Eureka milking set, Conquest Games Normans and something special

I have finally finished the Eureka milking set, just in time for it to be released.  To jazz up the base I added a small wood stack and some rocks/flowers/grass as usual to break up the large expense of unbroken ground.

I really do like the faces of the milking woman and the boy.  Both dreaming of a better life…away from the cows.

On the WIP front I have put together the 7 Normans from Conquest games which I will be using for the Flemish swords for hire.  The figures aren’t as well armoured as the official versions but I play social games so I don’t think anyone will mind.

The figures went together reasonably well but I found the arms a bit annoying.  The arm socket in concave and sometimes the top of the arm piece is a bit flat so the join isn’t too good.  It hides the joint but doesn’t always result in a good join surface.  When in doubt add more glue and blow to speed up the drying process.  The odd man out is from the Eureka Dark Ages range and seems to fit the part, even if he is a bit on the short side.  I’m sure the other 7 guys respect the diversity he brings to the group.

Dapper Dan

Racing stripes

Finally something that makes painter dads proud.  I purchase some architectural models for my kids (6 and 3) to paint.  The 6 year did pretty well (having been painting since 3 years old), but then started to embellish.  I’m sure pink and green skirts will be back in fashion as some stage.  The 3 year old was more of a study in wet on wet blending technique.

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