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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).

Wednesday, 8 April 2020

Wednesday Workbench 08 April


Well, that's quite a lot of figures currently on the workbench. The men at arms have all been based now, with just flocking and tufting left to do:


While various stages of the basing were curing or drying, I painted up these twelve figures:


I can't for the life of me work out what unit types these were meant to be for, so they might get popped to one side until I figure out where to use them (I suspect they may have been intended to be added to bases of billmen, archers or spearmen), once they are varnished.

Yesterday I started on the longbowmen, with the first 24 figures now almost finished:


The eagle-eyed among you may be wondering why one of them has a green blob on his helmet. Yes, well, indeed. Accidents do happen, dontchaknow?

When I have finished painting these chaps, I have another 48 archers to paint. 24 seems to be a reasonable batch size for them, so that will be two more batches. I can then varnish all the archers (and those twelve odd figures) and get them based up before moving onto the next set of figures, either the billmen or the spearmen.






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11 comments:

  1. Neil Scott8 April 2020 at 18:59

    The men at arms look great

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  2. The Happy Whisk8 April 2020 at 21:02

    Whew. Big job. Happy painting.

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  3. Curt8 April 2020 at 22:33

    They look a terrific mob of plate harness, Tamsin. Well done.

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  4. Millsy8 April 2020 at 22:33

    Looking great Tamsin!

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  5. Herkybird8 April 2020 at 23:28

    Good job so far, are you going to do the livery jackets as any particular retinue?

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  6. Natholeon9 April 2020 at 01:02

    A fantastic looking retinue Tamsin.

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  7. Paul Scrivens-Smith9 April 2020 at 01:18

    Nice work.

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  8. Michael Awdry9 April 2020 at 09:44

    These are really coming together Tamsin, bravo!

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  9. Pat Smith Silver Whistle Blog.9 April 2020 at 12:43

    The Perry plastics are nice figures and you have done a great paint job on them.

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  10. TamsinP9 April 2020 at 12:58

    @ Neil - thanks! They'll look even better once the bases are flocked and tufted. :)

    @ Whisk - cheers Ivy! :)

    @ Curt - thanks! Individually the armour does look a bit scrappy, but en masse it looks great. :)

    @ Millsy - cheers! :)

    @ Herkybird - thanks! I'm not going to do livery jackets as any particular historical retinue, but some might end up with them by accident! :)

    @ Natholeon - cheers! :)

    @ Paul SS - thanks! :)

    @ Michael - cheers! :)

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