tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post7596288783017777157..comments2024-03-27T08:15:10.781+00:00Comments on ALYS TOY SOLDIERS: A Song of Blades and Bronze... Test Figures.Aly Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-86987773739759769822020-04-23T09:47:25.090+00:002020-04-23T09:47:25.090+00:00Thank you Carlo...
All the best. AlyThank you Carlo...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-62272462069355527352020-04-23T01:58:57.871+00:002020-04-23T01:58:57.871+00:00Beautiful work as always Aly and I am glad to see ...Beautiful work as always Aly and I am glad to see that my question of what bronze has been answered in the comments. Many thanks.Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002425294986020268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-29002841703058580682020-04-22T13:32:08.812+00:002020-04-22T13:32:08.812+00:00Thank you James...
The bronze is Citadel Retribut...Thank you James...<br /><br />The bronze is Citadel Retributor Armour which has had a wash of Seraphim Sepia followed by a wash of good old Aly’s Brown Liquid...<br />Highlights were done using Retributor and Retributor plus silver...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-49965224657952190512020-04-22T13:28:13.882+00:002020-04-22T13:28:13.882+00:00Thank you Kym...
I think that I will stick with th...Thank you Kym...<br />I think that I will stick with the more muted tones for the northerners... though this doesn’t count out various yellows and greens...<br />The southerners are going to be in brighter more primary shades... which will make a nice visual difference between the two sides.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-4058399014102986192020-04-22T13:22:01.638+00:002020-04-22T13:22:01.638+00:00Thank you Paul...
It took a couple of goes to get ...Thank you Paul...<br />It took a couple of goes to get the look I wanted...but I now think that I can repeat it fairly easily...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-60645207125404916292020-04-22T13:18:51.727+00:002020-04-22T13:18:51.727+00:00Thank you Iain...
The Trojan angle would certainl...Thank you Iain...<br /><br />The Trojan angle would certainly make for some interesting scenarios...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-69927021373128078402020-04-21T00:38:54.156+00:002020-04-21T00:38:54.156+00:00They look great Aly, I really like the shade of br...They look great Aly, I really like the shade of bronze that you have achieved.James Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-24453322728976663482020-04-21T00:20:57.557+00:002020-04-21T00:20:57.557+00:00Very very nice, I like the tattoos, the tartan, an...Very very nice, I like the tattoos, the tartan, and the gloss varnish. I'm no expert on this era, or even an amateur, but I would have thought they had green and yellow natural dyes for their clothes, in addition to the brown!<br /><br />Kym(Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) https://www.blogger.com/profile/17333928965917754588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-37683642471239233502020-04-20T17:42:13.435+00:002020-04-20T17:42:13.435+00:00Lovely stuff, I do like the goose work.Lovely stuff, I do like the goose work.Paul Scrivens-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-56794910075841014082020-04-20T16:35:27.780+00:002020-04-20T16:35:27.780+00:00Lovely bronze age types! I like the tartan and the...Lovely bronze age types! I like the tartan and the spiral pattern! If you can have the sea people, you could have a refugee trojan prince with entourage pursued by Achaeans, mmm chariots!<br />Best Iain caveadsum1471https://www.blogger.com/profile/02174163740406928172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-4111854848877560352020-04-20T10:40:55.417+00:002020-04-20T10:40:55.417+00:00Thank you very much David...
I always hear flutte...Thank you very much David...<br /><br />I always hear fluttering 😂<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-43573346201378103452020-04-20T10:38:45.423+00:002020-04-20T10:38:45.423+00:00Thank you Matt...
You are of course correct on the...Thank you Matt...<br />You are of course correct on the amount of detailed information on this era...<br />This does however make it perfect for this Fantastical/Historical type of project...<br /><br />Having just finished listening to Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf I am now very tempted to add Grendel into the mix of potential monsters.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-72853958706472779742020-04-20T10:26:30.421+00:002020-04-20T10:26:30.421+00:00Thank you very much Phil...
All the best. AlyThank you very much Phil...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-27146419490049346242020-04-20T08:23:35.567+00:002020-04-20T08:23:35.567+00:00I hear fluttering! Nice work there though, especia...I hear fluttering! Nice work there though, especially on the designs.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985725848702292911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-72121733623216606192020-04-20T07:37:46.963+00:002020-04-20T07:37:46.963+00:00Beautiful painting Aly. Your care on the ‘tartan’ ...Beautiful painting Aly. Your care on the ‘tartan’ type pattern and the goose are outstanding. I just don’t have the patience and concentration. I think knowledge of this period in terms of look/ colour is very thin on the ground so you can go with anything you like, they would have had access to plenty of dye.Matt Crumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841790422716738842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-937282115896687112020-04-20T06:20:40.480+00:002020-04-20T06:20:40.480+00:00Gorgeous figures, unusual and splendid...love the ...Gorgeous figures, unusual and splendid...love the artistic patterns...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-68845915308936536832020-04-19T23:14:39.473+00:002020-04-19T23:14:39.473+00:00Touché 😂Touché 😂Phil Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951076081660516802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-88031688713346959412020-04-19T22:46:31.090+00:002020-04-19T22:46:31.090+00:00Indeed so. There's pantheons for Norse, Celts,...Indeed so. There's pantheons for Norse, Celts, Egyptian and Greeks in the book, but also a complete system for building your own gods. So I look forward to seeing the Goose god made flesh :) if only for the inevitable "cooked his goose" gags when it gets killed. TWDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921046811399998400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-72953855241229508722020-04-19T22:34:48.067+00:002020-04-19T22:34:48.067+00:00Thank you Nate...
We have had a lot of fun with D...Thank you Nate...<br /><br />We have had a lot of fun with Drums and Shakos so I am very drawn to games using the same mechanics...<br />Your game looked and sounded exactly like the kind of thing we want...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-80469818350181628142020-04-19T21:42:21.362+00:002020-04-19T21:42:21.362+00:00They are fantastic little figures, and I'm blo...They are fantastic little figures, and I'm blown away by the painting of the plaid. Song of Blades and Heroes is a my go-to game for small skirmishes and to add in some supernatural elements. I used it for the Song of Broken Legions games that I played. An example is here: https://natholeonsempires.blogspot.com/2017/10/save-senators-daughter-sbl-6-x-6-aar.html if you wanted to have a look.Natholeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359406949497306737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-15126649354001721912020-04-19T21:02:09.882+00:002020-04-19T21:02:09.882+00:00Now there’s an idea for a scenario... 😁Now there’s an idea for a scenario... 😁Aly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-10102257868398618352020-04-19T20:52:41.682+00:002020-04-19T20:52:41.682+00:00It'll lay golden eggs I should think. Cheers M...It'll lay golden eggs I should think. Cheers MikeSpringinsfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088330681756351208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-18512427188750833782020-04-19T20:38:57.485+00:002020-04-19T20:38:57.485+00:00Thank you...
Yes yacht varnish...
It should be a l...Thank you...<br />Yes yacht varnish...<br />It should be a lot of fun... even I don’t know what’s going to happen with The Goose...😁<br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-7333438660461492892020-04-19T20:36:18.893+00:002020-04-19T20:36:18.893+00:00Thank you Keith...
I think that there are probably...Thank you Keith...<br />I think that there are probably people in the world who’s hobby is bemoaning their own hobby...<br />One of the advantages and disadvantages of knowing Alan and Michael is that they are so productive that often you don’t need to paint lots of toys to play certain periods because they already have what is needed...which makes me a very lucky fellow... thank you guys. ��<br />This is what has happened here I am now painting some up because I have an uncontrollable butterfly that wants to do its own shiny thing...��<br />25 years... doesn’t time fly...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-241434547051885219.post-53191683127930149922020-04-19T20:23:22.897+00:002020-04-19T20:23:22.897+00:00Thank you Nick...
It’s a lovely little range... Mi...Thank you Nick...<br />It’s a lovely little range... Michael Perry built some lovely terrain and a waterside settlement, we had a few enjoyable games... I think it suffered/suffers from it not being easy to fit it into a bigger world...<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.com