Saturday, February 13, 2016

28mm Serving Wenches

Last week I hit the dreaded point where I had run out of the figures that I had pre-primed to paint for this year's Challenge.  This post and the next feature minis that I had actually primed for last year's challenge.  But then Brendan the Kiwi lured me over the Renaissance and my first batch of Perry figs arrived before I got to the older less shiny figures.


While most ACW battlefields feature a church in a prominent location, the 1812 battlefields tended to be based around pubs.  This probably says much about our two nations.  But in actuality, the War of 1812 was basically fought by small Napoleonic armies on an old school Wilderness D&D campaign map.  Roads and settlements were few and far between, with the roadhouse often being the first (or only) building at key locations like and crossroads, fords and the like.  The armies fought for the key locations and thus fought around the roadhouse inns.


No slap and tickle of the waitresses lads!
These are two metal Reaper Miniatures from their Townsfolk range.  I have painted them up fairly generically so that they can serve in more than one era.  This poses are nice and the figures well done except that the faces could use better defined features.  Of course, one doesn't always notice the faces of serving wenches, especially after a few pints.

Supper seems to include soup broth and veg, and be accompanied by red wine.

Who's round is it lads?
I am continuing to experiment with basing.  These two lasses got my new standard treatment of acrylic gel, raw sienna and small rocks with a raw umber wash on top.  I chose to go with static grass as I figures that the areas around the pubs might be less rocky and weedy than the wilderness at large.  Comments and suggestions continue to be welcome.

6 comments:

  1. These look great! Might have to add a couple of them to my own collection.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Thanks stokes. The dress is utilitarian enough to serve many eras. Check the a Reaper townsfolk line for these and more

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  2. How splendid Peter, although I am somewhat in awe of the fact that you have already finished your pre-primed miniatures.

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    1. Thanks Michael. Truth be told I had set my bar pretty low and needed to have a lot more set and primed. Also a lot of my figs are he Perry multipart plastics that take a lot more assembly time.

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    2. Nice work Peter. Pubs are locations of strategic importance.

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    3. Exactly, and in many circles they still serve as landmarks. As in my office is half a block north of the Rising Sun.

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