Greetings…
Here we have another batch of my Re-Based new Late Romans…
Greetings…
The Butterfly has fluttered on to a little project I started about a year ago…
Pyrrhus of Epirus…
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2025/02/pyrrhus-of-epirus-first-epirote-phalanx.htmlALYS TOY SOLDIERS: Pyrrhus of Epirus… The first Epirote Phalanx
This time we have a unit of Oscan/Samnite Infantry…
This is a very versatile unit, and can be found in most armies of the period and not just those of Pyrrhus.
As Pyrrhus fought Rome, Carthage and Hellenistic Greece I intend to eventually expand to cover all their forces…
The figures are Crusader Miniatures… Available from North Star…
https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=1&sub=40&page=1Ancients - Ancient Oscans - Crusader Miniatures
The Tunics are… Warpaints… Dragon Red and Tidal Blue.
Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh.
With contrasting edging…
The Shields are also… Warpaints… Dragon Red and Tidal Blue.
With a Foundry… Buff Leather 7B… Edging.
Everything was given a wash of Aly’s Brown Liquid and then re- highlighted with the original colours.
The paints are Citadel,Warpaints and Foundry…
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint-setsPaint Sets – Wargames Foundry
https://thearmypainter.com/en-gb/collections/warpaints-fanaticWarpaints Fanatic | Premium Acrylic Paints for Miniatures – The Army Painter
The Bases are as always Warbases…
I am very pleased with this colourful little unit…There will certainly be more.
I am trying to clear a backlog of started and half finished units so the Butterfly will be getting a lot of exercise 🦋🦋🦋.
All the best. Aly
Greetings…
Some of you may remember that a couple of years ago I bought some Late Romans from my friend David Bickley…
These were all re-based and spruced up a little bit…
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/search/label/Late%20RomansALYS TOY SOLDIERS: Late Romans
Well… I have bought some more 😁… Also from David.
The figures to the top of the picture ( With square cornered bases) are the latest acquisitions and the ones at the bottom (With round cornered bases) are the previous acquisition.
Do you think I have enough?
Personally a few more Huns and Goths wouldn’t go amiss 🤔🙀🤣…
Here are the first two new units…
Archers (Skirmishing) and Legionaries….
These just had a few chips touched up, a light wash of Brown Liquid on the armour and a new Draco Standard for the Legionaries.
And of course new bases…
Not sure what’s next…(Apart from re-basing) The butterfly is still calling the shots 🦋🦋🦋.
All the best. Aly.
Greetings…
While having a FaceTime conversation with my friend David O’Brien ( apparently a third of all wargamers are called Dave/David) I was bemoaning the fact that I couldn’t get hold of any Merit Plastic Hedges….
David immediately disappeared from view… And returned with a sizeable bag of Plastic Hedges.
“ You mean like these”
“Yes”
“I will get them in the post”
What a splendid generous fellow 😁.
The finished hedges in situ…
I am really pleased with how they have turned out…I of course have a few more to paint… I may vary the shade slightly with each batch.
Thank you very much David.
All the best. Aly
Greetings…
The Butterfly decided it wanted to see a nice Bordurian Armoured Car…
So here it is…
Greetings …
Another slow time with the paint brushes…I’m still putting books back on shelves and I have the disruption of builders returning in the next week or so…
So here are a unit of Hinchliffe 5th Westphalian Landwehr…
In reality they were an under strength unit so only having three stands is fairly accurate… But I will probably get another six figures and bring it up to a four stand unit… They never carried a Standard but I may add one to the extra stand anyway.
For a change I have painted these in a “Wellington Man” style…
https://thehintonspieler.blogspot.com/p/how-i-paint.htmlThe Hinton Spieler.: How I Paint 'Em
This is not the first time I have done this…
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2024/11/shiny-napoleonics-wellington-way.htmlALYS TOY SOLDIERS: Shiny Napoleonics… The Wellington Way.
Although unlike Matthew I will be using acrylic paints rather than enamels…
As I have said these were painted in the “Wellington Man” style… So Base Coat, Wash, Dry Brush and Black lining out…
Here are the basic colours that I used…
Coat and Hat… Citadel… Kantor Blue with a Citadel Drakenhof Blue wash then given a Kantor Blue Dry Brush.
Trousers… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh with a Brown Liquid Wash then a Pallid Wych Flesh Dry Brush.
Facings… Citadel… Warboss Green.
Belts… Citadel… Corax White then pure White Highlights.
Napsack and Backpack… Foundry… Moss Light 29c with a Brown Liquid Wash and then Moss Light Highlights.
Black lining was added between the colours and some additional lighter Edge Highlights were added.
The different style made for a refreshing change to my normal process and was a lot of fun.
Although I don’t know how Matthew manages to paint whole armies… I definitely don’t have the patience 😁
All the best Aly
Greetings…
I’m posting this for two reasons…
One… To show you the test paint jobs I have done for my planned Tintin project and a little reworking on some STS figures.
Two… To see if Blogger will let me 🤔🙄.
These represent Syldavians…
I’ve gone for a rather Soviet look… With nice simple bases.
These are some of my Shiny Toy Soldiers Schleswig- Holstein figures…
As I was putting them out on the shelves I realised that this collection is all over the place… Mixed basing style and sizes, some quite yellowish varnish and more figures than I really need/want for a game
So I thought I would try a quick bit of tidying up on these as well…subtle shading with a bit of lining out…
Similar to what Greenwood and Ball used to do back in the day…
I’m in no mad rush to do more with the STS stuff at the moment…The butterfly is heading for Tintin 😁
All the best Aly
