Prufrock's Wargaming Blog

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

Painting spree: Crusaders and Thebans

With 2016 winding down there has been a flurry of hobby room activity as I frantically try to improve my painting total for the year.

Crusaders of the Miniature Wars range from Italy:










Easy to prep and nice to paint. Spears were a little spindly, but life's too short to bother replacing them with wire (MMV, of course).

Xyston Thebans:








A bit of a mission to prep, and I had real painter's block with these. It was the shields that were the problem; I just couldn't paint a satisfactory club for love or money. In the end, I decided to mix symbols and just get them painted. A few snakes, a few goblets, a few minotaurs, some clubs that were less atrocious than others, a few plain coloured, and there they are. I'm not very happy with them but a bit of flock and a game or two and I'm sure they'll grow on me.

9 comments:

  1. Excellent brushwork and productivity all around, Aaron! End of year push to make the numbers look better is a common activity, I wager. You are not alone...

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    1. You are too kind, Jonathan - if I could get through a third of what you manage and at 80% of the quality I would be a happy man indeed!

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  2. Really liking the crusaders. I have had my brushes out for the last two nights, for the first time in ages.

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    1. Glad to hear, Norm. I easily forget how much it's possible to get done until I talk myself into picking up a brush for a couple of nights in a row!

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  3. Wow! Great stuff. You got an amazing amount of models done and they look great. I am also pushing hard to up my totals by the end of the year.

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  4. Great big lovely drop, Aaron. You're on a tear! Your shields are great. You can't compare scratch painting a space the size of an eraser to LBMS transfers. I'm never happy with my scratch painted shields either for the same reason. ;-) Monty

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  5. Thanks fellows! Still trying to get some Macedonians done before year end...

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