Monday 20 February 2023

Darrell H, Anglo Danish Command Bases (30 points)

I've been quite enjoying flitting backwards and forwards; at one end painting bits and bobs and then in deep again with the time consuming Thematic Byzantines units. 

This week I took a well deserved break from the colossal painting session which produced the last unit of Varangians and settled on just six miniatures and adding some shield transfers and painting in the armour on more Byzies! 

First though, I have a bit of confession. Three shields of the five on the models were already painted from a "Painting Shields Step by Step/How To" article on my blog a few years ago. The shields were sitting around and as they were painted up in an Anglo Danish style it just seemed to be silly waste not to use them. I;m OK with the  expected points reduction. To be honest, I've enjoyed the challenge so much this year that if I were to get zero points I would still have a smile on my face.

OK, here we go then.....

Command Stand 1:










Command Stand 2:









Command Stand 3:









So, that's six miniatures (and some very snazzy basing ;.) ) plus and points to be taken away for using old shields....so a max of 30 points? I couldn't in good good conscious pass using the shields by as the army is now complete and they would otherwise have been a waste of both money and time. 

First off Darrell, these command bases are fantastic, some of your best work IMHO.  Lovely shading and trim on the tunics and great armour effects (love the gilded ridges on the last standard bearer's lid).  Your basing is also top notch, especially for the pair on the rock outcropping.

Full points for fessing up on your shields, I can't imagine leaving those lovelies in my bits bin for five years without using them.  Nor can I imagine them looking so nice after five years kicking about in my bits bin.  I am very much a reuse and repurpose minion, so no points loss here.  Are the flags commercial like your others?

Looking forward to seeing ore Byzantines from you next week.

33 comments:

  1. Cool minis, Darrell! The basing is great and the minis itself terific! Good that those shields found some use.

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    1. Thank you Teemu. To be honest, I still feel some pangs of guilt over the shield use- but I will have t0o defer to Peter's judgment and accept the full total LOL

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  2. What a wondeeful set of command bases! Inspiring indeed

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  3. Gorgeous painting and basing!
    Best Iain

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  4. Wonderful work once again Darrel.

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  5. Maybe it’s me but to my mind the backs of the shields are even better than the fronts - great stuff Darrell

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  6. LOL. I think I might have a problem LOL

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  7. Brilliant Darrell and presumably a mixture of manufacturers - one thing I would like to do would be able to look over your shoulder while you painted something - I'd love to see how you manage such great results

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    1. Thanks man. to be honest, it's all down to patience. I know it's a cliche but it really is just practice and a willingness to take ones time. I was very lucky as my old club had two people who I would consider absolute masters and I was able to pick up a lot of ideas from bothy of those guys. Often, even now, we still talk for hours over the phone about painting for hours!

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  8. The are wonderful, vignettes, Darrell! I like the colors and blending...the basing is wonderful too. You can almost hear the snap of those banners!

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  9. These are amazing All are simply excellent. Well done.

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  10. I have to echo Curt! Magnificent!

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  11. Splendid little vignettes. I bet that if you put them up against a background I would swear that they were real people. Amazing!

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    1. Thank you very much Emjenic :) I do have a nice background that would add character but time was limited in getting the photo's taken due to some stubborn PVA that just would not go off! :)

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  12. Great Command bases - jealous of these as I have some Anglo Danes as well.
    Cheers JezT

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  13. Lovely set of Command Bases mate, worth +1 on any Order roll for sure 👍

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    1. Thanks Ken. Looking forward to listening to the next installment of The Yarkshire Gamer podcast this Friday!

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  14. Wow, lovely! I like the little cliff the two are atop.

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