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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Millsy's Carroburg Greatswords (234 points)

G'day Folks,

Having painted a couple of 12 figure units to test my Carroburg colour scheme I felt ready to tackle the real stars of my show... the Greatswords! Glorious blood red uniforms, massive swords and even bigger plumes on hats. Woohoo!


The unit is composed of a combination the three variants of the 1997 catalogue Imperial Great Sword miniatures, sculpted by Michael and Alan Perry when they were (IMHO) at the very peak of their GW sculpting powers. Each of the three poses is represented in roughly equal amounts and I have varied the colour scheme for each and every figure to add individuality.



The command is composed of an unmodified Imperial Command Group drummer, both hero and champion figures selected for their appropriate weaponry, and finally a standard bearer converted from an artilleryman.



You'll notice the ribbons are both yellow and blue, bringing together the two highlight colours from my two previous units. The idea being that those other units are detachments for the Greatswords.


Here are some individual shots of each rank so you can see how I varied the colour scheme each and every time (shakes head!).





Thanks for looking. Not sure what is coming next from my list, still trying to decide what I feel like tackling over Christmas and into January. Speaking of which, here's wishing all my fellow Challengers a safe and happy holiday, hopefully including a few peaceful hours with brush in hand!

Cheers,
Millsy

12 comments:

  1. Wow! They look great! Nearly as fancy as my High Elves ;)
    Great job!

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  2. Very nice, like the blood red coloring. Hopefully they will mop the floor with all enemies!

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  3. You really did these classic Empire sculpts justice with your painting

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  4. Great work Millsy! Truly a classic unit, well done.

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  5. You forgot to mention their glorious beards. Another top notch unit. I really like the pop of accent color from the ribbons etc.

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  6. Great work! The blue and yellow ribbons are a nice touch, bringing a dash of colours to the lot

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  7. Great job! Taking the time to vary the color scheme for each model absolutely paid off. Looking forward to whatever's next.

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  8. These look great. As others have said, the accent ribbons tying the parent unit to its detachments is a great touch.

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  9. Lovely work Millsy! Great choice on the coloured ribbons and the detail on the drum is particularly fine.

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  10. Thanks everyone. I'm really please with how they turned out.

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  11. This is one of my favorite unit, and your is excellently done! A very neat work, impressively looking!

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  12. Absolutely fantastic attention to detail. Love the slightly older looking Standard Bearer conversion too.

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