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.
