Old World Damsel.

Today while working on a fresh batch of Night Goblin Archers, I decided to rebase an old Bretonnian Damsel model I painted up some time ago. The new Warhammer edition upgrades a lot of the bases sizes, making them bigger than before. They decided upon this to help with ranking up, since a lot of their models jutted up against each other with limbs and weapons getting in the way.

So the Damsel herself is originally on a 20mm square base, and instead of treating the Bretonnian army much in the same way as my Orcs and Goblins, with adapter movement trays, I'm going to base them according to their profiles in the old world. With this, I have the opportunity to base them differently to how I usually base my green skins, and as such I've opted for a more natural and vibrant method to basing.

To start with, I use textured paint for the base itself, specifically Vallejo Brown Earth Diorama Effect. Once dry, I dry brush Citadel Dry Eldar Flesh to add some texture to the base, followed by a wash of Citadel Seraphim Sepia. The Base itself looked quite brown, and I though it would be good to add some green, but instead of doing with a wash or paint, I decided to use some old flock I still have in a tub called Woodland Scenic Blended Turf - Green Blend. Sparingly all over the base I coat it, so that the brown still shows through the gaps.

To complete the base, I pulled out some new flower tufts I bought, and added two to the front of the base, and some regular grass tufts to the back. A quick black on the rim and now she looks ready to fight off some Orcs and Goblins.

This is the start of my Bretonnia list I have planned. Knights, peasants, pegasi and even a trebuchet.

More Knights!

The knights are mustering.

 This update is focusing on my Bretonnian knights that I've been working on. The command section of a regiment of ten Knights of the Realm has now been completed. These models are 3D prints of fantasy knights from Highland Miniatures, and look really nice.

The Command.

My aim with this regiment is to paint every knight uniquely, in the traditional Warhammer Fantasy Bretonnia colour scheme from ye old 3rd edition days.

Horses in full gallop.

The standard bearer was painted orange and teal, using the Vallejo Game Colour Turquoise and Orange Fire, then washed with Contrast Terradon Turquoise and Contrast Gryph-Hound Orange. The flag itself had a white background then washed twice with Citadel Imperial Fist Contrast. The horse was painted Vallejo Flat Brown and washed Agarax Earth Shade.

Banner Bearer.

Can't see this!

The musician was painted yellow and purple, using the Vallejo Game Colour Gold Yellow and Royal Purple, them washed with Contrast Iyanden Yellow and Contrast Leviathan Purple. The guitar was simply Vallejo Woodgrain with the inner part Khaki, then washed Agarax Earthshade.

Doing a sick riff.

Even the horse is loving it.

The champion was painted grey and black, using the Vallejo Game Colour Stonewall Grey and Black, then washed with Contrast Apothecary White and Contrast Black Templar. His hair was painted white and washed with Contrast Imperial First, and the skin was simply white with a wash of Contrast Guilleman Flesh.

Great mane of hair.

His horse is too!

The silvers and wood were done in much the same way as before, with Vallejo Natural Steel, and a mixture of Flat Brown, Beige Brown and Woodgrain. The gold was initially painted Flat Brown then Vallejo Gold, then washed with Agarax Earthshade, along with the saddles and straps. The silver of the armour and weapons was washed with Nuln Oil.

The start of the Lance Formation.

Small bus right now.

For the King!

The bases again were done the same as before, with Vallejo Flat Brown, drybrushed Vallejo Ochre Yellow and washed Agarax Earthshade. The rim is Vallejo Ochre Yellow and a sprinkling of green grass to finish off the models.

Spread Out!

Four more to go and this regiment will be complete!

It all started with a coffee.

The coffee that started it all.

Its Wednesday, Its 10 am, and I just made myself a coffee. Its a day off and have the need for hobby! First on the hobby table is Ghazkul. But that's not all, since I had a delivery of Flames of War miniatures arrive, I decided to work on them too.

Two boxes of mobile light AA.

Besides them, there's also the Bretonnian knights that were still incomplete. So todays task was to continue with painting Ghazkul and finish him, progress further with the knights and put together the two boxes of German Light AA.

Bretonnian Knights.

So I started with Ghazkul, simply starting with the Vallejo Model Natural Steel to clean any of the mistakes covering the steel section on him, and then weathering the armour plates that were coloured in black and red. His tabard was to be blue and I would clean his pants since I had gotten some silver on them.

A bit of weathering on his plates.

 Before I would continue with the Orky paint job, I decided to continue using the silver on the knights, since the horses needed their armour plates painted. Once I was done with that, I applied Vallejo Model Beige Brown that I had used on Ghazkuls pants on some of the straps and saddles and even one horses coat.

Work progressing on the warhorses.

But before I had completed this, I began working on putting together the Quad 2cm mobile trucks. That's when things took a sharp turn in my enthusiasm. The dreaded Battlefront resin and metal models took a lot out of me, and found myself easily distracted with anything other than working with this terrible kit.

The resin and metal kit.

The kit is unnecessarily complex and surprised me in how many pieces each model came in. Some pieces had terrible flashing to boot, and the fit on the front wheels was terrible. The back bed of the truck even has latched walls that are metal and separate from the bed itself. Too much patience was required for something that should of been simple and easy if only it was a plastic kit.

The front wheels aren't even touching the ground.

The guns themselves were also bent and required quite a bit of coaxing just to straighten them out, with it being difficult as the two barrels were so close to one another, and getting in the way of each other. Each gun is secured to the bed of the truck with superglue, so they don't turn and are fixed in one position.

Bent guns with lots of flashing.

Here they are complete, with the stat card that comes in the box. Richard loves shooting his 17 pdrs at them, and I can't help but giggle when they save against them more reliably than my Panzer 4s.

Richards bane on the battlefield.

Once I had finished them, I contemplated leaving the second box alone and continue working on painting the other models, but decided to at least open up the box and look inside, since I had noticed on the back that you can build it as either mobile light AA or fixed light AA.

Back of the box.

When I had bought the box, I didn't know this box was capable of building both units. I had wondered if it was possible to get the fixed variety from anywhere other than direct from Battlefront themselves, and I really didn't want to order anything through them since the shipping can be hit or miss from them.

Whats inside the box.

The kit comes with quite a lot, and I'm already weighing up buying a second kit. It has the whole gamut of Battlefronts miniature material technology. Resin, metal, soft plastic and hard plastic are all in one box, and there's an over abundance of minis in here to build everything on the back of the box up to four models completely. This is where I believe they should of included more gun sprues so you could build both units in their entirety, since by the end, there are a lot of miniatures that will go unused.

Completed 2cm AA truck.

Thankfully this kit is much easier to put together and fit more nicely than the previous kit. The wheels and track are metal and they fit well, with the front wheels actually being flush to the ground as well. The gun isn't immediately obvious on how it goes together, but it goes together well once I sussed it out. Even the gunner fits nicely for a metal model.

Those gunners look too relaxed.

The truck is more mostly resin, including the walls of the bed, and even the driver himself, other than the head which is metal. Somewhat weird to have the head separate but I guess it gives me a chance to have some look in a different direction.

Some of the left overs.

By this point I had enough of putting together resin and metal models, and it had drained any enthusiasm for painting any more today, so I called it quits on the endeavour and wrapped it up. A fair bit of progress, and now I have a good excuse to paint up some more Flames of War in the future.

Both boxes completed.

I didn't finish painting Ghazkul, but I did at least make more progress on him, and that's the important thing about this hobby; even a little progress is better than none. Next time I can work on more milestones on painting him, or the knights, or even begin working on more Germans for Flames of War.

Progress, even if only a little!

Until next time!

Different colours for different knights of Brettonia.

 

Two new knights to go with the one in the middle.

I previously showed off a Brettonian Knight alongside a Goblin Wolf Rider hero on here some time ago and the knight was simply the beginning of a regiment I intended to paint up for Warhammer Fantasy. They were purely painted as a distraction from painting in an assembly line method that I was doing at the time, which can burn me out quite easily from partaking in the painting hobby. After I completed the black and red knight, I decided I was going to paint the rest of the regiment of ten in a similar fashion, one at a time, but with different colour schemes for each one.

One without a shield, he probably left it behind or lost it.

Of course that idea immediately went out the window when I decided to begin working on my next knight, having decided that I'd like to get them painted quicker than it looked like it would take me. I decided to increase it to painting two of them at once, which I felt was a tentative step in painting the knights, while also painting other miniatures while also working on these miniatures.

Green and Purple, Green and Purple, Green and Purple.

Red Vs Blue.

So I asked Joe what colours I should paint these two knights, and he responded immediately with green and purple. Of course I agreed, knowing that those two colours were going to be a used eventually if he had not chosen them, but for it to be his first colour choice  made me chuckle. Needing two colour schemes, he decided on red and blue as the second choice, possibly being a classic Brettonian colour scheme, or just red and blue being a nice colour scheme in general.

Getting ready for a joust.

Charging each other.

One of the knights doesn't come with a shield, not being part of the kit I bought off eBay a while ago from a 3d printing company, and I did think before I worked on these miniatures that I should find some shields and attach them. However when I ranked up all ten of the model together, the models without shield didn't really stand out and I don't mind seeing some without shields either. 

On Parade for their king.

So three out of ten knights are completed, and now I'm leaning towards painting three knights at the same time instead of one or two. But first I need to decide on a colour scheme for the three of them.

The command squad for the regiment.

So what colours should I use for the command of the regiment?

Two Flavours of Knights

 

So these two were on my to-do list for a while now, and I've finally completed them. The Bretonnian Knight is a 3D print from Highlands Miniatures, and is one of ten total knights that makes up a full regiment. My plan is to paint each one of them uniquely in traditional Bretonnian fashion.      

The base will be the only thing that will match in the whole regiment, and it is an experiment on my part. The base is Vallejo Model Colour Beige Brown, then dry brushed Vallejo Model Colour Yellow Ochre, followed by a Citadel Agarax Earth Shade Wash. The rim of the base is also Vallejo Model Colour Yellow Ochre. A simple green flock application completes the base.

The Goblin Wolf Boss is also a 3D print, but from Avatars of War, and is painted in a similar fashion to the rest of my Orc and Goblin army, except using Vallejo Model Colour instead of Army Painter paints. The base is still using the old Citadel colours of Steel Legion Drab, Dryad Bark, and Eldar Flesh.

I'm going to use this bad boy to hunt down war machines and snipe wizards. He'll have the Shield of Ptolos to give him a 1+ armour save against shooting, and Nibbla's 'Itty Ring to give him a bound spell call 'EadButt. He'll also have a spear and bow so he isn't totally useless if there is no enemy wizard on the field.