Colore ton Monde, July: Fin

So, as I thought, this month's plan was cut short due to visiting family, but a rush finish on the Russian Priest meant that at least I have something to enter. He certainly fits the criteria of a miniature I have never played with (mainly since he was chosen without any particular game in mind).

The base could do with a coat of black round the edge to neaten it up, but I didn't have time to get my brushes out this evening, and I need to send off the pics (I was playing with the camera, more details below).

Not one but two sets of pictures of this guy below the cut. As always, click to enlarge.

Colore ton Monde, July: Backup Plan

Just in case I don't get the Viking vignette completed by the end of the month, I rattled this one up in an evening. The pictures show a couple of points that I'll need to touch up before basing and varnishing, but he pretty much painted himself. Another excuse to use my new method for painting black. I think it comes out well. A dullcote after the varnish should really work to dull down the shinyness of the ink wash. I did try using the new GW medium, but maybe I'm not adding enough. More experimentation required there.

If you hadn't already noticed, this is the Russian Priest free mini I got from The Assault Group.

The Assault Group free miniature

The TAG free miniature that I requested a while back arrived today. I'm impressed. Very clean little miniature, simple in design, but the face is very well sculpted with little to no flash. I decided to ask for the Russian priest from their renaissance range, although, his robes are such that he could happily fit into any era since, for example I have seen him in dioramas for Bordino in 1812. He,s all cleaned up, about to stick him onto a base and get painting him. Thanks again to The Assault Group for this chance of a freebie. Now to go on over to their site to see if I can use this 10% off voucher that came with him. This mini is certainly a good advert for their sculpting and their minis.

Free Assault Group Miniature

After seeing a post on Tim's miniature wargames blog, telling of his receiving a free miniature from The Assault Group, I wandered on over to their site to find more details. It seemed the offer was still on-going, so I sent off my email and posted on their wall. I'm pimping them out here too, the more people who can make use of this offer, the better for all (they're giving a 10% discount code for their online store with the mini). Not a company I have had much to do with previously. They have been on my radar, but they don't seem to deal with any of the eras I'm immediately interested in, although their minis look nice. Maybe the Covenanters will be useful.

Do you think that's enough links to The Assault Group now?