Thursday, September 26, 2013

Dwarf Rangers WIP

   The first step of the Dwarf Rangers warband has been made. What have I done so far? I changed the two-handed dwarf axes with danish war axes and two of the longbows with dwarf bows.Their captain has a dwarf bow after all! I also removed the lower parts of their leather jackets because they reminded me of roman cingulum or, even worse, a Robin Hood costume! Finally, I converted one of the rangers with throwing weapons to a hornblower. 










"He did it, Sir!"

   Next step: green stuff!
   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Dwarf Ranger Captain

   This model is one of the three Dwarf Archers, the old metallic version of them. I placed him on a "rocky" base to give him some height and to dwarf the rest Dwarves! I plan to use him as a Ranger Captain in a future game! Some Dwarf Rangers, as his company, with the same 'blue sky' shirts and pants will follow the next days.
   I am happy with his eyes. I think I managed to paint them right this time! Scott, thank you once again for your tutorial.





   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
   

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Happy Birthday!!

   Dramatic Katastases is two years old! Within the last twelve months there are 31 more followers, unfortunately just 54 more posts but around 30.000 more pageviews!  

   
   Although the last few months I was not prolific at all, the blog kept its pace! Many people visited it and some of them left comments! I want to thank you all!
   Let's hope that during the third year I will be industrious enough to reach a higher post number but above all to play, convert, paint and have fun! 


   In the meanwhile, summer vacations are over! Like all the previous years, we went to Schinos, a small village close to Athens. We have parked a caravan in a Camping there! It is nice! 



My wife is swimming

Me resting!

   That's it! Back to everyday life now! 

Monday, August 19, 2013

Summer Vacations!

   Hello to you all. Unfortunately, I will not keep my promise to publish some more posts this month. But, I have a nice excuse for that! I am leaving for summer vacations!
     
My destination!



My place under the sun!

   You will have news from me again at the end of August!
   Tom Young, welcome on board!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Anatolian Shepherd and sheep

   "Sheep are coming soon!" I wrote three weeks ago as a caption of the Cote last photo. Not so soon of course, but here they are at last. Every flock of sheep needs a dog, so, after a quick search on the internet I found a photo of an Anatolian Shepherd. The best breed for the job! The dog model is a GW miniature from "Farmer Maggot and hounds" box set.

The flock and the dog

The basing



A real Anatolian Shepherd


It is a wild dog! Isn't it?

Now, I need a shepherd!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
   Grigork, welcome on board!

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Stone walls

   Stone walls are terrain pieces that match every game. I had some leftovers from the Barn and the Cote, so I decided to use them for a stone wall. The construction was very easy. The materials I used were: foam board 1 cm, balsa wood lanes 1 cm from a 1 mm sheet, white glue, wood putty, gel power glue, rocks, static grass, and MDF pieces for the bases.

The stone walls

   First I cut four pieces from the foam board, approximately 8 - 14 cm long,  because that were the dimension  of the MDF pieces I had. 

A warlord for comprehension of the walls scale

   I drew the stones on the foam board by using a pen with a long tip. Actually, I pressed so hard the pen on the foam that I made grooves on it.

The pen

The result

   After that, I glued the foam board pieces on the MDF bases. I used 1 cm balsa wood lanes for the coping stones. I made grooves vertically on the balsa woods to separate the coping stones and I glued them on the top of the walls.


  Then I covered the MDF bases with wood putty and stuck there some rocks. I painted everything black and highlighted the walls and the rocks with black grey, neutral grey and light grey gradually. I painted the soil with burnt umber and highlighted with USA tan-earth and dark sand, as usually! Finally, I glued some static grass here and there.



   I can use the walls separately, in pairs or all together as a corner stone wall.





   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
   Phil, welcome on board!
  

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Barn

   This model is a Renedra ramshackle barn. It is a piece that fits in every historical period as   the cote does, my previous terrain piece. If someone wants, he can easily cut the barn doors and windows and stick them in the open position. I didn't do it, I left the model as it is. Just I didn't glue the roof, so that the warriors can have access to the interior of the building. 


   I glued the model on a piece of MDF. I covered the soil with wood putty and stuck little rocks and static grass. The kit comes with some extra parts on its frames; two ladders, two pitch forks and a cart wheel. I used only one of the ladders and one of the pitch forks. I added a small barrel instead of the rest.





   I painted the barn cork brown Vallejo 843 and after that, I gave it a wash with army painter strong tone.

The barn is ready for washing

   I followed the same steps as I did with the cote and the final result is more or less the same. So, they match each other and I can use both of them simultaneously in a future game.   





   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
   "collect and paint figures 1:72", welcome on board!

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