Sunday 6 March 2016

Medieval Perry Miniatures, beer and glue

Hi Chaps,

I hope you have all had a decent week of hobby filled stuff? This week has seen a new personal best in the number of plastic minis assembled-almost 100! Two boxes of Perry infantry, one of horse and a couple of boxes from GW.

The Warhammer fantasy stuff is actually going to form part of my medieval army...flagellants were a thing at the time of the Black Death so its close enough to have 6 as a unit of bidowers! Maybe I should be planning a Dragon Rampant army instead?




These little chaps are full of detail which make them hard for me to paint, more frustrating and time consuming than plain metal 28's but it is satisfying to complete a unit (12 or 6 figures for Lion Rampant). Despite not being huge units they do look right once grouped together.



My painting table looks like a war zone (unintentionally) and I have burned thousands of carbs bending down for bits of figures that always seem to either fall from between my chubster fingers or fly off the sprue. To replace said carbs I drank some home brew which calmed the nerves but strangely brought on a mild headache after the fifth.

As a change of pace I may try a smaller scale just so I can actually get a game in! DBA would be the rules of choice....does anyone game with this set in the smaller scales?

Thanks for looking, more archers and crossbowmen are on the bench, have a good weekend with whats left of it.

10 comments:

  1. Excellent job, love those ones with pavises on the ground...Superb!

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  2. Excellent work, Carl; I don't beat myself anymore, block paint, basic highlight, shade, dry brush, varnish, finish.

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  3. That's quite a tally for the week! These new additions certainly look rather good too.

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  4. Thanks Chaps, painting an army really does take an age.

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  5. ....whatever it is in that glass it looks lethal! :o)

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    1. haa it was! Not perfected the art of brewing yet sadly.

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  6. Love your work space. Thankfully I don't have one of those. I tried painting and I just can't do it. People say you just need practice but I am truly awful at it. So I look for mini's going cheap on Ebay already painted. Following you now.

    If you like the walking dead I am running a campaign with the mini's I purchased seeing how long I can survive after Z day.

    You can follow here if interested http://survivingthezombiez.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. Thanks Damon I will follow you. Reading how other people approach the hobby is great for new ideas.
      As for painting you can do it! Pick a simple sculpt - Copplestone does a good modern range and find a pic of the figure someone has already painted and work through it methodically...in no time you will be a damned good painter.

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