I've been wanting to add a couple of points to my Breton warband for SAGA, so my second entry for the challenge is a unit of 8 Breton warriors. The javelins were harvested from my trusty broom which is absolutely NOT for sweeping things up with, and as always the shields are hand painted. Figures are from Gripping Beast, but weren't really their finest hour.
I think these chaps will earn me 80 points towards my terrifyingly aspirational target.
From Curt:
Beautiful word Alan! God bless your denuded broom as your spears look great (it must be a shop broom with very rigid tines). I know what you mean about the early Gripping Beast sculpts: some they hit out of the park while others... not so much, but they all seem to recover well once paint has been applied. The piece de resistance are your shields which are absolutely brilliant. I honestly thought they were transfers at first glance. Bravo!
These harse lads will give Alan a base of 80 points but I'm adding a point each for the wonderful hand-painted shields. Great work Dux!
And he retakes the lead in our side-bet. Nice looking sweeper-uppers there Alan :)
ReplyDeleteReally nice work on those shields!
ReplyDeleteNice work!!
ReplyDeleteVery nice painting! The shields are superb and the additional points therefore well deserved.
ReplyDeleteI am also hand-painting shields and yours are far better than mine... good work
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely and those shields are just the business
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Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteReally nice painting work, and fantastic shields.
ReplyDeleteWow. Like Curt I looked at those in the first picture and said, "nice transfers" and then I looked closer and it was like.... oh wow, man. You killed those shields, great work.
ReplyDeleteThose shields are things of beauty--and broom bristles for javelins! I'll be putting that in my bag of tricks, thanks.
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff Alan. The muted effect combined with the hand painted shield designs lends them a very convincing air.
ReplyDelete, nicely done. I like the fact the spears look the correct scale , so the broom does work! Cracking job overall.
ReplyDeleteThose shields are top quality! I shall be suitably embarrassed when showing mine off with transfers soon.... The rest of the painting is spot on too.
ReplyDeleteGreat work on the shields, and surely the most imaginative use of household cleaning implements so far - these chaps will sweep all before them!
ReplyDeleteI suspect that you have an interest in the dark ages. As you have tackled this project with finesse. I note the colours of the clothes and that some have a contrast colour as well as I am lead to believe many in this period did have. Excellent work.
ReplyDeletea very good job. confuse the whites of the eyes in horses - they are usually almost no species
ReplyDeleteBeautiful looking unit! The shields are great and I like the animation, they look like they are riding down fleeing infantry!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the axeman, but the javalins are really nice. Never would have thought of brooms for spears!
Glorious! I've always loved your Dark Age stuff the most. I really need to re-read your shield painting tutorial.
ReplyDeleteReally good. Excellent work on the shields especially. cheers
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