Tuesday, 3 February 2015

From GillesW - Cow Hides for Everyone! (150 Points)



This time we have the heavy infantry (the disposable nappy fighters) of my mycenaean project. As usual they are from Essex Miniatures and Chariot Miniatures' 15mm ranges.


To avoid the bending spears syndrome on the table, I cut off the  lead spears on the Essex figures and put plastic bristle brush in place, it was time consuming but I hope that it will worth it when I'll play them.


For an ease of play I also put them on double bases and painted some change with swords.
Of course their commander is on foot too.

So only 65 foot figures ready for this week, the other and last part of the project still un-based and will be for next submission.


From Curt:

 Your post title pretty much nailed it: Cow hides for everyone!  Another excellent entry Gilles! Obviously the cow hide shields are brilliant but your bristle-brush spears look the business as well - much better than the lead spaghetti we usually have to endure. Time well spent I say (and so will the bonus points).

 Well done!

Posted by thefrenchjester at 12:20 pm
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20 comments:

  1. TamsinP3 February 2015 at 12:51

    Nice looking Mycenaeans. Are they for FoG or AdG?

    Great work Gilles :)

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    1. thefrenchjester3 February 2015 at 13:44

      Hi Tamsin,

      for FOG AM, I 'm the specialist of looser armies at our club (Early Lybians, New kingdom Egyptian, etc...)and Idon't speak of my army lists choices;-) .
      I don't like ADLG, for me it's a DBM "like" but in worse ( and I was a supporter of DBM in it's early days).
      thanks for your comments.
      All the best.

      GillesW

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    2. TamsinP4 February 2015 at 10:47

      Yup, I've tried ADLG and it can be very gamey. I do like the pip mechanism as it does introduce some uncertainty that you don't get in FoG. However, the single D6 mechanism does make the results of combat etc a bit too random.

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  2. AdamC17763 February 2015 at 13:15

    take my advice I don't care how pretty she is don't go to Troy ;)

    They look great!

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    1. Curt3 February 2015 at 13:20

      Haha! Good one.

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    2. thefrenchjester3 February 2015 at 13:58

      too late my friend , I' m already on the beach of Troy but I forgot the sheet to mount the horse kit at home ! any advice Adam ???

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  3. Unknown3 February 2015 at 13:16

    Brilliant work on those cowhide shields!

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  4. MartinC3 February 2015 at 13:22

    after eating that much beef I think the nappies are superfluous. Great looking unit. Phalanxes always look better in 15mm. I think

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    1. thefrenchjester3 February 2015 at 13:51

      LOL !
      but they are using a Cretan diet that's while they are so slim:-)
      they sell all the beef to the King Bureger the 1st on a music of MC donnald all around the Mediterranean sea.

      Cheese! erm! sorry I would say Cheers;-)

      GillesW " not following the Cretan diet;-)"

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    2. thefrenchjester3 February 2015 at 14:01

      Hi Curt ,

      thanks a lot for the bonus points.

      All the best.

      GillesW

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  5. Moiterei_19843 February 2015 at 14:51

    Very well done! Your work on the cow hide shields is impressive.

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  6. Millsy3 February 2015 at 15:02

    Very, very nice indeed Gilles. I know from experience how tedious cowhide shields can be and this is an impressive collection. Keep em coming!

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  7. Chasseur3 February 2015 at 17:36

    Lovely shields and overall finish!

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  8. The Kiwi3 February 2015 at 18:55

    Awesome. Great looking units. cheers

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  9. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)3 February 2015 at 19:49

    Very nice and the cow hide shiels look great.

    Christopher

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  10. Ian4 February 2015 at 00:58

    Painted up like 28's. real nice work

    Ian

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  11. Clint4 February 2015 at 02:21

    I have a Mycenaean/Minoan army to paint. I keep meaning to but I never get round to starting it. These are such good eye candy I can see it creeping closer to the brush with each breath.

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  12. Juan Mancheño4 February 2015 at 11:16

    Fantastic; great shields too!

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  13. Mad Padre6 February 2015 at 03:47

    A tiny phalanx of goodness there. The shields make me think how much I'd like a glass of milk. :)
    Well done sir.

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