Arthurian Interlude Pt 2

[Atheling]

I've been thoroughly enjoying a little break painting up a few old Gripping Beast "Arthurian's".

Originally they were meant for a WAB army for a WAB Campaign weekender at GWHQ (I only managed one unit of cavalry and had to borrow an army!). 

More pics and sub Roman chatter on my blog here:
justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/07/arthurian-interlude.html









And more Saxon types from the Arhurian interlude Pt 1:

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great work!

[**GS**]

lovely!

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid 

[Hu Rhu]

Great painting. 

[Atheling]

Thanks guys 

It was a lot of fun to do something a little different and try out some shield designs that were not really in sync with my usual style.

[Maniac]

They look smashing.  Love the Chi-Rhos, they look superb.

[Atheling]

They look smashing.  Love the Chi-Rhos, they look superb.

Thanks Maniac

[valleyboy]

Very classy

[Atheling]

Very classy

Thank you Valleyboy 

[MaleGriffin]

Superb brushwork!

[HappyChappy439]

Great painting! That Sutton-Hoo-ish helmet really pops too!

[Atheling]

Thanks again guys

Great painting! That Sutton-Hoo-ish helmet really pops too!

The three at the bottom, including the Sutton Hoo-ish helmeted chap, were painted about five years ago when my eyes were a lot better. I've since taken to using an Optivisor and leaving out the eyes- just putting in a VMC German Black Brown slit instead. As the project is more of a distraction then a serious attempt at creating a wargames army (they might - one day!) I tried to paint in some eyes on the third single miniature from the top but wasn't very happy at all with the results- compared to what I was capable of five to ten years ago they look a bit like fried eggs 

There's always the argument that you wouldn't be able to make out the eyes in 28mm scale humans so I'm going with that for now 

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Great figures and painting.  The eyes look fine to me.

[Atheling]

Great figures and painting.  The eyes look fine to me.

Thanks you.

I'll try to dig out a larger image of the "Merlin" miniature which was painted a good five or six year prior to my last eye attempt. There is a huge difference between that and the third mini from the top in quality and size, at least that's how it feels to me. The trick to painting eyes has always been keeping them as small as possible for me.