Some WIP’s

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I’m working on rounding out my non-landsknecht forces, particularly the handgunners. Apart from a few details, this gunner is done:

This painting detail was used as a model. He’s generic enough for Spanish, Italian or French infantry but with the right painting I think can fill out Landsknecht or Swiss ranks as well.

That Renedra base, by the way, is how I form sword scabbards and some other details. I’ll cut them to the right length on the base, let them dry, pop them off and glue them to the figure. Then detail gets added such as the scabbard fittings and sword handle.

And then this guy – might be my favorite sculpt thus far. I’m trying for more animated posing. Swiss or Landsknecht.

Landsknecht pike and casualty

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I haven’t posted greens of these but they’ve been in the background of other shots. Cast and painted up, here’s a landsknecht with a leveled pike as well as a casualty figure. They’re open hand so can instead carry halberds.

I was concerned about how the kneeling figure would cast. I tried a new mold making method due to the odd angles. I pushed a blob of mold putty onto about half of the figure. I then put the blog and figure into a square mold putty half in my usual Lego form. Then I put on a second blob for the front of the figure before letting that dry and squaring off the second half of the mold. It worked out wonderfully – this figure casts better than some of the more two-dimensional poses.

Spaniard WIP

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I’m nearly done with this Spanish swordsman. He can probably do double-duty as a general European fighter from the mid 16th century until the early 17th. Mainly he’s an opponent for Solomon Kane, but I hope to put together some figures for a French Wars of Religion army and this figure would fit.

I’m debating whether to cast a shield separately or as part of the figure.

Painted Solomon Kane

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Cast, cleaned up and painted!

With so much black, I tried to vary it by lightening it with different colors. The hat and vest are cool and I used a light blue for highlights. The cloak and shirt were meant to look worn and weather beaten so were highlighted with flesh (a tip I read somewhere) and then drybrushed with tan at the edges. Other areas such as the boot tops were built up from black to a dark brown.

I may try painting a version with a white shirt to set off the black as well. As it is the only pop of color is the white collar.