Tuesday 5 April 2011

More Pikemen!

So it was a bit of a frantic one last weekend with one thing and another - but I've managed to fit a little bit of painting in during the down time. These are the last two guys for the front ranks of the Gewalthut.


The pikemen on the right I've painted up in Basel's cantonal colours and the musician on the left is in the black and yellow of Uri (partly inspired by a picture in the Swiss Osprey book). I'm not sure how keen I am on having the drummer in my Gewalthut, it kind of feels like they should have something a bit more special. As a result I'd like to get my hands on a hornblower of some sort - I know Essex miniatures do one but I much prefer the Foundry one (or the bagpiper guy) but I'm not willing to pay out ridiculous amounts in postage for a single pack. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled I guess.


I can only apologise for the crap quality of this picture (you should see some of the others!) but my camera decided it didn't want to focus properly for some reason. Here's a rough idea of what my front three ranks should look like. Obviously the green bases are a bit of a let down but they should look much improved once they're painted up!

5 comments:

  1. More goodly work mate.

    Looking forward to seeing them based up and ready to squash the armies of Charles the Bold.

    Darrell.

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  2. Cheers mate, yep! Only about another 12 to go before the Gewalthut is complete and ready to batter some Burgundians! Debating what to go for on the bases though, could do snow - though I've been there and got the T-shirt as I did a Yorkist Wars of the Roses army based around Towton last year. Hmm, maybe grass or something a bit like painterman's armies...

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  3. Silflor tufts are a possibility(?). They really add an extra dynamic to a base.

    Love to see some pics of the Yorkists if you have any kicking about the place?

    Darrell.

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  4. Really awesome blog, I am just starting up a 28mm Swiss Army also based around Perry's WotR. The flesh work on the faces is really good, how do you do it?

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  5. Thanks a lot! Yeah, I'd definitely recommend it - they're really enjoyable to paint. The flesh is done with a basecoat of scorched brown with a little flesh colour mixed in. This is then highlighted using a light brown/flesh colour I picked up years ago (I can't remember the name but it's an acrylic which is probably more suited for painting on paper tbh) this is then highlighted again with GW's flesh colour (again can't remember the name..) finally this is given a last highlight with the flesh colour mixed with bleached bone. It's a pretty long process but I think the results are worth it!

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