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Saturday, March 9, 2024

bench update 10 March 2025

Over past couple of weeks I've drybrushed the fully gesso'd minis with Vallejo silver grey. Slow pace, but they are ready to begin blocking out color.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Among the many projects I meant to get on with

During the week (briefly) and finally yesterday, I completed the gesso base coating. I did have a good intention of brushing white highlights on today, but, nothing got done!

Saturday, February 10, 2024

bench update 11 February 2024

Black gesso, half the minis so far. Only 1 shield knocked loose!

Monday, February 5, 2024

Shields swords spears

The Plasticsoldierreview.com has many nice things to say about Trojan and Mycenaean minis. What it doesn't mention is:
Many of the lugs provided do not fit well into the shields;
Some minis that ought to have a lug to mount a shield only have a natural hand, that does not fit into any shield;
Spears tend to be a little loose in ring-hand mounts.
So, a good few hours are required to perform those fiddly joins, and by the 3/4 mark I regretted buying these kits. I have a nasty feeling that some of the shields will fall off as paint is applied. 


Saturday, January 6, 2024

Mycenaean chariots

The four chariots and 1x4Sp are now ready to add to an Achaian army list of one sort or another, or to Sea Peoples. I'll hold off final base dressing to do all inclusive; I'm not even sure what the general appearance ought to be.

bench update 07 January 2024

I've gone back over some of the "Sherden" style sea peoples to add bronze to the inverse-v chest protection. These are the ugly HaT minis, to be sure, but I think they convey more of the original Ramses iii period "artist's eye" for the equipment. Our cultural baggage affects how we see things! 

Saturday, December 30, 2023

bench update 31 December 2023

Assembled, but without final wash/varnish: included at bottom left is an element of sea people Sherden I used for continuity of paint scheme.