Saturday, 28 November 2020

Three Mair Quines an' a Puckle o' Kye

Translation - three more girls and a few cattle! These are the last of my first batch of Fenryll figures - three maids doing the household washing! I have only created one washing line so far and will do a second to accommodate the rest of the hanging items the sculptor has helpfully provided with these three figures.

Secondly, I have a few black cattle ready to be "reived" when we finally get to playing a Border Revers skirmish. These are from a small English company called Serious Play and are specifically 28mm wargaming cattle. They are supposedly resin but are almost rubbery in consistency - not that its a problem, it was just a surprise after dealing with the resin figures from Fenryll. 

There are several different poses and at £3.29 for a pack of 3, they are the most cost effective cattle I was able to track down on the web. I have painted them entirely black to represent Galloway cattle, which seemed to me to be the most likely type of animals to be inhabiting the borderlands 450 years ago.










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  1. Steve J.28 November 2020 at 23:50

    Yet more great additions Keith and should certainly add lots of character and detail to your games. Also thanks for the translation!

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    1. rross28 November 2020 at 23:57

      Thanks Steve...and I should finally be posting some images of actual troops in the not too distant future!

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  2. caveadsum147129 November 2020 at 00:33

    Good looking laundry vignette! Nice looking cattle too,I went with pegasus 1/48 plastic animals set which is pretty good but I like these and that's a good price!
    Best Iain

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 07:41

      Thanks Iain...the Fenryll figures, as always, are exceptional sculpts. Serious Play do pigs and sheep too and in several scales. Thanks for the tip on Pegasus, I will check them out too.

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    2. Andrew Stewart29 November 2020 at 13:22

      I have those Pegasus animals in my "stores" somewhere. They are softish plastic like old Airfix - I probably won't use them so you can maybe have some?

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    3. rross29 November 2020 at 14:16

      OK thanks Andrew...I can have a look when you are ready for a game?

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  3. Jonathan Freitag29 November 2020 at 04:38

    Perfect farm yard scenes, Keith! You’ve done a great job on the washerwoman.

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 07:43

      Thanks Jonarhan they have been fun to paint

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  4. Ray Rousell29 November 2020 at 07:34

    A great scene Keith. Figures look fab.

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 07:46

      Cheers Ray, the Fenryll resin figures really are very nice and reasonably priced at around £4 each...cheap for this quality in resin.

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  5. Aly Morrison29 November 2020 at 07:58

    Lovely looking toys Keith...
    I do like the cattle...

    All the best. Aly

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 14:17

      Thanks Aly - in truth, we should probably have ten times as many - but like all things wargaming, I have scaled them down (although when the figure scale is 1:1 skirmish, the validity of doing that is somewhat diminished!)

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  6. Lawrence H29 November 2020 at 08:16

    Lovely work Keith, and the washing ladies and cattle look terrific. I especially like the colours you have used on the ladies.

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 14:19

      Thanks Lawrence - I have tried to keep the servant/peasant girls in more muted tones than the "ladies"!

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  7. Stuart S29 November 2020 at 22:21

    Great additions Keith, they really bring the table to life...
    Fantastic stuff.
    Cheers
    Stu

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    1. rross29 November 2020 at 22:35

      Thanks Stu, I totally agree, but I think I have probably done enough of these "background" figures for a while - time to paint some guys who will actually do some fighting!

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  8. DeanM30 November 2020 at 04:37

    Lovely ladies and beef on hooves, Keith. I will have to check out Fenryll - a good (sculpted) woman us hard to find.

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    1. rross30 November 2020 at 06:18

      Thanks Dean. Yes I agree, although they are getting better, some female figures still look like they are men in a dress!

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  9. Dmitry Svidlo2 December 2020 at 10:17

    More lovely miniatures to your projects! Very nice additions.

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  10. Doug13 December 2020 at 00:51

    Cracking stuff. 'Must resist buying figures for border reivers.. ' I do like the washer women, although they do look a bit well dressed and coiffed :)

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    1. rross13 December 2020 at 07:12

      Thanks Doug...why resist, life's too short!

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    2. rross13 December 2020 at 07:16

      I just noticed your profile location is Dundee...I am originally from Montose!

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