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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Jaeckel's Castle Wittgenstein - The villagers (R&F month)

 

March is done, give me a drink! Well... maybe not, after all. The Rotgut booze prepared by the good doctor Jean Rousseaux - and sold only for 6 pennies the bottle! - is not exactly the kind of medicine you would expect from a physician: a mixture of alcohol and juniper berries... flavoured with the powdered warpstone, gently provided by Lady Margritte von Wittgenstein. 

Needless to say that the peasants and farm-workers of Wittgendorf that are addicted to the Rotgut booze are both mentally and physically damaged.

Still, the 10 models painted this month are in a rather good shape (if one excepts the bandages hiding minor mutations). The miniatures come mainly from two Citadel ranges: the C46 Militia & Villagers, and the F4 Mercenaries. Only two models have been converted to receive a spear. In terms of painting, I have used purple and light blue in the skintones to suggest that there could be something wrong with some Wittgendorfers.

 










The villagers are led by Kurt Kutzmann, doctor Rousseaux's loyal assistant. Intoxicated by the booze he's selling to the peasants, he's totally idiotic, and giggles all the time. In terms of miniature, I have painted a citizen from the Marauder Miniatures MM62 range.

The Wittgendorfers:


See you next month!

16 comments:

  1. Awesome work again, full of character!

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  2. Nice group of militia! Like the total lack of uniformity, except raggedness.

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    1. well, two models havev the same face, but other than that, you're right; Thanks!

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  3. Nice done, but they look a little too self satisfied for militia in my opinion

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  4. Great work on the scurrilous rabble, they really do look like dodgy characters

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  5. Incredible wor. I feel your paint really does highlight how full of character all these old sculpts really are - they really look like they were designed and produced yesterday. I love the bottles and the patches of sin (supposed to write 'skin', but it works either way!) showing through the raggedness of their clothing.

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  6. Absolutely gorgeous. Your paining is a delight every time and your attention to Oldhammer detail is to be applauded :)

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  7. Wow, amazing miniatures... and painting too !! Congratulations !

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  8. Quite impressive as always. The glass effect is amazing. Love your skin tonnes, really makes them pop even further with the selection of militiamen with dorky faces. Gorgeous unit!

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