This week we take another limo ride, this time to the Historical drama studio for the start of my ECW journey. Better be a stretch limo as some nice German ladies have come along for the ride!
Lady Sarah's limo ride [4 standing 2 kneeling figures]
The figures are foundry miniatures and I have based them for Infamy Infamy. I had started with contrast paints but really really needed to finish off with conventional paints. I have a variable success rate with the contrast flesh paints, I failed on these figures but succeeded with the Sisters of Sigmar below.
Historical drama studio ECW cavalry [12 figures]
At the historical drama I have started to work on my large plastic pile as I prepare to do my own Cromwell film. This is the first unit of ECW troops that I have ever painted. They are, of course, Warlord games figures. I went with cuirassiers since they seemed to be the easiest/most straight forward figures to paint. I have done them up as Royalists and will give them a standard once I find them again.
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Sisters of Sigmar [16 figures]
Up next are some figures that were not on the table for this week, but late Wednesday night I had a sudden idea for a paint scheme so instead of working on anything else that was due for this week, I instead spent Thursday painting these Sisters of Sigmar. They are old figures that I have owned since they first came out, nuff said. Not certain what I will do with them but I assume I shall use them in Chaos in Carpathia or some other skirmish game.
Monster most foul, large and small [4 large monsters, 1 smaller monster]
The Minotaur and the bull are both reaper figures. One of my back burner projects for this challenge is Jason and the Argonauts. This has got me thinking about skirmish gaming in ancient Greece so I figured I would need some big bad monsters for my heroes to fight.
I had been aiming for a fairly dark Minotaur when I started painting, but was running the risk of lightening him up too much as I applied several layers of brow. However when I washed it with reikland flesh wash it quickly returned to it,s dark roots but still maintained enough highlights, I think. I should have thinned out the wash a bit more. It certainly clung to the model when applied, normally I have a bit of wiggle room when I apply wash, but this time it just stuck on.
Oh and I added three gratuitous skulls to the base just for the heck of it.
The bull has four layers of different bronze paints not that one can readily tell. He was a little warped so really needed to be glued down to a base.
This one is by Flying Frog Games
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| Not a great figure, but it will do as a swamp creature! |
Two more Bones (reaper) figures (pun intended)
All monsters
Points for this entry
- 20 points for limo ride
- 20 points for studio bonus
- 120 points x 28mm mounted troops
- 110 points 22 x 28mm foot (includes weird wall of bone creature)
- 10 points 3 x 65mm swamp thing monster
- 21 points for 3 x 40mm figures (bull/Minotaur/winged bone thing)
Total 301 points
Skull challenge +14 for this week (the small skeleton wall has 10 skulls), for a total of 13 for the challenge
Squirrels This week
- Sisters of Sigmar
- Ancient Germanic women
- ECW Royalist cuirassiers
- Monsters large
Total of 7 points so far
Wow, you've been busy Chris! Such brilliant and diverse work (really like the Bull and the wailing women).
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DeleteSomeone has had a busy week! Nice!
ReplyDeleteIt keeps me from getting into trouble.
Deletethat's a great mix of figures, you've been very busy
ReplyDeleteRight up to the deadline.
DeleteAnother grand-tour de force from you, Chris! :)
ReplyDeleteJust one thing, and I'm not sure how to break it gently - to the best of my knowledge, the only "cuirassiers" in the English Civil War(s) were Sir Arthur Haselrig's Regiment of Horse aka "The Lobsters" and they were Parliamentarians.
It seems I was wrong, there was another regiment - the Earl of Essex's Lifeguard who were also Parliamentarian.
DeleteGreat varied mix of figures, I really like the wailing women and the sisters of Sigmar and while Tasmin is technically correct as far as recorded facts, no-one can prove that 300 + years down the line that the Kings bodyguard weren't cuirassiers or that there wasn't some other unit no one can remember, that's my theory as I work on my Royalist cuirassiers anyway!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
There were almost certainly a few cuirassiers in most regiments, probably as the lifeguard of the commander. However, there were only the two regiments - the full panoply for a cuirassier cost about 3 times as much as for other cavalry.
DeleteThanks. You caught me, I confess I have done almost no research for this 'project' beyond Warlord sources. I flipped a coin on this as a Royalist standard is included in the cuirassier box. But, I also chose a red that can easily become orange just in case...It is also another reason why I have not added any standard to the unit.(now that I have found the sheet) BTW I typically collect figures for at least two sides of any conflict.
DeleteAs you say, the red Royalist sash is easily changed to Parliamentarian orange. :)
DeleteOh quite the eclectic mix that has something awesome for everyone! Having been consumed by Mordheim at the moment, my pick of choice would be the dour Sigmarite Sisters.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I seem to thrive on chaos/variety
DeleteWOW great post and such a mix of painting projects as others have commented - great stuff!
ReplyDeleteCheers Jez T
Thank you I have focus issues...
DeleteI really like the Ancient German Women, has heaps of character.
ReplyDeleteWow, that’s quite a stroke, Chris! I think all are great, but I particularly like the Sisters and the Minotaur. The cuirassiers are also fine, be they Royalist or Parliamentarian. Excellent stuff!
ReplyDeleteThanks, they are my faves too.
DeleteNice mini points bomb Chris! The brass bull is cool but the sisters are my pick of the bunch. Love the crimson and blue/grey
ReplyDeleteVery nice- I like the swamp monster colours and appreciate the gratuitous skullz!
ReplyDeleteGreat mix of work Chris. I especially liked the bull - what a character and nice accompaniment to the Minotaur
ReplyDeleteA fine mix of figures. Like them all but I think the Minotaur is my fave
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteAn excellent mix of work. I did the lamenting ladies for Infamy Infamy a challenge or two ago. Very fun on the table.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I look forward to trying the game sometime.
DeleteWow, a great collection of figures. I'm sure I saw the opera the first group was featured in
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ReplyDeleteWow you have been busy, loving the ecw cavalry!
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MattW
Brilliant work Chrus!
ReplyDeleteOooh … I can almost ‘hear’ the wailing and lamenting of the women 😱
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