Eureka Miniatures miking set

Late in 2013 I won the up coming “Milking Set” from Eureka miniatures.  This diorama set consists of a cow being milked, a woman milking the cow, a woman carrying two buckets and a boy churning.  Simple figures very much designed to be added as background to any wargaming table.  Which is exactly what I intend to do.  The figures will be put on a oval base with some ground cover, etc to add flavour to the table.

Base laid out

Once this set got out of the lead pile and onto the painting table it’s been an in-between  project.  So progress has been rather slow.  Also I have been trying to do a bit better on the shading and glazing so these have been trial pieces for that.

Milking time

For the cow I went for the Brown Swiss variety.  Not 100% with the end result as I made the off white stripes a bit too uniform.  Also my white shading needs a lot of work.  The boy is my favourite figure as he looks suitably bored in his activities.  The woman carrying the milk buckets has a bit of an odd face.  The woman milking the cow is fine with a reasonably smooth face.

Dreaming of a better life?

As can been seen the figures are pretty much done and I have glued them onto the base and started the ground work.  I have to smooth the figures bases into the ground, paint the ground and then flock.  Hopefully some completed pictures coming later.

Peasants love brown