In a previous post I detailed my successful experiments painting French Napoleonic line troops with some old- and new-school techniques. This was the first time that I put the speed painting ideas in full production and I'm pleased with how…
Last year's Historicon game of For King & Parliament's English Civil War Battle of Montgomery posed many new challenges for me. One of them was basing. With FK&P I could base my Steel Fist and Warlord figures in any manner of my choosing to…
Regular readers of this blog know that I post on non-miniature wargaming topics such as how to make counters, hurting myself, and WW2 with cards. This is one of those posts. I've always been intrigued by the La Bataille wargaming series. Th…
I ran my first game at Historicon 2024. It was the Battle of Montgomery waged during the English Civil War. I used 15mm Steel Fist figures for the cavalry, command, forlorn hope, and dismounted dragoon figures. I selected Warlord plastic 15…
Now that the test strip is done, it's time to switch to mass production. My bases are 45x45mm so I had to perform some surgery on the strips. Just like the test strip I started with Tamiya Light Gray spray, followed by Vallejo Model Color W…
After completing two units of shotte for Pikeman's Lament I embarked on painting up a unit of pike. My experiments went so well with using Contrast Paints on the red-coated shotte that I decided to try them with the pikemen. This time I lan…
Here is my second shotte unit for Pikeman's Lament. They were speed-painted mostly with Games Workshop Contrast paints. It was my first time through with these paints on a whole unit and I'm very pleased with the results. Here's the color l…
They look superb, great job on these archers! Thanks Phil! They look very nice on the table. It was fun to try a different method of painting and have the figures turn out as well as they did. Very nice results; I will have to check out the…
I found out about this several years ago. Well done for spreading the good word. Thanks Phil! It's such a simple idea that I'm embarrassed that I didn't think of it sooner. Those agitators work like a charm. When I find something of value I…
This is a very very beautiful unit. Congratulations, you've done a very good job on these figures. FritzII - Thank you for your kind words! I am very pleased with them as well. Mixing all of the triads was a fun experiment. - Jeff Fabulous
Personally I wouldn't bother painting in fully detailed eyes. Unless you take a lot of time and effort painting the whites of the eyes, the figures will often appear to be in a state of shock with a wide-eyed stare. I now simply dot a pupil…
Congratulations on the birth of you son!!! I'm sure your going to have a great time with him. Get as much painting done before he starts walking. Tank Taco TT - Thank you! My wife and I are very excited! He sleeps quietly a lot right now, b…