"Pike Block" Topic

No, not yet another phalanx, but a handy way of painting pikes!

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Cheers, Simon

Nice and creative way to get those pikes painted.

Good idea Simon.

I have been using 2 lengths of rolled plasticene with the pikes balanced between them – only doing about 12 pikes at a time. Adding a wash of Army Painter soft tone to the wood areas gives them a nice sheen and slightly orange tone.

Garry

Hmmm. I always attach the pikes to the figure and then paint the whole thing. I would think that gives a better bond?

I agree with idontbeliefit, but can see that it would be easier to do a lot that way. Glueing the pike to the bare metal hand before priming is the way I go.

Cheers

keith

PS Thanks for sharing.

Hi chaps, when fitting them I always scrape the inside of the hand (using the edge of a drill) and the contact point on the pike clean of paint, to get a strong metal-to-metal bond. The pikes are anchored both to the hand and to the base, and they don't come off in a hurry, I can tell you! :-)

It's quick to paint a big batch of pikes, and also quicker to paint the minis without the pikes attached, in my personal experience. Only takes a minuteor two each to attach the pikes, after.

Cheers, Simon

Last batch I painted, I used a pair of pliers to push the pointy end of the pikes into a string of wood, spray primed, painted and ink washed before attaching to the painted figures/bases. Then paint the pointy end…combination of both methods!

Regards,
Craig

I can see that would work…

I am just finishing another 18 including the 8 painted unarmoured you sent me, Craig, which look very nice! I just love the Foundry WotGs.

Cheers, Simon

Hmmmm… I reckon I will share… I use styrofoam… since there is always plenty of it from various projects or from stereo speaker cartons. My trick is to stick all the points in the foam…after covering the area in some masking tape… making a nice little prickly forest.. then spray the primer coat on. Then I spray on the wood brown. Once well baked in the sun, I pull them out and usually attach to the phalangites, then finish them off, pretty much exactly as you do the spear points, very dark burnt Umber at first and then after the spraying, the dark metal and then a hot silverish highlight if I am in the mood. Generally one side line of hot shine is all one needs to make a bunch of pike points stick out. Sometimes I do knick the paint at the handgrip to get some traction.