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Blogger PaintPig said...

Quite fine looking artillery I must say, from the looks of the last two posts your out to mean business. I particularly like the scorpions very nice models, and paint and base job to match

PP

19 March 2011 at 15:17

Blogger Paul´s Bods said...

grand looking artillery. I like the idea of using the wooden basing in case they will be used in forts or towers.
Cheers
paul

19 March 2011 at 15:29

Blogger Ray Rousell said...

Very nice. I totally agree with pp & paul's bod's. You've done a great job.

19 March 2011 at 16:08

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks chaps, I love the way that coffee stirrers are so... free.

19 March 2011 at 16:34

Blogger Matt said...

Lovely looking figures Simon. Very good indeed!!

How did you do the brown for (a) the ballistae, and (b) for the bases. It's a great wood colour that really sets the right tone for the models.

Cheers

Matt

19 March 2011 at 20:02

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Hi Matt, they were dead easy. Everything got sprayed sand. I highlighted the weapons in a lighter sand, then painted with armypainter strong tone.

I thickly painted the bases with strongtone and then successively highlighted with vallejo browns, and finally lightly drybrushed with buff titanium. Then I did the brass and hit with several coats of Testors matt.

I had hoped to end up with a much lighter, freshly cut wood colour, but failed.

What really took up the time on this project was converting the crew and assembly.

Cheers, Simon

19 March 2011 at 20:18

Blogger Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

Super!

Cheers
Christopher

20 March 2011 at 20:52

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks Christopher!

20 March 2011 at 21:53

Blogger Herrodadog said...

awesome! always have a soft spot for dem romans!!!

21 March 2011 at 17:52

Blogger legatus hedlius said...

Hmm, definitely need some more artillery! Love these!

22 March 2011 at 09:19

Blogger Grégory Privat said...

UK is really the holy country of Wargaming where you get free coffee stirrers everywhere !

Poor us only have the ugly plastic ones... I guess that s why I come to Salute every years... taht and seeing you and yours)

Whatever, they 're nice, as usual.

22 March 2011 at 17:56

Blogger BigRedBat said...

Thanks, Legatus

Looking forward to seeing you and friends, Greg! Remind me to give you coffee stirrers, I have lots.

22 March 2011 at 18:17

Blogger Paul O'G said...

Excellent stuff, very inspiring for my own Dark Ages projects.

And congrats on 200 followers - I was delighted to be "Mr 200"!

22 March 2011 at 19:57

Blogger Secundus said...

These look lovely, I love all the little details.

23 March 2011 at 00:46

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