Friday 1 March 2019

Slow progress but some more Berber/Arab infantry

Slower progress than I would like but I have completed another Arab/ Berber unit for my Al Andalus project.
Eagle eyed will notice I have changed basing styles from previous figures for this project, firstly I think the units look nice like this, secondly I think I have enough single based figures for any possible skirmish game and storage like this is much easier. I’ll take a shot of the two basing styles together when I get a chance. The unit is very much ‘Berber’ with shields all hand painted so don’t look too close 😩 I still probably need to paint the edge of the banner which is too white.
Updated the post with a picture of most of my Arabs in one place, I didn’t dig out the camel archers and like every good project I have a fair few in the painting que πŸ™‚


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22 comments:

  1. Norm1 March 2019 at 23:06

    Hand painted shields ....... fantastic! Nice looking unit and a posh flag. I do like 6 figures to a base.

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    1. Matt Crump1 March 2019 at 23:27

      Thanks Norm yes the 6 figures gives a nice feel and allows just enough randomness πŸ™‚

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  2. Jonathan Freitag1 March 2019 at 23:45

    I like your basing. Much better than singletons. Your shields are superb! Great job!

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    1. Matt Crump2 March 2019 at 10:57

      Thanks Jonathan......I am quite taken by the multi base and now feel I have enough singles for any skirmish game I might like to play. I am hoping the mixing of the basing styles works ok. I do need to do some work on the movement trays πŸ€”

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  3. MartinC2 March 2019 at 07:45

    Nice wor. Hope you are all well. Down at hammerhead now

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  4. Michael Awdry2 March 2019 at 08:57

    Very, very nice work Matt.

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    1. Matt Crump2 March 2019 at 10:58

      Thanks Michael shields are a bit wobbly 😬

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  5. Nord2 March 2019 at 12:33

    Shields look good from a distance, nice looking unit.

    And it's queue!

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  6. Michal DwarfCrypt2 March 2019 at 19:38

    Ah, looks awesome sir!

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  7. David3 March 2019 at 08:34

    They look fine to me Matt. Big bases are the future!

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    1. Matt Crump3 March 2019 at 23:03

      Certainly plan for more ‘big bases’ for this collection and possibly my other dark age figures as well.

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  8. Stuart S3 March 2019 at 08:35

    That's building to quite a force Matt.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. Matt Crump3 March 2019 at 23:03

      Thanks Stu, happy with the progress slow but steady.....what next I wonder ?

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  9. The Kiwi4 March 2019 at 04:19

    FANTASTIC! The shield freehand designs are excellent. Awesome looking army. cheers

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    1. Matt Crump4 March 2019 at 07:34

      Thanks....I think I am slowly improving on the shields but they are a bit wobbly close up πŸ™‚

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  10. Phil Robinson4 March 2019 at 06:39

    Very nice Matt, hope they carpet the opposition. Another plus for the new basing too.

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  11. caveadsum14714 March 2019 at 08:49

    Nice basing,Im also doing mostly 1p single basing (except Italian wars) and wondering when I have enough for skirmish and can just do big bases! Lovely shields IMHO!
    Best Iain

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    1. Matt Crump5 March 2019 at 06:54

      Thanks Iain, I’m happy with the multibase mainly it’s the density of the figures so for this collection I can see me changing, can’t decide about my ancient figures though ?

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