Dio-Bolical Monday No: 59 – “Death & Taxes: The Earls Visit – Part 37”

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This week I started on basing the mounted knights.  The first task was to determine the position of each figure.  For aesthetic reasons I decided on having the horses with Comparisons all near the front where they would be the most visible.  The Knights I liked least would be in the more obscure positions.  So each knight could be seen I also decided against having them completely side by side, choosing instead to have them slightly offset.

Once this was determined I needed to base the inner row first, let things dry and then paint before doing the next row.  The reason for this was purely for access.  I also decided to base each horse in its own right just to make things easier too.  This way I only had to deal with gaps and joints and making sure the ground colours blended in.  When I hit the outer row I needed to add the wolf hounds as well (remember them?)

Last week I posted what I thought was my final knight.  Well in some ways it was but when I did a count back I realised one of the mounted knights I had never posted on the blog!  Not sure how that happened but more to the point I didn’t take any photo’s either.  If you can’t work out which one it is it’s the one to the right of the yellow and blue knight in the penultimate image below (not that all the photo’s are that clear!).

The ground work mainly comprised of filler mixed with fine sand, grit, ground cat litter and just about any texture I had lying around.  I mixed water and PVA to the mixture and in some instances added paint too to make some of the painting easier.  After it had dried I mainly used diluted oils because the capillary action works so well and makes it  very easy to get paint into indifficult areas. Thereafter it was all about dry brushing until I considered the job done.

Numerous images below, not necessarily in the correct order but sufficient to give you an idea of how things currently now look.

Next week I’ll start basing the Barn.

TIM

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28 thoughts on “Dio-Bolical Monday No: 59 – “Death & Taxes: The Earls Visit – Part 37””

  2. Really coming together Dave, and so great to see the models in their forever homes.
    The extra Knight looks great too, and your saying one of the weeks you said didn’t get much done, you actually got two knights completed !

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  4. Well that works! I was a little unsure how some of the peasants would look positioning wise when you put them on but now it makes perfect sense.
    The work you put into all those Knights is really paying off now, and the work so well together, all those different cloth colours work great in the end!
    This is just looking great, we’ll done!

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  5. Oh I see how it’s done. You just make a mess and then wave a wand and MAGIC! I’d likely throw up my hands and a few other things and run around the house screaming during the first stage though. Seriously, amazing to watch the progress shots and how it ‘all of a sudden’ turns into realistic looking ground. The more I see people use oils, the more I am tempted. Oh by the way, I checked out the UK news and no one was thrown into jail and no houses caught on fire. So I’m guessing you didn’t have your birthday yet!?!

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  6. I know you’ve still got a ways to go but this is jaw-dropping stuff. The procession of knights are amazing looking and this diorama is starting to remind me of scenes in Kingdom of Heaven. Very impressive and exciting stuff. I can’t wait to see more as you get around to it!

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      1. It’s quite interesting, ain’t it?
        Have you supported the Baron’s Wars 3 as well, the Outremér (Crusader)-Campaign?
        Was quite a big one, with the hospital.
        Speaking of “big” how or better where are you fitting such a huge diorama in?

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      2. No I didn’t do the kickstarter, happy to wait until the items are on general release. As to the diorama I’m working on I have a display space for it but after that I’ll be well and truly stuck for space for something of this size.

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      3. You’re not wrong, as Footsore isn’t giving you great discounts on their KS anyway…

        “but after that I’ll be well and truly stuck for space for something of this size.”

        Maybe you should seriously start consider building a musum, I’ve seen people do that with lego actually. haha

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  12. “The Knights I liked least would be in the more obscure positions”. Funnily enough the Earl said the same thing…
    The whole parade of them looks great, and the basing to blend the figures into the scene is spot on.

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