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Archers Assemble
78 archers spray painted.
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Great Cleanup
This the before picture.
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Great Cleanup
And this is after copious amounts of elbow grease. I didn't bother scraping the last bits because they don't compromise future work and this desk is not going anywhere else.
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Great Cleanup
Putting all the stuff back.
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Pansy Recruitment
Spearmen primed.
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Pansy Recruitment
This is so much better looking than the small rider figures.
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Pansy Recruitment
Spearmen getting ready to take paint.
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Pansy Recruitment
The joints are pretty bad, though. Gotta fill them before painting.
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Pansy Recruitment
It's getting crowded in here.
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Archers Assemble
Primed archers waiting for further processing.
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Pansy Recruitment
Initial drybrush.
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Starting with the gloves and flesh.
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They are starting to look more formed.
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Pansy Recruitment
Skirts done.
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Pansy Recruitment
Working on the red tones. Unfortunately one of my better reds decided to dry out on me and I haven't been able to get a replacement yet.
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Pansy Recruitment
Flame motifs done.
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Pansy Recruitment
I chose a more golden theme for these.
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Pansy Recruitment
Waiting for the glue to dry.
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Pansy Recruitment
Flesh done one the trio.
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Elven Spearmen
Helios spearmen arrayed for battle.
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Elven Spearmen
Ready to stop the charge.
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Elven Spearmen
The obligatory overhead view.
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Elven Spearmen
Again, I tried to replicate the color scheme I did maybe 10 years ago.
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Elven Spearmen
The line will hold.
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Elven Spearmen
Teamwork is essential... but I wonder why they bother lugging those shields around as they are clearly not using them?
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Elven Spearmen
These are pretty good miniatures, but the softness of the metal does show up in the spearshafts here and there.
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Elven Spearmen
Command element. For some reason I had two leaders and one standard bearer.
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Elven Spearmen
Incidentally, the leader figure is reused with the swordsmen, just with a different weapon arm.
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Elven Spearmen
Here's a teamwork example.
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Elven Spearmen
The weapons are really a bit too short for the back rank.
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Elven Spearmen
Better look at the shields.
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Elven Spearmen
Command element closeup.
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Elven Spearmen
I think I forgot to paint the shield handle on these guys. Oh well...
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Elven Spearmen
Some bendiness evident if the spearshafts.
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Elven Spearmen
Back rank lining up.
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Elven Spearmen
Front rank ready.
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Elven Spearmen
Battle line from the shielded side.
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