Thank you 😊

Rampant, you might say

Like a scarecrow.

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Cheers dude. I was expecting to have to blank something out or crop that image 😆

@@MiniatureRealms 🤣 Yep!

Thank you, and I can understand that yes, I’m planning on some minor adjustments.

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Thank you, that’s very kind. 😊

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Thank you that is very kind 😊

It was just about on the limit if size before it became tricky. I’ve painted a GW Smaug in the past year, that was challenging to hold at times.

That’s awesome, let me know how you get on with it 🙂

Cheers mate. I know what you mean about those colours, I may add a more silver highlights to the lance.

@MiniatureRealms It was just the yellow next to the warm brown of the wood, but there a good amount of differentiation between them. I did think you were going to do the entire banner blue as I watched along. It's not a big thing, I am just mentally scared from having Ron Kruzie assess some of painted figures at Smogcon that I was well pleased with. Well until after speaking to him at any rate.🤣 As he picked up pointed out that there warm colours adjacent were too similar in tones.

😂 I’ve been there myself. It was to match the halved yellow blue theme of the army, and the other flags and banners really. But I agree and will take a look at that.

@@MiniatureRealms It'll be one of those things no one else will ever mention or notice. 🤣

Thank you Steve 🙂 I hear you on the not ‘everything big and badder is cooler’ thing, I don’t often gravitate towards that kind of thing. He’s definitely bigger than a normal Hippogryph, I was tempted to use the High Elf plastic one to convert from, as it’s a bit smaller, but decided this beast was going to be unusually large for its species.

Thank you Stevie, and I definitely will do.

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Love that, very cool idea.

Thank you Andrew 😊

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Oh wow, make sure you let me know how you get on, I’d love to see the result if you end up posting pictures anywhere.

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Thank you Andy 😊

Cheers dude 😊

Thank you so much 😊

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Glad you enjoyed the video, and hope your journey back into Bretonnia is as fun as mine has been so far.

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Thank you Dale 😊

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Thank you, that’s very kind of you 😊

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Thank you 😊. I’d love to do the Green Knight one day.

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Thank you 😊 Definitely lots more on the way, quite a few different things planned.

Yeah, I’m not sure if that’s a new thing to add it back, or they’ve kept that all along.

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Thank you 😊 I’ve actually adjusted that decal now, I’ve combined the Maltese cross with another to change the way it looks.

Thank you 😊 I rarely do much more that the odd head or weapon swap, but this probably turned out easier than I expected. I was quite lucky how close in size the two miniatures were.

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Thank you, those are great ideas, maybe something to go back and add in the future.

Yeah a classic sculpt, and while a like a lot of old and middle hammer, that one I don’t think holds up quite as well today (at least in my army anyway, but it would be fun to paint for display).

Thank you 🙂 …and I bet that looked really cool!

Thank you. From memory I think it was Citadel Averland Sunset and Phalanx yellow.

😆 Thank you 😊

Thank you Andrew. I agent with the cross, I guess I’m very much swayed by historical influences rather than Warhammer lore, and I have a little army fluff idea for it, but I may do something to ‘Bretonify’ it more.

Thank you, really can’t wait to get my hands on some of those new miniatures, I’ll certainly be doing some videos on them as soon as I can but them. You’re totally right, zenithal is officially really just from a single light source, but I do use the term as a bit of a ‘catch all’ description at times. The issue with doing a pure zenithal on a gaming miniature, is that far too much would be left black, which is perfect if you’re doing a competition piece like a bust for example, but doesn’t work well in this example. I still use the term zenithal as the light tends to be focussed top down, and the paint is definitely heavier from that angle. I also use the new phrase of ‘slapchop’, as I very often add a white drybrush stage as well, further enhancing the detail. Essentially what I’m doing in a significant amount of ‘underpainting’, preparing the miniature for colour in a way that benefits heavy glaze style base layer paints like contrast/Speedpaint/Xpress Color. It’s probably a better term to use, and I need to use it more.

@@MiniatureRealms Cheers thanks a lot for the explanation, I'm gonna go look further into the concept of underpainting. I'm still a beginner and zenithal+contrasts+highlights seem a good compromise for us new to the hobby that want to do something more apart from the obvious basecoating+shading. I understand why for this kind of model pure zenithal wouldn't work well tho, since contrasts require a lighter surface and applying them on an only black primed miniature would be useless.

Thank you. The spray was super glue activator, just sets the super glue almost instantly. Tool wise I buy most of mine from Amazon these days, Army Painter do some cheap ones that aren’t great, GW ones are very good but overpriced. GF9 (Gale Force 9) do some good stuff.

Thank you. 🙂 Yes I’m looking forward to the news as well, guess they had to get 40k out of the way, and with the box release today, and the core rules pre-order, I think next week might allow some other news. Not expecting anything huge though, sadly I don’t think we will see TOW until next year. And yes, there will be more videos on the Bretonnia project, I’m not numbering them like I have done with previous games, but I have update videos planned alongside the tutorials.

Thank you. I think it ended up about the same length. I could cut much closer to the eagle side, there was only about 5mm to the wing socket, then the other way was very close to the horse thigh. The lion/big cat also tapers away quickly with a much smaller belly, so retaining that from the horse made sense. I think both other options would have made it harder, and with it being central I had space to work either way to create a smooth join. That of course is just my assessment beforehand, but having done it I wouldn’t change that part.

Umm maybe, might have looked a bit odd though.

It was @JuanHidalgoMiniatures youtube.com/@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Excellent channel

It’s was actually made from small strips of foil packaging that I cut from scalpel blade packaging. It’s the kind you also find on the tops of some yoghurt pots, the key is it holds its shape, so posable to an extent. Just cut it to shape, superglue one end, then shape and glue the rest in place. After priming works fine.

Thank you. 🙂 Definitely doable, if you have the patience to sculpt the feathers it would look great, the big armour plate is a separate piece.

@@MiniatureRealms Thanks! I think in my case it's less "patience" and more "general skill". I haven't got much experience with sculpting; but it would be an interesting project to try and learn.

@Parabueto Absolutely, could be a really fun challenge. Another options would be a Caparison, might be easier to do a cloth covering that matches the horses.

Yeah it’s something I wish I filmed, so hard to explain. It was the kind of stiff foil you get on packs of scalpel blades, much thicker than kitchen foil, doesn’t tear. Similar stuff can be found os yogurt pot lids as well. Anyway, I just cut it to the size I wanted, shaped it to fit nicely (it retaining some shape is what makes it handle), and then superglued it in place before priming.

😆 Definitely stay clear if you don’t want to be sucked into another game. I bet that army was amazing, but not surprised you sold off stuff before a big move like that.

@@MiniatureRealms Yes it seemed like a sensible decision as the time. About 14 armies in, thinking I'd never game again. When viewed against the facst that I DID take a load ob bloody fly-fishing gear and boxes and boxes of DVDs (which never got opened until I gave them all away years later), the decision seems less sound! Benefits of hindsight eh :(

Yes they do, this was done way back last year before the rules came out. I’ll have to rebase if I wanted to use it, but I’m only like to play it in big friendly games.

do et! My OCD can't handle it! xD@@MiniatureRealms

The cross is a grey area, but it’s the Templar Knights theme I’m going for, when I finalise the armies lore it will make more sense. As a single mini I don’t think it helps shed the Empire themes of the mini, but will hopefully work in the context of the army. I did think about toys, would have definitely been cheaper, but also much harder to find on the right scale and the quality I needed.

Thank you 😊 It wasn’t them actually, but I’m aware of some of their prices 😅.

Thank you. I do love the charm of those old models, so real classics, even if they do seem so small now in comparison.

I love their humour, so much of that kind of stuff over the years.

Thank you 🙂. I think I’ll buy another one to use in a future Empire army, love the sculpt as well.