| Jon Sutherland | 04 May 2014 6:41 a.m. PST |
I promised a group of Wargame Holidays regulars that I'd put on Hastings as a special one day set-piece for this season. The upshot of the task was to paint around 600 figures at a rate of about 100 a week (and yes I do have a day time job!) I decided that the Normans would be exclusively Conquest Games and the Anglo-Saxons all Gripping Beast. Here are the two armies just before they get wrapped up for transit to Crete:
All that's left to do is to build the hills once we get over to Crete. Glad I finished this lot off as its been booked five times! |
| legatushedlius | 04 May 2014 7:05 a.m. PST |
Amazing!! It's taken me five years to paint 600 figures! |
| Jon Sutherland | 04 May 2014 7:22 a.m. PST |
I thought the shield transfers for the Normans might speed things up a bit, they didn't and I don't like them and won't be doing that again. The Anglo-Saxon shields are hand painted. |
| cpt shandy | 04 May 2014 9:22 a.m. PST |
splendid! looking forward to gaming with them :-) |
| Jon Sutherland | 04 May 2014 11:12 a.m. PST |
That you, the masked man TB? |
| Jeigheff | 04 May 2014 11:58 a.m. PST |
What a huge achievement! I can't imagine myself painting that many figures in such a short time, short of spray-painting them all one color. |
| cpt shandy | 04 May 2014 1:12 p.m. PST |
Jon, I don't know how many TBs there are out there, but I'm one of them :-)
Glad that we're able to come after all… |
| Jon Sutherland | 04 May 2014 2:53 p.m. PST |
Yep it is you, see you on the 10th!!! |
| Louie N | 04 May 2014 4:41 p.m. PST |
Did you sleep during this time? Congrats on your acomplishment |
| VonTed | 04 May 2014 5:23 p.m. PST |
That is more than my lifetime total! |
| Jon Sutherland | 04 May 2014 11:04 p.m. PST |
Thanks, it wasn't too bad, at times I was losing the will the live. The big lesson I learned from the Gripping Beast figures is not to stick the shields on until after you've painted the figure, made a big difference in terms of time and sanity. |
 Condotta  | 05 May 2014 2:47 p.m. PST |
Sleep is over-rated and a complete waste of valuable painting and modeling time. You can catch up on the flight. Good tip on the GB shields. I think the group will have fun with your new miniatures. |
| Jon Sutherland | 08 May 2014 3:01 a.m. PST |
The Battleflag shield transfers I bought for the Normans were a real pain in the neck. I followed the instructions to the letter and would the bloody things stick to the shields – no they would not. In the end I had to coat the shield in matte varnish, apply the transfer and then apply more varnish. Never again. |
| Atheling | 15 May 2014 3:55 a.m. PST |
Bloody hell! That is a lot of painting! Kudos for doing it! now we need to see the battle piccies :>) Darrell. Just Add Water II Blog (Painting etc):
link
La Journee Blog (Hundred Years War):
link
Gewalthaufen Blog (Late 15th Cebtury Blog):
gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk |
gets medieval.
