Monday 1 October 2012

Traffic Jam

The painting tray is overflowing with chariots.  My plan is for a first wave of 9, but I want to go to eventually muster 20 or so.  Most of the crews have gone off to Nick to be painted (he'll do a far better job with plaid than could I).


In the foreground are the chariot horses, which I hope will be fairly quick to paint...  and I need to finish basing the cohort of Dalmatians on the front left, to clear a bit of space!

10 comments:

Matt said...

Plenty to be getting on with there! Interested to see how you paint the horses.

On Darrell H's blog there was a good example of the "Darren Harding Method" (tm) using washes and drybrushing.

I find painting horses a bit of a challenge - which I'll need to overcome if I'm to get my Normans up and running!

Cheers

Matt

Paul´s Bods said...

20 chariots means 40 horses! and 40 crew members.
That should keep you busy for a while. Be an impressive sight when they are finished.
Cheers
paul

legatus hedlius said...

Oh no! I'd forgotten about the plaid!

BigRedBat said...

Hi Matt, I usually highlight and then hit with Army Painter- I hope that the AP spray undercoats will help save painting time.

Paul, yes quite a job, but a friend will paint the crew, so "do-able".

Legatus, I posted this morning and they should thud (and I mean thud, they weigh a ton!) through your letterbox tomorrow.

Cheers, Simon

Michael Awdry said...

Now that is a seriously impressive painting queue, best of luck and I look forward to seeing the results.

Ray Rousell said...

They tray does look a little busy!!

Willie Anderson said...

looking forward to seeing this come together

legatus hedlius said...

Simon,

Looking forward to the thud!

Stephen



legatus hedlius said...

Chariots have arrived safely! There is a lot of bare metal to contemplate!

BigRedBat said...

Glad they made it OK, Stephen. I'm sorry there isn't more variety in the crew figures; I'l show you what I'm doing with the Wargames Factory minis, which might make for some variety.

Cheers, Simon