Some work in progress pictures for the Romano Brits in two scales.
Firstly, in 28mm Romano Brits from Gripping Beast to be used in SAGA and potentially Midgard; however that's a long long way away.
These figures are the start of two points worth of warriors, to join the original hearthguard painted in AHPC X back in 2020; and yes, they are very much a project that have been in limbo for a long time. The shield transfers are from Little Big Men.
The second scale is in 15mm and includes light and medium cavalry for the Romano Brits in ADLG.
The picture includes horses for two stands of light cavalry, three stands of medium cavalry and a command stand.
Lurking on the keyboard are figures from a newly started project in 28mm but more on them later in the week.
Cheers for now.
Winter has arrived and the prep for this year's Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is underway. Having joined the lists again I am needing to find 500 points of 2, 10, 15 and 28mm miniatures to paint between December 21st and March 21st.
Decisions are not always the easiest of things to make and can often change how the challenge runs. The initial running list includes:
There are more options, however, I'm looking to finalise a set list and point values from the above with a schedule to ensure that there is time to complete sections across the Challenge and to keep things interesting throughout.
Cheers for now
It's been far from quiet here at Bases and Brushes; holidays, birthdays, shows and the daily humdrum of modern life has meant that there just hasn't been a moment to sit in peace and paint a wee man or two.
Can't comment for others but painting, gaming and the hobby in general is often a release from the constant stream of distractions this digital age offers. Ironic, considering this post is a part of this digital age.
A place to sit for a while, to calm the mind and silence the barking black dogs and insidious whispering voices in your mind. A place to focus and draw on your creativity to summon peace and still your mind and do some colouring in.
Under coat, base coat, under painting, toning, layering, shading, stippling, dry brushing, washes, and glazes are all parts of the process, parts that when brought together make a whole and worthwhile past time.
Given that space and time it's possible to do this
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Base coat on for the flesh colour.
The next point of hearth guard are on the painting table as well.
Peace and time well spent.
Cheers for now.
It's been a few months since the last work in progress pic, so here's something in line with the Orctober theme:
Sat last night and continued colouring in these two Hearth Guard minis for the Moorish Warband.
Gripping Beast figures with their older style of horses that don't depict the pride of Andalusian horse flesh that well.
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Have opted for darker shields for the Hearth Guard so the small details jump out in various hues of yellow.
After that, there is only a few bits of equipment to finish on this pair before moving on to the next two.
Cheers for now
Continuing on with the theme of El Cid and with a nod to Dean's superb WAB Corner blog I am picking up on a Moorish Warband for SAGA.
Original started prior to the pandemic, this project stuttered out early in 2020 leaving the Warlord and his Hearth Guard to finish for either a four or six point warband.
Every warband in SAGA has a Warlord and above is a work in progress pic of the Moorish Warlord from Gripping Beast.
A single piece miniature, well sculpted and cast has been enjoyable to paint.
Unlike the rest of the warband, I've used brighter colours - yellows to be precise - for the majority of the clothing on this character. A theme that will carry on to the Hearth Guard unit to follow shortly.
Hope that this has been of interest to you.
Cheers for now.
A few of items currently on the painting table at present.
The start of the first unit for Republican Romans in SAGA: Age of Hannibal. Figures from Gripping Beast.
Some completed figures to follow shortly.
Cheers for now.
Will be starting another 30 Day Painting Challenge this evening although there will be a slight difference in this months Challenge:
The difference being that the AHPC XII starts on the 21st December and from then on it's only miniatures that are prepped only - none already started.
Prepping has been started and to be honest there is always enough on the sidelines to be starting with. First up will be some 15mm and 28mm being
As always for the 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge there is no theme to this, just to paint and complete 30 miniatures regardless of their starting condition or size.
The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.
Cheers for now
A quick update on the very slow process being made on the Foundry Norman's as these two are finally based and finished for use.
Originally started for WAB as mercenaries, these will also be used in Lion Rampant and SAGA in a variety of roles.
Cheers for now.
The dark sleeves and turbans were painting in black contrast paint then highlighted as required. The jury is out on these paints at present although the sleeves have worked very well.
Based on 25mm rounds from Warbases for skirmish gaming in general.
This takes the tally for this month to:
2 x 15mm Infantry
3 x 28mm Infantry
Still a fair amount to complete for the end of the month and then time will be focussing on a different challenge for the dark nights in the new year.
Cheers for now
Since it's October and the Battle of Hastings was in October here are few Normans of very different sizes.
The next batch of painted Moorish archers are below; figures from Gripping Beast's Moors range.
A lot of potential for gaming in 28mm with these kits as the roofs lift off but more on that later.
Cheers for now
More Moorish archers for SAGA today and getting near to the final paint session with both groups. The figures are from Gripping Beast and still hold up well considering their age.
Starting to get the jist of Contrast paints and seeing a lot of potential with them for certain things especially as using as glaze to bring colours together.
Still to complete any figures or terrain this month but there are a lot of items on the painting table. That's part of the problem, needing to focus more on a single element and get it done rather than butterflying around from one shiney to the next shiney.
Hope that you found this interesting and stay safe.
Cheers for now
A recently completed scenery piece from the Warbases Veni Vidi Vici range in 28mm - the Stone Granary.
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| Stone Granary |
A range of paints were used on this from masonry paint, emulsion, artists acrylics and modellers acrylics to achieve different colours and finishes different than normally used.
A scenery piece like this really sets off your gaming table and this range are superb kits with a huge range of potentials and not just for gaming but in different painting styles and conversion opportunities.
With painting buildings, I have always thought that texture is everything. The dimensions of the model carry themselves well, however, texture allows colours to be built up in layers much easier than plain surfaces.
A painted or plastered wall is seldom just the one colour - go take a walk and look at the differences in painted buildings. Age, weather, condition are all contributing factors that change the colour and some of this is shown on this building, more will be shown on another future project where weathering will be added in.
Really enjoyed painting this and will be looking forward to doing more from the same range in the coming months. This takes the tally this month to 2 finished items so far with 4 painting sessions still to go...
Cheers for now and stay safe.
