To be fair, timewise it's about two weeks for 48 figures and I usually work on a 24 figure unit a week. So even with a few days 'off' from painting I did still hit the average painting time!
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The filler used for bases is starting to get a bit past it's shelf life - lumpy, hard to work even when thinned.
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I've gone for a very simplified painting style - the base red is about 3 coats of spray paint and I haven't put any patterns/edging on the robes.
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Likewise the shields have been left plain with no designs apart from the bronze edging and boss.
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The only figure with any real pattern is the officer with a leopard print cloak.
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So this is what could really be called a 'mass produced' line regiment. Quite rough and ready, designed purely for gaming in a large army with very little effort being made towards 'quality'. Very much a T34 equivalent!
They look very striking in the simple colours Rob…
ReplyDeleteI actually used to have some of these figures way back in the day… I painted them up as Easterlings to go with the Minifigs Orcs I had the time…
All the best. Aly
Although you may have had similar figures it wouldn't have been these - they are conversions. The spears are basically Persian officers with the cloak carved away and spears replacing the sword, the archers are horse archers body with a head swap and bottom half from either the POersian officer or Assyrian spearmen.
DeleteThe mass effect is still good.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is the visual object on a wargames table.
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