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Currently I'm working on painting my whole army (and even promised to myself not to play a game until I can field a whole painted army), and during the last two weeks painted a unit of crossbow warriors. They are ten with two musicians (the second one is for an older unit for which I hadn't made a musician).
The models were made using the idea from d.net - the warriors have their shields strapped to their forearm, and use the shield to lean their crossbows against it to shoot.
This time I tried to have more contrast in the way I paint skin, but seems that I wasn't very successful.
That is an EXCELLENT way to add shields to the xbow-warriors! I was currently holding back on doing mine because I wasn't convinced of the back-slung shields, but this is WAY better!
does it involve harsh cutting/bending to make it fit?
Greetz
El Hombre
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I was using the crossbows which have both hands holding the crossbow (because I need the right hand to hold it). from this crossbow, I was cutting the left hand off, and then making the shaft of the crossbow flat with a knife - this is quite easy. another thing you'll need to do is try to fit the hands in the right position before you paint and glue them - the right hand will need to be cut a bit at the end in order to give it the correct angle, so that it would fit into the hole in the shield.
love the shields and X-bows nice base too. I personally like the skin the way it is but if you want more contrast perhaps a wash or a highlight on the skin would give you the contrast you want. Keep up the good work
Currently I'm working on painting my whole army (and even promised to myself not to play a game until I can field a whole painted army),
I thought I was the only one that did that??? Maybe we are just a little Obsessive or something. I do like the colors. It will really look good on the Tabletop!
@Lakissov: I agree, use a wash or highlight. It makes the model "pop" a bit better. Good luck!
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my army is entirely painted. but i´m repainting it all for this reason:
i got a new CoC chariot and told someone who had just started that my chariot causes fear. he looked at the rest of my army and said:
"i´m sure that when it is painted it will cause terror..."
that kinda made me aware of the paintjob and i started repainting.
(and did it ever since. for about 3 years by now. and i have finished.... errr.... let me think.... at least.... uuuh.... hrm.... five dark riders )
HUZZAH!
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have bever tried to use a wash and don't even have inks. will it work if I just take the relevant paint and add water to it? and what color would be good in this particular case? bronzed flesh maybe? or something darker is needed for washes?
as already stated, the second musician is for another unit. the thing is that I has previously assembled and painted another rxb warriors unit, but it has nu musician. the extra musician will be given to that older unit, while one regular model from it will join this new unit.
@Lakissov: I would be very careful making inks out of your existing paints with WATER. The water has a tendency to make the ink pigment start to "glob" together. Not for sure about the correct term if anyone knows it thanks.
I would go for a "Flow Improver," this actually makes the paint more fluid without losing the actual pigment to "globulating." You can find the flow improver for acrylic mediums just about anywhere paints are sold. Probably not your local GW store though
Good luck with the project!
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El Hombre wrote:That is an EXCELLENT way to add shields to the xbow-warriors! I was currently holding back on doing mine because I wasn't convinced of the back-slung shields, but this is WAY better!
does it involve harsh cutting/bending to make it fit?
Greetz El Hombre
Here's a link to the original thread with detailed instructions on doing the conversion:
Nice to finally see some pictures of them executed so well (I didn't have a digital camera back when I posted the original thread). Nice job, Lakissov!
nice base too. I personally like the skin the way it is but if you want more contrast perhaps a wash or a highlight on the skin would give you the contrast you want. Keep up the good work 
