AdamH's Brets - Sacrebleu! (219 pts)

Month two and I’m still here!

Even fewer models than last month I’m afraid although I am introducing a new unit; Knights Errant.

Adding to my previous month’s unit of Knights of the Realm are another three knights, however after looking back on the knights I painted for last month I wasn’t 100% convinced the coloured armour on the knight itself was working. So, this time (although hard to see in these pictures) I painted almost all of the armour itself silver picking out only the knee and elbow joints/pads in colour. The chest tabard is still coloured either as the primary or secondary colour with the knights individual Blazon.

I also went with some non-basic colours on these ones to try and break up the unit a bit, there isn’t really a theme of colours or shades I am going with so honestly, I am not sure how everything is going to look when completed. I always intended the army to be bright and colourful (clown barf is my reference point) however I still want to make sure they all look coherent as an army. At the midway point of the challenge I think I will do a group shot so you can all tell me if you think it is working or not.

Next up we have the freshmen of the knightly order; the Knights Errant. These guys the colours are pretty similar as before however there are no Blazons and the extravagance of their markings is kept to a minimum. Lovely models these in my opinion and I really enjoyed painting them up. Although without the little plastic nub underneath they are not going to sit snugly on the horses until I glue them, which I am hesitant to do until I am finished with the army and everything is final.

Finally I wanted to make a note on a few things people may have noticed, I haven’t put any pennants or banners on my models yet and with this month I have introduced some inconsistency on how the models have been painted. As mentioned before I am effectively re-learning the hobby after many years away so with each model I am working out how I want the future ones to look. My current plan is that on my mulligan month, when I don’t have enough time to start new models I will go back and add these details and make everything consistent.

This month I am submitting:

117 - 3x Knights of the Realm

38 - Knights Errant Champion

32 - Knights Errant Standard

32 - Knights Errant Musician

For a total of 219 points.

Once again, hope you have enjoyed my entry for this month; I’m certainly enjoying reading all of the others. Also I wanted to give a special mention to those fallen this month, always a shame to see people drop out of a challenge but I hope you guys will stick around and continue commenting and being a part of the challenge even if you can’t join us painting.

-        - AdamH