D_guy's Cavacade of Whimsey
Not sure this is the right place for this but seems the closest. At the outset I freely admit that what I do may not rise to level of being called painting. I was, however, engaged and then inspired by Orc's thoughtful thread on whither goest wargaming shows:

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,15181.0/topicseen.html

I came to realize that this forum is pretty much the wargaming show proxy for me and most of my social outlet in the hobby. I shall "endeavor to persevere"  to occasionally present my work here.

I have several categories of work in mind:

The "not exactly wargaming but very similar" category
The "boardgames to tabletop"category
The "tireless Leon and his minions" category
The "experimental, why would I ever do it" category
The "completely and utterly stalled" category
The "it is sitting right there in front of me" category

Likely these are not mutually exclusive.

So...Gentlemen and theoretical Ladies, my first entry in the "it is sitting right there in front of me" category:

I have started work on Monmouth's 1685 Sedgemoor army. It is going to be an all Pendraken army (for Baroque, naturally) with lots of head and weapon swaps for interest and variety. So far there is the Blue Regiment:


The Red Regiment:


Some Scythes modified to pitch forks:

I plan to add one each to the coming White, Green and Yellow Regiments in place of one of the scythemen

NB If this posts it may mean the database issue is fixed

Very nice D!

Seen worse

IanS

I think those look really good, Guy. 

Cheers - Phil

I like those. I don't think they'd win the 2017 painting competition but .... that's because it's not being held

Nothing wrong with these at all! Great stuff!!  

Very nice!!

Good stuff. I like the conversions you have done. I'm always too impatient to do this.

I think your thrord unit might be a touch understrength though.

Thanks all! 

Quote from: fred. on 06 December 2016, 06:17:31 PM
I think your thrord unit might be a touch understrength though.

They're farmboys - they move really fast. 

 

Nice work! You're not just a ... a ... a .... are you?

Tell me about head swaps. When I do them then if the figure sneezes, his head falls off. 

Lovely work

Again - thanks everyone for your kind comments

@Fred
I don't have lots of patience for conversions either - but marginally better at it then the actual painting.
I wanted Monmouth's forces to be as varied as possible so forcing myself to take the extra time.

Quote from: fsn on 06 December 2016, 07:52:05 PM
Nice work! You're not just a ... a ... a .... are you?

Yes...Yes...No! Not altogether. 

Quote from: fsn on 06 December 2016, 07:52:05 PM
Tell me about head swaps. When I do them then if the figure sneezes, his head falls off. 

Besides the antihistamines I do this:
1. Usually do a light black wash so I can easily see the details (most of the LoA figures are already very sharp in detail)
2. Immobilize the head and shoulders in a small wad of silly putty stuck to the cutting board. This allows a very precise cut to be made and releases the figure (and head) without residue PLUS the head doesn't fly off into worlds unknown.
3. This might be counter intuitive but I use a half inch xacto chisel blade to make cuts.
4.Immobilize the headless figure in silly putty (standing up this time) then add a very small amount of liquid superglue to the neck.
5.Fit the head. I use my fingers (rather than tweezers). Sometimes the head ends up attached to your fingers - pry off and start over.
6.The critical step - after 1 minute - using a wooden toothpick - work very small amounts of superglue gel into the join and slightly above and below. Let sit overnight.

Have done this on about fifty 10mm figures over the last couple years and have not lost a head - since I started working the gel into the join.
I have tried to use gel only - that is the road to frustration.

Very nice, have the pikes been replaced with wire?

Quote from: Norm on 06 December 2016, 11:01:00 PM
Very nice, have the pikes been replaced with wire?

Thanks Norm.
The LoA figures are cast without pikes, so yes,  they are added.
I use 1/32" brass rod cut 1.5" length with one end flattened to create a leafpoint.

I wanted a greater variety of figures so I have also used some scythe men and cut off the top portion - drilled a socket (Dremel Microdrill) in to the hand and glued in an appropriate length of rod. (Have also replaced the whole scythe but this last procedure is way simpler).

I have started working on the third (White) regiment and taking pictures of how I do the conversions - continue to learn as I go.