Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Jaeckel's Dwarfs - Wild Card - The Paymaster (140 points)

Wild Card month

For this month, I've slightly modified my initial plans: instead of using my Citadel merchant model as the representative of its employers, I've decided to make him a full member of the mercenary army as the Paymaster. 

For those who remember the 5th edition Dogs of War army book, the Paymaster was one of the two mandatory characters, with the Mercenary General. His role is to keep the army's pay chest: this heavy, ironclad chest is generally brought on battle on a cart, pulled by a sturdy mule, and provided with an impressive standard that also serves as the battle standard. 

At this stage, the obvious choice for such a piece would be to use Mydas the Mean and Sheikh Yadosh's cart (forgetting the idea of the standard). Unfortunately, this model is quite rare and rather expensive. Fortunately, the old Citadel catalogues provide all the dimensions to build a new one:

I've used the Fenryll resin Medieval Wagon as a starting point, sawn it to the dimensions of the chassis of Mydas's cart roughly drawn on the square paper, and replaced the original wheels by Citadel ones. 

 


The shafts and the mule come from an old Citadel cart (I can't find the reference), and the chest, from the Powder Cart released by Wargames Foundry, strengthened by Evergreen polystyrene angle, and filled with coins obtained by cutting in thin slices a polystyrene rod. On this picture, I was still looking for a solution to fill the chest:


The wheels and the chassis were painted separetely, then glued together before fixing the wagon to the base. Same for the chest, the donkey and the paymaster.




 
 In terms of points, things are going pretty slow. I'll count the Paymaster as a Lvl 10 champion (88 pts) carrying the army standard (50 pts), and equipped with a leather armour (2 pts): 140 points.

15 comments:

  1. As always, your scratch built models are phenomenal, Jaeckel!

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  2. Look at that dwarf, living his best life! Lovely skills, I don't envy you cutting all those coins out though - great job!

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    1. ah! before cutting the coins, I also tried to sculpt them, punch holes in plasticard. The final method even if tedious was the most efficient.

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    2. Cheers, that is some good insider info just in case I embark on a similar venture in the future :)

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    1. Thanks Iannick. This civilian model is really good. Second time I paint it

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  4. Amazing work! Love the idea for gold coins

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    1. Yep. Gold coins are a must have with mercenary dwarves :)

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  5. Really like it but a driver and an extra dwarf on the floor would be a cool add. Anyway, stunning work!

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    1. Thanks! To tell the truth, I have considered adding a wagoneer. But I needed to give him a whip, and this goes far beyond my sculpting skills. I'll reconsider the idea once the challenge is over (or at least once my last 21 dwarfs are painted :) )

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  6. What a happy looking paymaster! Great job making the model come alive.

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  7. Looking far too happy considering he's going to have to give it away to pay the troops with ;)

    Lovely modelling and painting as always!

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  8. Lovely creation! Very crisp construction and great paint job. Going to add a nice bit of character to the army!

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