This is my third Challenge (excluding the interim Lockdown Challenge last summer) and it feels good to be back! I hope everyone has stayed (and will stay) well and thanks again Curt for organising this diversion from the real world...
My topic for today and the initial one for this challenge, is a small vignette depicting two Irish Kerns leading a travelling priest astray, this is for the first chamber of the Challenge XI Dungeon - The Hall of Traps . The Priest is a Gripping Beast plastic monk from their Anglo-Danish set, whilst the Kerns are both form the Wargame Atlantic plastic 28mm set.
You'll likely see many more figures form these sets in coming posts during this challenge as I build upon my Anglo-Danish forces for my Hastings 1066 project and the ongoing Elizabethan Wars project we have going at the SAS Wargames Club.
So the premise of the vignette is that we have one kern directing the travelling priest off the well worn road to a position where the two scallywags will rob the priest of his golden cross and other religious artefacts.
 |
L to R: Wargames Atlantic Irish Kerns, 1st is pointing the way.
2nd is encouraging the priest with a spear. Gripping Beast Priest |
The priest is in a brown habit, with little of worth about him except his crucifix and holy staff, the kerns are in traditional 'ochre' type coloured garb.
 |
| Spear Armed Kern, before washes applied |
As usual I have undercoated all figures in white then painted on (in this case) quite a lot f flesh and then their clothes before detailing weapons, shields and belts etc.
 |
| Priest, pre-washes |
All finished off with various coloured washes - which I'm currently experimenting with, and then varnished with a matt finish.
 |
| The other Scallywag - pre washes |
So I used Flesh wash on all skin areas, cut 50/50 with water to tone down the pigment. On the priest's robe I used uncut brown wash, to help give the cloth a richer, darker feel and I used a brown wash cut 1/2 with water on the Kern's cloths to give a light brown shade. After washing the figures I applied a little base colour as highlights.
 |
| Final Vignette: Priest being diverted off the main track |
 |
| Final Vignette: From another angle |
 |
| Final Vignette: Priest has his 'bling' on view, encouraging the Scallywags! |
 |
| Final Vignette: Priest trying to ignore the Kerns |
 |
| Final Vignette: A Kern with spears behind you is never good.... |
Points:
3 x 28mm Figures @ 5 Points Each = 15 Points
Hall of Traps Bonus = 20 Points
TOTAL 35 Points
