Right - following on from this thread: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2567.0 I thought I'd start these off this weekend & post pics up ASAP as a prime motivator to get these done...so, these are 1000 point armies for Warmaster Medieval - all on 40x20 bases:
So - from black undercoat:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41687.jpg)
...both armies get an overbrush of Beasty Brown - this will provide instant shading, depth & lift:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41688.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41689.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41690.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41691.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41692.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41693.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41694.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41695.jpg)
Then the bases get a heavy drybrush of Leather Brown:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41699.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41700.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41702.jpg)
Finally a drybrush of Desert Yellow:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41703.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41704.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41705.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41707.jpg)
I'll be painting the Arabs first...
Not working today, so have managed to make a start on the army of Salah-Ah-Din
Siege Towers:
Wood: Leather Brown & Bleached Bone
Hide: Dark Fleshtone & Leather Brown & Bleached Bone
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41716.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41717.jpg)
"I can see the pub from here..."
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41719.jpg)
Command:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41713.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41715.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41714.jpg)
Faris - heavy cavalry:
Clothing: Dark Fleshtone => Scab Red => Scab Red + Bleached Bone 60:40
Flesh: Bronzed Flesh => Gyrphonne Sepia spot-wash
Armour: Chainmail => Mithril Silver
Detail: Khaki => Bleached Bone
Leather / Spear highlight: Leather Brown
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41708.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41712.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41711.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41710.jpg)
and in the same time I've painted 2 15mm 88s! :'(
:) [oh, there's 4 siege towers altogether BTW :P]
Horse Archers:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41720.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41721.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41723.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41724.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41722.jpg)
I like the idea of mounting the horse archers diagonally on the bases. Gives less of a "ranked" impression. m/
So cool! Great job, Nik!
Quote from: Hertsblue on 24 June 2011, 05:21:11 PM
I like the idea of mounting the horse archers diagonally on the bases. Gives less of a "ranked" impression. m/
Also means that they're pointing their bows towards the enemy - which, psychologically at least, is going to help my dice-rolling :)
Right - bit hectic tonight, so only managed these [& the wash is still a bit wet...]
Archers:Colours pretty-much as before; the grey is a Black + Bleached Bone mix [with extra BB for the highlight]
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41725.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41726.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41728.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41729.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41727.jpg)
Just 6 units of Spearmen to do and it's onto the Kingdom...
Looking really good Nik ;)
Quote from: nikharwood on 24 June 2011, 08:47:29 PM
Also means that they're pointing their bows towards the enemy - which, psychologically at least, is going to help my dice-rolling :)
The only thing that would help my dice rolling is a six on every face... :'(
Quote from: Hertsblue on 25 June 2011, 09:05:54 PM
The only thing that would help my dice rolling is a six on every face... :'(
Mate - that's
not going to help when you're playing Warmaster ;) :d
No - fgor warmaster - 2 sets, 1 with 6's only for combat, and 1 with 1's only for everything else.
IanS
Must admit, I've never played Warmaster :-[ I did come across one set that specified eight-sided dice. At which point I moved on. =)
Spearmen:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41730.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41731.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41732.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41733.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41734.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41735.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41736.jpg)
Whole army [ready for the bases to be finished]:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41737.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/medievals%20kingdom%20of%20heaven/STA41739.jpg)
Nice one mate ;)
Putting the rest of us to shame...! 8) :P 8)
Now that looks sweet!
The totty thread has been neglected whilst you've been painting these =)
Very nice 8).
Base edges now done & whole army matt varnished - finished pics here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3086.0
Quote from: Nosher on 26 June 2011, 06:31:08 PM
The totty thread has been neglected whilst you've been painting these =)
Shame on me ;) I'll sort that right now :d
...and did he ever!
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! ;D
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...
Good man ;)
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:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40018.jpg)
Sergeants:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40019.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40020.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40022.jpg)
Knights:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40023.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40024.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40025.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40026.jpg)
OOo they`re really smartly done... nice work :)
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 :o
Cool, looking good!
8)
AMAZING ;)
Great work as usual Nik 8)
Cheers,
Kev
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:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40062.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40063.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40064.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40065.jpg)
Crossbows:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40052.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40053.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40054.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40055.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40056.jpg)
Infantry:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40057.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40058.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40059.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40060.jpg)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40061.jpg)
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 :d
Now these look cracking en masse! :-bd
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. ;)
Quote from: Hertsblue on 20 February 2012, 09:20:18 AM
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 ;D]
Yeah, pull your finger out Harwood ! :P
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.
;D 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 8)
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 :)
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!
Quote from: Rob on 21 February 2012, 12:12:05 PM
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 ]
Quote from: Nosher on 21 February 2012, 04:08:00 PM
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. ;D
Quote from: nikharwood on 21 February 2012, 10:37:27 PM
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 ]
Thanks Nick. I'll give it a try. I'll use the grey overbrush. I was thinking I might have a go with a dark brown undercoat for cavalry instead of black to speed up the cavalry.
Cheers :)
Decals applied, re-washed shields, base edges painted & everything spray matt-varnished = done 8)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/10mm%20Crusaders/STA40072.jpg)
Lots of on-table pics here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,4706.0.html
Sorry for turning up on this thread so late that it is practically posthumous, but I must admit I am in awe of this army. Quantity, quality, and speed. What an incredible combination.
Mollinary
Quote from: mollinary on 31 May 2012, 07:15:37 PM
Sorry for turning up on this thread so late that it is practically posthumous, but I must admit I am in awe of this army. Quantity, quality, and speed. What an incredible combination.
Mollinary
Thanks Mollinary :-[
That's it - they're getting into battle this weekend....watch this space 8)
I'm really digging the speedy painting method.. I'm going to have to try this method out!
Keep on truckin'!
Quote from: Rothgar68 on 29 August 2012, 02:44:29 PM
I'm really digging the speedy painting method.. I'm going to have to try this method out!
Keep on truckin'!
There's a phrase from the past <)
Beware, Rothgar, it's not for everyone - especially those of us with shaky hands and dodgy eyesight. :'(
Quote from: Hertsblue on 01 September 2012, 09:27:20 AM
Beware, Rothgar, it's not for everyone - especially those of us with shaky hands and dodgy eyesight. :'(
Then dont paint when drunk........ :d
IanS
Quote from: ianrs54 on 01 September 2012, 03:15:03 PM
Then dont paint when drunk........ :d
IanS
Hell, no, achohol is about the only thing that calms me down. @-)
Dat why all your figures have 4 eyes, to see double.......
IanS :d