Sunday 22 June 2014

Cattle and Cane


Taking a short break from my Italian Wars French (don't worry, I'll get back to them soon) with a quick Dark Ages diversion: The next game in our Dux Britanniarum campaign will be a cattle raid and for this we naturally needed some cattle – and sheep too it seems. I've had these Gripping Beast models in the lead pile for a while and now was the perfect time to finally paint them up.


This was a quick job, mostly using drybrushing and washes and for such limited amount of work they turned out pretty good I think. I have no idea if the colours are correct though, but they look fine to my untrained eyes. The sculpts are perhaps a bit rough but perfectly serviceable.


I must apologize for the bad pictures. Lately I've had some real trouble taking good pictures. They just look washed out with most of the the highlights killed, and I can't quite figure out why. I think I need to experiment some more with my setup.

Anyway, speaking of our Dux Brit campaign, I have started on an AAR from our second game (we have played three so far) but work, family obligations and computer trouble have kept me from working on it. Hopefully I'll get some time during this coming week to finish the report.

Thanks for looking! Have a great week everyone!

17 comments:

  1. They might be a quick paint job, but they look mighty fine!!!

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  2. They look so innocent, happily unaware of the hungry Vikings approaching :0)

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    1. Thanks Søren! There are some prime bacon coming up ... ;)

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  3. An excellent result. The beasts look good and the bases are just excellent.
    Well done!

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  4. Great job! Stuff like this adds so much to a battlefield.

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    1. Thank you Jason! And I agree with you that these kind of additions to the battlefield are great.

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  5. Excellent work on these! The bases are wonderful! A must for any Dark Age game!

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    1. Cheers Rodger! Hopefully they'll be used in many a game in the future.

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  6. Those are some fine looking cattle!

    Christopher

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    1. Thanks Christopher! They do look nickable, don't they?

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  7. They look very nice, always appreciated on a battlefield...and in a plate...

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