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Title: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: Rowlybot on March 03, 2016, 09:54:42 AM: Encouraged by Janners and EmpireAddict to actually get an army put together and painted by the end of April for the TriWiz doubles.

Being a doubles tournament I thought that it needed mercenaries, and only the best* will do!

Here is my tentative start to my Dogs of War army. For most of the units I'm trying to find something that with a little bit of squinting looks a little like the 28mm counterparts when they first arrived on the scene.

So my 'Alicante Fellowship' - using Pendraken Macedonian Pikeman.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/A300191C-F0E6-43E6-B253-0F2078E686EB_zps7rxjokpw.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/A300191C-F0E6-43E6-B253-0F2078E686EB_zps7rxjokpw.jpg.html)

'Braganza's Besiegers' - GW Empire crossbowmen (supplied by EmpireAddict) with the helmets and painting jerkins as if they were armour with some scratchbuilt pavaises.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/d6f1706b-d652-4aa0-973e-a8895e5eb073_zpscjddrtuf.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/d6f1706b-d652-4aa0-973e-a8895e5eb073_zpscjddrtuf.jpg.html)

Note: Bases aren't fully finished cos I'll do all of that after varnish. And the slight frosting on the pavaise edges has been noticed and will be eliminated.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Stormwind on March 03, 2016, 11:12:48 AM: Oh, bravo, great stuff. =)
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Aldhick on March 03, 2016, 12:53:50 PM: what a great idea... as DoW was my mostly played army of my late Warhammer stage, I was long time thinking about converting one in Warmaster scale... I was decidet to sculp some models to look as close the 28mm originals as possible, but have never gotten far enough...
This is really inpiring!!
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Geep on March 04, 2016, 11:02:46 AM: Great stuff. I really like the Briganza's Besiegers- one of my favourite Warhammer units.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: adamsg01 on March 05, 2016, 04:28:04 AM: Really like the Pendraken Macedonian Pikeman. Might need some of those for a WM historical army (after I do all the other first) . Just been reading the Osprey reg. Alex The G too earlier today. Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: empireaddict on March 05, 2016, 07:50:09 AM: Very nice. Great to see the project going forward.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Aldhick on March 05, 2016, 03:54:27 PM: I guess the Pendraken minis are slightly bigger than the GW ones right?
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Rowlybot on March 07, 2016, 09:18:09 AM: I don't see a noticeable difference in the scale between the two for the infantry. GW do appear to have slightly thicker integral bases though.

GW cavalry is far larger than the Pendraken though.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: adamsg01 on March 08, 2016, 07:35:21 AM: Good to know regarding the Pendraken and GW infantry minis are similar - I guess a thicker (say 2 mm high MDF, or 2 x 1 mm plastic) base for the Pendraken will help them match up to GW (on the standard 1 mm high plastic bases).

Shame about the cav but good to know. Would you be able to post a comparison shot between the 2 if possible please?

Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Stormwind on March 08, 2016, 12:01:31 PM: GW stuff does vary in size between armies. The GW Empire Knights are very big and highly detailed compared with say, the Dark Elf Dark Riders which are pretty basic and noticably smaller.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Rowlybot on April 02, 2016, 11:49:46 AM: A bit of an update from me.

I've got my sort-of Borgio the Besieger done.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/5E80CEE0-1522-49F8-B379-BE9FE93E1654_zpsaewie5vy.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/5E80CEE0-1522-49F8-B379-BE9FE93E1654_zpsaewie5vy.jpg.html)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/5D611707-C5D7-40FA-87BD-E0050F544418_zpsw9dsjotg.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/5D611707-C5D7-40FA-87BD-E0050F544418_zpsw9dsjotg.jpg.html)

My nearly-if-you-squint enough Ricco's Republican Guard.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/9D0A9992-7AE7-432D-B020-79A8AFF74226_zpszsoomwim.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/9D0A9992-7AE7-432D-B020-79A8AFF74226_zpszsoomwim.jpg.html)

And if you look at them a little cross-eyed, Voland's Venators.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/097F1BE8-18DC-4FC6-9B2D-1CB2FB430A5A_zps0r4cxsrr.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/097F1BE8-18DC-4FC6-9B2D-1CB2FB430A5A_zps0r4cxsrr.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: empireaddict on April 02, 2016, 01:17:38 PM: Nice, gusting very nice. Look forward to seeing them on the table later this month.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: andys on April 02, 2016, 07:09:37 PM: What other units do you have planned please Rowlybot? There's 20 to choose from, so that should give you a decent sized army when you're finished:

Golgfagâ€™s Ogres
Kreugarâ€™s Cursed Company
Long Drongâ€™s Slayers
Beorg Bearstruck and the Bearmen of Urslo
Lumpin Croopâ€™s Fighting Cocks
Tichi Huichiâ€™s Raiders
Oglah Khanâ€™s Wolfboys
Birdmen of Catrazza
The Giants of Albion and Hengus the Druid
Bronzinoâ€™s Galloper Guns
The Alcatani Fellowship
Pirazzoâ€™s Lost Legion
Leopoldâ€™s Leopard Company
Riccoâ€™s Republican Guard
Marksmen of Miragliano
Braganzaâ€™s Beseigers
Vesperoâ€™s Vendetta
Volandâ€™s Venators
Al Muktarâ€™s Desert Dogs
Asarnil the Dragonlord
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Rowlybot on April 02, 2016, 09:46:00 PM: Cheers chaps!

I've just based my Pirazzo's Lost Legion, 3rd pikemen unit. Haven't sorted a crossbow unit for that theme yet. I've got some ottoman-Turk Akjini(sp?) for some Al-Muktars Desert Dogs. So I've covered some and lots more to do. I have enough ogres for one unit so they'd be a sort of Golfangs too.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Geep on April 04, 2016, 06:18:18 AM: How do you plan on making Pirazzo's Lost Legion identifiable? Having crossbows in the front rank, or will the crossbow unit you talk of just sit in front of the pikemen?

I really like your Borgio idea. All of your units will be interesting to see.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: andys on April 04, 2016, 05:42:12 PM: Lumpin Croop's Fighting Cocks will be easy to source:

http://www.magistermilitum.com/scale/10mm/fhl103-halfling-infantry-with-bow.html
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Stormwind on April 04, 2016, 09:38:57 PM: http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/400fan09-halfling-militia-2717-p.asp

These have some good variety.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Rowlybot on April 12, 2016, 09:24:12 AM: @Geep - for the crossbowmen Pirazzo's it'll be a separate unit once I find suitable models.

As it is, I'm considering the halflings as another counts-as crossbow unit for the time being.

And without further a-do here's some more progress.

Pirazzo's Lost Legion Pikemen
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/IMG_0666_zpsnbz9a7t9.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/IMG_0666_zpsnbz9a7t9.jpg.html)
These are Pendraken Elizabethan armoured pikemen. Apart from an issue where it appeared that the mold slipped in casting causing some horrific mold lines that I just couldn't clean up I did the best I could. The pikes, however, are really flimsy unlike those that I'm using for Ricco's. Gonna have to be extra careful when moving these guys around the table.

Al Muktar's Desert Dogs (ish)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/IMG_0667_zpsmjkmn5hw.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/IMG_0667_zpsmjkmn5hw.jpg.html)
Pendraken Ottoman-Turk Akini(sp?) there's good detail on these accept the faces. The faces are just blobs or something I did whilst priming them made them into blobs. *shrugs*

And a generic Hero
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/IMG_0668_zpsi3y2o9e6.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/IMG_0668_zpsi3y2o9e6.jpg.html)
Colours are thus so that he can be a Hero in this army or in a future Talabheim Empire army.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Azactoth on April 12, 2016, 12:23:35 PM: Very Nice paint job. Especially I love the lost Legion...
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: Stormwind on April 12, 2016, 01:57:28 PM: Great work!
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: jchaos79 on April 12, 2016, 05:33:52 PM: Nice desert dogs! good work
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War
Post by: kyussinchains on April 16, 2016, 07:40:33 PM: Really inspiring work, this army is going to look fantastic on the battlefield with all the variety, and it will be an awesome conversation starter

(I'm already looking for suitable Albion giants for my own DoW project now I've seen these!)
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: Rowlybot on November 21, 2016, 09:02:22 AM: Some updates!

First there's the Galloper Guns that have also appeared over in the Tale's thread.

(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/9C02DEA6-9AED-4553-809F-9D35CF622CAB_zpsybauulx9.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/9C02DEA6-9AED-4553-809F-9D35CF622CAB_zpsybauulx9.jpg.html)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/FC139247-C60C-4F46-9C1D-151A564801BD_zpsoamjggdz.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/FC139247-C60C-4F46-9C1D-151A564801BD_zpsoamjggdz.jpg.html)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/28B3C51F-A659-42DE-8A14-8B36409F542F_zpsmbu0qwww.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/28B3C51F-A659-42DE-8A14-8B36409F542F_zpsmbu0qwww.jpg.html)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/F873F076-0323-4C22-9D77-1E3A6A11AED9_zpszfsiqpnv.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/F873F076-0323-4C22-9D77-1E3A6A11AED9_zpszfsiqpnv.jpg.html)

And these guys have been sat primed for perhaps 6 months. Over the weekend I finally got the motivation to get them done - I forgot to take WIPs of these so I haven't added them to the Tale's thread.
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f110/BennettBoys/warmaster/B4A23B56-1D92-48D7-87D0-8F668C77123D_zps30exonto.jpg) (http://s46.photobucket.com/user/BennettBoys/media/warmaster/B4A23B56-1D92-48D7-87D0-8F668C77123D_zps30exonto.jpg.html)
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: Stormwind on November 21, 2016, 01:36:17 PM: Good progress!
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: empireaddict on November 21, 2016, 08:51:07 PM: @Rowlybot, painting-wise you are on fire! Look forward to playing against them on 6 December. Shame I will be bringing an army that only has one colour - luminous green.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: marell le fou on November 21, 2016, 09:46:15 PM: Nice ! I like the canons very much.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: Grumbledook on November 21, 2016, 11:28:21 PM: Lovely Dogs of War! They've definately got the vibe of their 28mm cousins, they'll look great on the field I'm sure.

Looking forward to seeing more.
Title: Re: [WM] Dogs of War and Empire
Post by: Rowlybot on November 22, 2016, 09:05:44 AM: Thanks all.

I have one stand of the halflings 'done' (they still need to be based) but the models are awful little sculpts. And I'm finding it hard to find the motivation to finish the rest. Still, I'll endeavour to get them done by the end of November!