02 June 2015

From Rorke's Drift he came... (Part 2 - Done!) [And a load of other stuff] 6MMRPC

This is the first official posting for the 6MMRPC for me! Let's see if I can keep up this momentum. 

Okay, got this African style warrior done. Decided on a tiger-skin type effect for his shield. He'll be from my own fantasy setting in the rpg I'll be running and... well, I like tigers better than lions, so why not, eh?



I tried to add the club in with the club-head (Knobkerrie for those wondering - thanks Drax) above his fist, but the sculpt just didn't have room, so he's holding it head-down. Once that javelin/spear has been chucked, it'll be easier to swing from a down position that way in my mind anyhow.




Standard simple basing to match my other rpg mini's. Just wish I'd had a better base (Rounder?) for him prior to painting, but I was worried about removing him from this one as the lead is old and brittle enough as it is.


His eyes got a little more work done. Not perfect, but they at least look the same direction and not look like a Japanese anime character.


This is My Saxon Lord for my 2nd Dark Ages faction. He's a lovely command sculpt by Blacktreedesign that fits in perfectly with their Hearthguard range (More on those in a later post).


I wanted him to stand out from the Viking Lord and so gave him a grey beard and mustard coloured cloak.


The cloak got a simple cheeky edging design. Nothing special and highlighted rather harshly - but it looks good on the tabletop and that's the look I was after.


Finally found a properjob use for the flowers scenics I bought yonks ago.


He's heavily armoured for the period, though I'm surprised he cheaped out on a full mail shirt and instead chose a chain-mail t-shirt.


Close up of his face. Those eyes are set so far back into the helmet they wre a right pig to get to, so whilst close inspection shows them as being rather clumsily painted, from arm's length they are just fine.


I also sorted out some basing materials for my dismounted Confederate Cavalry. The bannerman will get his flag after I have the other regiments painted up.


The mounted versions of the cavalry. I was painting the horses and trying to pick enough varying horse colours. I have come to the conclusion that painting 15mm horses is rubbish.


Did I mention "other regiments"? Why yes I did. A VERY kind friend (Stewart - Who consequently was the bugger that got me started on this ACW lark) sent me a very kind care package with enough backs of Cenfederate infantry to make 5 regiments and a bunch of generals. I was very humbled by his generosity. I am also a bit miffed that my paint queue just got 100+ 15mm infantrymen bigger! I've already sorted all these into their respective units and with the odds and sods random loose infantry I already owned have 4x 10-stand regiments and 1x 8-stand queued up. Thankfully this project is not at all a rush job as Stewart is expecting his second daughter and so won't be able to game for who-knows-how-long. Regardless, BIG heaps of thanks go out to him!

9 comments:

  1. Nice work on the shield tiger print. Looks quite fine. Again, I'm really digging the freehand details you've done. The cloak edging looks wonderful.

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    1. Cheers Dave. The more I keep adding some to my models, the better I'll get. Or at least that's the theory?

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  2. I'm with daveb - brilliant stuff!

    (nice flowers, too)

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    1. Man, those flowers really do make the mini.... :P

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  3. Ok, now I'm going to have to try tiger skin at some point on some model. It looks great! And I love the Saxon lord!

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    1. Do it! I'm sure there's an opportunity within your unpainted mountain to give it a go.

      Thanks sir

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  4. Good stuff! Nice to see someone else working on the Zulu Wars and the ACW!

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    1. Sadly only this one Zulu-type fig in my collection, so not really any Wars sotospeak.

      But ACW, yes, plenty. (Though after seeing your ACW unpainted mound.... perhaps not that large a project in the scheme of things?)

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  5. Esp liking the flowers.

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