Captain Blood's Perry Mounted Men at Arms. P.156 Scots pike block painted

[janner]

Which one, Nottingham or the more realistic 

cheers

James

I think you know the answer to that one... 

[Arlequín]

[OSHIROmodels]

Don't tempt me 

cheers

James

[Silent Invader]

Don't tempt you?  You've already built the central tower!

[Blackwolf]

Sorry Richard,bit late on the updates; lovely work as ever! The painting of the armor is beautiful,dare I ask, have you changed the way you paint it ?

[Malamute]

Don't tempt you?  You've already built the central tower!

 

Now all he has to do is paint it pink

[Dr. The Viking]

I bought a box of bow and bill and the merc command set.

 

Noooo!

I hope you will still contribute to that proper manly early middle ages thing you had going with foot knights and all.

WoTR is too fruity and colourful for me. It would be like double confect considering my rampant fruity and colourful personality.

[Captain Blood]

Sorry Richard,bit late on the updates; lovely work as ever! The painting of the armor is beautiful,dare I ask, have you changed the way you paint it ?

Not that I was aware of! It may be because I'm now using a different undercoat which seems to come up a little bit grainy on some figures. Perhaps gives the finished armour a slightly more 'iron' feel rather than smooth steel, but I'm not sure, and it's certainly not deliberate 

[OSHIROmodels]

Is that the Halfords brown as I haven't noticed that much of a difference.

cheers

James

[Captain Blood]

Yeah. Seems to go very slightly grainy on some figures - not really visible to the naked eye until you apply paint... 
Not quite sure why though, because on other figures it's smooth as velvet.

[Malamute]

Yeah. Seems to go very slightly grainy on some figures - not really visible to the naked eye until you apply paint... 
Not quite sure why though, because on other figures it's smooth as velvet.

The graininess is a result of holding the can further away from the figures. I noticed when spraying my Martians. Some it was fine,others grainy. Try holding it closer to them and you will see a difference.

[Blackwolf]

Yeah. Seems to go very slightly grainy on some figures - not really visible to the naked eye until you apply paint... 
Not quite sure why though, because on other figures it's smooth as velvet.

Well it looks fantastic (as of course does your earlier armour work ).

[OSHIROmodels]

The graininess is a result of holding the can further away from the figures. I noticed when spraying my Martians. Some it was fine,others grainy. Try holding it closer to them and you will see a difference.

Must be a slightly different formula then as it dries quicker than the normal stuff.

cheers

James

[Captain Blood]

Yep. Think it must be tiny bubbles which dry instantly...

[Captain Blood]

The longbowmen now have paint - just in the nick of time...  
I've added a few to each of my retinues, just to keep the numbers more or less even...

First, a couple of tough looking professionals for the De Brasseys of Tandridge...





Sir Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, gets three new men...





Three for the Foyles of Crowhurst...





Two for the Tenchleys of Staffhurst





One new huntsman for the Osneys of Outwood, plus a Scots mercenary (he was just a test figure I made up to see what could be done combining parts from the three Perry plastic WOTR boxes... Thought I might as well paint him. He will accompany my Scots pike).





And here they are together...



God willing, they and the rest of the host will see action this Sunday  

Oooh. Just noticed. 6000 posts. That's a whole lot of idle chit-chat