Saturday 31 August 2013

Back to the Brushes 69

Just a few pictures showing some progress on the Sassanids and a base of Huns that is cluttering the painting table at present. Firstly the elephant for the Sassanids shown here with and without crew in the howdah.


Its starting to take shape as finished model and the next decision to make for this figure is whether or not to included foot runners on the final stand. Any thoughts would be appreciated.


Next up is the next stand of Huns that will be used for allies with the Late Romans and as a part of a Hun army in its own right. As with the elephant above still very much a work in progress, however these are also starting to take shape a unit.



Over the next few weeks there will be a concentrated effort to get both of these stands and a few other loose ends finished and the painting table cleared for the Sassanids. Unfortunately, this means a lot of horses - not the favourite for painting. Fortunately, there are a lot of armoured horses too. Suppose you can't have everything.

Lastly, a warm welcome to some new followers:

  • Neil Andrews
  • Maxamillian Walker
  • Phil
Hope that you all find something of interest in these pages.

Cheers for now

4 comments:

Ray Rousell said...

Nice work!

Tom said...

Nicely done. Look forward to seeing the finished model.

For my big Selucid elephants I'm going to do removeable foot escort figures. Don't quite know how many yet, but I think 2 to 4 on 20mm or 30mm square bases to slot into the Elephant base.

Also found this chap (Phil?) as a follower. Very nicely done Sassanids in 15/18 mm. Worth a look. http://15mm25mm.blogspot.co.uk/

cheers,
Tom

Tom said...

Nicely done. Look forward to seeing the finished model.

For my big Selucid elephants I'm going to do removeable foot escort figures. Don't quite know how many yet, but I think 2 to 4 on 20mm or 30mm square bases to slot into the Elephant base.

Also found this chap (Phil) as a follower. Very nicely done Sassanids in 15/18 mm. Worth a look. http://15mm25mm.blogspot.co.uk/

cheers,
Tom

roma912 said...

Thanks for the comments gents. After some further reading there will be no foot runners with the elephant. Maybe a dead Roman or two but no foot runners.

The 15/18mm elephants are very nice and more colourful than the approach I have gone for. Very nice all the same.

Cheers, Ross