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| did some research on the Kligane heraldry |
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| Lannister forces building color |
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| Starks, with grey wind in the van |
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| cavalry shaping up quickly |
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| long view of both forces |
Been re-watching the 'Game of Thrones' in the background while painting and stopping to get good color ideas about the livery and dresses worn in the series.
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| color blocking begins |
Next stage done, more color work to be done this week.
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| taking on more color now |
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| the undercoats keep the division of the two armies |
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| as a whole you can pick out the differences quickly |
More color layers to come this week - ink and the start of details
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| Dark blue for the Starks |
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| Dark brown for the Lannisters |
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| the zenithal highlighting is really making details stand out |
The first layer of dark undertone for the two forces has gone on.
Now the Zenithal base coat is on the minis.
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| Starks in zenithal base coat |
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| Lannisters in zenithal base coat |
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| whole force in zenithal base coat |
The color layers start next ... though the weekend is filled with other works now - more to come next week.
Continued work on the Ice and Fire set:
Everything is now cleaned and mounted to the painting sticks - for the 'zenithal' base coating.
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| the entire set unpainted & ready for base coating |
I have a new commission on my painting table.
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| the box art |
A fellow tabletop gamer, who has less time to paint than I, has commissioned me to paint this fantastic game set, based on the popular Song of Ice and Fire series, also known as Game of Thrones.
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| the whole grouping |
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| the minis are molded in colored plastic |
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| they are 'bendy' which will keep things like the pikes and sword from breaking too often |
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| details are well represented on the models |
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| there were limited error or seams that needed any green stuff for correction |
The cleaning has been done, now mounting to the painting sticks.
Days of Plunder ...
In July, I did a solo day of pirates, testing out the new crew and ships and coming to a better understanding of using ships in the Blood & Plunder system.
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| the two sloops got to engage each other for the first time |
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| close range battle ensued |
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| the black and red 'pirate' vessel came up the worst |
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| some great photos of the sloops |
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| on fire the 'pirates' were doomed |
Then the game was able to be staged in the War Dungeon, in the Nanaimo area.
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| we started off with a little beach assault scenario so the players could learn the rules |
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| there were some 'home-spun' ships |
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| the one crew abandoned their crippled ship |
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| while a pair of brigantines did a duel ... the homespun one coming up very badly mauled |
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| not able to win, the sloop selected open water and evaded |
I did the cannon firing wrong, it was upon returning home and re-reading the cannon rules that I realized at least 6 more chances to get hits were missed in the first volley ...
Ah well ... everyone had a good time.
An extensive audit of the whole Napoleonic collection has been in progress over the past weeks.
Today the count is in, 2,200 combat forces and a total of 2,319 miniatures including tabletop markers and draft teams.
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| the French army all 704 of them! |
The French top the list at 704, Sweden the bottom at 82. See the full details on the new Napoleonic Collection page. (click it)
Now I must continue the photography of the detail for the units in the collection.
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