Solland Army

[Rowsdower]

That poor dog will be deafened by the cannon

[Mike Stockin]

This is a nice topic, almost makes me want to collect 25mm.

[Count James]

Second Great Cannon and crew done. This is an old metal model that was painted (neatly) with enamel paints. Again, sniped the bidding, waited a week, then stripped and cleaned and drilled out the cannon a bit. I decided to paint it up in the style of the 4th Edition War Machines with the wood painted in the the army colours:





I do really appreciate the replies guys, they're very motivating! :)

[Rowsdower]

I've always loved the sculpt of the gun boss

[Count James]

Latest update: Got a couple of small units of State Troops done (probably detachments, but I've not written a list yet so who knows). All of these models were bought cheap off eBay because they were in a right mess - there was no saving some of the detail, hence the black 'jackets' on the many models... a lot of the heads had to be pinned and new necks added with green stuff, and a little bit of bitzbashing to get all the parts together. Quite happy with the result and they should pass the 'view from 4ft away' test!

Yes, I know swordsmen are rubbish in TOW, but it's all I could make with what I have! :D

[Zygmund]

They're beautiful. Love the freehand shields.

-Zyg

[koh68]

well done man!

[Warlord]

They're beautiful. Love the freehand shields.

-Zyg

They really are.
I love our 6th ed state troop plastic box so much.
If I could ask for anything of TOW, it would be to release these instead of the terrible 7th ed pajama state troops.

[Rowsdower]

^
I agree completely. Lots of gamers complain about the sculpts of the kits that GW was putting out between '98-2001 but if you ask me, they're great kits as they are so versatile.
What annoyed me the most about the 7th ed state troops kit was that ALL the left arms were in that stupid 'L' pose. It made all the men look like they were doing an interpretive dance

[Count James]

They really are.
I love our 6th ed state troop plastic box so much.
If I could ask for anything of TOW, it would be to release these instead of the terrible 7th ed pajama state troops.

Thank you! :)

I agree too, there's one 7th ed model in that unit and I much prefer the style of the older 6th edition troopers. Even painting them was better because 7th marked the beginning of 'too many fiddly details' it seems!

[Warlord]

Yes. I hate all the fiddly details. 7th ed troopers have so many of those. Makes me hate painting them.
I still don’t understand why we can’t have heavily armoured infantry as our standard troops. I prefer painting armour than random decorative bits.

[GamesPoet]

The Griffon with rider looks great! :icon_biggrin: :::cheers:::

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Yes!  Gather yee troops and defend Solland! :ph34r: :smile2: :biggriin:

[Count James]

Yes. I hate all the fiddly details. 7th ed troopers have so many of those. Makes me hate painting them.
I still don’t understand why we can’t have heavily armoured infantry as our standard troops. I prefer painting armour than random decorative bits.

Reiksguard Foot Knights... available on eBay for the GDP of a small republic.

[Count James]

So after a stint of painting archers and crossbowmen created from various rescued state troops and militia parts, I've rewarded myself by painting up two pegasus riders. Likely both going to be used as mundanely-armed Captasus (Captasi) coming in at around 90 points each. Both of these were made from (obviously) Bretonnian pegasus knight mounts for the front legs and wings, with cut up Empire steeds for the armoured hindquarters and heads.

[Rowsdower]

^
With more people 3D printing miniatures the market will drop eventually

[Sharkbelly]

They look great!

[Count James]

Spent the day doing a test model for my Core Knights. There's a story behind these so indulge me...

I wanted my Core Knights (in TOW with Heavy Armour rather than Full Plate Armour) to look like they had less armour than the Inner Circle. So from my rescued/job lot bits box I collect enough arms and heads to replace the armoured ones from rescued knights lot (they were built as White Wolf). I had the amazing idea of giving them hand weapons and shields to keep them super-cheap and use them as armoured chaff, or a meat-and-metal shield for a wizard, so I built six of them with hand weapons and shield arms.

Cue re-reading the entry and the lances/great weapons option says you have to have one or the other, not an option of either. Bugger. So I needed to either chop them up and start again, or find something suitable for them to have stuck prominently on their backs to indicate either great weapons or lances. About a week later, I found some long-handled hammers in packs of 5. So I bought 10 and upped the unit size, built command models using the last of my arms and the body from the 'general conversion' I'd scored off eBay (his horse is now part-pegasus). I also decided to add some feathers as a 'theme' for the unit. Maybe they specialise in pancaking pegasus knights with their massive hammers, I'm not sure yet!

So here's the test:



Expecting this unit of 10 to take a couple of weeks to paint, which is good because once these guys and the IC knights are done, I'm out of models again...

[Naitsabes]

That is a massive hammer! can't help but wonder how it stays on there.

love that you explain your thought process, trials and tribulations.

[Count James]

That is a massive hammer! can't help but wonder how it stays on there.

That's a great question. The handle is REALLY long which does make it look balanced - it's attached to the shoulder, saddle, and leg!

[Rowsdower]

^
It makes more sense than the other mounted minis who have comically short weapons

[Count James]

Two more knights done - Musician and Standard. Just 7 to go (currently at a rate of one every 2 days...)

[Rowsdower]

Great mounted drummer. I dont think I've ever seen one of those

[Count James]

Great mounted drummer. I dont think I've ever seen one of those

Thanks! I had a mounted drummer in my first Empire army (with two drums) which I'll be repeating for my Inner Circle Knights... core dudes only get one drum!

[Count James]

Another painting marathon over the weekend and the unit is finished: Solland's Knights of Pfieldorf!

[Gorim]

You produce really nice results really fast!