David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Thursday, 12 April 2018

Italian Wars Handgunners

My latest base of figures comprises a unit of handgunners. The figures are by TAG and were, as I’ve banged on about before, a real joy to paint. I chose a colour scheme for the coats of Foundry Storm Green and Yellow, going straight from shade to light without the mid colour. I think it reflects the stark Mediterranean light but you may not agree ~

This is the last of my TAG units, for now anyway. I have now got two bases of Foundry Gendarmes, two bases of Warlord/ProGloria, Tiger Miniatures, Dixon Miniatures and Steel Fist Landsknecht pikes and a Landsknecht Command base of Warlord/ProGloria and Steel Fist figures and, as Phil would say, we are done!
I received my new admission date letter for my hip replacement operation on Saturday morning. I am going in now on May 4th - no Star Wars jokes please! I don’t think that will be enough time to paint all these, but I will give it my best shot! I hope that my friends will keep me in their thoughts come ‘The Day’, and if they are of the inclination towards prayer, to mention me kindly. Thanks.
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17 comments:

  1. Benjamin of Wight12 April 2018 at 02:00

    I like the colours, might steal the idea for my WWI Allenby in Palestine project. Prayers booked for your op.

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  2. Phil Robinson12 April 2018 at 02:59

    Nicely rendered, like the colour combo.

    Are they based on Papal livery😂

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    1. David13 April 2018 at 09:13

      It was amusing wasn’t it?

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    2. Phil Robinson13 April 2018 at 13:57

      Paint the next unit dark blue and a light blue, it will then be in PayPal livery.

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    3. David14 April 2018 at 03:34

      I will bear that in mind!

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  3. George Anderson12 April 2018 at 14:30

    Really nice. What do you use as base material?

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    1. David13 April 2018 at 09:17

      Thanks George. The base texture is Woodlands Scenics ballast, light Buff, small, medium and large texture. Most decent railway shops stock it. Hobbycraft used to, but no longer at least locally. Then it’s washed with Artists Acrylic Country Maple, don’t bother dry brushing if get wash right. The Tufts are from Great Escape Games, the flowers from Warbases. The static grass is a mix of Spring and Summer grass from the Tutbury Jinny, a train shop in Tutbury.

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  4. Aly Morrison13 April 2018 at 00:31

    Another nice unit David...
    At the rate your going you will be painting some of Phil’s by the 4th of May... of course that gives you a nice couple of weeks to get back on your feet... and we will see you at Partizan... ;-)
    Take care old boy...

    All the best. Aly....

    P.S. I only ever pray before I look at my bank statement.

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    1. David13 April 2018 at 09:18

      Thought you GW types probably owned banks 😉
      I hope to be at The Other Partizan.

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  5. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)13 April 2018 at 02:07

    A really lovely looking stand David!

    Christopher

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  6. caveadsum147113 April 2018 at 04:07

    Lovely subdued palette,looking forward to your gendarmes,not a praying type but the best of luck!
    Best Iain

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    1. David13 April 2018 at 09:19

      Thanks Iain. Two gendarmes completed so far and third almost done.

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  7. Dwarfy Mcgee14 April 2018 at 02:08

    Handsome. Love TAG.

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    1. David14 April 2018 at 03:33

      Thanks for dropping by and for the comment.

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  8. Jonathan Freitag19 May 2018 at 22:44

    Nice! Love the yellow.

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