Last of the 'infill' pieces before diving into the Kings of Bronze project. The goat herders and camels are from Gripping Beast and will be useful for both the Napoleonic and Ancient projects in the Middle East.
I had a near miss with the matt vanishing due to the humid conditions, stupidly I thought 5.00am might have been ok but unfortunately they had a little bit of misting on the crook and staff of some of the figures, fortunately I caught before doing the entire figures so reverted to brush varnish and did a quick over paint to correct them.
The camel's are slightly thinner than their Blacktree counter parts, I will post up a comparison in the coming weeks, each is weighed down with carpets and fabrics so are rather generic. These will be perfect for support elements or objectives in both Infamy Infamy and Sharp Practice.
I hate goats more than horses, I started with a mix of browns and blacks for the goats, but I struggled to recreate the right mountain goat feel, so in the end reverted to white with a grey/black undercoat. Perhaps now more sheep than goat but the overall effect is fine.
I added 7mm dice frames to the stands so they can be used to denote shock markers or the differing ambush points in Infamy Infamy.
I have tried a different basing style to what I have done previously adding in a little more rough terrain with rocks and boulders with a hint of greenery to make them suitable for the terrain within the Nile Region or Bekka Valley in modern day Lebanon.
Originally I started out with railway modelling ballast mixed into the sand mix, but found it to be rather small and even so opted for the real thing adding after the base was complete. I picked up a sample of 6mm -10mm sandstone chippings for £3.50 from a mail order quarry (who knew?) more than enough for the entire project and a extra's for a quarter of the cost.
I am pretty pleased with the effect and the grass tufts break up the mass of yellow on the table top.
Next up the first of the Hittites....
Great looking camel train and goat markers, Stu. I've yet to paint up either of these animals, so it's interesting to read of their colors and markings.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean, I used Coat d'arms 217 Leather Brown for the base coat on the camels with a Army Painter Flesh Wash in the main, not quite as light as the real thing, but they have come out OK.
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Stu
Very nice additional items for your games Stu.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve, they are starting to take shape now.
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Stu
Very nicely done, I find the GB camels in general very small and lack what we wargamers might describe s presence on the gaming table. I am working on some Camel for my Arabs and have opted for irregular miniature camels with GB plastic mounts, hopefully they will work out ?
ReplyDeleteThat's not a bad shout, I will push up a comparison shot of the Redoubt ones I have they are more robust and a little more woolly. :-)
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Stu
Excellent stuff alas my painting mojo has waned ....
ReplyDeleteWe need that club night Paul. Hopefully the 6th September.. fingers crossed.
DeleteStunning work!
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DeleteReally nice job on these Stu, particularly the basing - and a nice find for the product you used! I often think gamers and modellers are "ripped off" with so called "specialist" products that are actually something far cheaper and more common, just repurposed! I remember being told years ago that "static grass" is just a scrap by product of the clothing industry.....
ReplyDeleteYour note wrong, cork railway ballast at £12 a bag, a lump hammer to some of the larger sandstone bits and enough to last the entire project for a quarter of the cost :-)
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Stu