For one of the special challenges of AHPC XIV I painted a group of twenty-two 25mm Games Workshop Easterlings consisting of a captain, a banner, four spear and shield, eight sword and shield, and eight archers. These were in the queue for the previous year's challenge, but the clock ran out before I could get to them.
The miniatures were second-hand that needed some cleanup and repair to get them ready to paint. They got an overnight soak in rubbing alcohol (2-propanol), followed by a scrub with a stiff toothbrush to remove the previous paint job. Two of the archers had the upper half of their bows missing, and these were repaired with pieces of florist wire. A few of the spearmen and swordsmen had been assembled with their shields upside down, but I didn't think it was worth going through the effort to remove and re-attach them. After being primed with matt black, all the figures were painted using Vallejo acrylics, followed by a wash of Citadel Seraphim Sepia on all the armour, shields, boots, and gloves. Finally I went in with some 'Old Gold' to highlight the raised areas of the armour and shields.
A Shadow in the East 
Complete group of 22 Easterling Warriors 
Command and Spears 
Archers (Can you spot the repaired bows?) 
Swordsmen
At some point I think I will have to supplement this force with some Easterling Kataphrakts and a few faction heroes, but that is a project for the distant future. Thanks for reading.
1 comment:
Ah, the Easterlings! Such beautiful sculpts. Well done.
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