Author Topic: Atheling's Early Byzantines- Made the Cover of "Slingshot"- Page 31. 23-04-2023 (Read 64164 times)

Atheling · « **Reply #165 on:** March 10, 2021, 10:59:54 AM »

Thanks you all for your kind words

Quote from: Koyote on March 09, 2021, 09:29:07 PM

The hand painted banners are amazing.

Thanks you. They are the only army I am working on where I am actually painting the banners by hand. I find it very rewarding but it is time consuming.

Quote from: Charlie_ on March 09, 2021, 07:54:05 PM

Awesome! Will you be working on some opponents for them too?

Yeah, quite a list actually. To start off with the Belisarius/Narses Justinian era stuff it will be Goths, Franks (one unit done thus far!

) Lombards and of course, Sassanids. Later I'll move into the Arab Conquest and Avars etc for the Heraclian era stuff. There will also be Gassanids and a few others as allies for the Eastern Romans.

Quote from: Charlie_ on March 09, 2021, 07:54:05 PM

Can I ask what your bases are made of? They look like MDF, but with some thinner material attached beneath?

It's "Magnabase". Basically magnetic sheet. All the armies that won't fit into a display case get allotted a Very Useful Box which is lined with magnetic sheeting. It just keeps everything from moving around and potential damage. If you're interested the best place to buy the magnetic basing stuff is Magnetic Displays:
https://www.magneticdisplays.co.uk/

Quote from: Thew2 on March 09, 2021, 08:08:21 PM

Really wonderful painting and basing! I love the red, yellow and blue pteruges (wikipedia suggests this is what they're called?) on the command.

Yeah, Pteruges, though I am yet to learn how to pronounce the word

Bearwoodman · « **Reply #166 on:** March 10, 2021, 05:31:18 PM »

Beautiful figures, and the flags are fantastic!

Atheling · « **Reply #167 on:** March 11, 2021, 07:41:37 AM »

Quote from: Bearwoodman on March 10, 2021, 05:31:18 PM

Beautiful figures, and the flags are fantastic!

Thanks Bearwoodman

hallmarkFPS · « **Reply #168 on:** March 11, 2021, 02:45:02 PM »

Beautiful collection your are building mate, very impressive

Atheling · « **Reply #169 on:** March 11, 2021, 03:03:22 PM »

Quote from: hallmarkFPS on March 11, 2021, 02:45:02 PM

Beautiful collection your are building mate, very impressive

Thanks- appreciated

I'm loving your Early Byzantines too!

Hu Rhu · « **Reply #170 on:** March 11, 2021, 10:32:45 PM »

Seriously beautiful painting on those Byzantines, especially the command stand.

Atheling · « **Reply #171 on:** March 12, 2021, 08:55:03 AM »

Quote from: Hu Rhu on March 11, 2021, 10:32:45 PM

Seriously beautiful painting on those Byzantines, especially the command stand.

Cheers Hu Rhu

More of the larger based command stand to come in the near future. I'm currently trying to fill out the ranks a little more with two unarmoured units of Skutatoi but there's Bucellarrii, Lancers and other Cavarly goodness to come reasonably soon. I love painting Cavalry models which is why I'm trying to fill in the infantry ranks as much as possible before engaging with the Cav

Hincmar · « **Reply #172 on:** March 12, 2021, 09:44:08 AM »

Wowsers - this could well be my favourite army posted on Lead Adventure. Beautiful. You are properly doing justice to the new (and stunning) range.

I'd be most interested to know what ranges you are using for the Germanic opponents for the Belisarian era - presumably the metal ranges by Footsore, GB and so on, or are you kit-bashing plastics to produce a slightly later, more Romanized look? Am also very curious to know your plans for the Heraclian opposition. Sassanids and Avars are dealt with by Aventine and GB. But early Muslim Arabs are a real conundrum for me. Such an important army historically and yet they remain the great "black hole" in terms of miniatures. I don't think the GB plastics are easily retrofitted for this purpose.

Atheling · « **Reply #173 on:** March 12, 2021, 10:15:19 AM »

Quote from: Hincmar on March 12, 2021, 09:44:08 AM

Wowsers - this could well be my favourite army posted on Lead Adventure. Beautiful. You are properly doing justice to the new (and stunning) range.

I'd be most interested to know what ranges you are using for the Germanic opponents for the Belisarian era - presumably the metal ranges by Footsore, GB and so on, or are you kit-bashing plastics to produce a slightly later, more Romanized look? Am also very curious to know your plans for the Heraclian opposition. Sassanids and Avars are dealt with by Aventine and GB. But early Muslim Arabs are a real conundrum for me. Such an important army historically and yet they remain the great "black hole" in terms of miniatures. I don't think the GB plastics are easily retrofitted for this purpose.

I can't really answer the question without giving things away about potential Aventine releases. I told Keith I would keep everything he let me know re: future releases if in confidence. I would drop Keith a line and ask if you're interested.

I don't think I'll be doing any plastic kit bashing but of course if the need arises then I will do. TBH, I have such a long way to go with just the, for want of a better phrase, Justinian era Aventine releases I'm going to be busy with just those for a while yet. I will be moving onto the Heraclian era stuff after I have much of the earlier stuff completed. And that's quite a lot as I bought two units of everything

Hammers · « **Reply #174 on:** March 12, 2021, 10:27:29 AM »

Wow. *Very* tidy paintjobs all around.

Atheling · « **Reply #175 on:** March 12, 2021, 11:14:12 AM »

Quote from: Hammers on March 12, 2021, 10:27:29 AM

Wow. *Very* tidy paintjobs all around.

Thanks Hammers. I'm trying to keep up the momentum.

Wellington · « **Reply #176 on:** March 12, 2021, 11:17:53 AM »

Nice!

Atheling · « **Reply #177 on:** March 13, 2021, 09:47:50 AM »

Quote from: Wellington on March 12, 2021, 11:17:53 AM

Nice!

Thanks Wellington

Atheling · « **Reply #178 on:** March 15, 2021, 08:44:22 AM »

Just a quick post to keep things up to speed. I have been experimenting with different colour schemes for the tunics for the different Unarmoured Skutatoi Units that will be standing as the main battle line in the army along with their Armoured Comrades (in Shieldwall). I have avoided the temptation to go for purely complimentary colours as they often create a hard contrast which, given the surface area of the miniature that will be covered by my chosen hues of "Green" and "Yellow" would tend towards the dynamic between the colours being too strong. I have also shifted the hue of the green slightly.

I am happy with the way in which the colour schemes have worked out on this the second unit of Unarmoured Skutatoi but as always, I would be very interested in hearing what you guys think?

Please note, the models are unvarnished. so no gloss and matting down as of yet.

The first unit is still waiting, somewhat impatiently for the gloss to dry so I can finally matt the miniatures down, paint the banner and base it up so pics of that very soon.

For now though......

Cheers

valleyboy · « **Reply #179 on:** March 15, 2021, 09:27:33 AM »

That's a really nice colour combination but what is most striking is how clean they are and how they somehow pop
I think its hard with some colours, particularly red and yellow not to have an undercoat or wash coming through. Those are so neatly painted that the colours used have some depth and give the illusion of troops wearing nice thick rich cloth.
So what paint brand are you using? Is that why?
How many coats to get that coverage? Is that the secret?
And finally - how come your figures' hands and spears don't have huge blobs of epoxy on them like mine seem to?

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