Constable Bertrand's Fantasy Thread - P2 Bretonnian Questing Knights Part1

[Constable Bertrand]

Hi all, So some beasts were lurking in my head and paintbrushes waiting to get out.

Prior thread with:
Sengeneru's (Aka Lazy Forger) trebuchet
Bretonnian General - Constable Bertrand
Bretonnian Errant Knights and command
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=62835.0


Contents
P1 Hasslefree Boudi
P1 beastmen Gor herd
P1 Ghosts sythe wraith
P2 GW Boars Razortusks
P2 Bretonnian Questing Knights Part 1

Lets start with the beauties first.


I finally managed to paint the Hasslefree ladies that have been in the paint que for tooooo long. The challenge to paint flat simple surfaces in a convincing way and get a wonderful sculpt with a good paint job was a little overwhelming TBH. I am really happy with how they turned out. I went with the "artwork" style for Boudi and am supper happy with how the colours work together. I pushed myself with the other damsel as I had a "lady of the lake" vision in mind so pushed myself to do washes and work on a freshly "stepped out of the lake" look. No Golden Demon but I'm Happy.

And where there are beauties there are beasts.. lots of beasts .. lurking in the forests.

So hide your wives, hide your kids and lock the windows, there's speak of vicious animals at night.



A new band of plastic GW Gors have stepped out of the forest with a few old metal models in tow for a fledgling beast band. I really enjoyed the look and feel of the plastic gors, the detail was crisp and sharp, there were interesting surfaces and were a real joy to paint and build. They flew by! The only gripe was a few of the sprues connected to the body on the pectorals and needed some creative fixing, using the arm pit would have been too easy hey GW >_>. I used snakebite leather as a base for some skin and vermin fur for the rest. They were all looking very brown till i added the copper oxidisation, red cloths and green base, and I really like how they turned out.









Cheers
Matt

[DeafNala]

OUTSTANDING! The Beauties & the Beasty Boys are all BEAUTIFULLY painted & based. They make a stunning War Band. VERY WELL DONE!

[Freddy]

Great looking warbands!

[Vladimir Raukov]

That dress sure is...uh, sheer! Great work, keep it up!

[Constable Bertrand]

Thanks guys.

Yes whites never good for popping in and out of lakes is it 

OUTSTANDING! The Beauties & the Beasty Boys are all BEAUTIFULLY painted & based. They make a stunning War Band. VERY WELL DONE!

Thanks for the encouragement DeafNala. There's some bretonnians in the paint que next, then some more beasts and things will be coming along next. I'm working towards a monster population for a dungeon.

[PineyPhantom]

Incredible job on the sheer cloth and the tartan! I've been painting for 10 years or thereabouts and can't do either! Can't wait to see what's next!

[Clearco]

Nice! Love the wet-transparent effect in the damsels clothes 

[Constable Bertrand]

Thanks Guys. 

Painted up some GW ghosts, the spindly floating plastic ghosts are an amazing construct. Considering where metal toy soldiers started, with simple 2 press moulds, the detail and execution of these are incredible. GW designers really pushed the envelope with these.

They painted up ok, and the green and orange rust turned out quite well.



A greenish glow is seen through the mist, suddenly the room seems cooler, and the sounds of creaking chains can be heard.



Cheers, Matt

[Malamute]

Great stuff. Love the beastmen and the ghosts.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Looking good!

[Vladimir Raukov]

Oh, I can't WAIT to play on those tiles! Ghosts are lovely, too.

[Constable Bertrand]

I've been cobbling a crew together for Torch and Shield that could also run duty as Bretonnian foot knights. I started with a sprue of Perry French and English foot knights and assembled with some GW brettonian/empire parts and some frostgrave.

The Perry foot knights are nicely shaped but a little small for heroic GW, and I was unable to do a headship with a bretonnian tin can, so needed to pick some banner toppers and the smallest bretonnian crests in my stash. I even managed to squeeze in 2 smaller GW heads that are just manageable.

[Burgundavia]

Delightfully weird headdress. Should look amazing painted

[Peithetairos]

The conversions are top-notch, especially with the characterful head pieces. I also really like the rust effect on the ghosts and your experiments with sheer fabric and tartan designs.

[Basementboy]

Heartily agreed! The transparent fabric is stunning, and I love the conversions- looking forward to seeing them painted!