I wanted the fyrd to appear a little less grim than the huscarls. I chose marginally brighter colors and varied the shields for a more unruly appearance. I'm very pleased with how they turned out.
Eight more to go and my initial goal is finished. I'm splitting time between painting soldiers and scratch building a Dark Age village. Pics of the settlement coming up soon...
They look great, very natural and weathered.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking unit. Look forward to seeing your dark age buildings
ReplyDeleteWoooW! great work!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, love the awesome shields!
ReplyDeleteNice work...you really got the recruit look on these ones. ;)
ReplyDeleteLooking good, and you sure do paint fast.
ReplyDeleteThose shields are just awesome. Very well done!
ReplyDeleteLooking awesome! Your shields are absolutely amazing.
ReplyDeleteCan I ask you for some terrain building advice.
ReplyDeleteI've been working on some terrain yesterday and I applied a lot of static grass to my gameboard. The grass however turned out really bright. A bit too bright for my tastes. Is there any way I can tone it down somehow?
Drybrush it with some earth tone like ochre or sand... some sort of yellow/brown. If you've used anything like that in non-grass areas, use the same color you used there, but you ant to avoid red/browns unless you want the grass to look scorched.
DeleteIt is important to make sure most of the paint is off the brush or you will end up with a chunky mess! Even then, it's nothing that can't be fixed with the application of more soil and material to cover rough looking spots.
Hope that helps! Please feel free to contact me if needed...
Thanks a lot. I'll give it a go.
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