Author Topic: Marienburg (Read 325664 times)

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #100 on:** July 22, 2008, 08:26:33 PM »

http://www.frontrank.com/

They're from the Wars of the Roses range. Mostly pikemen, a mix of armoured & unarmoured. The "champion" is a men-at-arms, but I gave him a pike instead of the pole-arm he comes with.

The figures are really nice, and rival the landsknecht figures the Perry brothers did for Foundry, in my opinion.

When I'm done, I'll post some more figure comparison photos in the figure comparison sticky thread.

Soulcaresser · « **Reply #101 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:38:28 PM »

Again TOPWORK!!!! Bravo

Indeed it is nice to see once a picture of you're complete army.
With some more detailed ones we will get a good overview. Keep up with the good work

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #102 on:** July 28, 2008, 09:33:10 PM »

Bah! I never managed to finish the pikemen in time, though I got the rest 98% done (need a few touch-ups.) I still used them. There was another guy there who had an amazing Hundred Years War English army, but was in a similar position -- didn't finish some of his rank & file. His knights were incredible, though. All hand painted heraldry. I may have some photos. My computer's acting up, though.

I went 1-1-1 in the WAB tournament, against Ottomans (draw), Low Countries (big loss), Italians (big win).

I entered my GW Leonardo figure and some of my Front Rank crossbowmen in the painting contest (which was a bit small) and got first for the single figure & honorable mention for the unit (the above HYW English knights won first.)

I still plan on fininshing the pike soon to include in some Crisis in Marienburg games, since I can take them as core. I also picked up about 60 Flemish pikemen to add to the collection.

As soon as I get the photos edited, I'll post a separate thread with a few interesting things from the convention. I'm assuming it's OK to post non-WFB stuff in the Brush & Palette. Or am I wrong?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #103 on:** July 28, 2008, 09:39:46 PM »

Quote from: ZeroTwentythree on July 28, 2008, 09:33:10 PM

I'm assuming it's OK to post non-WFB stuff in the Brush & Palette. Or am I wrong?

Do it! I want to see the WAB army.

krom1415 · « **Reply #104 on:** August 03, 2008, 11:52:27 AM »

Oh, what a great army you have there, love the conversions too, top job Sir

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #105 on:** August 22, 2008, 06:00:37 PM »

Started painting the warrior priest of Manann (on foot) that I converted a while back...

Unfortunately with the new set up I'm getting a mix of daylight & incandescent in the pic, but you get the idea where I'm at so far. I'm not sure if I should have painted a background color on the shield instead of the silver. The Marienburg mermaid doesn't really pop out (visually) as much as I'd like. Opinions?

username · « **Reply #106 on:** August 22, 2008, 11:12:52 PM »

wow he looks great. Everything is neatly done and crisp. Only thing is that you might want to highlight on his skirt a bit more. The shield looks amazing, honestly.

DonKarst0n · « **Reply #107 on:** August 23, 2008, 06:23:49 AM »

The priest is very well done.
I especially like the shield. Nice freehand on this one.

Your army looks great and realy represents a force of Marienburg. But I figuere you don't play often in a GW store.

Otaku · « **Reply #108 on:** August 23, 2008, 08:11:58 AM »

great job with the shield. The mermaid looks a little off center but it could be the angle. What did you use for the tip of the trident?

Lord Equaton · « **Reply #109 on:** August 23, 2008, 09:43:07 AM »

A really nice model!

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #110 on:** August 23, 2008, 07:59:04 PM »

Quote from: Otaku on August 23, 2008, 08:11:58 AM

What did you use for the tip of the trident?

Just plasticard. It was a pain in the ass. It's even pinned in place. First time I've tried pinning plasticard that thin. (1/16" thick at most.)

Still, it was a learning experience and I will hopefully do better on the next one.

Here's the original pic I had posted, pre-paint:

warhammerlord_soth · « **Reply #111 on:** August 24, 2008, 11:07:31 AM »

Your Mother · « **Reply #112 on:** August 24, 2008, 11:47:46 AM »

I really like that shield.

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #113 on:** August 25, 2008, 12:16:44 PM »

Over the weekend I went a little terrain crazy. Mainly with an idea I had for a coastal tower. It's not finished modelling yet, and remains unpainted. I need to add a bit of texture to the tower walls and a bunch of little details. The rectangles on the towers are frames for the windows. Also some little "extras" to make it a bit more... odd. But nothing further on that until I can actually see if I can make it work.

I also did a bit of rough ground while I was in terrain-making mode. And I finished my warrior priest, shown in the rough terrain for scale (though you can't really see the bits I finished from this angle.)

I've also updated the list on the first page a bit. I fell behind on that a bit.

My priorities (aside from finishing the tower) are:

25 Swordsmen (unit)
10 Archers

I need to get those done for Marauders Mayhem in October. http://marauders-inc.com/ I want to switch my army list up a bit from what I used at Buckeye Battles (and a number of games since), thus the swordsmen. I had borrowed archers from my medieval Burgundian army and they looked fine, but if I can finish the figures I have for the Marienburgers anyway, I'd be happy. I don't know why I'm even worried about it.

DonKarst0n · « **Reply #114 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:17:01 AM »

Nice piece of terrain.

Well if you go even more crazy you can even build a diagonal tower like those Tileans.
Would fit Marienburg theme as they claim to be as cultured as Tileans.

Obi · « **Reply #115 on:** August 29, 2008, 09:40:07 AM »

Argh! Stop painting so awesome! I love the way you did the WP's beard and shaded his skirt.

Perambulator · « **Reply #116 on:** September 05, 2008, 06:02:30 PM »

I saw ZeroTwentythree's army in person last weekend. I have to say the pictures don't do it justice. Seeing the ranks of different colors together gave it a surprisingly unified feel. Amazing work and an amazing army (even though my unpainted mob did have a better battle record)!

Kriegspiel · « **Reply #117 on:** September 06, 2008, 02:02:43 PM »

ZeroTwentythree

Don't suppose you could post some close up pictures of the other units in your army - e.g. the spearmen and war machines - and your characters ?

Your army is superb and I ( and I'm sure everyone else ) would like to see more of it .

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #118 on:** September 16, 2008, 12:45:21 PM »

Update!

First off, a second objective marker to go with the one I previously posted...

I've added two more pistoliers to the five I already had. They get shot up so quickly, I'm going to try a slightly larger unit for a bit. I still have three remaining figures I can always do something with, or add in.

And lastly, I finally finished that big pike unit I've been working on. I'm pretty happy with it. Actually, I'm not quite finished, I still need to paint a banner. But I've got a pretty nice printed one that I can slide onto the standard bearer as a temporary measure.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #119 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:08:05 PM »

Fantastic pikemen!

What's that on the stone in the objective marker?

prophet · « **Reply #120 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:08:52 PM »

those look like holstered pistols. . .

by the way that objective marker is awesome !!

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #121 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:26:46 PM »

Yes, it's a couple holstered pistols from the pistolier/outrider set, and the sword rack I think came in the helblaser/helstorm kit.

There's a lot of good bits in both kits.

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #122 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:28:52 PM »

So they are. I like the sword rack, but the hand-gun-sized pistols are just too much for me.

Ithikial · « **Reply #123 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:29:20 PM »

Great work as always. Just doesn't seem to have the same amount of variety or colours than the swordsmen that really makes them look like a bunch of paid mercs or merchants. Sorry can't be bothered reading through the previous posts. If I'm way off ignore my comments.

Keep it up.

steveb · « **Reply #124 on:** September 16, 2008, 01:40:23 PM »

pikes! yaahooooo! I love pikes, 2 or 3 big blocks of pikes and a couple of stanks and we could rule the world. Or at least a significant portion of it. Good job on everything. thanks for sharing. steveb

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