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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: MartinD on November 16, 2022, 06:08:30 PM
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Hi there
Couple years back finally began getting an NKE army in 28mm, originally for Hail Caesar, so 24 man units etc. Instead of doing it DBx basing, I had a 'brainwave' and decided to go sabot basing. Bit of a disaster really, but enough of that. I let the project slide a little because I was so demoralised, but with encouragement from local gamers, got back to it and began rebasing DBx style for ADLG etc.
So, this is it so far, took a fair whack of the weekend but the missus is away. Still a bit to do, highlighting/drybrushing and get those edges painted.
Still a fair bit to go, especially chariots, but I'm happier with them now and look forward to returning to the project once I finish those Napoleon in Egypt dudes.
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Look very good to me. :)
(What make are the figures?)
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Nice job.
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Cheers!
They're all Foundry but for the single Warlord chariot.
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Looking great. :-*
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What they said! The rebased army looks quite sharp.
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Impressive army, especially the Nubians.
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Nice work! The Perry sculpted Foundry Biblical ranges are still the best around.
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Thanks all!
I'm just finishing these off over the weekend, in little batches. So here's some Nubian bowmen in close-up. Sorry about the focus going, looked better on my mobile. Will take some more as I go.
Cheers!
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Nice work! The Perry sculpted Foundry Biblical ranges are still the best around.
they are fantastic sculpts. Great work on the painting and basing.
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I love your desert/arid basing- it looks very natural. What are the base sizes for DBA in 28mm?
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DBA in 28mm uses 60mm wide bases, depth 20mm for close order, 30mm for loose order, 40mm for mounted, 80mm for chariots
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Thanks everyone!
Just did a few more before I managed to run out of Iraqi Sand :-) Got some ordered so will do more at the weekend. Here's some more Nubians and Sea People.
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They look really good, I especially like the cow hide pattern on the shields.
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Very nice looking additions.
Question: How do you sell sand to people who live in a desert?
Answer: Get them into wargaming.
lol
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Those are really lovely.
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Really nice models all round; great sculpts, great painting, and really good basing! Well done. :)
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Probably true about the sand. I still remember the look my wife gave me when I was painting some bases and tried to explain why I was painting the ‘dirt’ to get it to look more like dirt…
The rebased figures look great, by the way, they totally make me want to dive into an Egyptian or both biblical army.
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Probably true about the sand. I still remember the look my wife gave me when I was painting some bases and tried to explain why I was painting the ‘dirt’ to get it to look more like dirt…
lol classic
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Very nice, bases really do make the figure I think. Adds its own light.
Grand figures as well :D
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Thanks all! Completed some more.
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Those are nice. I've just rebased an army for ADLG too.
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Cheers! Some Bow. ADLG has achievable armies, I think. Dunno if I have the attention span for a DBM size 28mm army these days!
Weird to think how old the Foundry NKE are yet it's still the best range for the subject out there. The Warlord ones/ex Cutting Edge are good but odd looking (and really expensive now). I have the Warlord NKE ready to prime but can't process how they are going to look next to the Foundry in the same army!
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Those old Perry Foundry lines have certainly held up well. They must be thirty years old now. I remember eagerly turning to the adverts in Wargames Illustrated to drool over figures I couldn't afford, even when they were just line drawings. :D
I totally agree on the army size with ADLG. It's very achievable, especially at 100pts, but with scope for growth too. I used to try to paint hordes but usually ended up with a few painted figures and a pile of bare lead.
For basing I like chunky elements, so I'm doing my ADLG bases as mostly 60x60mm. Nostalgic shades of Simon McDowall's "Goths, Huns and Romans" or the League of Augsburg games in those old WIs again, maybe. Sadly my painting has never been that good.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHdfQ_YX3ng57ez9PDVPixvNdYGWbcLv1NKEFvxgmQq3KgYMi_9q3_0YoUeSA_1k5boxvnjmQTPUHuWqsLn3YMmzXHh9slgFGMbJpCGztjYHguI86qibacFQYO5cIZEMiIcr-fFD5Z5b_8BC6BN0dwKh_1c6adsp5LEIbbspQ6xr9icipKxPnMJL6ng/s960/Jasper_Tudor_Retinue.jpeg)
PS I see we both opt for the paint splattered cutting mat background when displaying our figures. ;)
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Yep, they look good!
I plan to base my Assyrians - well, some of them - on 60x60's I recently picked a fair few Foundry packs on Ebay, including the Siege mantlets and archers, so looking forward to mounting them properly on diorama bases :-)
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Beautiful job on those minis,great basing too! :-*
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They look great
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I plan to base my Assyrians - well, some of them - on 60x60's I recently picked a fair few Foundry packs on Ebay, including the Siege mantlets and archers, so looking forward to mounting them properly on diorama bases :-)
Looking forward to those. I know little about biblical history but I've always had a soft spot for Egyptian and Assyrian wargames armies. It's what the grown ups had when I was snot-nosed-kid playing Warhammer. They still feel like 'proper' wargames armies. :)
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Really beautiful. I’m amazed nobody like Victrix or even Perrys have done some Biblical plastics. They’re so good they’d create a genre of interest for us.
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Those figures are great. The rocky sandy bases really set them off well. Nice job. PS have you seen the Blitzkrieg/ RedCopperMiniatures Biblicals are available? They look excellent too.
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I agree that the Foundry NKE are still the best around. I thought about buying an army during their Christmas sale but the cost of all those light chariots put me off. Maybe one day! Both Assyrians and NKE are now available from RedCopperMiniatures as 3d prints, and sold commercially by Blitzkrieg Models in UK. RedCopper's own website also lists Hebrews, Sea Peoples and Hittites. As sold by Blitzkrieg the infantry are about £1.25 each and the light chariots £18 each, so the latter are just as expensive as Foundry's metals.
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I agree that the Foundry NKE are still the best around. I thought about buying an army during their Christmas sale but the cost of all those light chariots put me off. Maybe one day! Both Assyrians and NKE are now available from RedCopperMiniatures as 3d prints, and sold commercially by Blitzkrieg Models in UK. RedCopper's own website also lists Hebrews, Sea Peoples and Hittites. As sold by Blitzkrieg the infantry are about £1.25 each and the light chariots £18 each, so the latter are just as expensive as Foundry's metals.
I have a soft spot for Hinchcliffe & recently picked up enough infantry off e-bay for a DBA army,
but the chariots!?!?! Then I found CP Models
I agree that the Foundry NKE are still the best around. I thought about buying an army during their Christmas sale but the cost of all those light chariots put me off. Maybe one day! Both Assyrians and NKE are now available from RedCopperMiniatures as 3d prints, and sold commercially by Blitzkrieg Models in UK. RedCopper's own website also lists Hebrews, Sea Peoples and Hittites. As sold by Blitzkrieg the infantry are about £1.25 each and the light chariots £18 each, so the latter are just as expensive as Foundry's metals.
Not brilliant & they come without crew (you can order seperate figures from them) BUT...
£8 a throw :-*
The crew I will use some of the spare Hinchcliffe infantry.
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Has been, thanks for the tip-off about CP. I'm not a huge fan of their infantry but get by with their chariots/crews. As you need a lot of them for an NKE army £18 is a hell of a cost.
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Has been, thanks for the tip-off about CP. I'm not a huge fan of their infantry but get by with their chariots/crews. As you need a lot of them for an NKE army £18 is a hell of a cost.
You are welcome. I am not s great fan of their Infantry, but as I said, £8 a chariot and
I'll be using Hinchcliffe spares for the crew. Now to find a nice opposition army,
but most of the nice ones have chariots too! :-[
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Cheers all!
Yep, chariots. They sort of stalled the project for a while. I've got 9 so far - 1 Foundry Command, 4 from Warlord and 4 from Newline. As you could probably imagine, the Newline, while serviceable, look like tanks compared to the slight, faintly graceful Warlord ones. So it was a bit of a stall as I was a bit frustrated by the stylistic difference and regretted not sticking to more compatible miniatures brands.
I've been trying to convince myself they'll look OK together in different divisions :-)
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Here's the first chariot - one of the Warlord ones.
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Looking good. I like the chariot runners on the base too.
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As you could probably imagine, the Newline, while serviceable, look like tanks compared to the slight, faintly graceful Warlord ones. So it was a bit of a stall as I was a bit frustrated by the stylistic difference and regretted not sticking to more compatible miniatures brands.
Could you relegate them to opposition (to the Egyptians) e.g. Hittite?
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That chariot looks really great. I'm sure the Newline ones will be fine. At least good enough to flog for a decent price on eBay if they don't match.
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Could you relegate them to opposition (to the Egyptians) e.g. Hittite?
Or Canaanite subjects/allies.
I bulked out my Canaanite-Syrians with cheap Egyptian chariots from Irregular Miniatures, with replacement crew. I figured that the smaller city states would have a bit less uniformity in manufacture than the monolithic Egyptian war machine...
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Could you relegate them to opposition (to the Egyptians) e.g. Hittite?
Hmmm. A couple of local gamers have Hittite armies already, but it's an interesting proposition... I might think of using for maybe Libyan chariots.
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Began some Medjay skirmishers, still to finish basing
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Hello,
Very Nice project and paintjob !!! I like particulary skin's shades and shields !
Just a question : What colors did you use for egyptians and ses peoples skin ?
Nikkobourges
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Very nice-looking army!
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Hello,
Very Nice project and paintjob !!! I like particulary skin's shades and shields !
Just a question : What colors did you use for egyptians and ses peoples skin ?
Nikkobourges
Cheers!
The recent skirmishers were an experiment with that new Army Painter Skin Tones set, the Sea People are Andrea Flesh with washes, and the Egyptians are based on the Foundry North African Triad with extra washes and shadows and highlights by Andrea
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Thanks.
Nikkobourges
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NEARLY finished a warband of Sea Peoples. Or 6 units of Sherden according to ADLG :-) Just painting the last couple.
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And this is all Wargames Foundry?
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Just found this thread. And it’s magnificent! Absolutely awesome. ronze Age wargames are a niche in a niche, but so rewarding!
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The painting and basing is just fantastic. Love the skin tones and colours. Definitely worth keeping these photos as a painting guide and inspiration
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Cheers all!
Yep all the Sea Peoples are Foundry.
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Wonderful work. Can I ask what materials and colours you use for your bases? I relly like them.
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Wonderful work. Can I ask what materials and colours you use for your bases? I relly like them.
Thanks!
The bases are basically AK Interactive Desert Sand (or Sandy Desert?) with Vallejo Iraqi Sand drybrushing and the odd bit of dessert basing rocks and tufts.
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Got the Sea Peoples done!
So that's 6 units for ADLG or a HC Warband.
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Looking really good! Impressive stuff!
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Thanks!
Some more done, some here with unfinished bases, and the beginning of some allied Libyans
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Lovely work 8)
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Wasn't fussy about those shields so repainted them. Happier with them now (basing incomplete)