Well As my beggar army has been sitting in its plastic tub since I met up with Leon and Dave 2 years ago, I thought I had better get going. So gaining some inspiration from Nik's way of painting I thought what the heck I would give it a go. so thats all of them based ready for the glue and sand tomorrow. Then we shall see how it goes.
My aim is to get them all painted by next Friday... we shall see how it goes.
:-\ :-\ :-\
Go for it!
Also - pictures or it didn't happen :)
Excellent, and I'll second the call for some pics!
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Piccies please
I will get the pics done tomorrow when the sand is on the bases :)
Yep piccies please and look forward to seeing these. Good luck.
With all these positive waves and beautiful thoughts it might just work :D
(http://smolensk.homelinux.org/photos/clowneries/We_want_pics.jpg)
:D
:-bd
Quote from: ronan on 13 October 2013, 09:46:44 AM
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:D
=O =O =O =O =O
;D ;D ;D
sand onto the bases... forgot to take the photos, but you can send those ladies with the plackards to come around and get them personally ;D
Quote from: Maenoferren on 13 October 2013, 11:50:23 PM
sand onto the bases... forgot to take the photos, but you can send those ladies with the plackards to come around and get them personally ;D
In think they would eat you alive- but I an sure you would enjoy that , and I can think of a lot worse wasy to go ;)
Well as the delightful ladies didn't turn up I suppose I had better sort out a photo myself >:(
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0796_zps21ee7050.jpg) (http://s215.photobucket.com/user/Maenoferren/media/DSCF0796_zps21ee7050.jpg.html)
There they are lurking at the back of the box, they have just had the bases washed in dilute pva to hold in the sand.
Nice start
Well that's the dark grey undercoat on (didnt have black) then the first layer of brown... really feels wierd doing it like this but my self imposed deadline is looming...
Got the bases done tonight and started painting people . Might miss the Friday deadline but should be done by Saturday.
Nearly all of the clothing done on all of them. managed a bit more tonight, looks like my Friday deadline is not likely to happen :'( however Saturday does seem possible :)
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/10mm/DSCF0811_zps07ea6968.jpg) (http://s215.photobucket.com/user/Maenoferren/media/10mm/DSCF0811_zps07ea6968.jpg.html)
sorry for the size of the photo, I decided to shrink it and got a bit carried away :-[ :-[ :-[
Not looking too bad, not sure about the pinky orange, guessing that's a base layer... :-\
Cheers, the orangey colour isnt as bad in the flesh than it is in the photo :-S
flrsh all done now, highlights finished, just got the hair and weapons to do, oh and I think I will add a dry brush over the base to brighten it a bit :-\
will stick a photo on later
8)
Well that's them done apart from the varnishing. Not up the speed of mr Speedy painter, but that is them painted and based in less than a week. :o :o on all honesty it would have been a whole lt quuicker if I had used a smaller colour pallet.
I will take some photos tomorrow.
Phase 1 completed :D Well apart from the varnishing... cheeky B*gger in the shop was charging £10 for a can of GW spray varnish... Well I wasnt paying that so I am looking for other means :)
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0821_zps17866e92.jpg
Onto phase 2
sand on and covered in dilute pva to seal it in
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0828_zps5aabfc8f.jpg) (http://s215.photobucket.com/user/Maenoferren/media/DSCF0828_zps5aabfc8f.jpg.html)
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Cheers - Phil.
Nice :D
Monkey warriors....
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0849_zps0339a1d3.jpg)
the ink on the base is still wet, it will get a drybrush to lighten it.
the rest of the throng all done in their grey undercoat
(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0848_zps4b71a86f.jpg)
I am thinking of rebasing them back to the sand colour and add the green wash to that.....
EDIT: Pics embedded.
Barbarians finished, well this bnch, got a few more bits and pieces ordered to flesh it ot a bit more:)
crap photo, but it gives you a bit of a clue what they look like, really niggled that they never look as good in the photo as they do on the table.... :(
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/10mm/82382463-b428-4c2c-bdf0-32e4f829eda4_zpsba0737d8.jpg
tomorrow night the undead....already done 3 babes of Mummies finished
They look cool!
cheers
nice output, a man in the groove and running with it.
Trying to keep it going... got on from work at 9.30 so can't be bothered tonight
ell got in from work at 8.30 tonight, and decided I would give the undead a quick drybrush of necrotic flesh and then leave them... watched 4 episodes of Grimm and got them finished so quite pleased.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0874_zps30cd891c.jpg
once again a cr*p photo buy it gives the effect, actually have only done the fleshy undead, the skeletons will get done when I get some more bases.
Well thats the rest of the undead based... realised I onlly had enough skeletons for three bases also got three bases of cavalry, 3 bases of the giant skeletons and 4 bat swarms.
also found a pile of Afghan command packs so they have also been based, not sure what they will be used for. snipped the flags off to use them as javelin men.
managed to get the armour painted on the Samurai apes too. so getting there
Looking good, that man ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
Good progress!
Cheers chaps :D
Well that is more fantasy bases with their basecoat green done. I thought it took a long time. When l counted them up I had done 75. I have now painted a cd and written on it as it took me a long time to work out what I had used first time around. Evidently Emerald green with a Goblin green drybrush over a black undercoat.
Undead just about finished......got some wolves that double up as Barbarian war dogs to finish then they can squable over them if both need them at the same time.
apologies for, once again, the crap photo... just cant take them no matter what camera or type of light/time of day.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0986_zps9d12f3fe.jpg
they are based up for Warmaster so standiin at 910 points so far (dogs included) if I change the skeleton cavalry to black knights it will bump it to 950. looks like I will be sending in another order soon :)
Looks good to me! :-bd
cheers
:D
Very nice indeed sir! 8)
Impressive !
Cheers - Phil.
thanks chaps :D
almost finished my Barbarian horde tonight that one is twice the size of the undead lot so not sure on points but it has 4 mammoths in its ranks so will be rather hihg methinks
he Barbarian Horde - so far
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0996_zps57de0249.jpg
the infantry types
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0998_zps9688b9cd.jpg
the heavy brigade
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/Maenoferren/DSCF0999_zpsf37d0d9b.jpg
Basically we have
Left to right.... starting at the front
Bison riders, wolves, trolls, infantry, fanatics, infanty archers
Mammoths, bison herd and herders a few amazons (seers/mages) a heroine the queen on a litter a couple of command stands and the general on a Mammoth the circular bases are for tusk or some other hunting game and the last thing (not Pendraken) a giant cave bear - also useful for my hunting games.
MY fantasy painted pile now is bigger than the unpainted - so I am getting there :o :o :o
Very horde like, impressive work. 8)
Cheers ML
This system does seem to be working for me I have now done the beggar army (except I am going to repaint the bases to match in with everything else), an undead force, the barbarian horde, almost finished my Samurai apes in both the red and blue armour (not to mention all the other bits and bobs in the box, like my GW warmaster eagles etc) and all done since October 12th. THe minotaurs were sent to me by Leon before I moved to Shetland and I came here in 2006 so as you can tell my painting hasmt really been speedy :-[, but it looks like I am geting there...huzzah :D :D :D
The horde is sitting at just over 1300 points for warmaster
Those look belting ! :-bd
Cheers - Phil.
Cheers.
I enjoyed painting them. I am thinking of adding some Amazons to swell the ranks further... well I have a queen and a chamlpion and about half a dozen others. A few more wouldn'f go amiss.
That and a few units worth of skeleton infantry and a couple of skeleton cavalry.on. I will also get some Eureka wooly rhino and some Magister terror birds.
I just remembered I have some of the tigers from the Samurai apes range. They will do as smilodon.
I will see how the Afghan's go as 'evil men' and if they work I will no doubt go for some of them too.
Well I bought the Amazon battle oack so that should swell the ranks a smidge ... just got to paint them, but using the method I have been...shouldnt be too long I hope.