The Dance of Bronze 14

A tale of two scales.

First up are Greek Light  Cavalry from Rapier Miniatures in 6mm. Based for ADG and a test black undercoat as opposed to white undercoat. The jury is out on this at the moment.

Next is a casualty figure from Immortal Miniatures (now Warlord Games) in 28mm. Based for use as a casualty marker in Basic Impetus or Impetus.

There will be more from this period throughout the year

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 110

A few small things that are currently being worked on at present. First ly four stand of skirmishers for the Greek/Macedonian ADG army that is slowly getting painted in 6mm. The figures are from Rapier Miniatures. 

The right of the picture is a big fellow or 28mm casualty marker from Immortal Miniatures as they were before being  bought over by Warlord Games. This figure is also for a Greek or Macedonian army too.

Above are two command stands for the same 6mm army again from Rapier Miniatures. These are standard figures just based separately to create the command stands. Using up any surplus as the army progresses rather than having a mini lead pile of odds and sods.

There will be some pictures of completed figures and scenery pieces soon.

Cheers for now.

Bits and bobs

Here are the WIP pictures of both the Spartan Cavalry and the Vikings:

At present not one hundred percent sure of which rider will go on which horse.  Most likely, it will be the under armed figure as the central figure. This will put the armoured figures to the outside which will break the line up as well. This and the positioning of the spears will hopefully help create a bit of movement between the figures and the horses and draw the eye in to the casualty figure in the fore-ground.

The horses are painted from a method taken from the following article:

Horse Painting

This method provides good results in a reasonable time scale which will help for future projects which will contain more cavalry. The Macedonian armies for example both have 3 to 4 cavalry bases. The evil empire is good for somethings after all.

The Vikings are a mixture of Foundry Vikings and Gripping Beast figures taken from their Viking, Saxon and Rus ranges. The idea behind this is to create a non-uniform base where the common theme is Dark Age warriors with a range of styles of equipment shown to show variety achieved by successful raiding. Well that is the idea anyway. 

The bases will be made up of varying numbers of figures from 8 to 10 and will be made up in a variety of ways to show line, shield-wall and wedge. This will hopefully help depict a less organised and disciplined army as opposed to a regimented phalanx based army.

Well that is all for now.

Cheers

Still Waiting...

Well another a week has passed by and it seems that life and work have taken over again. Still no pics of the finished units or of any WIP either - something which will be corrected this weekend. On the plus side the Spartan cavalry has arrived, good figures but unfortunately they are quite heavily flashed on both rider and horse, so a bit of scrapping and filing required there.

The last decision to be made relates to the Allied Hoplites, whether to use other figures from the World of Greeks range other than Spartans or to go with more of the same. At present no real thoughts but it could be a wait on the new plastic ranges to see how they will fit into the existing army. Time will tell.

Temptation Two

Not only have Victrix announced a range of plastic hoplites but Immortal Miniatures have announced a range of plastic Spartans as well. Can't comment on either range as yet but will be keeping an eye out for these later next month.

Plastic Spartans

For those of you who prefer the "spindles" then also look out for the following:

The first previews of Immortal  Miniatures soon to be released Persians.

Cheers. 

Immortal Miniatures Casualty Figures

The above have arrived with this mornings post and true to various comments seen on various fora the shields are much bigger than those on a Foundry figure. The Immortal shields measure just over 18mm whilst the Foundry shields are closer to 15mm. This would make a big difference if the figures where being used as rank and file, however as they are casualty markers it shouldn't be that much of a problem.

Overall the Immortal minis are good sculpts with clear detail and good character. On the down side there is a bit of flash here and there. Nothing major, but enough to notice on a first purchase from this line. Hopefully there'll be some pics of painted markers as soon as the minis are ready. Work on the rest of the army is moving on at a snail pace at present, but will hopefully pick up over the next week or so.

That all for now.

Cheers

Skirmishers, Casualty Markers and Camp base.

Have completed undercoating the following skirmisher bases:

2 x Javelins - 1 base with 2 figures and 1 with 3 figures.
1 x Slingers - 2 figures.

Along with the archers that are already painted this will provide the skirmisher screen for the Spartans. The archers and slingers are interchangeable as they both have the same points value.

Immortal Miniatures have just announced a few additions to their expanding range including some hoplite casualty markers. The original plan was to pick up some of the Foundry range to match the existing figures of the army, however, the cost is prohibitive when compared to the deal the Immortal Miniatures are offering:

http://www.immortalminiatures.com/page81.html

Whilst not in the same style as the Spartans these miniatures will suit and maybe adaptable with a few head swaps to show the pilos style helmet favoured by the Spartans.

Plans for the base camp are coming along with the final element being a Dokana from Baueda.

http://www.baueda.com/15dokana.html

This along with the various figures from the Spartan Camp set from Foundry will complete the camp element.

Thats all for now.