From SimonM: "Lucid Eye Publications" King Victor's Men-at-Arms (40 Points) - READY

These eight "cartoon scale" white metal figures of King Victor's Men-at-Arms are produced by “Lucid Eye Publications” and can be bought from the company's "Toon Realms" range as a pack of four identical miniatures. Sculpted by Steve Saleh, I have painted them all in the colours of Gondor so as to be able to finally field a twelve-model strong unit of (Heavy Foot) Minas Tirith Knights for “Dragon Rampant” by "Osprey Games".

Initially undercoated with two layers of "Citadel" Abaddon Black, Denethor's warriors were dry-brushed using some "Vallejo" Heavy Charcoal in order to bring out some of their large cloaks' detail, and subsequently washed in "Citadel" Nuln Oil. The soldiers' boots were then treated to a touch of "Vallejo" Heavy Sienna, whilst their sword hilts and belt buckles were given a lick of Gold.

Both of these areas were later washed with "The Army Painter" Strong Tone Quickshade. Finally I 'picked out' the Men-at-Arms' helmets, neck armour, chain-mail and shield emblems using a combination of "Citadel" Ironbreaker and Nuln Oil, and eventually dry-brushed these parts with (more) Ironbreaker.

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Excellent work here Simon, these fine warriors look ready to defend the realm.  I have not yet had the chance myself to play Osprey's "Lion Rampant" or any of its spin-offs, but the rules look super fun and I expect these fellows will make a fine showing.  The careful highlighting of the assorted metal parts is a particular success, well done.

And for points, well, maybe I should just check with this Palantir thing to see what the calculation should be...after all, I don't think there is a downside to Palantir use, is there? Things seemed to work out fine for Denethor...

That will be 40 points for you Simon, great stuff. 

GregB