Sunday, 18 January 2026

From KillianF: 28mm medieval horse and cart (20 points)

 Hello all,

As is becoming slightly standard practice, I have not completed exactly what I set out to for this week. A handful of fantasy miniatures are tantalisingly close to finishing, but I will have to save them for next week's post.

I did however finish a medieval cart from Medbury Miniatures. This is again an STL printed by me. It's a really good kit that gives loads of options for baggage. I went with relatively nodescript options, several bundles of hay, a barrel and a large bundle covered in cloth. I can then argue that anything could be under it.

The backdrop is by Jon Hodgson, downloaded from his Patreon and displayed on a standard computer monitor. Works well enough to create a scene.


I had to pull up a load of tufts as I initially placed some tall ones in the middle of the base. These got repositioned to the edge to create the impression of a verge either side of a cart track.

I painted the driver slightly brighter than I first intended. He adds colour right in the centre and prevents it from looking entirely brown.

The cart itself was sprayed Halfords Camo Brown, then drybrushed with some different brown shades up to a bone white, and then washed with AK Matte Varnish and Vallejo Game Colour Sepia and Smoky Inks.
 
 This guy will see use in Five Leagues from the Borderlands and likely any number of medieval skirmish games that require a cart to escort, destroy or loot. It could also work as a background piece in larger battle games like Midgard. Mainly though, it's a cool model I wanted to paint for a bit of variation.
 
Points:
1x 28mm vehicle: 20
 
Total: 20 points 

Thanks,

Killian 

From DaveD. That’s a fine piece . Interesting to know it’s a 3d piece .the tufts at the  side have given the effect you wanted nicely . 
 

20 comments:

  1. That one looks amazing! Also like the baggage. Enough variation there to explain any kind of scenario that might evolve around that cart

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  2. Very nice baggage train a must for scenario's!

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  3. That’s a fine looking cart Killian. Lots of uses for that piece.

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  4. Great looking cart. The colorful driver is a nice counterpoint to the cart.

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  5. Wonderful cart! I'm definitely going to see if I can score that stl for my own. Well done!

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  6. Great cart and driver. Excellent base work as well.

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  7. A great little vignette. Thanks for posting the wood mix, but what did you use for his green tunic?

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    1. Hi Robert, I tend to mix and match colours quite freely. So the base is old P3 Necrotite Green mixed with some Windsor and Newton Artist Acrylic Red Oxide and Turquoise. Army Painter green wash, and then highlights of the green base coat mixed with Liquitex Acrylic Gouache Titanium Buff. I use a wet palette which makes it a bit easier.

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  8. Nice baggage, and a good choice of colours for the carter.

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  9. Nice work, lovely figures, I've printed off a few

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  10. A great scenic/scenario piece, this should be useful in a lot of games, and it looks amazing too.

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  11. great model and painting Killian

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  12. Very nice paint job and an interesting piece, I need one of those!

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  13. Great stuff. Scenic bits like this are so much fun to do and add to the game so much.

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  14. Lovely work Killian, I painted the same one a few weeks ago and now am trying not to add more Medbury Miniatures to the already over bloated collection :D

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    1. I'd say a good third of my backlog is Medbury at the moment. I've been subscribed to his patreon for about three years, and he just keeps getting better and better. This month's dwarf militia are outstanding.

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