the figures are from Xyston Miniatures, the shields from littlebigmen studios .
one more project !
Alexander the great (my interpretation of him)
(https://i.imgur.com/jAVpTlbh.jpg)
Crateros
(https://i.imgur.com/B5RDupph.jpg)
Parménion
(https://i.imgur.com/1jUIu0bh.jpg)
the agema and the companions (the big wedge ;) )
(https://i.imgur.com/sKNdkWHh.jpg)
my first taxeis of foot companions (I plan to paint 6 of them to have 3 phalanxes of foot companions and 1 phalanx of hypaspists)
(https://i.imgur.com/hpkygTeh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4gGZJPCh.jpg)
the cretan archers
(https://i.imgur.com/QmrLd0kh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UB9s1pch.jpg)
more to follow....
PUNCH
These are excellent. The foot hypaspists in particular look very impressive. Between this and the most recent meg podcast I'm now tempted by an Alexandrian/successor pike army too...
Another nice paint job there :D
Quote from: jamie on March 16, 2021, 02:46:09 PM
These are excellent. The foot hypaspists in particular look very impressive. Between this and the most recent meg podcast I'm now tempted by an Alexandrian/successor pike army too...
Hi Jamie,
thanks for the kind words, fall on the dark side of pikes! ;)
so many things to paint! come on ! sign up for Alexandrian ! you will see so many countries ! ;)
PUNCH (engagez vous ! rengagez vous ! ;))
to help Jamie ;)
more macedonians!
one taxeis of pezetairoi
(https://i.imgur.com/I7rCpKWh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xTn2gVth.jpg)
the pezetairoi's phalanx completed
(https://i.imgur.com/j67YIuXh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CzOGjYMh.jpg)
the nellies for a later version of the list
(https://i.imgur.com/chrhp7wh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/meO5io8h.jpg)
more to follow.....
PUNCH
The pikes! The pteruges! Punch you taunt me so!
I am especially taken with those Nellies
Now I think of it I may have some 28mm foundry phalangites hanging about in a drawer somewhere, fairly far off the scale of a full army though
BRAVO
Now when is next tournament ?
Very nice and I do like an army with elephants.
Hi ,
thanks for all your kind comments, I try to improve the quality of the pics (not progressed too much)
to taunt Jamie once more ;)
the colourful Agrianian javelinmen, I changed some of the round shields to the nice pelte and put the nice littlebigmenstudios transfers to add variety, drilled hands have spears from plastic broom bristles
(https://i.imgur.com/i3OtAS5h.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YxhbjlIh.jpg)
the Hypaspist pike version inspired by the image in the Osprey book "the guy with the purple shield in exomis E1 "
transfers from Littlebigmenstudios and pikes made with longer broom bristles
(https://i.imgur.com/QHqtfDGh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d2sYk1hh.jpg)
of course more to follow....
Be seeing you ;)
PUNCH
All very lovely.
Picture quality is pretty good.
Lance.
Very nice work. If I weren't committed to Essex for my collection I'd use Xyston. Great figures.
I've been using the LBMS shield transfers for some 28's, and it's pretty tedious. In 15mm, I don't know if I could do it. Any hints or tips? At least I don't have fingers the size of sausages!
Quote from: pikeman on April 05, 2021, 12:15:21 AM
Very nice work. If I weren't committed to Essex for my collection I'd use Xyston. Great figures.
I've been using the LBMS shield transfers for some 28's, and it's pretty tedious. In 15mm, I don't know if I could do it. Any hints or tips? At least I don't have fingers the size of sausages!
HINTS AND TIPS!
small scissors, sharp cutter blade and PATIENCE! ;)
after practising on hundreds of them you will find it easy ;)
Kind regards.
PUNCH " Keep calm and curry on the sausages!)"
For round ones a hole punch is your friend, and if there is a boss on the shield a smaller punch for the hole needed for that ;D
Quote from: nikgaukroger on April 05, 2021, 07:31:06 PM
For round ones a hole punch is your friend, and if there is a boss on the shield a smaller punch for the hole needed for that ;D
humm! how can I understand that?
seems to be too much holes for one small PUNCH 8)
Tip: cut off or file the boss on the shield, then put the decal and paint in metal the white in the middle of the shield (real time saver) ;)
PUNCH "from the White Rabbit song, one to be small ;)"
Quote from: PUNCH on April 05, 2021, 11:29:56 PM
SNIP!
Tip: cut off or file the boss on the shield, then put the decal and paint in metal the white in the middle of the shield (real time saver) ;)
PUNCH "from the White Rabbit song, one to be small ;)"
This is a headslapping moment. Sure, why not? Makes life soooo easier and with 15's nobody is going to notice, or care!
regards
Pete
Great looking miniatures. Am I right in thinking you have used the Army Painter quick shade products on these? If so, you have managed a much better result than I have seen on many 28mm figures.
Quote from: Ethelred the Almost Ready on April 08, 2021, 07:08:24 AM
Great looking miniatures. Am I right in thinking you have used the Army Painter quick shade products on these? If so, you have managed a much better result than I have seen on many 28mm figures.
No Army Painter on them! just hours of practice, patience, experimentations and thousands figures painted since the 90'
per example on the Hypaspists pikemen:
black primer spray undercoat, once dried (hair drayer is your friend ;) ),heavy zenithal of WRAITHBONE spray once dried (hair drayer is your friend ;) ),
1- a layer of skeleton bone contrast paint on all the figure
2-all the black parts painted in... black (hairs, spearpoints, etc...)
3-contrast paints colours, begin with the lighter shades, then the darkest colours. the use of a chromatic circle can help.
4-highlights with regular acrylic paints(Vallejo, Coat of Arms, GW) here and there on the contrast paints , just to add "contrast and neat finish".
5-satin acrylic varnish spray
6-12 hours later, basing with pumice tainted with yellow kaki 976 vallejo
before the release of the contrast paints, I still use inks (spectralite inks, Golden inks, Liquitex inks)thinned with high flow medium on white primed bases and wraithbone bases depending on the result I search, there's some tutorials and step by step on my blog if you want to have a look.
Kind regards.
PUNCH
PS: thanks a lot to all the painters who shared patiently their knowledge,hints, tips and ideas with me since my beginning in the hobby.
Thanks for that. It was just some of the effect on the helmets looked like the quickshade only the rest of the figure didn't look grimy as Army painter sometimes causes.
I hadn't considered contrast paints.
Thanks.
Hi,
one more phalanx ( two more taxeis completed).
the figures from Xyston Miniatures, some are greek pikemen to add variety ( and represent the greek replacements of the losses of macedonian pikemen, my fluff!), the decals from littlebigmen studios, I just put a white dot of acrylic paint to pop up the white star.
(https://i.imgur.com/Qn57X9zh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mSnUHTWh.jpg)
more macedonian to come ....(of course ;) )
Be seeing you ;)
PUNCH
Another really nice unit there :D
They are splendid, you better sit on a stable chair when he will tell you his trade secrets and how fast it was painted
Hi,
more macedonian optional troops, all are from Xyston Miniatures, decals from Littlebigmen studios ( some are handpainted "where is charlie?"):
firstly the prodomoi ,one of my prefered style of troop ( needed 6 figures in the WRG 7th, 3 bases in DBM, 4 bases in FOG, now 14 figures in MEG ;) )
(https://i.imgur.com/7XPbmvjh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/O9K6Cduh.jpg)
then the rhodian slingers (painted very very simply to experiment something very fast):
(https://i.imgur.com/DyMZ84uh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jK6zxEih.jpg)
and the last TUG I added to the army the terrific and expensive mercenaries the infamous thracians:
(https://i.imgur.com/nWJBE3yh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/iKAxZHBh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zvlbXuRh.jpg)
many close up " really"! 8)
(https://i.imgur.com/RCLSPaWh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bnfTTSZh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sQYDsM2h.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kHqL2xWh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xBzPYyvh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NBfVVLOh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/NzAv0SZh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mfy2jOfh.jpg)
first "wave" nearly finished with the thessalians and the mounted thracians to come...
I hope it will taunt JAMIE ;) to post his 28mm macedonians .
Be seeing you ;)
PUNCH
Hi,
the end ( at least the first phase) of the Alexandrian Macedonian army with the thessalian and thracian mounted
(https://i.imgur.com/jPtYvbSh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6bdADDph.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/m34HhuNh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VykOn1yh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TNDAQs5h.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XMUyZpCh.jpg)
I hope you liked them and now it's time to get in a new period and a new painting project
Be seeing you ;)
PUNCH
Why do I suppose I might meet some AlexMac at the open tournament mid-october Lille
Quote from: badhabum on April 30, 2021, 08:24:26 AM
Why do I suppose I might meet some AlexMac at the open tournament mid-october Lille
Hi Jacques,
I hope I could paint two or three armies up to mid october ;)
don't bet your shirt I will play alexmac or you will finish bare chest in october ;)
Cheers.
Gilles
You mean I might show my beatifull beerchest ;D
Quote from: badhabum on May 01, 2021, 09:35:18 AM
You mean I might show my beatifull beerchest ;D
yes of course ;)
Apologies, PUNCH. - this probably not worth the wait, now UK lockdown allows me to visit my old family home I managed to dig out one foundry 28mm phalangite sans sarissa (painted approx 15+ years ago), plus some Greeks who I think were to use the Macs as allies for WHAB or similar. It looks like the ranks need some dressing/organising too... potentially there's a force for a 28mm magna army there, though 15mm Alex Macs/Hellenes is the most tempting project thanks to your earlier pics
(https://i.postimg.cc/7CTWQvxQ/IMG-20210529-194617.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7CTWQvxQ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/TKBkbkrj/IMG-20210529-194624.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/TKBkbkrj)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4mL2f4yS/IMG-20210529-194636.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/4mL2f4yS)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BXQwfPSF/IMG-20210529-194732.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BXQwfPSF)
(https://i.postimg.cc/188CfxN5/IMG-20210529-194750.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/188CfxN5)
No apologise and no worry ;)
it was the style of painting and basing we used in the end of the 90' to play WHB.
The style of painting evolves every time influenced by what we see around us, the material is very different from the enamel of the old time to the modern contrast paints;
the books of the genius Kevin dallimore strongly inspired many of us, the foundry paints used by the fantastic Ian speed on the 15mm and 28mm and his advices when I met him in Britcon also changed my vision on the hobby, the french masterpainter Mr BOB is a major influence ( "many times faked, but never matched!") and all the great painters I forgot to cite.
tips and tricks: copy, experiment, fake, experiment, practice, experiment, ask questions, practice... more you paint, more you progress.
one of the nice french painters I follow always sign his messages by a " put colours in your life!".
Happy painting and share pictures of your progress on the forum.
Cheers.
PUNCH
Not quite a full phalanx but a start. Thanks for the painting tips PUNCH
(https://i.postimg.cc/6TPDRZgG/16317346029447455027305713209396.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/6TPDRZgG)
Nice paintwork Jamie!
well done, congratulations!
PUNCH