I didn’t like to paint always the same colors on 12 figures in a row. Therefore I started two units a Stark and a Lannister one so that I can switch between them.
So here is the first Lannister Bowman. A strait build out of a few Perry plastic WotR boxes:
The long Grass Tufts were made with my flock box again
When I was at Crisis in Antwerp in November I got one of the new boxes of plastic bowmen by Conquest games.
The figures are quite nice but it is very difficult to build them in a way that they look like shooting an arrow correctly. Normally the arrow arm is lifted up to the ear when you draw a bow ( I am an sports archer myself) but this is not really achievable with these minis. Anyway I gave them a try and started to build and paint a 12 men bow unit for my Stark Army ( for Dragon Rampant).
Here is the first bowman:
This is a strait build from the box except the hood which was added with some greenstuff. The grass tufts were made with the flock box I got for xmas. You can see a review on the terrain page.
More during the next days.
Here are Pictures of the upper side of the Avenger Strike Fighter. My son wanted the model to appear very used and dirty. So I had to use quite a lot of pigments to achieve this look. As the army is based on a red planet like Mars the dirt had to be red in tone . Here is what it looks like now after pigments and several coats of varnish as fixative for the pigments as it is, after all, a gaming model:
Next will be the bottom of the plane and the windows of the cockpit then it is finished. Fell free to leave a comment if you like.
The first thing I did was to remove all the masking tape and newspaper. This is always a very exciting step as you see the color combination you chose for the first time. Look for yourself:
The next steps are done with a brush again. I blocked in all the other colors like on the Lenses:
The engines:
The armament:
Then I started the aging and weathering step by painting in Scratches . This step isn’t finished yet as the number I on the fuselage is still missing (remember this Avenger is red I).
This is what it look like at the moment. A lot more to do before it is finished! Watch this space for coming updates!
Westfalia just wrote on their facebook page that there will be more halfmen and even a game published by them together with Dan Meresy
Here is some concept art
Hope you like what you see !
The next step was to mask of all areas on the model which have to stay grey, as the next painting step is to airbrush all parts which get another color, like the wings , fuselage and wingtips.
The wings will be dark blue as that is the main color of my sons adeptus mechanicus army as will the fuselage. The wing tips will be red as a squadron designation ( like in Star Wars red I or redII etc).
This afternoon I will unmask the complete model again and begin to paint the engines and all the other detail like Guns and rockets. After that filtering and weathering will commence .
I started painting an Avenger Strike Fighter for my Son. He does’t like to paint with an airbrush so I have to do that for him. He started to paint the model a while ago by base coating it black. Now it has collected so much dust that I had to clean it first.
On to the model:
The Avenger is a dedicated strike fighter, intended to conduct high-speed, low-level attacks on ground targets, with armoured vehicle formations and high-value strategic assets such as munitions dumps forming its principal prey. The Avenger Strike Fighter boasts firepower that exceeds most other Imperial aircraft of its size, and its particular reputation as a tank-killer is due to the Avenger bolt cannon it carries.
I have to paint it so that it fits to my sons Adeptus Mechanicus army. Pictures of the army will follow once the Avenger is completed.
Here are pictures showing the masking of the cockpit windows:
On the right picture you can see how I applied the masking tape. I cut the shape of the window out of the masking Tape with a very sharp scalpel blade fig. 11.
The first step was then applying a black new undercoat after dusting the model:
In the pictures the undercoat isn’t dry yet but you can see at the tail of the plane that it will be matt after drying.
Next step was to apply primary highlights by applying white to the parts which have to be highlighted later. I forgot to take a picture of the top side of the Avenger sorry:
After drying time I applied a very thin coat of Vallejo neutral grey ( the base color of the plane):
Thats all I did for now. I will show more when I did a little bit more work on it.
Grey Wind is a dire wolf bonded to Robb Stark. He is the litter-mate of Lady, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog, and Ghost. Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by Robb Stark and Jon Snow after the dire wolves mother has been killed by a stag. Like the other dire wolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.
Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When Greatjon Umber menaces Robb during a meeting, Grey Wind bites two of the lord’s fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark banner men.
During the War of the Five Kings, Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb’s fearsome reputation. At the Battle of the Whispering Wood, Grey Wind kills several men.
I painted this new figure because I think my old model doesn’t look menacing enough and doesn’t represent Grey Wind like he should be. Furthermore I didn’t like the way I painted him.
Have a look for yourself:
Here are some more pictures of the new Grey Wind Miniature, by the way the grass tufts I used were made with the flock box I got for xmas :
Two Plastic Agincourt sets available for PRE-ORDER!
Both Agincourt French Infantry and Agincourt Foot Knights sets will be released on the 22nd February, however we may get some in a little before…….
To pre-order just order as normal and when we get them in we’ll send them to you. Your card will be charged when you put the order in.
If you buy 3 boxes (either the same or a mix of both) or more, direct from us you will receive a Joan of Arc figure shown here.
Agincourt French Infantry 1415-29
This set contains 36 infantry and 6 men at arms/knights. The infantry are armed with spears, crossbows, double-handed weapons and hand weapons. The men at arms have pole arms, hand weapons and cut-down lances/spears. All the figures in this box can actually be used for any Western European army of the period as the clothing and armour styles were very similar. The components of this set can also be mixed with the English Army boxed set (AO 40). Although the men at arms are specifically designed for the 1415-29 period, the infantry could be used for the 1390’s through to the 1430’s/40s.
Figures designed by Alan Perry
Box contains: 42 figures, bases, banners and painting guide.
Agincourt Foot Knights 1415-1429
The figures in this box represent both English and French knights/men at arms from the height of the Hundred Years War. They can actually be used for any Western European Army of this period as similar fashions in armour and clothing stretched across Europe at this time. The figures are armed with polearms, hand weapons and cut-down lances/spears. All the figures are wearing plate armour, half of which are covered in coat armour .
Figures designed by Alan Perry
Box contains : 36 figures, bases banners and a painting guide.
Here are some more pictures:
Here is the complete Lannister foot knight unit for Dragon Rampant:
Hope you like them. You can see all the miniatures of the unit and my Lannister Army so far here. Next up will be Greywolf the dire wolf of Robb Stark.
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