Après quoi, pratiquement une semaine sans poster, il me fallait me remettre en selle et repartir du bon pinceau. Donc, devant vos yeux ébahis ( ou chafouins selon l'heure), je vous présente le peuple le plus redouté de tout le Moyen-Âge,... non il ne s'agit pas de ces bouseux pestilentiels de Picardie, ce sont... les Suisses. J'ai en effet une petite pile de plomb qui leur est dédiée, pour me faire des mercenaires suisses. ce sont des Mirliton, et si on fait abstraction de leur fragilité, c'est un pur bonheur à peindre. J'ai donc peint un bloc de 8 bases, le tout placé sur une base de mouvement Warbases. Comme vous pouvez le voir, il reste encore de la place. Petite remarque, j'ai remplacé les piques originelles, trop fragiles, par des Noth Star.
Showing posts with label Mirliton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mirliton. Show all posts
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Swiss poking sticks
After what, almost a week without posting, it's time to get back on the saddle and ride the wargaming nag. Today, before you, gentle readers, are parading the most dreaded people of all Middle-Ages! Theeeeeee... No, not the plague ridden Scottish/Irish peasants, but the Swiss. Indeed I have a small lead pile, intended to represent Swiss mercenaries. So, to keep me motivated, I painted a pike block of 8 bases. The minis are from Mirliton, and, though very fragile, are a painter's delicacy. Trust me. They're very easy to paint. I replaced their pike with North Star wire spears, much more resilient. I then placed them on a Warbases mouvement tray. As you can see, there is a bit of spare room left behind ;)
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
As Custer would say: Charge!
Hi everyone. I seem to stick to the medieval warfare's cliches. Indeed today the knights are coming. The minis are from Mirliton and are really nice to paint, though a bit thin, and sometimes a bit fragile. But then, they really look good, and inking is quite easy with them. In my army they could be either superior or average, undrilled. So, they're more or less a me-see-me-charge type of unit. He he. I just hope their charge will be unstoppable. In fact I was impressed by the charge from the Serbian knights during our game with Gilles. So I wonder... Maybe...
And if you want to know, in Art de la guerre, with those guys, you get 4 units of knights. And they're nasty too.
Je reste dans les bons gros cliches medievaux aujourd'hui, puisque voici venir les chevaliers. Ce sont des figs Mirliton que j'ai peintes avec amour, car elles sont vraiment faciles a peinturlurer. Attention toutefois, si elles sont tres belles, elles sont fragiles. Vous etes donc prevenus. A FOG, ils peuvent etre soit superior ou bien average, et ils sont undrilled. Bref, du bon gros chevalier type Francais a Crecy: moi voir, moi taper. Pour tout dire, j'ai ete impressione par les chevaliers serbes lors de ma partie contre Gilles. Donc bon, a voir. Et si je transpose a Art de la guerre, j'obtiens 4 unites de mechants chevaliers lourds. Niark!
Friday, 27 April 2012
One more step
Didn't do much yesterday evening, simply because I went to the club and got to play a game of Force on Force. Sorry no pics this time, but I didn't think I'd play. As always, I really like this game, and I might in the near future start my Sci-Fi project again. Anyway. While mini-me was napping ( though a tad short) I managed to get some painting done on my Mirliton. Now all the bases are done. The nest step will be inking and washing, and then highlights and touch-ups.
| This guy will be my ref figure to show you the effects of washing/inking over base colours/ bare metal |
Je n'ai pas beaucoup hier car je suis alle au club, et je me suis retrouve a jouer une partie de Force on Force, regle que j'apprecie beaucoup. Pas de photos car APN oublie, desole. Je pense ressortir mes figs SF un de ces jours moi. A part ca, j'ai termine de passer les bases sur mes Mirliton. Prochaine etape, wash et encrage. Et pour terminer, eclaircissements et finitions.
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Scottish arrows and Spanish hallberds
I have to be honest with you. I have some hard time finding enough mojo to keep me busy painting at a steady pace. My new job can be quite exhausting and I prefer reading a good book instead of painting. I still managed to finish painting my first longbow unit, which will be full of Scots. But more about them later, when I'll have them varnished. At the same time, I've prepped an other heavy weapon unit, this time from Mirliton, in their Condotta range. The minis are just great. More info on them when I'll have them painted. This unit will be under command of a Spanish Noble, well, at least Spanish from his origins.
Je vous confierai volontiers qu'en ce moment, ma motivation n'est pas au beau fixe pour la peinture. Mon boulot est quand meme fatiguant, et j'avoue preferer lire un bon bouquin. Il n'empeche que j'ai reussi a terminer la peinture de ma deuxieme unite, qui represente des archers ecossais. Plus d'infos a leur sujet quand tout sera termine et vernis. Dans le meme temps, j'ai prepare une troisieme unite, des hallebardiers de chez Mirliton, qui representeront des troupes venues du Sud de la France, et dirigees par un noble d'origine espagnole.
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