foam hill

This weekend I made a foam hill as an experiment.  

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Some archers for scale.

I used blue extruded polystyrene from Lowes.  I carved out the shape and gave it texture with a wood hand saw.   I glued on some sand and ballast to give it more texture.   Then, I covered it in a PVA glue water mixture.   This supposedly helps protect the foam from aerosol primer.   It worked since the foam was intact after priming.   Then I painted it up with some cheap AC Moore acrylic paints.  Last step is to glue on some flock.

1750 pt list

180 - Mage Level 2 (Metal - ROBI, DOMS, LOG) Seer, Channeler, Silver Wand

115 - Commander Extra Hand Weapon, Dragon Armor, Cloak Of Beards, Pure of Heart

120 - Commander Reaver Bow, General, Dragon Armor, Great Weapon

144 - 12 Archers

132 - 11 Archers

391 - 31 Spearmen Full Command, War Banner

210 - 10 Swordmasters Full Command, Banner of Sorcery

132 - 5 Reavers Champion, Bows

170 -  2 Tiranoc Chariots

100 - Repeater Bolt Thrower

 50  - Great Eagle

1744 - Total

round 3 650 pt list

Lvl 2 Mage            130 (Lore of Heavens)

  Silver Wand           10 

  Jewel of the Dusk  15 

12 Archers            144

  Light Armor           12

28 Spearmen        308

  Full Command      30

Total                      649

reaver madness

Here is my prototype reaver. The newer island of blood models are much more detailed and realistic than the 4th / 5th edition ones I have been painting so far.

700

Finished painting up 700 points tonight. Reaver Knights are on deck.

updated archers

I settled on a base style that looks decent. Here are the details...

Mud - Americana dark chocolate
Rocks - Americana grey sky
Trim - Americana plantation pine
Grass - woodland scenics green blend

Still need to flock the archer bases but the movement tray gives you a good idea of what they will look like when completed.

new basing style

I decided I need to change the base style of my army. The bright khaki color without highlights just isn't working. Originally I was planning a beach themed base style but it never panned out.

After a little research, I found a simple approach using a dark base color with a lighter color dry brushed on the high spots of the texture. I tested this out with my next unit of archers. The plan is to add some grass flock to finish them off. I am using Americana Dark Chocolate as the base color and dry brushing Americana Khaki Tan on the high spots of the sand.

500

drybrushing trial

Tried my first serious drybrushing attempt this evening. This is an old metal swordmaster model I am going to use as a spearman champion.

escalation plan

Here is the plan for the escalation campaign...

Round 1 (250 point limit - Win vs Brettonia)
(24) Archer Champion - General
(220) 20 Spearmen
Total: 244 pts

Round 2 (500 point limit - Loss vs Brettonia - Massacre)
(90) Commander - General, longbow, extra hand weapon, dragon armor
(283) 23 Spearmen - Full command
(120) 10 Archers
Total: 493 pts

Round 3 (550 point limit)
(130) Mage - General, Level 2
(294) 24 Spearmen - Full command
(120) 10 Archers
Total: 544 pts

Round 4 (600 point limit)
(130) Mage - General, Level 2
(349) 29 Spearmen - Full command
(120) 10 Archers
Total: 599 pts

Round 5 (700 point limit)
(130) Mage - General, Level 2
(25) Random magic items / honors
(305) 25 Spearmen - Full command
(120) 10 Archers
(120) 10 Archers
Total: 700 pts

Round 6 (1000 point limit)
(90) Commander - General, longbow, extra hand weapon, dragon armor
(130) Mage - Level 2
(97) Random magic items / honors
(283) 23 Spearmen - Full command
(120) 10 Archers
(120) 10 Archers
(160) 10 Swordmasters - Full command
Total: 1000 pts

unit of archers

Here is a recently completed unit of archers.