For
my todays second submission I visited the hot lands of Outremer again
to add some retinue to my Monsieur Jaufrè de Montalban whom I entered
for the 'Mount(s) & Rider(s)' Bonus Round.
I've
seldom had the 'joy' to have such poor sculpts on my table to paint.
Considering the price Gripping Beast are charging for these figures it
seems a rip off to me. Outdated and poorly cast figures for the money
you normally pay for 'premium' historical miniatures like
Musketeer/Footsore.
Rant over.
As
they definitely were not to my liking they were sitting on my shelf
primed and prepped since the last challenge all the time starring at me
with accusing eyes. Because I really don't like to toss figures in the
bin I've paid good money for and as I found nobody who wanted to give
them a new home I thought it was time to give them some paint. I even
gave them strings to improve their overall appearance at least a bit.
I
went for a (for my means) rather dirty looking, speed painted approach
using the infamous Army Painter for the first time in years. Only the
bright white of the feathers and helmets/ the shield was later totally
covered over. This however allowed me to finish these bastards in a
couple of hours (obviously discounting the day the AP needed to dry). In
the end I even came to like these guys.
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| One of the strings (outer right) burnt away while removing fine fibres with a lighter :-/ |
Now
I feel they look rather striking in their subdued tunics and their
bright white/ red helmets. Maybe I'll touch up the bases with some dried
grass at a later point to break up the monotony of the sand. Not sure
yet if this will develop into an army for SAGA 'The Crescent & The
Cross' or some other ruleset (Lion rampant seems to be THE new kid in
town) at any point or if they'll just stay in my cabinet.
They've been great !! I love the lights as given +1000
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, great job on the tunics...
ReplyDeleteAs I said they look really nice and think they turned out just great!
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Wow! You have done a fantastic paint job on these and with a great choice of colours. Amazed that they were a speed paint job and with the use of army painter as well. Poor sculpts or not, they are a great advert for GB.
ReplyDeleteYour Blitzkrieg pioneers on your previous post are some of the best examples of these that I have seen.
Shame about the quality. A few clubmates were also complaining about the quality of these Crusader era minis from Gripping Beast. Must be some old stuff from them as I find their original Saga minis to be of good quality.
ReplyDeleteStill great job on them even if the quality was far from ideal. I really like the muted colours on them
I agree about the GB sculpts - they can be a bit hit and miss. I don't think I'll be buying 'unseen' from them again.
ReplyDeleteYou've done these rather well - they look pretty good to me :)
You've done a great job on the Crossbowmen.
ReplyDeleteLovely painting! I hope they turn into a new warband as they're much too nice to stay in a cabinet.
ReplyDeleteThough you told you didn't like the figures for their bad sculpt - you have done an excellent job on them. They look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteRealy exellent work sir.
ReplyDeleteSublime painting and shading! I'm cheering for Lion Rampant. While I like Saga, LR is probably the smoothes running rules I've tried, and very easy to scale up/down.
ReplyDeleteFantastic work on these guys!
ReplyDeleteThese have to be some of my favourite entries to date, just amazing work.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work there and actually you have brought out the best in them.
ReplyDeleteSuperb brushwork as always. Love the painted helmets.
ReplyDeleteOne of the best entries so far in the Challenge, beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteThe colours you use are so awesome ... I love this work very much!
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