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Santiago and let slip the javelins of war! My Spanish warband for SAGA is done. Mustering across the table are 2 warlords, 12 Caballeros, 32 Jinetes and 10 footmen. The warband is made up of El Cid Crusader Miniatures with some Gripping Beast Arabs for an "Andalusia mercenaries" look.
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prior Spanish warband was Gripping Beast Normans painted in a yellow and red color theme. I much prefer these Crusader Miniatures. If you're going to paint Spanish, do have a look at Crusader! I used
Stronghold Terrain's metal bases with rare earth magnets. Love 'em, they really hold fast to the bottom of my transport boxes!
The Spanish will travel to Chicago for the US SAGA Grand Melee in March. I'm going to pair them with my buddy John R's Milites Christi in the Doubles Tournament. The Spanish are not good at melee and in a melee game, that makes them tricky to run. The Milites will be the hammer while my Spanish will annoy and trip up opponents with out-of-turn activations via
Iberia. Hammer and rapier, it should be a fun combination!
Beautiful painting, love the purple and the yellow really stands out.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, purple makes everyone look good. Or like I King at least!
DeleteLooks great Monty, those Warlords look very cool.
ReplyDeleteThe Spanish and Milite's Christi doubles army sounds like a very cool combo - both hard hitting in melee with Milites and ability to interupt with the spanish skills should work a treat
Mark, thanks! It seems to be a good combo in our practice games. Lets see how they run in the Big Show!
DeleteNo mistaking your beautiful painting style, Monty. As Ray notes, the yellows are amazing. This army will stand out in the competition, no doubt! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan, I really appreciate it! Convention halls can be a bit dark so the bright yellows should help me find my army. ;-)
DeleteThat's one beautiful looking army Monty!
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Thanks Christopher! If I were to paint Spanish a 3rd time (not likely) I'd follow closer to your footsteps with your Spanish. They're awesome.
DeleteBeautiful painting, Monty!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Sergiuss!
DeleteLovely figures, lovely colors...love the yellow!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, it will be hard to lose this army, what with the bright yellow. ;-)
DeleteWhat a sensational post Monty, amazing job Sir. The colours and vibrancy look wonderful and great to see the fledgling Frostgrave band - love what you've done with those multiple crow bases.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Michael! I lifted the Crow basing from Michael. They're a neat trick from Zombicide.
DeleteWoooooW! epic painting work!
ReplyDeleteLovly colours
Thanks Michal!
DeleteReally like that purple, Monty. Saturation is super high.
ReplyDeleteLove it, I'm a fan of super saturated colors!
DeleteMarvellously painted, Monty! Thanks for the great pics! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteThanks man!
DeleteAbsolutely stunning Monty. That vibrant yellow is glorious!
ReplyDeleteThanks Millsy! I need to check where you are in the painting challenge. 1-3rd place? ;-)
DeleteWow - great looking figures. Glad to have your acquired your warm up project on the topic!
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