After seeing Matt’s awesome progress with his army, I thought it was time to put up a few more pics of my growing Araby(empire) army.
The first image is of 4 more crossbowmen. Since the first test model I have streamlined some of the colour combinations. For example the yellow belts on the original models were done by laying down a layer of Tempest Ochre followed by a chestnut ink, I then reapplied Tempest Ochre followed by Iyanden Darksun. While I will continue this system for heroes and other important models. For the rank and file I have cut out the second layer of Tempest Ochre. This saves valuable time with no real disadvantage in the appearance of the model. I also changed the skin tone to be more middle eastern in appearance. By using Calthan Brown as a basecoat for the skin followed by highlights of Tallarn Flesh I am very happy with the result.
The second pic is of the first of my Inner Circle knights. This is a Sarrasin Camel rider from Black Tree miniatures. The rider is a bit 2-dimensional to remedy this I added the banner to the spear. For other figures in the unit I will add other elements such as trophy racks on the saddles. I plan to use these camels as inner circle with normal horses for regular knights although I havent completely decided. I also realised that I needed to break from my original drab colour scheme by adding the red/orange tassles to the camel and spear.
Comming along great mate.
Looks great. As a fellow Empire player, I’m excited to see how this develops. Brilliant idea!
Brilliant stuff mate. I’ve always liked araby for some reason.
Camel rider looks cool.
great work.
Good stuff Jeff, love the camel idea