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Offline White Knight

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Some pictures of my older figures
« on: January 20, 2010, 03:22:49 PM »
Well, something like 6-7 years ago, possibly a bit longer, I made a start with painting my empire figures. Now I can see several things that need to be improved (especially higlighting and shading), but with exception of the most glaring bits (like the knights' barding that needs some shading/highligting), I will concentrate on the more or less 1000 figures I have left to paint for this army (give or take a couple hundred).

When I started painting this, I went for the nostalgic red, yellow and blue scheme and I must say that, seeing them together, I still like it. It's quite striking on the table. So I will continue with that. In addition to the regular "KF", some also have the initials "WK", which stand for Willem Karl (ok, it's derived from my username) who is my supreme commander in the fluff that only exists in my head.

Enough talk. Here are the pictures. Take in mind that these are old paintjobs and I have gotten better since.

The start of the army:



The Knights Panther. They are all metal, some are converted to avoid doubles, the musician has metal legs and a plastic upper body. The foot knight uses bits from the 6th edition footsoldier command sprue and the knights sprue.


The horses all have banners with pseudo-latin rousing phrases on one side and freehand panther heraldry on the other:


The champion for the unite was my most elaborate conversion at the time and used a metal knight with the helmet crest replaced by one from the plastic knights, a banner top added to the horse head and a heroquest orc morningstar for a weapon. I'm still quite fond of it.



The artillery: classic cannon, mortar and hellblaster, all metal (except for the wheels)




Some of my all time favourite figures, the Marauder imperial ogres (I still need to paint the others in the set)
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2010, 03:23:14 PM »
Some halberdiers from the Foundry. Musician is a 6th edition plastic drummer (I wanted them all to have matching "dresses").


Some Crossbowmen (DOW):


More halberdiers from the Battlemasters set. The champion is converted from the battlemasters cannon crew. The shields are freehand. I have more but I'll be concentrating on much more interesting figures before I complete this unit  of clones.


Some characters: Two DSA female figures. The foot model had her lantern replaced by a swordhand from the 6th editionsoldier sprue.



The champion of my metal handgunner unit (to be painted):



Offline rufus sparkfire

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2010, 04:00:21 PM »
Nice miniatures! Very colorful.
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2010, 04:10:57 PM »
I like the ogres which is why I have some too!

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2010, 12:26:55 AM »
Wow, there is somthing I really like about the colour scheme. I really love the minaitures and very nice use of the Battle Masters champion.

I really like the barding. Consider the idea stolen.

Those figures from foundry are very cool. Could you post the range?
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2010, 12:46:05 AM »
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Love the older figures and the colors you are using.
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2010, 01:34:14 AM »
Nice models and a very clean and bright color scheme.  Your painting style pops quite nicely.  In some ways your style reminds me of Padre's a bit. 
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Offline White Knight

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2010, 09:48:11 AM »
Thanks! I think I'm going to have a go later today at adding some highlights and shading to those knights.

I really like the barding. Consider the idea stolen.

No problem, I'm sure I stole it from someone else.  :icon_lol:

Those figures from foundry are very cool. Could you post the range?

The champion and standardbearer are from the "BCREN2 CRY HAVOC Collection" (http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/REN/2/index.asp)
The halberdiers are pikemen from the "BCREN4 THE UNIVERSAL SOLDIER Collection"
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/REN/4/index.asp
the halberds themselves are foundry too.

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2010, 12:59:50 PM »
Great stuff !
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2010, 01:12:27 PM »
OH!! dang i love these old school guys, those ogres are the best i had four all puffy and awesome ...and they grew legs and wondered away ( stolen  :icon_evil:)
plus you painted them very well  :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
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Offline General Tomerix Rotenkopf

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2010, 08:55:07 PM »
Very inspiring painting scheme, dazzling colours. I love the female models, GW (and others) should make some new ones.  :-D
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2010, 11:08:23 PM »
In some ways your style reminds me of Padre's a bit.
That's not very kind : the black lining is far more lighter than Padre's one  :-P  :engel:

Very nice colour scheme : original and colourful, it gives a great coherence to the army as a whole.   :eusa_clap:

But WK, look what you've done : i knew "threadomancer" but how do you call a guy who raise dead members ? NeCow'mancer ? Troll'omancer?  :icon_wink: 


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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2010, 11:45:24 PM »
Highlight and wash and those will all be brilliant!

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2010, 12:14:41 AM »
Good idea. I've gone back and added a little bit of depth to a few old figures with the new GW washes. Might be worth a shot.


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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2010, 01:22:40 AM »
I thuroughly enjoyed looking at these figures, id love to see more.
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2010, 09:05:45 AM »
Although lacking depth in the colours like mentioned before, i have to say i really like these minis. Youve put so much love into the little details and that makes them stand out!

I think you should keep these as they are. Too many times we strip and paint our old figures leaving us with no reference to how we painted before. That is unless you are on a tight budget a really want this army to look the best on the table top. If so, maybe just keep a couple of them as they are now.
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2010, 11:57:06 AM »
I won't strip them, but I was thinking of adding some depth to the main colours (especially the yellow and blue). That wouldn't take all that much time and then I can continue to paint the other ones to a similar standard.

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2010, 07:42:55 PM »
Very nice job White Knight! I really recommend the new washes for adding some depth after several years- I recently did it with my swordsmen (red and blue) and it was an instant, 500% improvement. It really makes them look a lot better, and it takes you about 5 minutes for an entire unit.
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2010, 11:49:50 PM »
Very good stuff!  Not sure I'd change a thing just to show your skills are different now.  They look good as is.

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2010, 01:23:10 PM »
very nice colour scheme WK - very bold n colourful - i would leave them as they are
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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #20 on: April 01, 2010, 06:39:26 PM »
Wow, I really like those knights! Colourful, yet subtle!  :::cheers::: Do you have any more, later, figures in this colour scheme? I'd love to see more.

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Re: Some pictures of my older figures
« Reply #21 on: April 01, 2010, 07:19:36 PM »
Thanks for the comments! There are these recent ones:

http://www.warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=33046.0

The handgunners are a bit of a blend between old and new (started years ago, finished this month). The ogre greatword and looting soldier are all new paintjobs.