Men at Arms

 Bretonnia on the works again!

After the Knights Errant (which I mistakenly called Questing Knights!), I needed some good, old infantry, the reliable men at arms. I have fifteen of them, enough to build up a unit.

Four models (repeated) and the command

 As you can see, there is no much variation. Though conversions could be technically achievable, it certainly was not worth of the work. What I tried instead was different colours for the hoses. You can see above two different tones of brown and one grey. Idle work, as they will eventually be covered by the shields, but at least in my mind there is a subtle difference.

They fit in nicely. I haven't studied how would they look on ToW bases, but not my priority

These minis have aged well, I have to say. Even in their simplicity they still keep that special charm of old, that strange quality that the new plastic minis didn't get to grasp. Assembling the unit was quite easy, and then I paid some attention to the shields.

It was time to choose the livery. I went for a simple green and yellow pattern, quite classic and simple, yet effective, I believe. It works on the garments and is easy to repeat. However, back to the shields themselves, I thought I could do something more. I didn't want to paint full heraldry, as that would be the prerrogative of their lord, but I could add something else without necessarily painting heraldic figures. The obvious solution in Warhammer is always some chequered strip.

If it hasn't any chequered patterns, then it's not Warhammer

Little else to add, this unit is pretty straightforward to paint and assemble. I added some grass and tufts to the bases, replicated the shield pattern on the banner and here you have them:

Compact and battle ready, as they should

Here you can see them a little bit better

I have some archers that I believe should be next, but I'm still undecided. Don't worry though, I still have plenty of other stuff to paint while I make any decision XD
 

Finishing old bussiness

 A very brief update today, about going back to unfinished bussiness I had set to oblivion for long time.

Delving into old shelves I found a nice stash of old Orks. Most likely from even before I started this blog. Most of them are 2nd Ed plastic Goff Orks, but you can also see some Space Crusade Orks turned into Evil Sunz and some other few gubbins.

Da stash!

I can make a full Mob with those Goffs, so let's pay some attention to them. They were painted in the most basic way imaginable. Full black, classic green skin and almost no details. There are no glyphs or marks, and for that reason I've concluded that I must had started painting them but, at some point and by reasons long forgotten, I never finished them. You can see what I mean in the pic below.

The paintjob is... basic. I believe this must be almost certainly 20+ years old

However, I thought I could make something without having to totally unpaint them. I could use what I already had as base coat and work from that point on.

For starters, I'm going to keep the green skin. Unlike other Mobz, in which I've been constantly switching skin colours, I didn't fancy doing this now. There's nothing wrong about having some consistent true greenskins in my army, after all! So I had to repaint the lips and also paint the ears pink, nothing more.

I kept the black garments, but highlighted them (not too much!), gave the Agrax treatment, and finally made some markings on the shoulderpads. It's an old mark I had already used long time ago for a commission and which looked appealing to me. I finally painted a classic chequered pattern on the other shoulder pad and changed the bases into my usual Renedra flat ones.

Unfinished, yet almost done

I didn't really want to make anything complicated, just finishing an apparent pending job, so I can count a new Mob into my army!

'Ere we go!

I'm still not sure of what to do with the other Orks on the foam tray you saw earlier. Should I try a full Evil Sunz Mob with what I have? Should I use that Ghazghkull Thraka as himself or as a mere Nob? The other characters need a pinting update, for sure, but that will come some other day. So many decisions to make!