The products of last week’s endeavours:
I’m quite proud of the white face on the horse. Also, the film around the transfers has dissolved far better than on the others. From this I have learned that microsol is best left overnight to do its work.
Sir Standard Bearer has a dragon on his head holding a sword! Sir Standard Bearer has some gold and yellow on him, which is complementary to the purple and therefore draws the eye. I neglected to include anything for it to draw the eye to, which is a shame. So the model lacks a focal point despite my borderline cleverness.
Despite some early troubles caused by a dodgy bottle of dark green paint, Sir Musician came out reasonably well. But please take my strong advice and never, ever, think “I’ll do some quick checks! That’ll spice him up a little for very little effort!” You are fooling yourself if you do, you foolish fool.
And there they are: all my painted Bretonnian knights in their glory. One more knight and a leader and I’ve a legal army to field!




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