Yesterday,
all of a surprise, the sun came out. My house is truly the worst
place to take photographs. It is literally aligned against the
passage of the sun so even the garden doesn't get good enough light
half the time (nevermind British weather) and I cannot wait for that
light tent to arrive.
Anyway, the
first completed models for my Bretonnians: half a unit of Peasant
Archers! The rest of the Battalion is in various states ranging from
half-finished to barely started but I'm still very much enjoying the
project. So, precious, precious photographic evidence:
These were a
lot of fun to paint and quite easy once I'd broken down in my head
what was hard leather, what was cloth I wanted to be brown and what
was cloth I wanted to paint in grubby heraldic colours. Originally
the halved yellow and red was going to be the colours of a random
knight champion but I like the contrast so much they're going to be
the colours of my general's family (and of the Errants and Realm
Knights of his household, just to make my life easier).
I was
surprised by how well the yellow came out, actually, which I put down
more to the Zandri Dust undercoat than any actual skill on my part.
Between these and some Skinks I've been painting on the side using
Macragge Blue undercoat I finally feel sold on using different
coloured sprays.
As to the
rest of the Battalion: the remaining Archer are about half done; the
Men-At-Arms are just getting started with just some flesh tones
filled; and, the Knights are taking a while to start because I'm
painting each horse a different colour, partly as a colour test but
mostly because since I'm painting them in uniform heraldry I want
something to make the models looks more like individuals.
With eleven
days of Month One to go I doubt I'll get everything all the way done
but I'm making progress I'm more than happy with.
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