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Massive Araby Army update!

Jeff Carroll — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:57:25 +0000

Well as most of you know I spent most of January painting my growing Araby themed army. Its not quite done yet but the bulk of the army is painted. So I have some photos of the stuff thats done here for you to enjoy. I am very pleased with it so far. Encouraged by positive comments from DogCon I will be adding more to this army very soon. With no tournament deadlines approaching I will be more frequent with photos. Enjoy!

Check out the full set of pics here

Empire army List from episode 26

Jeff Carroll — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:17:26 +0000

This is the list we talked about on episode 26. I already have some thoughts on what I change but I would love to get some imput from others.

Jeff’s Empire List

Araby Army Diary – Xbowmen & Knight

Jeff Carroll — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:37:44 +0000

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.

Araby Swordsman

Jeff Carroll — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:13:55 +0000

This is the second model I have painted in about a month. This is one of the swordsmen from my Hell Dorado starter set.

Army Diary First model

Jeff Carroll — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:22:45 +0000

This is the first post in a series covering my new army project. As I mentioned on previous podcasts, I am putting together a Araby themed army using the Empire and Dogs of War rules.

I am a big fan of Frank Millers Graphic novel and movie “300″ so I want this army to be similar in apperance to the Persian hordes. As you can see the colours are very drab in an attempt to emulate Frank Millers imagery.

This miniature is the first model painted. The army will primarily be made out of Black Tree miniatures. Characters and other bits and peices will come from the Hell Dorado Sarrasins range.

Let me know what you think

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