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A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2011 after a very, very long break and haven't looked back since. I must admit that I seem to be more of a painter/collector than a gamer, but do hope to correct that at some point in the near future. My gaming interests span the ages, from the "Biblical" era all the way through to the far future. I enjoy games of all sizes, from a handful of figures up to major battles (see my megalomaniacally sized Choson Korean and Russian Seven Years War armies).

Sunday, 20 November 2016

Hey, Hey, We're The Mongols!

And they're done! Even if I did have to open the window in my painting room to hit them with matt varnish spray (it has been piddling down all day here). So, time for the pics:

The whole batch:


The heavy cavalry:





The generals:






One of the command bases is 40x40, the other two are 40x30 to represent generals included in fighting units (an option available in ADLG).

When I got back from my dad's 80th (a quiet affair - me, him, my sister and her hubby; fish & chips and wine) there was a package waiting for me - the extra Mongols I'd ordered from Donnington. So, pics of shinies:


Heavy cavalry

Medium cavalry and command

Camels and some wire spears/lances/pikes

Mongols on foot
The heavy cavalry are different to the ones I've got already - they have lances. In ALDG you have an option to upgrade the heavy cavalry to have Impact. The medium cavalry are to provide me with the extra five bases I need and the command figures so that I can do a third "proper" command base and another "included-general" base. The foot troops are to give me some flexibility; there are also some non-fighting figures to go with the camels (Clint will be happy to see those!) on the baggage camp.

One of the bonuses of expanding my Mongol force to this size is that I can also use them with my Koreans for FoG/FoGR either as nomad mercenaries in the main list or as an allied contingent. Or even as a small army in their own right (500-600 points if I take them all as superior/elite). Hmmm, it looks as though I'd only need a few more to get them up to a decent sized army...


After finishing off the Mongols this morning, I broke out the new airbrush to do some priming. I actually got quite a bit done, as these pics show:

Everything I primed

Reb cavalry, generals and artillery

Union cavalry, command and artillery

Horses, horseholders, limbers, casualties, gabions and piles of cannon shot

Korean crossbowmen


So, that's all of my 6mm ACW primed and ready for the Challenge, as well as the Korean crossbowmen which I plan to paint up this week. Looking at the pumice gel on the Koreans bases, I don't like the look compared to how I normally do them (medium grey ballast superglued on) so I won't be using it for the rest of the Koreans I've got to paint up. Still, it was worth trying as an experiment. I'm not going to try removing it - those bases will just have to look a little different.

Oh, and my new airbrush (actually the same model as the one I knackered a few weeks back) works like a treat, so I'm pleased.


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21 comments:

  1. Neil Scott20 November 2016 at 18:49

    Those Mongols look great

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  2. Clint20 November 2016 at 18:53

    Nice wee beasties

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  3. Norm20 November 2016 at 19:01

    splendid

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  4. Herbert West20 November 2016 at 19:02

    They are gorgeous. Fabulous work and have a real impact when you see them together.

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  5. Dannoc20 November 2016 at 19:02

    Those Mongols look very nice. And now more shiny's too. Good luck on the challenge you got a lot of painting ahead.

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  6. Herkybird20 November 2016 at 19:29

    ...and Mongols keep on Mongoling around! - yes, I am old enough to remember the Monkees!
    Mongols were always an army I wanted to do but never got round to, so well done! Remember, one Touman is never enough!

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  7. Paul O'G20 November 2016 at 19:33

    Herkybird just beat me to it :-)

    They look terrific Tamsin!
    Glad to hear that the new airbrush is working well

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  8. MartinC20 November 2016 at 19:40

    excellent

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  9. Remco20 November 2016 at 21:20

    Awesome work on these Mongols!!!

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  10. The Angry Lurker20 November 2016 at 21:54

    As hordes go it's magnificent!

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  11. Zabadak20 November 2016 at 22:08

    Mongols are gorgeous !

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  12. jmilesr20 November 2016 at 22:15

    The minis look great and somewhere, Davey Jones is smiling

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  13. legatus hedlius20 November 2016 at 22:46

    Mass, not driblets, as Heinz Guderian used to say...

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  14. Rog20 November 2016 at 23:43

    Incredible work, as usual!

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  15. J Womack, Esq.21 November 2016 at 00:11

    Here we come/
    chargin across the steppes
    We get the funniest looks from
    Everyone we kill!

    Hey hey we're the Mongols!

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  16. Graham C21 November 2016 at 07:12

    Great looking figures, and just a small addition to the army to come!
    Prolific is your midddle name.

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  17. PatG21 November 2016 at 13:46

    Looking good but surely Davy would be light cav?

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  18. Anibal Invictus21 November 2016 at 17:51

    Being focused myself in 28mm I wonder how you mahge to give so much detail to your small little men. Your the Queen of the little scales!!

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  19. TamsinP21 November 2016 at 19:19

    @ Neil - thanks! :)

    @ Clint - cheers! :)

    @ Norm - thanks! :)

    @ Herbert - cheers! They'd look even better if were a few more [or a whole army] :)

    @ Dannoc - thanks! I do indeed have a lot of painting lined up for the Challenge :)

    @ Herkybrid - cheers! You're absolutely right that one touman isn't enough. Well, in most cases it is but why skimp when you can put several toumans into the field? :)

    @ Paul O'G - thanks! :)

    @ Martin C - cheers! :)

    @ Remco - thanks! :)

    @ Francis - cheers m'dear! "The Magnificent Seven (bases of Mongols)" :)

    @ Zabadak - thanks! :)

    @ Miles - cheers! :)

    @ Legatus - thanks! Always best to have more than too few :)

    @ RMacedo - cheers! :)

    @ JWomack - love it! :)

    @ Graham C - thanks! Actually, my middle name isn't "Prolific". I don't know who started that rumour ;)

    @ Pat G - you could be right. Same with Mickey D - I could picture him as a hussar :)

    @ Anibal - base coats and wash, with some highlights. It helps having figures with good sculpting :)

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  20. Ted Henkle21 November 2016 at 23:16

    Great job!

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  21. The Kiwi22 November 2016 at 01:26

    Awesome Mongols to crush your enemies. I have been building more 28mm versions. Expanding my small horde as well. cheers

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