Monday, March 14, 2011
Balrog: Part 4
Primed. I'm considering painting the flames using the technique I've never tried before. This worries me a little bit, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Balrog: Part 3
Did some gap filling this past weekend. Next step is to do some filing to make sure I haven't missed anything, then I can move on to priming.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Easterlings
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Balrog: Part 2
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Armor Styles
Games Workshop's Empire and Bretonnian ranges each have a distinct style to them, influenced by different periods in history. The Bretonnian range is influenced mainly by European armor from the period of the Crusades through the Hundred Years War.
Grail Knight (Image copyright Games Workshop)
For example, the helmets tend to be primarily Great Helms for knights, and lots of mail.
Bretonnian Lord (Image copyright Games Workshop)
Peasants, for their part, would usually wear a mail coif, chapel-de-fer, or cervelliere. (although admittedly peasant equipment didn't change all that much with time)
Bretonnian Men-at-Arms (Image copyright Games Workshop)
The Empire, on the other hand, has a distinct Renaissance style to it. This guy, for example has a cuirass with tassets and a sallet, but other than that, does not wear much leg or arm armor.
Empire Captain (Image copyright Games Workshop)
The Empire Greatsword is the same way--sallet helm, breastplate with tassets, but that's it.
Empire Greatsword (Image copyright Games Workshop)
By the the time of the Renaissance, guns were having a larger role on the battlefield. Full-plate armor still existed and would continue to do so for a while, of course, but less often would you see the fully armored man-at-arms in battle.
Both of these styles are just fine...what irks me is that both styles bracket the time period that I think has the coolest armor. Personally, I think that the time of the Wars of the Roses had some of the coolest looking armor in history. In this conflict, which spanned from 1455 to 1485, the "Transitional Period" of armor development (that is, from mail to plate) was essentially complete. Full plate armor had come into its own by this point.
Michael and Alan Perry, whose day jobs are with GW, also have their own independent miniatures company. They've done some excellent miniatures from the period of the Wars of the Roses.
(Image copyright Perry Miniatures)
(Image copyright Perry Miniatures)
Now this armor is pretty awesome looking, if you ask me. Too bad GW doesn't have any (or many) miniatures that look like these guys. Seeing as the Perry Brothers also do GW minis, I imagine that the miniatures that they make on their own would fit well alongside GW's Warhammer minis. (although not perfectly, of course). I'm really tempted to pick up some of them.
Adventures In Miniature Gaming did a review of a box of plastics done by the Perrys that's worth checking out as well.
For example, the helmets tend to be primarily Great Helms for knights, and lots of mail.
Peasants, for their part, would usually wear a mail coif, chapel-de-fer, or cervelliere. (although admittedly peasant equipment didn't change all that much with time)
The Empire, on the other hand, has a distinct Renaissance style to it. This guy, for example has a cuirass with tassets and a sallet, but other than that, does not wear much leg or arm armor.
The Empire Greatsword is the same way--sallet helm, breastplate with tassets, but that's it.
By the the time of the Renaissance, guns were having a larger role on the battlefield. Full-plate armor still existed and would continue to do so for a while, of course, but less often would you see the fully armored man-at-arms in battle.
Both of these styles are just fine...what irks me is that both styles bracket the time period that I think has the coolest armor. Personally, I think that the time of the Wars of the Roses had some of the coolest looking armor in history. In this conflict, which spanned from 1455 to 1485, the "Transitional Period" of armor development (that is, from mail to plate) was essentially complete. Full plate armor had come into its own by this point.
Michael and Alan Perry, whose day jobs are with GW, also have their own independent miniatures company. They've done some excellent miniatures from the period of the Wars of the Roses.
Now this armor is pretty awesome looking, if you ask me. Too bad GW doesn't have any (or many) miniatures that look like these guys. Seeing as the Perry Brothers also do GW minis, I imagine that the miniatures that they make on their own would fit well alongside GW's Warhammer minis. (although not perfectly, of course). I'm really tempted to pick up some of them.
Adventures In Miniature Gaming did a review of a box of plastics done by the Perrys that's worth checking out as well.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Balrog: Part 1
I received my first miniatures commission recently. Well, sort of. It's more a favor for a friend, who promised to do it for another friend, but doesn't have the time (she has a good excuse--she's leaving for the Peace Corps soon). Lest you think I'm doing this solely out of the kindness of my heart, since my friend will be out of country for a few years, she kindly sent me all of her paints, plus some stray miniatures that she's had in storage.
Anyway, I recently received the Balrog in the mail. I'll be doing some progress posts on it as the work comes along.
Laying everything out, it looks like all the pieces are present.
Evening 1 consisted of primarily cleaning all the pieces, and doing some basic assembly.
Before I go too much further, I'll need to start working on the display base so I can get the layout right.
Anyway, I recently received the Balrog in the mail. I'll be doing some progress posts on it as the work comes along.
Laying everything out, it looks like all the pieces are present.
Evening 1 consisted of primarily cleaning all the pieces, and doing some basic assembly.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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