LITTLE BIG MAN HOPLITE SHIELD TRANSFERS SKIN

One wash for everything because that’s just how I paint Marine Juice. Again, lazy.įor the bronze I base coated in Balthasar Gold and then an all over layer of Sycorax Bronze ( a truly awful paint by itself but pretty nice over the gold).

LITTLE BIG MAN HOPLITE SHIELD TRANSFERS SKIN

I was going to vary skin tones but I’m lazy so grabbed my go to Kislev Flesh. Vallejo Model Color: Cavalry Brown, Prussian Blue and Pale SandĮveryone was primed white so that colours really pop. For some reason, and I can honestly say a couple of weeks on from the decision I still don’t know where it came from, I went with a batch of 34 for this box.Īfter looking at colour plates from a couple of Osprey books (Warrior 27: Greek Hoplite 480-323 BC and Elite 7: The Ancient Greeks) and knowing that the shield transfers are brightly coloured, I picked out five paints to do all the fabrics. Beyond the Gates of Antares Strike Vector One: The.Normally I batch paint in groups of five to ten minis.WSS French Cavalry Regiment La Fontaine.Saxons 1066 - The mustering of the Fyrd.Nadolig Llawen and Frostgrave Wizards! ? - by Tilly.My eldest Maisie (9) is building her own SAGA Warband, I will take some pictures as it progresses. Now I do have a few boxes of Zulus that need painting but I don't think her mother would be impressed if I let her watch the DVD yet.! So time to scrabble around the boxes of unpainted lead and plastic.

I've also been informed that a Roman (Centurion) like the one in Night at the Museum is what she wants to paint next. I think she's going to be pleasantly suprised and pleased when I eventually unveil Frostgrave! What was interesting was that on finishing she commented that what each wizard really needed were some soldiers to do all the fighting for them.

I let her choose all the colours and then suggested she give them a wash with Army Painter Strong Tone Ink, it was her decision to add the white and yellow dots at the top of the staff for each wizard (which I must admit impressed me). She decided that one Fire wizard and one Ice wizard was needed. These are a couple of wizards that my youngest Tilly (7) has painted up. The figures beneath the Norman Keep are from the collection of Peter ( aka armchairsaxon). The fences were left to overhang the bases slightly so thaat they can be joined up in irregular shapes for the field enclosures. The bases were then washed with 'dirty water' (dilute burnt umber) and dry brushed with Foundry triage Base Sand. The fences were painted a dark brown, then drybrushed with the Foundry triage Spearshaft. I chose to base mine on cut out pieces of self adhesive tiles (the flooring type), the usual wall filler, sand and pva followed, before they were painted. The wattle fences are Renedra plastics, great additions to any terrain collection. The keep needs some minor repairs to the paint work where it has suffered some battle damage.

The buildings include a number of dwellings, and a Norman Keep. Sadly Clive and Fraser (POP Enterprises) are no longer with us, but I hope they're looking down and seeing that their exceptional pieces of modelling are still doing service and have graced many a table over the years and continue to do so. I thought that I'd show them in a bit more detail in this post.Īll the buildings were from POP Enterprises, and were made as a special commission that seems a very long time ago now. In a previous post ( Saxons 1066 - The Mustering of Fyrd), I included some of my terrain pieces as a setting.

Little big man hoplite shield transfers