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A bunch of Vikings, mostly Victrix, just needing a coat of varnish to seal them off. Intended mainly for WAB, but will work for whatever system is needed.
3*24 Viking warbands,
2*16 Viking archers, 2*12 Viking javelinmen, and 22 characters.
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In an annoyingly simple exercise, after last weeks frustration of computer/ net ills, here’s all thats happened, or not, a record of an artifact palette probably begun in 1977 in Christchurch, and in semi-continuous use, or storage, in Auckland, ever since.
The primary (not Primary) colours of black, white and red have been shaved down a few times so the contours largely mimic a volcanic landscape. The base is a random left over piece of ‘solid core fibre’ cardboard- a long in the tooth complex product of the prolific paper industry (ie wood products).
That’s several generations of paint, with defiant Humbrols on the bottom, and from the mid-eighties a series of Polly-S, Tamiya (a little) and HobbyLobby acrylics (bought in LA in 2002- my last overseas jaunt.
Bottom of the palette is the home made turquoise from Jonathan G.s description for Russian Jaeger.
I hope to do a little painting again soon, with the computer woes behind us… cheersfrom a chilly Winter!
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In an hysterical moment of I must paint something… last nite I roughed out the uniform for a unit I promised myself I’d never do… a Russian 1805 LeibGarde unit.
[IMG_7377fam_ Russian LeibGarde Jaeger_sample by DaveW, on FlickrHe was previously painted for the 5th Jaegers- from WF I trimmed his shako peaks down, added facing colours and lace etc.
Needs more work of course… pompom, rifle strap (others were red, LG had black); ditto sack was earlier linen cloth, LG however, like all its new uniforms, was black.
And clearly just using glasses aint a solution… photos are soo demoralising… still 20 minutes work…I think a unit of them will look mighty fine!
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Not something I did recently, but something I wanted to share. An evolution of scifi goblins I made before. These are roughly 4mm tall. They’re meant to be used on 28mm terrain because I got tired of making scale appropriate terrain. Even bought some 28mm animals t use as wildlife and cats as the ultimate monster for something like mice size Zona Alfa.
Normal and ducking poses, I was trying to represent suppressed minis without markers.
3D printed, it was kind of fun filing little chunks off the ears to make each more unique.
Experimented with sculpting long fur, top of the right group, but it was so much work only one of them got the treatment, he’s Old Fuffy.
Lots of things on the painting desk at the moment, as there are lots of things in the lead mountain!
At the moment, 6mm WSS has the priority for painting:
But I am also making a determined effort to get the repair pile down:
What I’m calling a micro-unit.
The smallest tangible element of two army Corps-
whilst I’m colouring up some enemy, these chaps had lain untouched for some time- the somewhat ‘elevated’ command in the background still needs finishing, but is again, 98% done and will stand pride of place in front of the troops.
Normally, commanders ride into battle- these gentlemen dismounted , swords in hand and advanced in front of their troops into the enemy held village!
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Long overdue, growing old, sidelined, call it what you will, but now achieving their nirvana-
Two separate elements of Austrian Napoleonic (WF 28mm) mock ups for basing.
A ‘combined’ #7 Bröder Regt battalion Grenze [combined due to campaign losses and now depicted in campaign worn and acquired attire] and the 6th bn (not depot!) of KuK Infantry IR#23 Salzburg.The latter depicted by fewer bayonets, marked equipment changes and differing uniform colours etc.
Despite their ‘recruit’ status, they appeared to have held firmly against the greater men of ‘les française’ for at least an hour of bloodshed, in the presence of their Grenadier battalion.Not all the figures are completed so gaps appear thus…
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