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I had no intention of fielding Humans for Oathmark - preferring Undead, Dwarves, and Greenskins. BUT, I needed Living Suits of Armor for Silver Bayonet, leaving me with 30 extra knights. Rather than store them I thought I'd paint them up quick and have two 15 man units of Linebreakers OR one huge unit of 30.
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One unit of blades, the other of pole arms
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| If you know my painting history, I don't do anything "quick" in any real
sense. But, I reasoned, I'll just base coat them in Citadel Leadbelcher
out of a rattle can and it'll take me a pair of sessions to whip out
some heavy armor. This, of course, didn't happen. For the Living Suits of Armor I thought I would use my more customary methods (black primed and seen in rear below). |
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Several layers of dry brushing with lighter and lighter white metals and silvers worked well for a few but then I noticed there was so many fiddle bits of straps, boots, belts, buckles and bits of pommels, scabbards, etc etc that needed to be picked out. I definitely rushed these little bits. I did pre-paint the visible faces and flesh with Gray Seer and then used a Contrast flesh for the faces.
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I'll probably never see them again (nor will you), but every model has cloth leggings - I pre-painted those too with Gray Seer and used a number of different Contrast paints to vary up the colors. These were mostly divided by a strap which I also dutifully painted.
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The idea for the motif was inspired by one of my daughter's scheme she
innovated at a Historicon paint and take on an elf archer she brought
home.Starting with the shade colors, I applied them right over the silver. The double coat left some uneven textures behind and these figs, even at the end, don't survive close scrutiny.
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A few layers of highlights later...
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A flag pole! Yes tons of great banners in the box, but I deliberately disqualified these from being used in a historical setting. To the best of my knowledge this particular pattern never existed.
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My solution for the flag was to print it up using MS Excel - worked fine in a pinch and I simply don't have the skills to build something decent with the handful of art programs I have at hand.
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Weeks later, with all the details done, I got to the bases - just Americana Burnt Umber
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This was followed by Geek Gaming Scenics' Taiga Hillside. I've found, as seen in my Austrian Napoleonic example, there is too much cork "rocks" in the blend so I filtered most of it out and threw some back in sparingly. Now they should be done right?
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Nah - the face on the leader could use some work. Here's the "before"
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Here's the "after" where I fixed up the hair too.
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The colors still seemed to flat for me - especially the burgandy that needed a little more pep. Again, above is the "before"
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and here is the "after"
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THIN your paints bro!! no time for perfection here; I was done with these and wanted to move on. Where are my Three Foot Rule people?? (Though these still look better with the pop of Screamer Pink to highlight.)
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On to the finished portraits!
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The command elements - what should I name the king and "the prince"? Put your ideas in the comments below.
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Name the king in the comments below
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Your pants are showing
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Yes, I did not highlight the flag.
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Next up are some favorite poses - I love the versatility of these models - no two identical figures anywhere. I loved assembling these guys!
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More pants
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Racing stripes on the shoulders - surely it was never done this way.
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The champion
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I took too many shortcuts on these guys and they are not among my favorites - true tabletop quality - but it does shrink the to-be-painted pile!
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