15mm French Line Infantry

These 252 French line infantry are ready for John's army!  All figures are an the Bardin uniform.  I always lavish a bit of extra care on French line infantry because they will appear on every single battlefield.  I make sure to include all the piping, two tone facings, and so on.  This is the best I can paint.

This force has six battalions of 42 figures each.  These images may get repetitive, but you should be able to get a good look at every single figure.  As always with AB Miniatures, some of the bayonets needed a reinforcing drop of epoxy.

All that remains for John's French army: a battalion each of Poles and Saxons.

 

Dark Age Vikings

My daughters and I have continued to work on our Dark Age project.  This ship's crew of Vikings will make a fitting opponent for our Saxons!

12 Archers

25 Warriors

12 Hearthguard and Skipper

Entire Ship's Crew

 

Most of the figures are from Black Tree Design, but a few are Wargames Foundry.  Next we will add some suitable buildings.

My November

The blog has not seen any updates because I have been busy painting!  These 252 French line infantry are ready for detailing and highlighting!

 

28mm Back of Beyond

In the absence of my regular gaming group, my kids and I have been gaming together. We are painting figures for a pulp campaign, long on story and short on tactics.

My daughters and I have fielded these eight adventurers from Copplestone Castings. They block painted and applied Minwax Polyshades "Tudor."

 I see some colorful escapades in our future!

15mm French Guard Grenadiers a Pied

These 78 figures make John's French guard complete!

I have moved on to the French, Polish, and Saxon line infantry.
 

Wars of the Roses in 28mm, Yorkist Artillery

I have enjoyed watching Jon's Wars of the Roses project take shape. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to join him.  I placed a large order with Perry Miniatures and waited for my figures to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

My intent is to use the figures for "To the Strongest!" with a 4" grid.  I am building both armies for the battle of Tewkesbury.  All figures will have 60mm frontage.  The medium foot will be in two ranks, 40mm deep, while deep units, artillery, and cavalry will be on 60mm squares.

I started with some metal cannon and cannoneers.  These will all be part of Edward IV's army, and I figure that any artillery would have been part of the king's household troops.  As such, these men will wear the livery of York.

I started by painting the guns in medium flesh.  Once that dried, I streaked oil paint over the entire thing, letting some of the flesh peek through.  This technique makes for a fairly convincing wood grain.  I used raw umber on the left and burn umber on the right.

I changed how I painted the figures, breaking from my usual technique of building highlights.  Instead I block painted these, applied ink washes, and highlighted with the same colors as the block shades.

 

Because I am sneaking WotR figures in during my commission work, I will not be able to paint many of these at a time.  That will actually work out well for me, since I will be able to hand paint the livery in smaller batches.