The cross bearer is an old Harlequin miniature, slightly modified by adding candles. The other monks come from the Citadel C3 clerics and C46 villagers ranges.
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That's it for June!
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The last monks
Last but not least to conclude the OWAC III, three monks painted to join Pieter's followers.
The cross bearer is an old Harlequin miniature, slightly modified by adding candles. The other monks come from the Citadel C3 clerics and C46 villagers ranges.
That's it for June!
The cross bearer is an old Harlequin miniature, slightly modified by adding candles. The other monks come from the Citadel C3 clerics and C46 villagers ranges.
That's it for June!
The Dirty Eight
No pressure for the sixth month of the OWAC III, as I had already reached the 1000-point threshold in May. So, I came back to my initial plan (meaning before introducing the cannon-bell and its crew), and painted the bunch of beggars and fanatics I had prepared last December: the dirty eight.
A golden opportunity to finally use some of the ugliest miniatures of my Citadel pile: the C46 villagers (I know I know, nobody forced me to buy them). Anyway...
Let's start with two modest conversions, to represent the standard bearer and the musician. You'll recognize the usual bits of the flagellant plastic sprues.
Enter the beggars:
And finally the only two fanatics of the bunch! (F2 fighters I assume designed by Aly Morrison):
The dirty eight!
Ready to fight (well... sort of)
A golden opportunity to finally use some of the ugliest miniatures of my Citadel pile: the C46 villagers (I know I know, nobody forced me to buy them). Anyway...
Let's start with two modest conversions, to represent the standard bearer and the musician. You'll recognize the usual bits of the flagellant plastic sprues.
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And finally the only two fanatics of the bunch! (F2 fighters I assume designed by Aly Morrison):
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The dirty eight!
Ready to fight (well... sort of)
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Pieter the Pious
To lead my pilgrims to the disaster and conclude OWAC III, one key character was missing: Pieter the Pious.
My initial plan was to add something liked the golden cross carried by the crusaders army Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven movie.
In the end, I found easier to combine the war altar sculpted by Michael Perry, with the bearers of the C22 Slann wizard designed by Trish Morrison.
As you can see on the following pictures, I've slightly converted the altar by adding candles and a little lectern. The not-so-gold NMM is a mix of Battledress Green P3, darkened by VMC Brown Violet and sometimes Dark Sea Blue, and highlighted with VMC Japan Uniform, VMC Ivory and sometimes white. The oxydation is made by glazes of different shades of turquoise, light blue and green-blue.
Regarding the bearers, I've briefly considered adding them hoods, but the heads and necks are so weird that I wasn't sure about the final result. I've finally painted a black cross on their face, to give them a pilgrim flavor.
Regarding Pieter, I've chosen a Citadel C3 cleric (called Inner Sight) whose posture is close to the altar. I can't say it's a great model (arms a little bit too thick and legs a little bit short), but it'll do the job, I guess.
In terms of points, Pieter is a level 20 wizard: 240 points. So that's it, I've reached the 1000 points in 5 months, right on time to pack all my stuff and move out!
My initial plan was to add something liked the golden cross carried by the crusaders army Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven movie.
In the end, I found easier to combine the war altar sculpted by Michael Perry, with the bearers of the C22 Slann wizard designed by Trish Morrison.
As you can see on the following pictures, I've slightly converted the altar by adding candles and a little lectern. The not-so-gold NMM is a mix of Battledress Green P3, darkened by VMC Brown Violet and sometimes Dark Sea Blue, and highlighted with VMC Japan Uniform, VMC Ivory and sometimes white. The oxydation is made by glazes of different shades of turquoise, light blue and green-blue.
Regarding the bearers, I've briefly considered adding them hoods, but the heads and necks are so weird that I wasn't sure about the final result. I've finally painted a black cross on their face, to give them a pilgrim flavor.
Regarding Pieter, I've chosen a Citadel C3 cleric (called Inner Sight) whose posture is close to the altar. I can't say it's a great model (arms a little bit too thick and legs a little bit short), but it'll do the job, I guess.
In terms of points, Pieter is a level 20 wizard: 240 points. So that's it, I've reached the 1000 points in 5 months, right on time to pack all my stuff and move out!
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Moving out
Almost 6 years in the same place, it's been a while since I have wrapped my collection of miniatures in toilet paper :)
Before packing my Pfeildorf army, I took a few pictures, to remind me how this army looks and what are the missing troops.
Once the OWAC III challenge is done, I plan to add at least two cavalry units (still around 15 MM66 models to paint!), complete the city watch, strengthen Pfeildorf's militia with a new guild master and some spearmen, paint a last rank of hired swordsmen, add a regiment of handgunners and possibly one of crossbowmen, finish the baggage train, recruit a bunch of halfling peasants, beef up the Söllsguard knights, and add a few wizards... in other words, paint every single Marauder Miniature that I have in stock...
... and I also need to learn how to take decent pictures of armies 😆
Before packing my Pfeildorf army, I took a few pictures, to remind me how this army looks and what are the missing troops.
Once the OWAC III challenge is done, I plan to add at least two cavalry units (still around 15 MM66 models to paint!), complete the city watch, strengthen Pfeildorf's militia with a new guild master and some spearmen, paint a last rank of hired swordsmen, add a regiment of handgunners and possibly one of crossbowmen, finish the baggage train, recruit a bunch of halfling peasants, beef up the Söllsguard knights, and add a few wizards... in other words, paint every single Marauder Miniature that I have in stock...
... and I also need to learn how to take decent pictures of armies 😆
Saturday, April 25, 2020
The hermits
Second part of April's entry to the OWAC, I've used some flagellants, initially bought for my Pfeildorf army, to build a regiment of gunners, inspired from John Blanche's illustration you can find in the artbook "Blood on the Reik".
I wish I could produce something like Gerontius, the blind priest, but my sculpting talents being what they are, meaning inexistant, I've simply trimmed down some details, removed the flails and the clubs, and glued some bits from the Empire handgunners and free company boxes. Et voilà!
Fear the wild bunch!
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Fear the wild bunch!
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