Faced with a potential Roman invasion, the Gallic / Celtic forces continue to muster reinforcements.
I wasn't intending to buy anymore painted figures from eBay, when some nicely painted Freikorps 15 caught my eye. There were some others, but these turned out to be unavailable and I settled for some average painted Essex as replacements. The usual story of missing weapons and in one case hand....so out came the super glue and baking soda and plastic broom bristles for spears or squashed flat for sword blades.
Before:
After repairs, touch ups and re-basing:
The chap with the replaced hand (from a Peter Pig elf! has been christened "Tuatha of the silver hand!"
I resisted rebasing (apart from swapping out a slinger) and ended up with another horde base.
I also did some painting, first some old Minifigs - a mix of new used eBay purchases and some broken remnants from when I painted my Celts some 20+ years ago.....new spears, swords, spear ends were needed, a couple just had their broken hands reattached. I debated more realistic hair shades with white highlights but went for a "Billy Idol" bleached blonde look - they have obviously overdone the lime wash...
This week I churned out some Galatians and Gaesati - as Stephen Caddy commented on VWC -as Father Dougal would say "they're all in the nip!"😀
A few random skirmisher figures were completed to complete stands for a lone slinger and javelinman
One area lacking was cavalry, so some assorted eBay remnants added to with some old Minifigs on original horses, produced a veritable horde of cavalry...
Originally, I was going to mix them up but ended pairing similar sized figures or manufacturers on bases. Minifigs and Essex.
Some got fancy cloaks so rear views in all cases.
Freikorps 15 old and new redesigns
Donnington and Irregular
Again there were many with broken swords or spears.
Black undercoat, hordes white drybrush, water-based oils on horses, wiped off. Colours blocked in and armour drybrushed, then AP dark tone wash followed by touching up and highlights.
Still more to do - Germans and more Celts as well as Roman cavalry and odd things like fortifications for both sides.
These are impressive hordes, indeed! You created an army seemingly from bits, pieces, and off-casts. Good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan. It probably sums up the Gallic host if the ancient numbers are to be believed!
DeleteNeil
Cracking job Neil, super additions to your army, very well refurbished, they all live to fight another day, always nice to see.
ReplyDeleteThanks Donnie. It's quite satisfying to bring old warriors back into use!
DeleteNeil
That's a fine bit of refurb. Always good to get old figures up to scratch, rebased, and on the table.
ReplyDeleteThanks Andy. I've become quite adept at repairing old wrecks of figures! Matching other people's paint jobs can be more difficult.
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