Author Topic: Atheling's Early Byzantines- Made the Cover of "Slingshot"- Page 31. 23-04-2023 (Read 64048 times)

OB · « **Reply #90 on:** October 10, 2020, 03:34:57 PM »

That's a grand looking unit and full of vitality too.

Atheling · « **Reply #91 on:** October 10, 2020, 04:47:01 PM »

Quote from: OB on October 10, 2020, 03:34:57 PM

That's a grand looking unit and full of vitality too.

Thanks OB. there's a rear rank of archers to fit in at the back before basing them up properly. They're sitting on my shelf causing great consternation as I wait for the gloss varnish to go completely off

syrinx0 · « **Reply #92 on:** October 10, 2020, 05:07:44 PM »

They are looking better every rank you add. Looking forward to the unit's completion.

aphillathehun · « **Reply #93 on:** October 10, 2020, 06:24:39 PM »

Nice. Love the command figures.

Atheling · « **Reply #94 on:** October 10, 2020, 06:32:26 PM »

Thanks again for the encouraging words guys

Quote from: syrinx0 on October 10, 2020, 05:07:44 PM

They are looking better every rank you add. Looking forward to the unit's completion.

Me too. I'm almost climbing the walls waiting the requisite days for the gloss to do it's thing

I'm also trying to decide what to paint up next, Unarmoured infantry? A Unit Command stand? Another Torsion Engine or possibly even some Avar allies/enemies!

They're all primed and undercoated.

Doom Beard 78 · « **Reply #95 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:54:59 PM »

Those look really good- are you going to add some weathering to the shields like you with the first set you did?

Are these being based for a particular game system or for aesthetic reasons

Tonhel · « **Reply #96 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:04:40 PM »

Lovely work!

Bugsda · « **Reply #97 on:** October 11, 2020, 07:18:03 PM »

Superb

Atheling · « **Reply #98 on:** October 11, 2020, 08:08:19 PM »

Thanks you for the googly words guys

Quote from: Doom Beard 78 on October 11, 2020, 06:54:59 PM

Those look really good- are you going to add some weathering to the shields like you with the first set you did?

The transfers came weathered George

Quote from: Doom Beard 78 on October 11, 2020, 06:54:59 PM

Are these being based for a particular game system or for aesthetic reasons

Kind of..... they were originally aimed at Swordpoint, WAB, Hail Caesar but they could with a little fudging be used in Lion Rampant (expanded for larger bases), Comitatus and other sets.

The idea was really to leave it open as I'll be damned if I rebase them! Before my wargames hiatus about five years ago, all I seemed to be doing was rebasing miniatures as different trends/rulesets waxed and waned. It was a troublesome time. I did learn a valuable lesson though, never superglue your miniatures to the bases!

Atheling · « **Reply #99 on:** October 15, 2020, 05:17:57 PM »

I've had great fun painting up this unit of combined arms Byzantine Skutatoi. I was initially slightly worried about how they would base up but using the 40mm wide by 50mm depth has payed off I think. There's enough space on the bases for the miniatures to work together as a unit maintaining the sculptors vision of the Shieldwall working as one organism.

There are a load more pics from various angles and the usual waffle on my blog here:
https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/10/early-byzantine-skutatoi-combined-unit.html