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Rebasing is the bane of many a wargamer and it's no different here which is why these have sat in their storage box over the last 2 years waiting to be textured, flocked and tufted. 

The above Late Roman Equites Primo Sagittarii where originally painted and based back in 2013 for Impetus. They have now been joined by another unit below and both are now based on 60mm fronts for use in ADLG and anything else that suits. 

All the riders are from Gripping Beast as are the unarmoured horses. The armoured horses are from Footsore although they were originally purchased from their predecessors Musketeer Miniatures. 

The colour scheme was developed from the images on the Notitia Dignatitum shown below. in the second row, second from the left:

Used the red as a spot colour to allow it to draw the eye in rather than fill the figure with large areas of red; plenty of other figures to do that on. 

Will post some pics of the finished bases when ready and now looking at stand or two as the army lists allow it and the figures are already primed. 

Hope that this was of interest.

Cheers for now. 

Fury of the North 23

So the figure is not a Norseman or Germanic Tribesman, nope he is a Briton or perhaps "the" Briton; Merlin. 

From Footsore Miniatures and to be honest a bugger to paint. Not because of the figure itself; the choice of colours picked just didn't sit well on the first run. The grey of the cloak had too much blue in it against the bone colour used.

So, repainted the cloak in Foundry Granite B, a murky grey/green colour. The whole figure was then washed in Army Painter Strong Tone and there you go.

More finished figures to follow shortly.

Cheers for now.

Thirty Spears - A Challenge Update 3

A few comments have asked what transfers will be used for these figures when completed. Well as the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words. Both images are from Little Big Men Studios. A banner sheet with shields for Gripping Beast sized shields.

The Black Guard will all have a shield image as below. This has been a special order from Little Big Men where Steve has created one sheet of transfers from an existing sheet of Musketeer Miniatures transfers. These will require a bit of hand trimming so hopefully there will be no upsets with the blade.

The end result will hopefully be on show at the weekend.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 77

As promised here are few work in progress pictures of a variety of different figures on the painting table at present.

Above are Sassanid Light Infantry to be armed with javelins. Gripping Beast figures for the ongoing Sassanid Impetus army.

Below are two test Orcs for Songs of Blades and Heroes. These are being painted to try and work the colouring on the flesh for the up and coming Analogue Painting Competition. These figures will not be presented in the competition.

A Warlord for the planned Dux Brittanniarum warband. The blue was painted in the other day but not much progress on this figure in a while.

Another Elf for Songs of Blades and Heroes is shown below. Happy with the colouring on the flesh here, but unfortunately the eyes let the face down and will need some reworking.

Lastly, another two figures from Claymore Castings shown here after the armour has been block painted and washed. This is the first stage on the armour for these gents and there will be another three layers of paint added:

• Base coat
• Base coat mixed with highlight 
• Highlight only

Cheers for now.

Back to the Brushes 76

The preparation work for the Annual Analogue Painting Competition is well under way with the following figures selected and under coated:

• Banditos
• Trojans - spearmen, swordsmen and light infantry

The remaining figures are in various states of being cleaned, added to painting bases, waiting on undercoating and the like. A few pictures below show the troops massing for the off. This includes a few character figures for the Trojans and Mycenaeans but more of that later.

The recently stripped and rebased pre-slotta - except a few - citadel Orcs wait below to change into their black under coat.

I was happier Green!

More work in progress pictures to follow shortly with Sassanids, Orcs, Claymore Castings and Musketeer Miniatures included.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 67

The last session of painting saw some brush work on a couple of character figures for two very different games. The first a Warband leader for Saxons in Dux Brittanniarum. The figure is from Musketeer Miniatures and was one of those figures that just had to be bought. There are currently two versions being painted, one of which is for something just that little bit different, but more of that when it is complete.

Also some time has been set aside for the first of the Elves for Songs of Blades and Heroes. This figure is again an old Citadel figure from the early eighties, sculpted by Aly Morrison if memory serves correctly. These retro figures are perfect for skirmish games such as Songs of Blades and Heroes and this one may also see some action in a newly started The One Ring rpg game.

The first stand of the Sassanids is now also completed and is being based at present. Will be using a slightly different approach with the basing for this army and not using ink washes on the textured base prior to dry brushing. More will be explained by the pictures of the stand when completed.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 54

Just a quick picture to show the slow progress on the base of Equites Primo Sagittarii for Impetus. The last two riders will be completed this evening.

The next picture show the start of a camp for Romans. The plan here is to base the two tents separately and add in a third base with relevant figures for the Late Romans. This will potentially allow these tents to be reused for another Roman army in the future. The Tents are from Grand Manner and the undercoated figures are from Gripping Beast and Foundry.

Sort of need this finished for this Sunday, but am not sure that there will be time tomorrow. Could be burning the midnight oil again on this.

Lastly, a warm welcome to the following:

• Wiatrog
• Fogsoldiers

Hope that you both find something of use here.

Cheers for now.

Back to the Brushes 53

Due to the excesses of the weekend very little painting was done over the last few days. Hangovers are just no longer conducive to anything that requires any form of concentration. That said managed to dig out the partially completed stand of Equites Primo Sagittarii for Impetus and here are a few pictures of their progress:

The red and white of the Equites Primo Sagittarii will be used on the equipment of the riders to add colour to these figures. The choice of colour for the clothing has been deliberate to allow the use smaller amounts of brighter colours for detail.

The horses are finished and over the next few days so will the riders be, in addition to the this there will be more progress made on the Mycenaean Chariot which is nearing completion and a few other smaller pieces too including the hammer wielding dwarf that can just be glimpsed behind the horse archers.

Lastly, a warm welcome to:

• Piotr Nowacki 

Hopefully, you will find something of interest in these pages.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 34

A productive couple of evenings over the weekend have seen the beginnings of the first base of Late Roman Horse Archers come to life. The colour scheme for the unit comes from the Equites Primo Sagittarii as detailed below second row and second from the left:

So far the horses themselves are complete and are ready for basing. The archers are just beginning with the flesh completed and the armour where applicable having being started. The figures are from Gripping Beast with the armoured horse from Musketeer Miniatures:

Several bases are planned for these troops along with some armoured units.

More pictures to follow of the completed Huns and some Greek Skirmishers.

Cheers for now