Late Roman Cataphracts Complete!
What a month! I'll leave it at that.
Painting time has been slim on the ground of late and varnishing conditions much less so! It's actually rained for more "40 days and 40 nights!". ) One could not make it up. I did manage to get the back rank of my Late Roman Cataphracts finished which, given that I have to spray the last few layers of varnish on, the indifferent rainy conditions, along with other stuff was quite a satisfying achievement. I'm usually much more prolific, but hey ho.....
I hope you enjoy them. They were painted with deliberate rapidity, so are not my finest- but they will certainly do for a game or twenty! I actually do not have very much time to talk/waffle except to say that I've got another cavalry unit on the way as well as some back rank Archers for a unit (started two years ago but stopped in their tracks by the only disastrous varnishing accident I have had in my life!) It was bad, see quick pic below:
Gorgeous cataphracts. Are they Aventine ?
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. They're from Footsore Mini's :)
DeleteLovely work as always Darrell. Good luck with varnish resurrection
ReplyDeleteAh, that happened a fee years ago and stopped my first post for the AHPC in it's tracks. It's taken me all this time to get back to the Late Romans- all down to the varnishing disaster!
DeleteI should, add, the old models were binned! There was no coming back from that one.
DeleteExcellent work
ReplyDeleteThank you GH
DeleteAlways slightly depressing when someone's quick painting is far better than your own best painting. Lovely job on these. I was momentarily confused by the giraffe pattern horse at first, then realised it was the varnish disaster. Horrible when such things happen.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adam. There are so many great painters on the Challenge I find it humbling too.
DeleteBeautiful, we've all had that one catastrophic varnishing incident
ReplyDeleteCheers Martin. My one and only incident! I hope! lol
DeleteWonderful work and we have all had the varnish FUBAR.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bruce. I've been painting for over 30 years and that is the one and only time :(
DeleteBeautiful work Darrel!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray- appreciated :)
DeleteAt least you have buried that memory with this excellent offering
ReplyDeleteThanks Norber. The miniature varnish fail, is from a few years ago when I was going to do a Late Roman army for the AHPC. It's the reason the project stalled for a few years.
DeleteLovely stuff- I thought that was a giraffe as well...
ReplyDeleteLOL. It's been a "dead" Giraffe for a few years now. i know not now where it resides :>)
DeleteI love cataphracts! These are excellent Darrell, I hope to be one day as good a painter - period - as you are when you are rushing a job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Emjenic. I don't normally paint at this speed but due to stressful family issues the only way I can enjoy the AHPC, ergo keep sane, is to speed things up a little. :)
DeleteThose cataphracts look great, a lovely paint job.
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteFantastic Darrel, your work is always a joy to see, as to your comments about them not being your finest I'd say most of us have no hope o reaching the standards you set yourself and would be overjoyed producing something near as good as these
ReplyDeleteThank you. But (there's always a but!), it's really just practice and patience. I am no Caravaggio lol
DeleteGorgeous brush work Darrel
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt. Very kind of you matey.
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