Sunday, January 1, 2012

Curteys Medieval Bowmen

Just a small batch of figures to start off 2012. These are very nicely sculpted Curteys figures that had been sitting around unpainted for some time. I was prompted to paint them to beef up my Early-Holy Roman Empire WAB army. My WAB interest has been re-energized due to a projected WAB "tournament" at this year's Enfilade! convention in May.

These guys were painted up pretty quickly with basic block painting and then given a wash of Minwax Tudor Satin stain. In fact, waiting for the stain to dry took longer than the actual base painting.
Here is what I use for the staining process - An old, fairly wide tipped brush; Minwax Tudor Satin stain, which I scoop out with a small plastic cup. This way I can re-seal the can and keep it from drying out too quickly. Latex gloves are nice to have, but not necessary. Finally, I've started to use a paint thinner for areas that pool too much of the stain.
Best wishes to all in 2012!
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12 comments:

  1. Jason MeyersJanuary 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM

    Another great batch of minis! Just when I was getting used to seeing Nappys on your blog... :)

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  2. PsychosisPCJanuary 1, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Well done. Also glad to hear another area is running a WAB tournament. I plan to do another here in Wisconsin this coming year and will be playing in Adepticon's WAB tourney also.

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  3. DeanMJanuary 1, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    Thanks, Gents!

    PC: How many points are the armies at Adepticon? They're talking 2,500-2,800 for our convention. I was thing 2,000 would be good. Best, Dean

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  4. PsychosisPCJanuary 1, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    2000 points for the singles tourney on 4x8 tables. Here in La Crosse for our tourney we did 1500 points on 4x6 tables, next time I will also be doing 2000 points. I think 2.5 hours a round was used.

    I have all of the scenarios that I used for our tourney and I can get Adepticon's past scenarios if you guys would like to see what we did.

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  5. DeanMJanuary 1, 2012 at 4:33 PM

    Thanks, PC.

    Do you know Pat Lowinger - Socal Wargammer podcast guy? He's part of the crew hosting this event - he's actually going to be the rules ref. He may be able to use your scenarios. Thanks, Dean

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  6. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarJanuary 1, 2012 at 6:12 PM

    Great job, Dean and happy new year.

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  7. RodgerJanuary 1, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    These guys look really nice Dean. Happy New Year.

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  8. BaconfatJanuary 1, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    Their well painted arrows will prove useless against all the drab wagons my Hussites will be hiding behind.

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  9. Ted HenkleJanuary 1, 2012 at 8:27 PM

    Awesome archers Dean!

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  10. CyrusJanuary 2, 2012 at 1:13 AM

    Lovely archers Dean. The Miniwax works really well - looks like Army Painter Strongtone.

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  11. PsychosisPCJanuary 2, 2012 at 10:07 AM

    If its who I think it is, I believe I do know who he is.

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  12. SecundusJanuary 9, 2012 at 7:17 AM

    I love the way you have left the black on the solid colours from the undercoat, very nice and affective.

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