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Friday, 8 April 2011

Greek Phalanx (Hat )

The whole set with decals from Little Big man studios. I mean, who wants to paint 48 individual shield patterns!!?
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30 comments:

  1. Yarik8 April 2011 at 09:11

    Very nice!
    Big work

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  2. Misha Gerrick8 April 2011 at 09:12

    This looks like an awesome pass time. Tempted... very tempted...

    ^_^

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  3. Paul´s Bods8 April 2011 at 09:25

    Thanks :-D
    @Yarik...wait until the letter M comes along in the A-Z challenge ;-D
    @Misha thanks, it´s a fun pastime and I can recommend it to anyone, but I doubt I will ever make any money doing it, writing on the other hand ;-D
    Cheers
    Paul

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  4. Giano8 April 2011 at 09:41

    Thumbs up for your great work!
    those little friends are on my to-do list, though they won't have the same detail as your bods because I'm trying to expand my wargame armies as quickly as possible now.

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  5. Paul´s Bods8 April 2011 at 09:52

    Thanks Giano.
    I advise you not to go too fast, Try and do the best you can...there´s no rush. This little lot took about 2 weeks, as a mass they look good but get up close and you start to see where I cut corners...this annoys me now..then it was acceptable, like you I wanted big armies and now.
    Cheers
    paul

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  6. Caliban8 April 2011 at 09:56

    That's amazing work for only two weeks - well done! I reckon you're working about four times as quickly as I can...

    Cheers
    Paul

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  7. peter8 April 2011 at 10:35

    Two weeks? Man what are you up to? And all the other things you're working on!
    I think I need some free time, so I can catch you up!
    Great phalanx Paul, and the shields, decals or not, look very nice ;-)
    Greetings
    Peter

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  8. Ray Rousell8 April 2011 at 10:35

    Very nice, especially the last pic, where you've got a shot of all the shields. LBMS are a god-send!

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  9. Unknown8 April 2011 at 10:47

    It looks like a formidable force. The paint is good for 2 weeks work. Are they 28mm scale?

    Sometimes I miss assembly line painting, except for the eyestrain and repetitive stress injuries.

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  10. Jeff Beesler8 April 2011 at 10:52

    You could write Epic Fantasy using these little guys as templates for your vast armies. Pleasure to meet you from the A-Z Challenge!

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  11. The Angry Lurker8 April 2011 at 11:06

    Very nice, love a bit of Greek and as for putting on decals and shield transfers I have to contract out the work.

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  12. Paul´s Bods8 April 2011 at 11:37

    Thanks :-D
    @Will...nope..20mm. I´d love to have a 28mm phalanx..maybe soon but a spear/halberd block with my Medieval perrys. Out of 80 I´ve got 11 finished..not based. With these bods I´m taking my time.
    @Rich. A trick. First score the decal with a sharp blade, make a couple of lines across the surface. Then smear a bit of prittstick glue over the shiled and put the transfer on, position the decal and then with maximum pressure, squeeze the bod between forefinger and thumb, shield facing towards your thumb. Hold for a couple of seconds...finished.
    @Jeff.pleasure to meet you too. A great idea this A-Z It´s opened my viewing of blogs right up. :-D
    Cheers
    paul

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  13. Porky8 April 2011 at 11:56

    That's a lot of work, decals or no! They look stunning ranked up and with all the variation.

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  14. Paul8 April 2011 at 12:35

    Stunning work, phew 48 shield decals! Rather you than me.

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  15. kingsleypark8 April 2011 at 13:19

    Great looking models Paul.

    And good tip re the decals. I just have painful memories of trying to apply the damned things on to my Airfix model planes

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  16. CarloAntonio8 April 2011 at 13:45

    Fantastic !!! Very nice look !! Amazing work Paul !!48 individual shield patterns .... WOW !!!!

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  17. Uwe8 April 2011 at 13:54

    Hi Paul,

    puh I am no. 19 with my comment!! A great addition to the diorama!!!!!

    cheers
    uwe

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  18. mekelnborg8 April 2011 at 14:29

    Which letter are we on now? I lost track laughing at that guy with the head-gonne.

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  19. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)8 April 2011 at 14:52

    Very nice....lock shields!

    Cheers
    Christopher

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  20. War Minister Crittumbo8 April 2011 at 17:51

    Those are wonderful Paul

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  21. Cole Garrett8 April 2011 at 19:52

    Hey Paul. I've been browsing these A to Z challenge blogs for a few hours, now. After a while, they start looking the same. Then yours jumped completely out of the mold. Thanks for the refreshing read. One of the most unique takes on this challenge yet. Nice work!

    Cole at Dry Humor Daily
    http://dryhumordaily.blogspot.com/

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  22. Laughing Ferret9 April 2011 at 02:41

    Very nice! I've always shied away from using transfers, but this is the perfect example of when to use them: those shields look great!

    Makes me think of playing the board game Titan, with the various icons to mark your legions...

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  23. Battlescale9 April 2011 at 04:03

    Not my era but man those are impressive! Excellent work Paul.

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  24. BigRedBat9 April 2011 at 06:53

    Very impressive Paul! One of the nice things about plastics is you can make big units. I bet the transfers cost more than the minis!

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  25. gee9 April 2011 at 07:04

    great paul, you are brilliant.

    heres a blog, hope this works

    http://plasmaticplastic.blogspot.com/

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  26. gee9 April 2011 at 07:05

    it was my birds blog but i took it over

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  27. МаксимС9 April 2011 at 07:47

    Пауль,хорошая фаланга!Красивая рабата.Я впечетлён!

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  28. Paul´s Bods10 April 2011 at 06:33

    Thanks all. :-D
    The most comments I have ever had for a post...:-D
    Cheers
    paul

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  29. MiniMike10 April 2011 at 11:50

    I'll add another Paul. Impressive phalanx, you did a very good job on them!
    Michael

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  30. Paul´s Bods10 April 2011 at 13:45

    Thanks Michael :-D
    Cheers
    Paul

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