found'.

No doubt Leon will make an announcement in due course if the rumours are correct.

Leven make some very nice stuff, I can personally vouch for a fair few different pieces from their ranges  ;)

Quote from: mollinary on 27 June 2024, 07:16:28 PMOver on Facebook folks are suggesting Pendraken have taken over the Leven Miniatures Range. Is this true? When I try and visit their site, all I get is 'server not found'.

Nope, that was just one person who'd got confused with us stocking the Battlescale stuff. It shows how easily rumours start though!

QuoteNope, that was just one person who'd got confused with us stocking the Battlescale stuff. It shows how easily rumours start though!

Thanks Leon! I have some pieces of their castle and Roman fortifications, and am looking for some more .

I wonder if their website is having problems? There's no hint of any issues on their Facebook page. 

Quote from: mollinary on 01 July 2024, 08:22:34 PMThanks Leon! I have some pieces of their castle and Roman fortifications, and am looking for some more .

I've not seen/spoken to Mick for quite some time now, probably since before Covid, so not sure how he's doing.  Hopefully everything's OK with their website and you can get sorted out.