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Title: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on November 16, 2020, 04:03:28 PM
My reasoning/excuse is simple..... those Justinian Byzantines have got to have someone to fight right? That doesn't quite explain m y recent foray back into my Anglo Danes but hey ho.....

Mostly Wargames foundry with a smattering of Gripping Beast.

You can find a ton of pictures from various angles of both the unit and the individual bases on my blog here:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/11/frankish-franks.html (https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/11/frankish-franks.html)


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Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Belisarius on November 16, 2020, 06:56:27 PM
Frankly , I think they’re ace......  ;)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Roo on November 16, 2020, 07:01:11 PM
Very, very, very nice indeed
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: OSHIROmodels on November 16, 2020, 07:01:53 PM
Nice  :)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Orctrader on November 16, 2020, 08:16:50 PM
Lovely.   :-*
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: syrinx0 on November 16, 2020, 08:46:11 PM
A really sharp looking unit. Nice work.
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 16, 2020, 11:04:55 PM
Thanks you guys for the kind words  8)

More to come though I seem to have got.... erm..... slightly side tracked!

Though I did put two other projects on the backburner for now so...... technically I still have just three going  ;D lol
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: syrinx0 on November 16, 2020, 11:11:53 PM
Though I did put two other projects on the backburner for now so...... technically I still have just three going  ;D lol

Any progress is a good thing.  Multiple projects to chose from just keeps it fresh.  :)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: bigredbat on November 17, 2020, 09:52:50 AM
Outstanding!
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 17, 2020, 09:57:00 AM
Outstanding!

Thanks Simon- appreciated mon ami :)

Any progress is a good thing.  Multiple projects to chose from just keeps it fresh.  :)

True :) What has amazed me is that post five year wargaming hiatus, I am getting more stuff completed than I have managed for a long time. It has done me good to refresh the page so's to speak :)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: bluewillow on November 18, 2020, 08:46:59 AM
Lovely Pieces mate, a great looking unit

Your Christmas package is on the way btw, hope you find it useful!

cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 18, 2020, 08:51:23 AM
Lovely Pieces mate, a great looking unit

Thanks Matt. I'm hoping Foundry do some sort of X-mas sale so I can get quite a few more Franks on the table top ASAP. They paint up so well they really don't take that long to do. Relatively speaking :)

Your Christmas package is on the way btw, hope you find it useful!

Excellent news and mucho appreciated  8)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: aphillathehun on November 18, 2020, 01:31:13 PM

The Franks from Foundry are awesome.  Only ancients Foundry did better (maybe) were the Assyrians.  You are doing them justice.  Franks vs Byzantines are an epic confrontation.
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 18, 2020, 01:49:34 PM
The Franks from Foundry are awesome.  Only ancients Foundry did better (maybe) were the Assyrians.  You are doing them justice.  Franks vs Byzantines are an epic confrontation.

Collecting forces for the Battle of Casilinum/Volturnus are on likely to be the cards. I've got enough mini's to do three or four bases thus far. I'm waiting to see if Foundry do a sale this BF or X-mas though as their prices are a little steep.

I'm planning to "go deep" with the Early Byzantines and their various wars.

You're right though, they are brilliant sculpts and definitely one of their most dynamic ranges.
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: cram on November 21, 2020, 09:49:03 AM
What's not to love, their outstanding!!   :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 21, 2020, 09:57:17 AM
What's not to love, their outstanding!!   :-* :-* :-*

Thanks Cram, I've got another 6 bases worth primed, undercoated and ready to go. The thing is, I've got another 6 bases of Early Byzantines and Anglo Danes ready to go too and I can't make up my mind  lol
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: syrinx0 on November 21, 2020, 10:59:02 PM
Thanks Cram, I've got another 6 bases worth primed, undercoated and ready to go. The thing is, I've got another 6 bases of Early Byzantines and Anglo Danes ready to go too and I can't make up my mind  lol

Don't.  Alternate between them.  lol
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 21, 2020, 11:28:32 PM
Don't.  Alternate between them.  lol

It's difficult at present not to just keep looking at them, dumbfounded, not knowing which direction to head in!  lol

I'll sleep on it  :)
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: armchairgeneral on November 22, 2020, 09:55:43 AM
Thanks Matt. I'm hoping Foundry do some sort of X-mas sale so I can get quite a few more Franks on the table top ASAP. They paint up so well they really don't take that long to do. Relatively speaking :)


Looks like you have got your wish  :)

Season’s Greetings. Our sale is here! At checkout use code XMAS10 for 10% off orders over £50, XMAS20 for 20% off orders over £125 and XMAS25 for 25% off orders over £250. Our sale includes metal miniatures, books & box sets of models such as our Suitable for SAGA warbands & Foundry Collectable sets.

For the first time our Christmas sale includes our fantasy site Warmonger Miniatures, Casting Room Miniatures and Wargames Foundry.
Title: Re: Frankish Franks
Post by: Atheling on November 22, 2020, 11:44:37 AM
Looks like you have got your wish  :)

Season’s Greetings. Our sale is here! At checkout use code XMAS10 for 10% off orders over £50, XMAS20 for 20% off orders over £125 and XMAS25 for 25% off orders over £250. Our sale includes metal miniatures, books & box sets of models such as our Suitable for SAGA warbands & Foundry Collectable sets.

For the first time our Christmas sale includes our fantasy site Warmonger Miniatures, Casting Room Miniatures and Wargames Foundry.

Yeah, I got the email a few days ago and already have quite a large list  :o :D ;D

Sales are great (OK, obvious statement), but when the relatively few companies I really want to buy miniatures from all have a sale simultaneously, things complicated  lol
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on November 26, 2020, 11:50:37 AM
It's been a week of putting together a lot of bits and bobs as well as waiting for some LBMS transfers to arrive, which they did, but are now sitting patiently in my "quarantine" pile :)

I managed to get a couple of Disorder/Discouraged/Routing/Casualty Markers painted, glossed and matted down along with a few Command Stands but only the Frankish Command Case is 100% complete.

There are are the usual extra pics from differing angles etc and mutterings on my blog if you would like to look:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/11/frankish-command-base-1.html (https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/11/frankish-command-base-1.html)


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Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Roo on November 26, 2020, 12:05:02 PM
Stunning
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on November 26, 2020, 08:08:56 PM
Stunning

Thanks Roo. Appreciated mate  8)
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Tonhel on November 26, 2020, 09:10:38 PM
Very beautiful!
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on November 27, 2020, 10:52:03 AM
Thanks for the very kind words Tonhel.  :)
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Tellus on December 01, 2020, 08:22:23 PM
Very nice he is really a big man  ;)

They paint up so well they really don't take that long to do. Relatively speaking :)

That is so true, it only took me a couple of years to find that out  lol

I like your shield designs they are really masterful pieces of art.
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Captain Blood on December 01, 2020, 08:42:02 PM
Very smooth brushwork Darrell.
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on December 02, 2020, 09:25:31 AM
Very nice he is really a big man  ;)

He certainly ate whatever the equivalent of "all the pies" is in 6CE Francia  lol

I like your shield designs they are really masterful pieces of art.

Cheers, the idea for painting the shields that way came quite by accident (don't they always?). I painted up a unit about ten years ago to sell and just hit on the idea which gradually over time got a little more refined. :)

Very smooth brushwork Darrell.

Cheers Richard- appreciated :)
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Tonhel on December 02, 2020, 09:55:55 PM
It looks fantastic! :-*
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on December 02, 2020, 11:16:00 PM
It looks fantastic! :-*

Thanks Tonhel. :)
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: brunei35 on December 03, 2020, 09:12:19 AM
Excellent as usual Darrell - will have to get the pie man for my Saxons

Cheers
Title: Re: Frankish Command Stand Added- Page 2- 26/11/2020
Post by: Atheling on December 03, 2020, 01:08:03 PM
Excellent as usual Darrell

Cheers mate :)

will have to get the pie man for my Saxons

The pie man  lol Such a great mini. I wonder who Soapy had in mind (if anyone)?  ??? :D