To Westeros with Captain Blood! 14 October, another hill tribesman (p66)

[Ogrob]

Nice use of the body with the scale armour. Feels very Tully.

[Captain Blood]

Nice use of the body with the scale armour. Feels very Tully.

Yes, thought about that a bit late in the day... The fishy reference... Ah well... 

[Hobgoblin]

This thread is enthralling. Quite apart from the brilliance of the painting, it's great to see original interpretations of a book rather than ones based on someone else's interpretation (my heart sinks a little whenever I see LotR armies that draw on the films rather than the book). The subtlety of these conversions is superb.

[LordOdo]

The new Tully additions look like they know about warfare, which is very accurate as in the history of Westeros most wars have taken place in the Riverlands.
Great new builds, can't wait to see them painted, and I'm especially looking forward to your version of the Tully emblem!

[Captain Blood]

Thanks fellas. I shall do my best not to disappoint! There's now rather an off-puttingly large queue for painting though. So it could be a while!

[Phil Robinson]

A mean looking bunch there.

[tyrionhalfman]

More nice additions, these lot look tough. Thanks fir sharing

What sets are the pavis shields from?

[Captain Blood]

The two slightly smaller ones are from the Perry mercenaries set, the larger one is from the HYW French set.

[tomrommel1]

very nice

[tyrionhalfman]

The two slightly smaller ones are from the Perry mercenaries set, the larger one is from the HYW French set.

Thanks

[ColonelMutumbu]

Inspiring work as always. Been following a few of your threads for a while. It's inspired me to get some of my own piles of perry plastics out and create some of my own.It's possible you have put this in one of your threads but I would love to know what the recipe is for the gloop you use on your bases.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks 

'Gloop' is just a rough mix of PVA, sand, and paint (acrylic or emulsion) made into a paste.
If you want a 'stiffer' mix, add more sand; if you want a runnier consistency to work with, add more paint and or PVA (the paint:PVA proportion is roughly 50:50 - the amount of aggregate is the main variable to consistency).
You can store it forever in an airtight jar or tub. It costs pennies / cents to make up.
You can use any old water based paint you need to get rid of or aren't otherwise going to use.
Add railway grit or similar, or use 'sharp sand' if you want added textures - with small rocky bits in your basing or terrain. You can embed larger pieces of rock while the mix is wet. They will stick fast in the ground mix once dry.
Paint it on with an old brush. In small quantities (on a miniature's base) it sets hard within a couple of hours. The PVA plasticises the end product, so it's very very durable.
Easy to overpaint whatever colour you like, although if you're careful with your choice of paint you can actually make it up in the right base colour...
And yes, while it's wet you can sprinkle sand on the surface if you prefer a sandier finish...

[ColonelMutumbu]

glorious, thanks for that.

[Captain Blood]

You're welcome  

As well as finishing off my WW2 desert boards, I've now painted my Tullys, previously seen in their raw state on page 62...

Worth noting that in the books, the Tully livery is described as vertical red and blue stripes with a leaping salmon sigil or motif.
I was going to do stripes, but in the end simplified my version by just doing half and half, red and blue...
The version in the HBO series with the double wavy lines etc, is the invention of whoever Messrs. Benioff and Weiss employ as their production designer.
It's nice, but it's not right.
Just saying  

Anyway, here they are...

- Ser Brynden the Blackfish
- A banner bearer
- And the unfortunate Ser Edmure Tully... (Now looking a bit less like Donny Osmond, but still quite a bit like David Van Day of Dollar...  )



Assorted Tully soldiery...



And more...



Group shot...



And just to prove I paint the backs as well...  



Now, when I put these new purpose built and painted Tully additions together with my Yorkist ringers (the ones who aren't wearing Sunne in Splendour badges, but do handily have the same 'murrey and blue' parti-coloured scheme as the Tullys), I have a very serviceable Tully force of 24 figures...



That's all of them together...



Arty shot with a snazzy filter...



Enjoy!



More Starks, Lannisters and Boltons half complete on the painting table. Up next!

[Plynkes]

Flip! Those are a bit bloody nice.

(I like the double wavy line, personally.)