The Tabletoppers

So let's continue with Step number 7. Which is the highlight of the leather armour, made with Vallejo MC 70.951 White. I used a mix of accurate painting and drybrush as my coulour dries quite fast. 8. Now highlighting the red with Vallejo 70.957 Flat Red and the gold/brass with the original Old Gold. 9. After that, we get started with the flesh - I am using as middle tone the Andrea Colour AC-52, which I like espacially for ist verry dull result. 10. The second flesh I am using is Foundrys 127C from the expert flesh set.  11. So what is there still to do? Painting the back of the shields in Vallejo 70.872 Choclate Brown and highlighting the green - to do this I mix the green basecoat, Vallejo MC 70.980 Black Green with approx. 1/4 of Vallejo GC 72.034 Bonewhite. This creates a nice and warm lighter green. 12. Last, but not least the decals are set to place. THose are supplied by Little Big Men Studios. To give them a proper fit I cut once untill nea...

As I've been asked recently how I am painting my miniatures, I decided not to deny you the insight to my famous painting skills. Thus I'll provide some tutorials on different miniatures, showing some of the technique I am using as well as providing you with the intel which colours I am using. What is really important in painting miniatures: use the best materials avaliable - your work gets much easier with this method. Everybody who has ever tried drilling a hole into a wall using a cheap electrical drill might know what I am talking about ;) Buying cheap always means buying twice. So let's get started with some of Xystons Phalanglites: 1. After priming them white I start with a black wash for the leather armour, which is supposed to be white - using black wash gives me the opportunity only to highlight the armour white afterwards, saving a lot of time compared to a "classical" 3 steps highlight approach. For the wash I used the Vallejo wash "lavado ...

Thus the finals for this semester are comming close, I was still able to do some basing as a compensation for all the learning I did. So this is the basing for the pike I already showed. I really think it really improves the look.

These are some Thureophoroi or Thorakitai I originally painted for my late republican roman army, but thanks to my basing I'll be able to use them for my upcomming Macedonian/Seleucid/Successor Armys as well. Decals are once again by Little Big Me´n Studios. I'll try to picturise all the miniatures I finished the last year but didn't put on the blog yet in the upcomming days.   PS: as I used them in various tournaments already, some of them lost their spear. Seems I'll have to start a repeairing action soon. :/

After finishing my medieaval army (or more correctly the units I still had), I decidet to start a new project, which is an Macedonian Army for Field of Glory. The miniatures are supplied by Xyston, and a friend of mine resculpted some heads, giving them more variety. Decals were supplied by Stephens Little Big Men, a supplier I can highly recommend. Untill today, I had to borrough my miniatures when it came to play an army with a descend number of pikes in it. After finishing this project, these days will belong to the past. I hope you like these. If you have any ideas for another project or recommendations concerning this one, leave me a comment in the section below. Enjoy!

After long time of silence,it was possible to me to go onpainting my Macedonic army for DBA. Hope, you'll like 'em....

Yesterday worked out this great Macedonic Elephant produced by outpost wargames. Only the Mahouts' spaer and the base are not finished yet, but its right on the way to be done .

Today I was able to wash these Macedonic Pikesman produced by outpost wargames, so you can see the detail much better than on te pictures bevore. The gloss appeared because the wash had no time to dry when I took the picture. These 4 poses appear in the Mac2 Pack, which contains 8 miniatures.

Yesterday my Macedonian DBA army II/15 arrived. On the pictures you can see two of the Mac2 pacs produced by outpost wargames. The miniatures are highly detailed casted, but their pikes are looking like trunks carried arround. You'll see further more pictures if they are washed, so you can see the detail much better.