Friday 24 February 2017

From MattT - Mixed Bag (90 points)

Sometimes I can get bogged down painting a unit and other times they seem to fly over the painting table. This is one of those times as I have 3 entries to post in one week, after struggling to finish the first one.

First up is a continuation of my 28mm Blucher project. One of the things I like about this scale is I can paint and represent some of the more fringe units without having to paint up hundreds of figures. So here in all their glory are the 3rd Provisional Croatian Regiment that marched with Napoleon in to Russia as part of Oudinot's II Corp. Pretty dashing in their green.

Next up are some Celtic Skirmishers based for Impetus. I already had some Gaul/Celt warband bases done for my Punic Armies but needed these skirmisher to play an Ancient Briton army from the new Basic Impetus 2 rules. Really fast to paint up, especially off the back of painting up some Napoleonics.
Quick group shot of the whole army ready for action.

Finally what must be one of the most awesome creatures ever imagined - an Owlbear. Painted this one up for fun as most of fantasy gaming, D&D days are behind me. Mini is part of the Reaper bones line that work really well with the larger creatures. Still enjoy painting fantasy minis, they give me a sense of nostalgia, and i loved the movement in this mini.


18 x 28mm figures for a total of 90 points.

 Wow. You do a great job on your bases. Not only are the figures amazing, the pictures are also very well done and really make the subjects stand out. Unfortunately, I can not give you points for the pictures, but you will have an additional 90 points to your tally. (Sylvain)


10 comments:

  1. A mixed bag indeed and all nice work :)

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  2. Now that's a smorgasbord that one can really sink ones teeth into. Great work on the Croatians. The owl bear is the bomb!

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  3. Nice mix of figures. The owlbear is really well done!

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  4. Is it an owl? Is it a bear?!?! No, it's an OWLBEAR!!!!! Love it, great job on the painting.

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  5. and what a nice mixed bag it is! I will be honest and say I am not a fan of the owlbear miniature but you have painted it up very nicely!

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  6. Napoleonic Croatians?! Awesome. (Blucher's a great game) And that owlbear is the sh*t!

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  7. Great job Matt. Have to agree with other commenters that the Owlbear in particular is awesome. Great job.

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  8. Lovely Napoleonics but the owlbear is great and triggers a wave of nostalgia!
    Best Iain

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  9. I really like the Croats, the green uniforms with the plumes look very vibrant! The owl bear steals the show and not only for the dynamic pose, the colors on him are well done!

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