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Title: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 22 January 2022, 11:37:42 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/54/1462-220122233440.jpeg)

Very much WIP at the moment as it’s too cold to varnish and finish basing, but loving this project, a reinvigorated offshoot of my Folk Horror stuff.

Various poor in progress shots here:
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-dark-watch-wip.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-dark-watch-wip.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 22 January 2022, 11:40:09 PM
Nicely done. The tartan is very effective  8)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 22 January 2022, 11:57:48 PM
Thanks.

Clue Markers - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/01/clue-markers.html

And bits - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/01/various-silver-bayonet-wip.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Cat on 23 January 2022, 01:34:54 AM
Hmm, tartans — great start!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 23 January 2022, 05:19:05 AM
Looking good!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Kikuchiyo on 23 January 2022, 09:01:10 AM
those look fab

I was looking at the perry landing party too but that highlander with the two-handed sword is inspired
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: white knight on 23 January 2022, 11:06:04 AM
Awesome ideas and execution again!  :-*
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Sterling Moose on 23 January 2022, 02:53:23 PM
Excellent!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Silent Invader on 23 January 2022, 03:17:04 PM
Quote from: OSHIROmodels on 22 January 2022, 11:40:09 PM
Nicely done. The tartan is very effective  8)


Agree with all that
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: MaleGriffin on 23 January 2022, 03:37:47 PM
Lovely! I love those figures!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: War Monkey on 23 January 2022, 06:53:21 PM
Wow, very nice paint work indeed!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: diehard on 23 January 2022, 11:24:41 PM
Great brushwork and the fine attention to detail always makes that little bit that takes it to the next level and really makes a model pop. Well done indeed. And I feel you on the cold, I have a bunch of figures waiting for their finish coat but it's been too cold to even do them in my greenhouse which is where I usually pull off my primer and finish in the winter.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Spinal Tap on 24 January 2022, 06:55:16 AM
That tartan is wonderful.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Iain R on 25 January 2022, 04:42:06 PM
Fantastic work, there! The use of the Naval officer as an infantryman in a sort of undress uniform without lace is a great idea, very apt!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: joe5mc on 26 January 2022, 04:04:27 PM
Loving that tartan!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 28 January 2022, 07:36:47 PM
Quick and suitably dirty revenants…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/01/french-revenants.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Kikuchiyo on 28 January 2022, 08:07:02 PM
Those look stunning - I was wondering about doing something similar but mixing up the regiments and even nations

that setup has changed my mind
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 28 January 2022, 08:15:24 PM
Quote from: Kikuchiyo on 28 January 2022, 08:07:02 PM
Those look stunning - I was wondering about doing something similar but mixing up the regiments and even nations

that setup has changed my mind

Thanks. The only reason they are all French is they had the most poses of hugging the musket, so no use for more dynamic poses. When I thought of doing others, I’d used all the heads I had left.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 29 January 2022, 12:23:40 PM
Great Revenants!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 19 February 2022, 11:16:49 PM
A hobgoblin and a pixie

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/02/hobgoblin-and-pixie-for-silver-bayonet.html

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 11 March 2022, 10:39:57 PM
(http://<img src="http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/54/1462-110322223718.jpeg" />)

Some pseudo Peninsular buildings… couple more images at
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/03/pseudo-peninsular-property.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/03/pseudo-peninsular-property.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 11/03 - some scenery)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 10 April 2022, 11:07:15 AM
Finished my little settlement

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/54/1462-100422100308.jpeg)

Fully modular, different layouts possible with a variety of garden inserts to keep the ‘square’ enclosed.

More pics on the blog - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/04/pseudo-peninsular-property-full-village.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/04/pseudo-peninsular-property-full-village.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 11/03 - some scenery)
Post by: Michi on 10 April 2022, 11:22:22 AM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 10 April 2022, 11:07:15 AM
Fully modular, different layouts possible with a variety of garden inserts to keep the ‘square’ enclosed.

Very clever, I really like interchangeable set-ups!  :)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/04)
Post by: Cat on 10 April 2022, 04:19:25 PM
Ooh, very nice blocked lines of sight design!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/04)
Post by: War Monkey on 10 April 2022, 06:43:51 PM
 That is a great setup! Nice idea of being able to construct different settlements instead of a static display.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 17 April 2022, 04:52:20 PM
The fluff for my men:

Horseguards, or at least those in the know at Horseguards, were surprised when the laird of  the most westerly Hebridean island volunteered himself and his militia for the duty. How word had reached Lord Summerisle was never determined, but he spoke of the old ways and the threats that lay within with some fervour.

Both he and his men were equally knowledgeable of the horrors emerging from the older, darker corners of Europe and the ways in which to confront them. It would be often remarked though, that they were also admirably, privately devout, his Lordship frequently leading his men in secluded worship. Few had cause to remark on the amount of kindling this entailed.

Full names, stats, notes and pics on the blog -
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/04/lord-summerisles-company.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: Mad Lord Snapcase on 18 April 2022, 08:32:50 AM
A really great line-up for SB there. Love your idea of the Wicker Man.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: Kikuchiyo on 18 April 2022, 09:16:43 AM
That ogre is rather off putting  :o but the rest of your collection is spot on
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/04)
Post by: Bloggard on 18 April 2022, 01:46:36 PM
brilliant - this would actually make a much better story / film than the wickerman!

Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 17 April 2022, 04:52:20 PM
The fluff for my men:

Horseguards, or at least those in the know at Horseguards, were surprised when the laird of  the most westerly Hebridean island volunteered himself and his militia for the duty. How word had reached Lord Summerisle was never determined, but he spoke of the old ways and the threats that lay within with some fervour.

Both he and his men were equally knowledgeable of the horrors emerging from the older, darker corners of Europe and the ways in which to confront them. It would be often remarked though, that they were also admirably, privately devout, his Lordship frequently leading his men in secluded worship. Few had cause to remark on the amount of kindling this entailed.

Full names, stats, notes and pics on the blog -
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/04/lord-summerisles-company.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 15 May 2022, 05:22:11 PM
Made a chapel for the village…

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http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/05/enfermera-chapel.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: War Monkey on 15 May 2022, 11:20:47 PM
Very nice! I need to get around to making some terrain for my game, I am waiting on an order of figures I want to use meanwhile I have some figures that I am working on. Again, I need to work on my own terrain.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 24 August 2022, 07:09:48 PM
Some werewolves and a changeling for your consideration…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/08/must-be-blue-moon.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 24/08)
Post by: Malamute on 24 August 2022, 07:26:39 PM
Great stuff. I especially like the Changeling :-*
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 24/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 24 August 2022, 07:36:10 PM
Quote from: Malamute on 24 August 2022, 07:26:39 PM
Great stuff. I especially like the Changeling :-*

Thanks, I figured the fae would be a bit more natural world so could get away with it.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 24/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 16 January 2023, 12:19:43 PM
Not great photos or paint jobs, but as ever for those that way inclined… http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com

Multiple posts on the blog clearing a backlog… vampire, ghoul, hobgoblins, a scout and a sailor.

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: Wirelizard on 16 January 2023, 08:08:56 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 24 August 2022, 07:09:48 PM
Some werewolves and a changeling for your consideration…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2022/08/must-be-blue-moon.html

Were the rather nice tree-critter "changeling" from the same Etsy shop as those great werewolves? August was a while ago and I can currently find the werewolves there but not the tree-thing.

Cool project, you might inspire some new stuff for my slow-burn 17th C gunpowder fantasy/folk horror/etc project!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: aircav on 16 January 2023, 08:57:12 PM
 Fantastic  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 17/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 16 January 2023, 10:41:52 PM
Quote from: Wirelizard on 16 January 2023, 08:08:56 PM
Were the rather nice tree-critter "changeling" from the same Etsy shop as those great werewolves? August was a while ago and I can currently find the werewolves there but not the tree-thing.

Cool project, you might inspire some new stuff for my slow-burn 17th C gunpowder fantasy/folk horror/etc project!

This is the blight in my saved items on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1164867810/

And the werewolves: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/997816368/
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Cordvane on 17 January 2023, 08:04:12 PM
Great thread and very nice goat-kin. 👍
How big are these goats compared to a normal human?
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 18 January 2023, 03:12:43 PM
Quote from: Cordvane on 17 January 2023, 08:04:12 PM
Great thread and very nice goat-kin. 👍
How big are these goats compared to a normal human?

They’re a little over man sized, they are on 25mm bases.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Cordvane on 18 January 2023, 07:02:58 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 18 January 2023, 03:12:43 PM
They’re a little over man sized, they are on 25mm bases.

Thank you. Just what I need 👍
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Iain R on 20 January 2023, 10:52:47 PM
More fantastic stuff, beautifully done!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Metternich on 23 January 2023, 08:40:32 PM
The vampire hussar is brilliant.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Tibson on 25 January 2023, 07:09:42 PM
Inspiring and depressing all at once!  Fantastic work!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 09:24:48 PM
A possessed… and an improvement in my pictures…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/possessed.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/possessed.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 09:32:23 PM
A veteran hunter…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-veteran-hunter.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-veteran-hunter.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 09:43:54 PM
And another set of figures I’ve decided to use as hobgoblins…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/im-fickle-beast.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/im-fickle-beast.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 09:52:54 PM
A gaudily dressed bohemian bandit…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-bandit-leader.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-bandit-leader.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 10:18:00 PM
And some vampires of great age…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/vampires-of-great-age.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/vampires-of-great-age.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: Kikuchiyo on 09 February 2023, 12:56:15 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 08 February 2023, 09:24:48 PM
A possessed… and an improvement in my pictures…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/possessed.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/possessed.html)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/58/1462-080223212407.jpeg)

Nice idea, I'd be tempted to try something bursting from him
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: Chairface on 09 February 2023, 02:03:22 PM
Beautifully done! Especially love the Bohemian Bandit
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: Cordvane on 09 February 2023, 04:00:23 PM
The possessed one is ace. Gotta steal that idea.  :)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 16/01)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 09 February 2023, 05:10:20 PM
Quote from: Kikuchiyo on 09 February 2023, 12:56:15 PM
Nice idea, I'd be tempted to try something bursting from him

They do one with tentacles and such but I fancied keeping it simpler. It’s not as obviously a straight jacket either.

 https://ttcombat.com/products/unleashed-madman-1 (https://ttcombat.com/products/unleashed-madman-1)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 08/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 18 February 2023, 11:29:14 PM
Troll! (Mistakes were made)

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http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/troll.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/troll.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 18 February 2023, 11:43:02 PM
Living Scarecrow

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http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-living-scarecrow.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-living-scarecrow.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 18 February 2023, 11:53:40 PM
A rescue dog for the wolf pack…

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/58/1462-180223235315.jpeg)

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-rescue-werewolf.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/a-rescue-werewolf.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/02)
Post by: aircav on 19 February 2023, 04:04:10 PM
Nice  8) 8)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 21 February 2023, 06:32:47 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/58/1462-210223182937.jpeg)

Getting the most out of a sprue to get a French unit. I kind of cheated with more dynamic Infantry from a different sprue and a couple of bodies from a third. But you can get a decent start from a Perry command sprue.

Details on the blog - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/french-unit-for-silver-bayonet.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/02/french-unit-for-silver-bayonet.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/02)
Post by: Grumpy Gnome on 21 February 2023, 07:26:39 PM
Great kitbashing! 👍
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/02)
Post by: DivisMal on 21 February 2023, 09:34:02 PM
An inspiring lot! I love how you integrate all kinds pf models into the game.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/02)
Post by: MaleGriffin on 21 February 2023, 11:08:56 PM
Lovely figure bashing!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/02)
Post by: Bloggard on 03 March 2023, 10:51:52 AM
great collection of figures - lovely kit-bashing and painting.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/02)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 16 March 2023, 04:59:59 PM
Loads of stuff today - a very large vampire bat, an abandoned cannon for scatter terrain, a cultist and a variety of bandit types in the form of deserters and cult worshippers.

More pics and details on the blog - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/ (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/)


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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: aircav on 16 March 2023, 05:05:45 PM
Fantastic stuff  8) 8)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: Cordvane on 16 March 2023, 05:41:12 PM
Looking great. Good idea with the cannon as Scatter-terrain. What are the original models you used for the Cultists? They look like Perry's, but I can't guess the range.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 16 March 2023, 06:01:02 PM
As explained on the blog link, they are Perry ACW cannon crew. I converted two normal Nappy line infantry by scraping away the jacket and backpack straps and doing greenstuff shirts and straps. I had no desire to do that for all 13 needed, so looking around I saw that sprue had chaps in waistcoats which was as close as I was going to get to the out of uniform look I wanted.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: DivisMal on 16 March 2023, 07:02:25 PM
The musket armed cultists are great!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: white knight on 17 March 2023, 03:23:33 PM
The ideas for the abandoned cannon and the bandits and cultists are great!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: MaleGriffin on 18 March 2023, 01:34:51 PM
Lovely! I especially love the hooded heads!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: Iain R on 20 March 2023, 04:00:25 AM
Outstanding! Really nice, those!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 03 April 2023, 08:12:44 PM
Black dogs - not really exciting, just a couple of Wargs painted black.  lol

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/black-dogs.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/black-dogs.html)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/03)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 03 April 2023, 08:18:59 PM
And a French unit, no fluff yet, but lots of pics on the blog…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-french-unit.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-french-unit.html)

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 03/04)
Post by: Tom Dulski on 04 April 2023, 12:10:23 PM
Some great looking figures on this thread.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 03/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 26 April 2023, 04:11:01 PM
Some more troops, French doctor, British and French Marines and Grenadiers…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/british-and-french-recruits.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/british-and-french-recruits.html)

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And some new investigation markers…
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/investigation-markers.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/investigation-markers.html)

And another abandoned cannon…
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/another-abandoned-cannon.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/04/another-abandoned-cannon.html)

Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: Cordvane on 26 April 2023, 09:32:01 PM
Nice conversions, like the Marines hat 👍
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: Chairface on 27 April 2023, 03:09:30 PM
The marine turned out so well
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: Iain R on 08 May 2023, 05:42:54 PM
More lovely work, there!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 16 July 2023, 05:31:59 PM
Thanks all.

Picked up the official North Star vampires, a lot of fun to paint…

(http://<img src="http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/59/1462-160723163004.jpeg" />)

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/ (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: Metternich on 16 July 2023, 09:50:10 PM
Love the Ancien Regime vibe.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/04)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 07 December 2023, 06:42:56 PM
A recent terrain post elsewhere reminded me I did a shed load of CD scatter terrain ages back, but never posted it anywhere. So, quick photo dump on the blog for various blasted heath bits…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/12/cd-bases.html

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Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/12)
Post by: Pattus Magnus on 08 December 2023, 12:13:46 AM
I like those a lot, both seem really useful for a lot of settings/ games.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/12)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 08 December 2023, 12:56:21 AM
Nice  :)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/12)
Post by: The_Beast on 10 December 2023, 04:12:52 PM
Quote from: Pattus Magnus on 08 December 2023, 12:13:46 AM
I like those a lot, both seem really useful for a lot of settings/ games.

Absolutely! The rocks any when, from a mastodon hunt to doings in the grim, dark future, though a bit less grim with the green... ;)

You really got your money's worth from the miscast! You've really given it the proper crumbling archaic look.

Doug
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/12)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 10 December 2023, 04:16:30 PM
More British recruits… a junior officer and a cavalryman… deets on the blog with a couple more pics…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/12/more-british-for-silver-bayonet.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2023/12/more-british-for-silver-bayonet.html)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/61/1462-101223161243.jpeg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/61/1462-101223161324.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/12)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 10 December 2023, 04:20:10 PM
Quote from: The_Beast on 10 December 2023, 04:12:52 PM
You really got your money's worth from the miscast! You've really given it the proper crumbling archaic look.

That wasn’t the issue, I added the steps to hide where resin hadn’t settled properly, the crack got enhanced with a bit of gravel though…
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/12)
Post by: Spinal Tap on 12 December 2023, 06:45:16 AM
Took the opportunity to read this thread from the start again.

I love how you seamlessly blend different miniatures into the same world even more than the quality of your painting.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/12)
Post by: Silent Invader on 12 December 2023, 09:59:28 AM
Just read through the whole thread…. what a brilliantly conceived and executed project 8)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/12)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 12 December 2023, 12:26:10 PM
Aw, shucks….
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 10/12)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 07 January 2024, 09:16:17 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/61/1462-070124211354.jpeg)

With Pride and Extreme Prejudice… Jane Austen taking names, from Lost Heresy via Etsy.

Bum pic on the blog  ;)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 07/01)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 21 July 2024, 05:51:50 PM
Following a post on the Facebook Silver Bayonet group, I had a bash at making a native scout variant, in this case Lord Summerisle’s ghillie.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-210724174702.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/07)
Post by: Digits on 21 July 2024, 06:04:20 PM
Loving the Jane Austen mini!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/07)
Post by: Iain R on 21 July 2024, 09:34:14 PM
That is class, great conversion work! Can't wait to see him painted!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 21/07)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 29 July 2024, 08:57:46 PM
More terrain… long abandoned ruins, from Amazon. Details and more pics on the blog linked below…

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-290724205449.jpeg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-290724205531.jpeg)


http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2024/07/3d-printed-ruins.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 29/07)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 25 August 2024, 08:50:17 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-250824204641.jpeg)

Napoleonic carriage and engineers wagon on the blog:

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2024/08/wagon-wheels-and-wagons.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2024/08/wagon-wheels-and-wagons.html?m=1)



Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 25 August 2024, 09:46:54 PM
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-250824214455.jpeg)

And painted the ghillie kitbash…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2024/08/lord-summerisles-ghillie.html (http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2024/08/lord-summerisles-ghillie.html)

Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on 25 August 2024, 09:52:01 PM
That wagon is superb! Scratch build?
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 25 August 2024, 10:01:41 PM
Quote from: Aethelflaeda was framed on 25 August 2024, 09:52:01 PM
That wagon is superb! Scratch build?

Warbases - in the blog, I review (that sounds too grand, I critique… bitch about… weigh in on…) the Sharp Practice bundle they have, and the accompanying horses and drivers.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: Cat on 05 September 2024, 10:20:50 PM
I just got one of the kits, what lessons were learned on the Clarence Carriage?
 
As I mentioned on FB, I was thrilled that you posted this, I've been hoping for several years now to find one like the carriage use in the Sleepy Hollow movie, and this is the style.  It's even more anachronisitic in a movie set in 1799, but rule of cool. 
 
I'll have to jack up the suspension on mine.  The model kit appears to be built after a low-rider streets of London version.  Google shows other examples like the one in the movie that ride a lot higher for off-pavement use.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 06 September 2024, 10:09:38 AM
Quote from: Cat on 05 September 2024, 10:20:50 PM
I just got one of the kits, what lessons were learned on the Clarence Carriage?

Don't attach the seat until you've painted the carriage. Absolutely nigh on impossible to get behind it. Similarly, if you're going for a viewable interior, don't glue on the roof - that was my plan, but prefered the curtain idea.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: Cat on 06 September 2024, 02:42:47 PM
Thanks! 

Notes made on the little product paper in the baggie.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: commissarmoody on 14 September 2024, 08:03:42 AM
Lots of great ideas here.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 25/08)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 26 September 2024, 07:32:45 PM
Obligatory Sharpe reference…

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/63/1462-260924193143.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/09)
Post by: Chairface on 26 September 2024, 08:15:20 PM
Lovely work on the green stuff!  Very delicate
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/09)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 09 February 2025, 06:57:06 PM
A new recruit… Father Shandor about a hundred years early before his appearance in Dracula Prince of Darkness.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/65/1462-090225185221.jpeg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/65/1462-090225185256.jpeg)

More info on the character on the blog - http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2025/02/father-shandor.html
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 09/02 - Father Shandor)
Post by: Cat on 09 February 2025, 07:26:23 PM
"Take care that I do not have cause to ride this way again!"
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 09/02 - Father Shandor)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 09 February 2025, 08:20:37 PM
http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2025/02/father-shandor-comic-strips.html

 ;)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 09/02 - Father Shandor)
Post by: Chairface on 10 February 2025, 02:20:27 PM
The good father is brilliantly done
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 09/02 - Father Shandor)
Post by: Iain R on 09 March 2025, 09:23:38 PM
Excellent work as usual!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 09/02 - Father Shandor)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 26 July 2025, 06:09:07 PM
Some new recruits… highwayman, sailor and coachman…

http://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2025/07/more-silver-bayonet-recruits.html

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/66/1462-260725180728.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Aethelflaeda was framed on 28 July 2025, 02:54:00 PM
Looking good, as always!  i will have to look for those Perry sailors…i have a shortage i need to fill.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 28 July 2025, 03:05:11 PM
those aren't Perry, they are Black Scorpion - they need a bit of leg surgery to make them more compatible with Perry.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: bc99 on 29 July 2025, 03:58:38 AM
I like them all, especially the highwayman.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: mikedemana on 29 July 2025, 05:22:18 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 28 July 2025, 03:05:11 PM
those aren't Perry, they are Black Scorpion - they need a bit of leg surgery to make them more compatible with Perry.

That's an understatement for the modifications you did. I think you and Cat are the only ones I know who will adjust the height of a figure by sawing its legs off, taking out a section, and putting them back together again. Hats off to you both for taking that time and effort!  :o

Mike Demana
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Cat on 29 July 2025, 06:17:11 PM
Ooh, that Highwayman would make a nice Bokkenrijder too!  Could be shortened at the belt line if need be.
 
Mike, we have ways to fight back against scale-creeping figures.
: 3
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: mikedemana on 30 July 2025, 05:19:10 PM
Quote from: Cat on 29 July 2025, 06:17:11 PM
Mike, we have ways to fight back against scale-creeping figures.
: 3

Those are some drastic methods, Cat!!  :D lol

Mike Demana
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Sakuragi Miniatures on 11 August 2025, 12:46:54 AM
The highwayman needs a special rule- "Stand and Deliver!"
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: commissarmoody on 11 August 2025, 03:11:38 AM
Quote from: Sakuragi Miniatures on 11 August 2025, 12:46:54 AM
The highwayman needs a special rule- "Stand and Deliver!"
Now I got the Adam and the ants song stuck in my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Cat on 11 August 2025, 03:21:13 AM
Quote from: commissarmoody on 11 August 2025, 03:11:38 AM
Now I got the Adam and the ants song stuck in my head.

You could swap it out for Dennis Moore.
: 3
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkhx0eqK5w
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: commissarmoody on 12 August 2025, 04:57:38 AM
Quote from: Cat on 11 August 2025, 03:21:13 AM

You could swap it out for Dennis Moore.
: 3

A classic!  lol
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 18 August 2025, 10:38:07 PM
A little WIP tease…

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/67/1462-180825223643.jpeg)

Quite pleased with them, just need to get in a paint mood…
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: Chairface on 20 August 2025, 03:18:47 PM
Lovely. I thought that I had all of the Romany tambourine dancers out thee, but I don't recognize her
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 03:52:38 PM
Ral Partha, but I removed the odd looking sword and replaced her hand... it was a very manly hand, but I've shaved it down as much as I can to make it match the other one...
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Malamute on 20 August 2025, 03:57:17 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 18 August 2025, 10:38:07 PM
A little WIP tease…

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/67/1462-180825223643.jpeg)

Quite pleased with them, just need to get in a paint mood…

Captain Kronos and Professor Grost!!!

I presume the girl will be Carla?

Fantastic!
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: Chairface on 20 August 2025, 04:01:36 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 03:52:38 PM
Ral Partha, but I removed the odd looking sword and replaced her hand... it was a very manly hand, but I've shaved it down as much as I can to make it match the other one...

Oh, I think that I do have her then. You did a great job on matching the arm
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 04:06:53 PM
Quote from: Malamute on 20 August 2025, 03:57:17 PM
Captain Kronos and Professor Grost!!!

I presume the girl will be Carla?

Fantastic!

yep - she doesn't really do much in the film besides be sexy and act as bait, so will have her for completions sake, but don't think she'll be much cop in Silver Bayonet...
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 04:21:58 PM
Quote from: Chairface on 20 August 2025, 04:01:36 PM
Oh, I think that I do have her then. You did a great job on matching the arm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157202664645?_skw=ral+partha+gypsy&itmmeta=01K3414NY3DX9QEBM9NWM5G64Z&hash=item249a024cc5:g:ZdsAAOSwG0NfSuvX&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1d9k%2FCaPctTeJFo8U96rCz9SxMayPIjQf%2Bz5G5Bm8XC8iShqT1dgcvsD6FTQHC6kK0WctwdA0ktop%2FdDkjcoKe0rBV2YI50ooaU5gHyBDJieou13ye1q8QwYLf8EiUA%2Fg7R6S92TYz1Jw8qoLXoE4EwIhjv9HtbtwQidEGDS1FS7TCHN3bOwq67wogWhLz5q1nPOanBpllRl%2Fb6bGslurSHNy7MK5a8MPHFcE4bilGs2vWMRz87iWDwN45ghSatEO--IeBL7MzXK%2FbQnldWwN4DlOUXMV13SGMddwlksOxieQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6rfkoGZZg
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: Chairface on 20 August 2025, 04:26:02 PM
Oh I definitely have her :) The arm makes a big difference
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 26/07 - new recruits)
Post by: Malamute on 20 August 2025, 05:29:55 PM
Quote from: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 04:06:53 PM
yep - she doesn't really do much in the film besides be sexy and act as bait, so will have her for completions sake, but don't think she'll be much cop in Silver Bayonet...

Great stuff. I'm surprised no one has produced commercial sculpts of these two. I think you have done a terrific job on them, can't wait to see the painted versions now.

If Graphic Novels are your thing there is a Captain Kronos one with a story that on from the film, Carla has a more active roll in it. Its a nice homage to the film, worth a look for inspiration.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 05:36:45 PM
yeah, I have that... it was ok. I'd quite like the novel adaptation (just called Kronos) that was done recently as well.

Paint will hopefully hide a multitude of sins - I'm hoping the weather stays cool this bank holiday so I can slap some paint on.
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: Chairface on 20 August 2025, 06:07:36 PM
I think Tangent minis has a not Captain Kronos around somewhere
Title: Re: The Dark Watch - a Silver Bayonet project (updated 18/08 WIP)
Post by: anevilgiraffe on 20 August 2025, 06:36:15 PM
not that I've seen... I searched high and low for the right figure to even convert