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Author Topic: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Watchtower Interval!- Page 2  (Read 7985 times)

Offline Atheling

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Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Watchtower Interval!- Page 2
« on: February 21, 2020, 01:27:42 PM »
It does what it says on the tin. I painted a section of a wall!  :D

First of many terrain pieces by Grand Manner (the best for historical IMHO)

It's a very small part of a much larger Motte-and-Bailey for the Battle/Siege of Shrewsbury 1069 game.

I bought these terrain pieces way back in the early 2000's and to my blushing shame I haven;t painted a single piece. It has just sat in a box and waited for the day! Of course that day never seemed to be right so I'm extra relieved (and excited!) to have the resins cleaned up and some of the pieces undercoated ready for some brushwork.

I've put a bit of effort into the details on the model. If it's there paint it, right? :)

More pics about info the game on my blog:
http://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2020/02/battle-of-shrewsbury-1069-norman-outer_20.html






« Last Edit: March 05, 2020, 10:03:10 AM by Atheling »

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Norman Outer Wall I
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2020, 01:31:31 PM »

I bought these terrain pieces way back in the early 2000's and to my blushing shame I haven;t painted a single piece. It has just sat in a box and waited for the day!

You should be ashamed, that's outrageous! None of us buy stuff that then goes on a shelf for years unpainted, we all paint our stuff straight away. Bad boy, dirty boy, in your basket!
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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Norman Outer Wall I
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2020, 03:19:38 PM »
You should be ashamed, that's outrageous! None of us buy stuff that then goes on a shelf for years unpainted, we all paint our stuff straight away. Bad boy, dirty boy, in your basket!

 lol Yeah, but nigh on 20 years is pushing things a little  lol

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Norman Outer Wall I
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2020, 06:15:46 PM »
Laughed out loud! - I found some unpainted figures the other day I bought 35 years ago. You know, when it was 25mm not 28mm!  - really must put a brush on them! (Nice walls by the way!)
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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Norman Outer Wall I
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2020, 07:13:56 PM »
Very nice!  That is a really cool piece.

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Norman Outer Wall I
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2020, 09:13:20 AM »
Laughed out loud! - I found some unpainted figures the other day I bought 35 years ago. You know, when it was 25mm not 28mm!  - really must put a brush on them! (Nice walls by the way!)

 lol I dare not delve too deep into the cupboard of doom- "They delved too greedily and too deep, and disturbed that from which they fled"  lol
Very nice!  That is a really cool piece.

Thanks :)

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Another Piece of Wall
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2020, 08:44:36 AM »
With steps too  :o










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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Another Piece of Wall
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2020, 07:16:29 PM »
Looks great!

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Curved Norman Outer Wall III
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2020, 10:43:45 AM »
Looks great!

Thanks Tonhel.

Here's a corner piece :)









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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Another Piece of Wall
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2020, 11:12:40 AM »
Well worth the wait :)
Paint jobs look great can we have some defenders and attackers placed to show the scale of the  beauty?
Sorry to job you but I'm a sucker for eye candy this good :)
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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Another Piece of Wall
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2020, 01:57:18 PM »
Well worth the wait :)

Thanks :) I'm finding it difficult to find the adjectives to make the project sound more interesting  lol

Paint jobs look great can we have some defenders and attackers placed to show the scale of the  beauty?
Sorry to job you but I'm a sucker for eye candy this good :)

Yeah, the pics are the same ones that were taken for thew Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. Also I haven't had a chance to paint up any new 11th Century miniatures that would look the part. I've painted plenty of Almoravids but they would just look plain weird next to a Motte and Bailey ;) :)

I'll stick the odd bowman/crossbowman in next time.

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Curved Norman Outer Wall III
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2020, 06:40:43 PM »
Looks really nice. Shrewsbury could actually do with a few of those by the river just now.

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Curved Norman Outer Wall III
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2020, 07:16:38 PM »
Looks really nice. Shrewsbury could actually do with a few of those by the river just now.

Oh dear......  :'(

I'm cleaning more up now so after filing, washing, undercoating and a splash of paint...... :)

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Curved Norman Outer Wall III
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2020, 03:16:00 PM »
These are looking really nice! well done. Too bad Grand Manner is quite expensive. Too much for a poor boii like me anyway.

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Re: Battle of Shrewsbury 1069; Curved Norman Outer Wall III
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2020, 04:56:59 PM »
These are looking really nice! well done. Too bad Grand Manner is quite expensive.

Thanks  :)

I bought the whole Motte and Bailey unpainted about 20 years ago. The whole thing cost less then £150 at the time so it was quite cheap really. I just have to paint them myself :)

Grand Manner stuff is now painted in house which explains the price. It's how the company originally started doing business- with painted resins.