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[Axebreaker]

This is a Trojan army I will be playing at next summers Tabletops United 5 am 3+4. Juli 2010 in MĂĽnchen/Dachau
When completed,the army will be quite large with around 11 Chariots and 140+infantry miniatures.To accomplish this I decided on using Army Painter(strong tone),because my normal painting method makes this impractical to try. :rolleyes:
The army is designed right around the Trojan period itself and according to many historians and Homer himself this was a time of transition from early tactics and equipment and later more updated equipment and tactics.With this in mind,my army will have a mix of early and late equipment.For me this is very nice,as I can model and paint both periods.
I\'ve never been a fan of light toned bases for my miniatures and almost always have used a dark brown as I really like the contrast.However,since I\'m fielding Trojans a dark brown base simply won\'t do.I did some internet surfing on dry climate terrain and hit upon a reddish brown that I quite liked.I decided to base my army on this as it fulfills my desire to not have to light a base,but still give that arid/dry feel to it.To further emphasize this I went with sparse dried grass.
I also went for very wide based unit for both looks and anticipation of things to come in WAB2.
First up is a unit of combined Spearmen/Archers.Many depictions show the early Trojan spearmen to have very long spears and I decided to reflect this in spears that border on pikes(80mm),but in games terms act as a thrusting spear.Plus.I just like how it looks.
After giving a base color(lighter then normal)to each area.I then brushed on army painter.The only exception is the shield faces in which I hand painted these.
I gave a quick highlight to the speartips and clothes.I did not highlight the flesh,wood,or bone.I also did not black line or paint in the eyes.By choosing to avoid most highlights,black lining etc. I greatly speeded up the process,because if I did do all the normal steps then it defeats the whole purpose of using army painter.
So,for time spent vs results then I must say I\'m quite pleased.





Here are some close ups of the spearmen.I went with a slightly darker skin tone as this reflects their Mediterranean background.Also,the shield rims were done with army painter applied to include the boss.The cow patterns on the shields were hand painted and received no army painter.I also tried to give the appearance of hairlike cowhide in which I hope I succeeded.The reason is I wanted this part of the model to look very nice as I think this is a hallmark of a Trojan army and probably the main reason I collected Trojans in the first place and so I didn\'t take any short cuts with this part of the model.





More to come for those interested..............

Cheers
Christopher

[Hanno Barka]

They really look good! I experimented with armypainter once and wass quite disappointed with the results - so I\'m very impressed by your results :thumbup:

[Robert E. Lee]

Impressive results Chris  :thumbsup: . Could you make some pictures with more detail? Because in the moment it’s quite hard to recognise the flesh, or more precisely the effect of the army painter on it.

[Regulator]

Christopher, those are awesome! I love them - I didn\'t now that you can do such lovely things with the ArmyPainter. And these shields are great, I am so happy that I got the chance to see them live ^^

[sharku]

das wurde mit army painter gemacht? ist ja hardcore!!!! gibts da anleitungen zu?!

[Bommel]

kaum zu glauben! sehr sehr schön!

[Axebreaker]

@Everyone

Thank you for the kind words and support!

@Robert

I don\'t plan on taking anymore pictures of this unit,but my next unit will be some skirmishers.They will not have shields,so this will give you a better look at the flesh and I\'ll try and get a closer look. Bear in mind,I don\'t like photo\'s to close up as that distorts images and doesn\'t present them in the fashion they will look on the table or even up close up in person.

@Sharku

I started with a white undercoat.I normally use black,but with army painter I recommend using lighter tones like white or light gray so as not to darken your base colors.
You need only use a base color for each part in colors a bit lighter then you normally would.
When finished painting in the base colors then brush on army painter using a light coat.Notice that I said brush it on and not dip it.Be careful not to let it pool up in places and continue to brush until you have a light even coat.It will pool in some areas,but careful use of the brush will limit it.
At this point your finished,but you can add some highlights if you wish.I recommend doing so with anything white.I only added highlights to the clothes and spear tips by re applying the base color to the raised areas to clean it up some.
Now apply a coat of matt varnish to remove the shine.I use GW satin(pure) as it doesn\'t dull the model down to much,but still removes the shine and offers a nice protection.However,careful when using it and only spray lightly and from a distance or you will in fact give it a shine.
Please remember the cow hide patterns are not army painter(dip) and are hand painted.I hope this helped.

Cheers
Christopher

[sharku]

ah nice, thank you axebreaker

[Frank Becker]

[font=\'Arial]Fantastisch...wunderschöne Figuren und ein schönes Thema. :thumbup: [/font]

[Diomedes]

Tolle Einheit!

Will be difficult to place them in close combat with the spears pointing forward.

[Strand]

Als Blacklining-Junkie wirken die Miniaturen im Close-Up für mich irgendwie unfertig, aber dies fällt zugegebenermaßen in der Masse und in Kombination mit den hervorragenden Schilden gar nicht auf.

Das Ergebnis macht Mut, mich auch einmal an ein Masse-Projekt zu setzen.

[Axebreaker]

@Everyone
Thank you!

@Diomedes

Will be difficult to place them in close combat with the spears pointing forward.      
         

Yes,I thought of that and when the unit is in actual combat I\'ll just turn it around and if photo\'s are being taken,then I\'ll carefully slot the spears between the other units models.

Cheers
Christopher

[Frank Bauer]

Total cool! Obwohl mir das Design dieser Epoche gar nichts gibt, finde ich diese Figuren sehr gut und toll bemalt. Ist immer klasse, wenn jemand zeigt, wie man auf hohem Niveau relativ schnell eine Massenarmee fertig bekommt. Das sollte alle Leute, die glauben, sie schaffen nur Skirmishgruppen und können daher keine großtaktischen Systeme spielen, ermutigen!

Großartige Schilde. Die prägen den Look.

[Tankred]

Sehr gelungen. Da schlieĂźe ich mich an. Die Schilde sind einfach klasse.

[Mad Mö]

Her mit den Plänklern
Ich freu´ mich schon auf die Streitwagen!