Pyrrhic Victory - was Hoplites of Magna Graecia - now with more Phalangites

[carlos marighela]

Those do look superb. Simple often beats complex, especially if there's a lot of 'em to do.

[philhendry]

Those do look superb. Simple often beats complex, especially if there's a lot of 'em to do.

Thanks! I aim for simple, relying on 'mass' to make them look good on the table. It seems to work!

[Happy Wanderer]

Very sharp paint job Phil.

Which quick shade are you using...Dark or Strong? Also, are you thinning your quick shade or using straight from the pot?

I'd love to know what block colour shades you use...any chance you can share?...they have very nice muted tones.

Cheers

Happy Wanderer

[Atheling]

Just Wow!!!!!

 
Ii'm not even going to ask how long they took to paint up- please don't answer that!!  

Darrell.

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[philhendry]

Thanks for the kind words lads. In terms of time, I'm not sure, but in a good week with a 'normal' amount of 'free time', I reckon to complete the equivalent of a 30 figure unit. I often don't manage that, because I get bogged down with real life. Best ever, as far as I remember, was 48 figures in a week.

Very sharp paint job Phil.

Which quick shade are you using...Dark or Strong? Also, are you thinning your quick shade or using straight from the pot?

I'd love to know what block colour shades you use...any chance you can share?...they have very nice muted tones.

Here's the section from my notes (I always keep notes, so I can go back later and add figures and have them look consistent with the older ones) - in roughly the order it's applied to the figures.

Prime white.

Flesh: Foundry 5B Flesh
Hair: Black, dry-brushed Foundry 42B Bay Brown
OR Tunics: Foundry 62B Night Sky, Vallejo 058/964 Field Blue, 059/900 French Mir. Blue, 060/903 Intermediate Blue on ¼ of the figures each to give some variety
Officer tunics: Foundry 40B Violet, 40C Violet Light (so they look richer than the above)
Bronze: beige undercoat, Vallejo 173/878 Old Gold;
Scabbards: Foundry 42B Bay Brown;
Linothorax lining: Foundry 37B Terracotta;
Grips/binding: Foundry 9B Boneyard;
Leather: Vallejo Game Color Beasty Brown;
Bronze armour binding: Foundry 19B Royal Purple;
Wood: Foundry 13B Spearshaft;
Iron: GW Chainmail;
Crests: Black, thinned with matt medium to make it translucent (obviating the need for highlighting!).

Some of the colours are consistent right across everything I do, some across a particular project, and some are kept 'special' to a particular 'nation' - those blues, for instance, will only be used on figures from Tarentum (and maybe other Greeks of Southern Italy) in this project - and they certainly won't ever get used on any Republican Romans.

AP QS Strong Tone. I use it straight from the pot, but one hint is to remember that it dries while it's open, and in storage - you need to keep adding thinner to keep the consistency the same.

[Happy Wanderer]

Hi Phil,

Great stuff. I keep notes and mercifully use the Foundry system to...and quick shade ...so our paint styles are quite similar....you can see a few in this thread FYI.

http://agrabbagofgames.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/almoravid-army.html


Thanks very much for the colours you use...much appreciated. I'm going to save this thread...wonderful stuff. I really like your style of crisp, accurate painting and the dip.

Nice one.

 

Happy W

[philhendry]

see a few in this thread FYI.

Great stuff - I really like those. I've nearly started a 'Reconquista' project a couple of times, but keep being seduced by yet more Romans!

[Happy Wanderer]

Phil

What colour is the White on the figures. Were these QS Strong or QS Dark dipped?

Cheers

Happy W

[Mason]

Brilliant as usual, Phil.
 

I shall give this a go when I get around to my Melniboneans.
It should work a treat as they have bronze armour.
Fingers crossed that it works half as well.
 

[philhendry]

What colour is the White on the figures. Were these QS Strong or QS Dark dipped?

The white is just the white primer - I'm lazy and don't repaint it. QS Strong.

[Happy Wanderer]

Ok!

That's a good primer you have there...thanks.

Happy W

[Axebreaker]

Very lovely work! I'm always impressed how you can apply the AP.

Do you shake and/or stir the ap before using it?

Christopher

[philhendry]

Thank you! I shake the pot of 'dip' for a few moments, wait for it to settle for a minute or two, pop off the lid and paint it on the figures.

[Axebreaker]

I see thank you. Once again lovely results as usual.

Christopher