A coating of Vallejo Brown Mud texture dry brushed with Vallejo Saddle Brown. Originally I chose this to represent the distinctive Mendip soil for my Robin of Sherwood figures ( ROS was filmed mainly in North Somerset), but I like the contrast with the green foliage it gives so decided to use it for my 17c projects.
BROADSWORDS AND BEASTS
A study in practical nostalgia, travelling back to the early 1980's with a fistful of cash, to buy all the stuff I couldn't afford on a paperboys salary.
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Flocking Bases
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Roadside Shrine
I picked this little shrine up from Bicorne Miniatures on Saturday and got it painted yesterday. A nice piece of scatter for 17c European tables.
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Another Batch Finished ( almost)
I've just added the Vallejo mud to the bases of another mixed batch of 17c infantry, so once that's dry I can start flocking the entire army.
A mix of Redoubt, TAG, Warlord, Captain General, Old Glory and Foundry.
Sunday, 20 July 2025
Devizes Attack Show Haul
I went to the Attack Show in Devizes yesterday with my gaming friend Speckled Jim. It was quite fun, but no impressive demo games to marvel at unfortunately.
I did spend too much money though...
A big bag of Redoubt ECW castings from Grubby Tanks. Some musket rests from Warlord, bases from Products for Wargamers, brass pikes, heads and a rather nice roadside shrine from Bicorne, and a bundle of Melniboneans from a trader called Tom ( I don't know his business name).
And it's raining here in North Somerset at last..... Hooray!
Saturday, 19 July 2025
New Addition to the library
I was pleased to get hold of this Chaosium supplement today. Sorcerers of Pan Tang. It can fetch quite high prices but I got lucky at under twenty quid.
I don't do roleplaying games any more but I do have a large box of Citadel Pan Tang figures from the 1987 Eternal Champion range, so any extra background material about this chaotic race will be useful when I eventually get round to painting them.
Friday, 18 July 2025
Shading
I've been continuing painting 17c figures, primarily because they are easy and I don't have to think too hard .
I prime them black ( by hand) and then block in all the colours except metallics, then I dry brush with Ushabti bone, add the metal colours and then wash the whole figure.
Up until now I've been washing the figure with GW Agrax Earthshade, which is a very useful product for grubbying things up, before then highlighting selected parts of the figure. Quite often I won't highlight items of clothing, letting the wash over the bone dry brushing suffice. This creates quite a dark contrast, particularly on light colours which is ok but not always ideal.
I've now discovered Army Painter Soft tone, which is creates a much softer ( surprisingly) contrast which I prefer. It's cheaper too so I'll be using that from now on , occasionally dipping into the Earth shade to use up my reserve.