Pretty much the whole state of Connecticut is shut down today, with snowfall already over 12"here, with strong winds and much drifting. So, what to do with a day out of work?
With the addition of the Cananite forces, my Assyrian army was starting to look pretty outnumbered. I had enough Lead on hand to make 2 new units of LC (Black Tree Designs, acquired last year), 1 of HC (Foundry, acquired from a dealer Bargain Bin at a Historicon 12+ years ago, and 4 more 4-Horse chariots (Hinchliffe, another Historicon purchase, dating back even farther), plus 3 mounted Leader/Hero figures for To the Strongest. With 32 horses to paint, mass production is in order... there are Duns, Palominos, Roans, Light Chestnuts, Dark Chestnuts, Bays and one White horse in the works! Let it snow!
Uh, evidently. it has! A week ago today we arriving for a 4 night stay on Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies...
On our first trip there two years ago we met a couple on the beach that owned a unit near the place that we had stayed, and they let us stay in their unit for this trip. Above is the view when you walk into the open air lobby!
View from the balcony of the unit straight ahead...
to the right...
and top the left.
View from the balcony in the Master bedroom.
View looking across the pool to the "lobby and poolside bar.
Thursday was especially nice - high of 80 degrees, bright sun.
"Shades of Blue"! When we landed in Hartford on Saturday, it was 20 degrees, and went down to 10 degrees the next morning. Now, about that snow...
Looks like an outstanding vacation. Enjoy the snow, hopefully it takes its time. We went from 6" of snow and 25F to 54F and sunny in 36 hours.... Now I know what it looks like when my driveway forms a waterfall.
ReplyDeleteIt was great, but wasn't expecting a Snow Day! Hope the melt off didn't cause any more flooding!
DeleteNice contrast, good luck with the horses!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain!
DeleteA pleasant sunny spot in which to relax. Yeah, that sounds and looks great!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing your Assyrian cavalry. I have a few of the Foundry but cav but await with anticipation to see your BTD horse. Very curious to see how they match up to Foundry. That is a lot of horse flesh to paint!
It was! :-)
DeleteThe BTD horses are *very* big, noticeably larger than the Foundry and Hinchliffe ones, which are fairly close in size. They are seen in the two ranks to the left of the picture. And that's their LIGHT cavalry! :-)
What colors (brand/color) do you use for your horses? Do you have a favorite?
ReplyDeleteI (generally) use a scheme from here:
Deletehttp://web.newsguy.com/Mrtinsworkshop/paintingTips/GG08.html
See part 8 and 9. The results with modern figures look much better than the sample pictures, but it does give you an idea of the color range he is talking about. I use the Delta Ceramcoat craft paints he references, or the closest approximation for a few other colors that aren't CC or no longer exist (i.e., Venetian Red, Bonnie Blue).
A nice variety of colours there Peter, which I think would be totally appropriate for most Ancient armies.
ReplyDeleteIn keeping with my usual "Toy Soldier" look, the horse colors will still be uniform by unit or chariot.
DeleteGreat looking chariots, love the bases...and the colors!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Phil!
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