Sunday, 20 January 2013

Pikeys


These are the latest fruits of my Successor Pike mania; the units imaginatively named Phalanx 2 and Phalanx 3.  They are varnished and just need basing/flocking.

I've cut all the pikes to slightly different lengths, and they aren't all upright; I like this effect.

I started to paint the units around 3 years back, but have pulled the stops out over the last month.  I'm trying to paint 18 a week, but falling just a little short... but I think I can catch up due to recent purchase of Raglan's phalangites and getting some blocked in by a professional. The minis are Polemarch (mostly) and Foundry.  I really like the Foundry mini in the Sidon helmet, it paints up beautifully.

Just 384 left to do...  :-)
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14 comments:

  1. Secundus20 January 2013 at 15:51

    Lovely work as always Simon. They will look amazing on the field and should create some book worthy pictures!

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  2. Handgrenadealien20 January 2013 at 16:26

    I like the way you have grouped these in dense formations, the mass effect works really well.
    Regards HGA.
    PS Sadly the pikeys up the road from us look nothing like these:)

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  3. Paul´s Bods20 January 2013 at 16:45

    Excellent.

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  4. DeanM20 January 2013 at 16:51

    Very imposing phalanx. I like that one figure with the helmet looking like it's tilted back on the head. Best, Dean

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  5. Achilles20 January 2013 at 17:00

    a really impressive sight! I love them!

    I particularly like the bronze on the shields. Could you share your colour recipe?

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  6. Silver Whistle20 January 2013 at 19:08

    Fantastic, keep them coming.

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  7. BigRedBat20 January 2013 at 20:18

    Thanks, all!

    Achilles, each batch of shields was done a bit differently, like in the Johnny Cash song "I did it one batch at a time". Buut in general they are painted vallejo Brass with a bit of dark bronze, mixed in, dry brush with vallejo bronze, highlight with bronze with burnished gold and overpainted with Army Painter Dark Tone.

    Cheers, Simon

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  8. Michael Awdry20 January 2013 at 20:51

    My word, that is a seriously impressive sight Sir!.

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  9. Tarty20 January 2013 at 23:42

    Fantastic..... seriously impressive !

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  10. fireymonkeyboy21 January 2013 at 00:18

    Looks so good . . . .

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  11. Millsy21 January 2013 at 01:29

    Quantity has a quality all its own, especially when executed so well. Keep it up!

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  12. Schrumpfkopf21 January 2013 at 13:24

    nice tight formation

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  13. Willie Anderson21 January 2013 at 16:52

    I like the differing pike lenght really adds to the look!

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  14. Prufrock21 January 2013 at 17:25

    384 to do? You're going to be giving me a severe case of pike envy!

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.