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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/08 21:41:16
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Mighty Chosen Warrior of Chaos
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These Men at Arms are great, love the mix of pieces. Once painted with some unifying colours I'm sure it will be awesome.
EDIT: Whoops, turned the page on you. Look at the previous page everyone, its really cool!
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2025/01/08 21:42:04
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/12 08:50:16
Subject: Re:Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Guard Heavy Weapon Crewman
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Those prints look great, sad to hear you had issues with them.
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33rd Tulean Armoured Cavalry Regiment + support |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/12 09:40:26
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant
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The peasants look great lined up. Looking forward to seeing them with some paint.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/18 13:12:39
Subject: The Defenders of the Border Expand! (Bretonnian Army List & Characters & Foot Knight Progress)
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Welcome back!
Still super cold here, so it's been a building marathon, followed by a basing marathon (Because I'm a build and base then prime person).
But first - a tentative list I am building to. With this being a full army project, I've pretty much bought to what I want, although those new wizards tempt me. So here's the list (2k)
Baron on Royal Pegasus
Damsel Lvl 2 (On Horse)
Paladin (Bannerwoman on Horse)
Paladin (On Foot)
6 Knights of the Realm
6 Knights of the Realm
12 Bowmen
24 Yeomen Guard
16 Knights of the Realm on Foot
3 Pegasus Knights
20 Border Prince Brigands (Crossbows, shields, close order to represent the besiegers)
1 Trebuchet
1 Bombard
Anyways, onto pictures!
Characters
Two damsels, another extra potential wizard, trebuchet crew too (I have to put the 3d print of the trebuchet itself in a warm water bath because it has warped somehow in storage)
You can see the basing theme I have for the artillery - I'll put some balsawood boards down to represent them trying to level the ground - some former empire engineer is telling them things.
Foot knights now
I'm trying to stretch this unit a bit larger than it is - I have 16 guys to play with but would love to sneak it up to 24 somehow. I'll have to play with my bits box a lot. Might use a 3D print or two to stretch the minis.
Finally a family shot.
Current progress minus characters. The Pegasus knights are built but they're nothing different than usual so they aren't included here. Should get my bombard today in the main plus another knight or two. Would love thoughts on the list and building!
Keep on constructing!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/18 19:37:52
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought
Deep in the Outer Boroughs of NYC
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Wow, that's quite an impressive army shot!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/19 14:54:22
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Thanks Warboss!
I was hoping to nab the new Bret Character today, even if just to add him to the footknights and get an additional footknight model out of him, but as per usual, he was scooped up super fast. Annoying!
The goal today is to finish the footknights, then maybe start on the Duke himself. Plus I've got that reaver that needs magnetizing in the wings...
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/19 15:09:19
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Steady Space Marine Vet Sergeant
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Looks amazing. It's coming together very nicely!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/20 23:16:20
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Good progress with the army building, coming together very nicely. Cool additions with unit fillers they all add a good bit of flavour to the units. Fingers crossed that you get some better weather to get them primed .
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/28 02:37:34
Subject: Keep on Building (Bretonnians)
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Alright - I'm definitely close to being able to prime this week (Huzzah) but in the meantime, I have actually been...well... building.
First up, reinforcements for the Exile army.
Pre Basing
Post Basing
Up close of the Unit Filler
So I turned a unit of 16 back into a unit of 20. Cool beans. But wait I turned out some other cool goodies. The bois need a place to hang out.
So it is a bit small but I'm sure it is fine. There are bunk beds, right?
Plus, we needed the big gun since the trebuchet is out of commission. The Baron hires only the best (and only) available bombard.
It's a bit on the wimpy side, but I actually like it more that way. Not cartoonishly huge. You can actually see the basing for the pegasus knights in the background as well.
In preparation for priming, I tried to gather all the army together.
I think I'll need a bigger board! Keep on building!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/28 07:24:25
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Great progress with the build blockade. Is it odd that the unit fillers kinda make me want to start an old world army!?
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/28 20:36:43
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Interesting idea to expand your units with some square terrain blockade23.
Cheers,
CB
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/01/30 11:48:02
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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gobert wrote:Great progress with the build blockade. Is it odd that the unit fillers kinda make me want to start an old world army!?
Yea, that may have helped me pull the trigger to build my 'kid Blockade wanted this' army.
Captain Brown wrote:Interesting idea to expand your units with some square terrain blockade23. - CB
Thanks CB. Honestly, the Unit fillers are a super unique style thing for the Old World versus all other GW lines. No little token-y thing from the Eldar line, but this lets you really build in a scenic 'base' that isn't a base that has purpose and includes elements from the army. I won't lie, I definitely got more unit fillers than necessary but hey they're always 'scatter terrain' in a pinch.
Got everything but the Baron primed yesterday, so now starting to work on the Dakka painting goal of the month (Ho boy, a lot of archers to paint!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/01 04:21:36
Subject: First Ten Peasant Bowmen Done!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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I finished a dakka painting challenge (a cheap unit) and also made progress on my first unit for my Bretonnian army.
Pre-basing
After basing and remembering that I had one more test model to add to the group.
I'll write up a little blurb on the bois when I finish the whole unit. Lots of layering on these guys which I could probably reduce but I really enjoy the process and I think they're better than a lot of my other recent things.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/01 08:12:23
Subject: Re:Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Boosting Ultramarine Biker
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I love that color scheme. It is very simple, but very very effective.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/04 20:15:03
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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Good looking bunch of Brets. The mix of materials on the base looks great, pretty realistic for a Mediterranean style region
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Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/05 13:01:21
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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i wonder if anyone should be concerned that a) theres a blind folded archer and b) hes pointing right at the back of the drummers head?
these are great... i love the mustache on the banner barer... lol
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/09 13:46:25
Subject: Blockade Paints a Bretonnian Unit!
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Well, it's the first week of February, and I've slogged through the remainder of the Peasant bowmen.
Allow me to introduce Verluckan Scioparto's Long Feather Bowmen in all their 'glory'.
Scioparto's Long Feather Bowmen are the first reserves to be activated and marshalled into Lord Leinad's Army. While the knights enjoy the last few comforts of home, these moderately capable bowmen, armed with the best bows their grandfathers could buy, have assembled under the aged, lucky symbol of the Grey Crane. Scioparto himself, once a moderately capable yeomen, was given the honor of turning the rag tag group of farmers into flak, and he knows it. Suitably armored not for the enemy, but for the not insignificant chance of getting shot by his own men, he spends most of battle exhorting his men to shoot 'arrz' faster. Accompanied by his mustachioed banner bearer, Lorence, and the balding, but not bad, drummer Melox, Scioparto's goal is simply to make it home to his six children and second wife alive.
Remaining photos spoilered for space
If you've already been over to the Dakka Painting challenge, you'll see that this month I'm working on a sneaky bombard for the Brets.
Unfortunately after building I noticed that the crew are just a little tall. So half giants crew the cannon, so what? It's already a mercenary piece!
I do need ideas on a third splash color for the mercenaries like the bombard crew and the crossbowmen. I'm already going traditional-ish gold armor for Borganzinos' Besiegers, but that wouldn't look good on cloth when another color is already cream. Unless people thinkg yellow + cream + teal blue works? Thoughts?
@Usern - Yea I tried to paint some eye sockets on the bandaged nose man but they looked a little wonky. Settled for really being targeted (hah) with washes.
@Gobert - thanks! It's (hilariously) a mix of flock, and mulling wine spice plus chai tea.
@Tommy - thanks! I struggle in this 'what scheme to paint them' as I already have a Blue & gold thousand sons army, grey blue Guard, Purple guard, black and white space marines, red chaos guard, blue and yellow Genestealer Cult, Blue and yellow Eldar.... And Green is evidently a no no for Brets, so I was like ugh... Running out of color options and I did not want an orange army. This was one of the more 'not what I have but also not painting tons of white' schemes.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2025/02/13 21:16:17
Subject: Blockade Builds Terrain (& Guard, Eldar, Space Marines, D&D, Commissions & More!)
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Fixture of Dakka
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Really nice work on the archers blockade23.
Cheers,
CB
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