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Alrighty some progress. If I didn't post now y'all would think I was gone!

So I've made some excellent progress on the last knights unit. I've also made good progress on the crew for the trebuchet. The weather has finally moderated here a bit, and if it stays clear I might even be able to prime in the next few days, which would be great since I'd love to clear some of this priming backlog (which always happens in winter). To be frank, I don't need to prime, I have plenty of other things to work on that are primed, but I'm motivated for this project right now.

Here's some lovely WIP pics.





You can really see some of the heraldry I've been trying to do. I really wanted to do something more complicated, and the stripes are driving me crazy! But I think I'm getting better with each pass. I still have the final highlights to do for all my primary 3 colors, so I can try and clean them up even more. I could have tried with the little tape pieces, but I wanted to test myself. If it really doesn't work, then I might back out and put up the tape.




I'll definitely have to build the definition between the horse and the armor/blanket for that last guy with the trumpet, but I figure that should work itself out with the next layers.

So yes, progress! And I ordered some small goodies from myself from Victrix to celebrate approaching the end. Finishing this unit should still keep me in the green for the year.

Good effort with the stripes. Parallel lines in a curved surface are surely every mini painters worst nightmare!?

 gobert wrote:
Good effort with the stripes. Parallel lines in a curved surface are surely every mini painters worst nightmare!?

They are. I about died from them on his little shoulder shield. In retrospect I could/should have done masking tape but Now I'm too tired to care. I'm done with them now and will show photos later today!

Great work on the knights mate, I personally hate painting lines, but my hands tend to shake as soon as I try!

itsonlyme wrote:
Great work on the knights mate, I personally hate painting lines, but my hands tend to shake as soon as I try!

Yea - but fortunately they're done now and I will never do that ever again.

Progress and a finished unit!

Ser Guy the Graceful's Knights of the Realm (2nd unit of KotR)
Ever a patient knight, Ser Guy is distantly related to Lord Leinad, and when the knight's father was no longer consider a full 'peer of the realm' due to his advancing age in the main territories, he left with his retainers and son to travel to the borderlands. His men have earned particular reknown for defeating the forest goblins and knights and are adept at chasing them down. With the death of Ser Guy's Father, also Ser Guy, the coterie has been lead by the younger Guy. His wife's brother and cousin also serve in the unit (hence the striped shields). Lord Leinad truly appreciates their support.



Remainder spoilered.


In addition, some peasant levies have also arrived (in a very small form) The trebuchet crew is finished! Now just awaiting the right time to construct the siege artillery (a time when it is not freezing, raining, or snowing), the crew eagerly awaits the arrival of spring.



That's pretty much it so far. Or Is it? Here's the army so far.

Lord Leinad's Exile Army

Lord's Helper & Lord on Foot
Ser Milia the Battlestandard Bearer

Ser Alejan's Knights of the Realm
Ser Guy's Knights of the Realm
Captain Clipen's Bombard
Scioparto's Longfeather Bowmen
Borganzino's Ballistas
3 Prophetesses
Yeoman Unit - Russelliti's Half-Halberds
Men at Arms - Master Jullians' Men
Ser Watte's Sky Courser - Pegasus Knights

In Progress
Royal Pegasus (just the mount)
Cathay Cannon with 4 crew

Still a lot to go
The Duke/Baron (Still needs to be completely built)
3 Pegasus Knights (Unit 2)
Foot Knights (24)
Trebuchet
10 Mounted Squires
Questing/Grail Knights (recently purchased Victrix Models)


Signs of somethings to come!