A Tilean Campaign

[Padrissimus]

Here is video Part 24 of Tilea's Troubles ...



The Pavonans...



Take on the Compagnia del Sole...

[Padrissimus]

Finally got around to a 'paint test run' for my new swamp zombies regiment. Having ditched enamels after 35 years, I am going with acrylics and army painter dip (wash), then anti-shine. I have been experimenting for a year and I think I'm getting the technique about right now.



The first model is a Black Tree Designs metal figure, which I am glad to see fits in with the plastics well as I bought all of their swamp zombies. I replaced his thin, bendy, lead spear shaft with a brass rod.

The middle one is one of the very new GW plastic zombies, but with all the roots/branches weirdness chopped off.

The third has a new GW top half, and a Mantic skeleton's legs! This sort of kit-bash mish-mash is how I made 23 zombies from the sprues instead of the official 20!

I think I am convinced by this very simple technique. So ... 3 done, now for the other 33!

[Elbows]

Have you considered the Fireforge zombies?  They're superb...

(link to some that I painted - also with AP dip)
https://myminiaturemischief.blogspot.com/2020/03/zombies-wander-into-dungeon.html

I think they're the best of the "medieval" style zombies out right now.  Just the right amount of gruesome while being dead easy to paint.  You get 18 per box too, which is nice.  Around $25 or so.

[Padrissimus]

Coincidentally I bought the box of Fireforge peasants this weekend. I never have enough peasants!

[swiftnick]

Good going! Once you tune into the technique you can certainly churn the figures out.

[Ockius]

I love the shots of the communities when they come together, with a few civilians, churchmen and so on, along with militia and soldiers.

Those two Tilean armies look excellent lined up for battle too!

[Padrissimus]

Part 25 of Tilea's Troubles is up! 

[has.been]

Loving the statue (shushing, death)
where does he come from?

[Padrissimus]

It is listed with nearly every other figure and piece of scenery at the end of the video. I got it only last weekend in a shop in Sheffield. Zeiterdes I think? (I am guessing at the spelling right now.)

[Padrissimus]

I liked the statue as a representation of the god of death and dreams, Morr. As if he is saying: "Shush, calm yourself, for when you die I will look after you. Be at peace."

[has.been]

You were right about the manufacturer.
I've book-marked the site until after
payday

[Gibby]

I like the look of the new zombies! I think the dip technique works really well, especially for army painting!

[Padrissimus]

Thanks Gibby. All done on your recommendations and advice. I have been painting more of them tonight, along with four pole-punting soldiers (!), two doctors and several rafts, including a battering ram raft! These are all needed for the already written new campaign story, after which, knowing the story has progressed up to date, I am going to push events forward as best I can to make a battle happen!

[swiftnick]

Finally managed to catch up. Great stuff very enjoyable!

[Padrissimus]

I am currently working on a bunch of figures needed for my next campaign report (a 'present day' one rather than a video report of a story done years ago). It occurred to me that I could try some different techniques as part of my ongoing experiments moving to acrylics from enamels.

I used three methods, as described on this picture ...



I think I like them all. But the first is an attempt to continue my traditional cartoon style, but with washed faces and not the clumsy ones I used to do. The second is washed flesh but no 'cartoon' blacklining on the rest of the figure. The last, which I showed above, is full ondip/wash.

The last looks dirty, as it was supposed to. Dirty seems to work well on Zombies and Skaven. But of the other two styles, not meant to be filthy, I still think I prefer my old cartoon method, even if I never attempt it on faces again! At least any new figures would fit in better with my existing collection.

What d'ya reckon?