Wednesday Workbench 13 May & Finished: 28mm WotR Mounted Men At Arms

The final elements of my Wars of the Roses army have reached the basing phase.

The first step has been done - sticking them on their bases with brown acrylic frame sealant. Before going to bed I will be adding sand - if all goes well, I should be able to finish all the other basing steps on these tomorrow.


I finished the basing on the mounted men at arms today and there is a full post on the Quarantine Challenge blog.

Finished: 28mm WotR Northern Border Horse

As promised yesterday, I finished basing the first batch of cavalry for my Wars of the Roses army today. There is a full post on the Quarantine Challenge blog.

Light Cavalry:

Medium Cavalry:

I actually finished painting the second batch last night, glued them onto their horses this morning and varnished them this afternoon. I'll start basing them in a while - they should be ready to post on Tuesday. During the long gaps in the basing process, I'll be working on the third batch of riders.

Paint Table Saturday 09 May

Things are progressing quite nicely with the mounted elements of my Wars of the Roses army. The first twelve riders have been mounted on their horses and the basing is almost finished. So, no close-up photos of them today - you'll have to wait until they've been flocked tomorrow!

I've also made very good progress today on the next twelve riders, this time knights and men-at-arms:

There isn't a great deal left to do on these - some metal details and a wash on the non-metal elements. I'll get that done tomorrow and should be able to get them mounted on their horses ready for varnishing and basing on Monday.

That just leave twelve more riders - six scurrers and six command figures - plus four foot command figures left to go. With a bit of luck I'll have them all done (apart from banners for the command groups) by the end of the week.

Wednesday Workbench 06 May

The first batch of 12 riders are almost finished - just the metals to highlight and touching up to do. That will get done tomorrow morning, then glue them onto horses ready for washing, varnishing and basing.

Next up will be a batch of twelve knights.

Lockdown Podcast 6 - and 7 Now!

It appears that I forgot to post the link for the latest edition of the Madaxeman Lockdown Podcast. Better late than never!






EDIT: well, blow me down with a feather! It appears that the episode we recorded last night has already been published:




In other news, I finished work on the barded horses for my Wars of the Roses army:

I've now begun painting the riders - I'll be doing them in batches of six or twelve, for the basecoating stage at least.

Paint Table Saturday 02 May

The horses for the mounted elements of my wars of the roses army are taking a bit longer to paint than I'd anticipated, but I'm almost there.

I've finished painting the unarmoured horses:

I've also made good progress on the armoured horses:

If all goes well I should finish painting them tomorrow, then it will be onto the riders. The horses don't have much left to do - painting the leather parts, the saddle-cloths and plumes and highlighting of the metal, then final washes to tie things together.

Wednesday Workbench 29 April

As you can see, I have started work on the horses for the mounted figures for my Wars of the Roses army. The first eighteen horses (the ones without armour) are the first batch. They're almost done - once they are, I'll be starting on the armoured horses; there are eighteen of those as well.

When all the horses are finished, it will be time to work on the riders.