As requested, some additional images of my army style painting of BM figures:
Human Ultra-Heavy Cavalry Knights, and
a close-up profile shot. Crikey, even a hack army painter like me can get decent results on these sculpts!
I left their shields blank. I play
2e BattleSystem, running battles drawn from my 2e AD&D campaigns. I considered decorating their shields to make them Paladins, but the Paladins have a very unique shield emblem. With that in place, these figures would
always be Paladins. This way they are easier to make into other Ultra-Heavy Cavalry Units, as needed. Besides, I would need to either print their unique symbols on paper, and decoupage them in place (my preferred method), or I would need to hand paint each shield, one after the other... While I've done some hand painting on shields, I am terrible at it. Decoupage is much preferred, on all counts!
These sculpts are really spectacular. I just apply simple block painting, assembly line style, using inexpensive craft paints. I follow that with Minwax Polyshades Royal Walnut (no longer made -- dark brown shade), brushing it on (variant of the original
Dip Technique). Once dried, I apply a matte clear coat. Like I said,
hack army painting. And even with that, they look fantastic on the tabletop!
These were such a joy to paint -- and I don't enjoy figure painting all that much! Knowing that I was painting a unit of Paladins really made these fun for me...
I played in a 2e BattleSystem game, back in the 1990's, where I ran a 50 figure unit of Skeletal Cavalry against six Paladin Ultra-Heavy Cavalry.
The Skellies were not allowed to charge, but the Paladins did! After the massive cloud of shattered bone dust settled, I had 25 skeletal cavalry figures left!
We were locked in melee thereafter, and though he chiseled away at my unit (the Undead
never check Morale, for they are beyond fear...), he just could not destroy them quickly. After 4+ Turns, he finally eliminated the last of my cavalry figures, but his up-the-center assault was so delayed, their army attack plan had pretty much fallen apart.
My skeletal unit barely managed to put a few dents into their armor the entire combat, while they ground my unit to dust. The look of shock and dismay, upon the Paladin unit's player, was priceless.
I laugh every time I see a unit of ultra-heavy, plate barded cavalry, remembering how such a powerful unit
can be held up by inferior forces in such an ironic, and wholly satisfying, way.
Cheers!
July 05, 2013, 09:01:16 PM