Greetings Terrans, yes, I’m afraid it’s more progress on the Conan ‘minis’ this week, and we are back to the massed rank and file. So far we have seen two of the four main warband level factions – the Picts and the Undead. Now we get a bit more relatable with the ‘Bossonian Guard’. As usual, we have the majority of the minis being the same sculpt, and then a couple of groups of 5 alternative sculpts plus a character. Here’s the main mini – I did 15 of these Halberdiers:

I think it’s quite a nice mini for what it is – he’s well posed, and has just enough detail to be interesting while keeping within the limits of what can be done well with the material. The box art has the Bosonian Guard as having red uniform, but I’d already used red on the Picts, so I went blue instead – mostly with contrasts for the base coat & then traditional highlighting on the blue & flesh.
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Here’s the next pose – five of these guys:

Obviously painted in the same way as the main mini (please excuse the awful mould line – I couldn’t be arsed with tidying it up… the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze!).
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Slight departure for the next 5, with these bowmen:

These were painted in the same way, but with the palette shifting to the more neutral tones… they looked more scouty than the Halberdiers, so I toned them down a bit.
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Finally here’s a leader/captain for the unit:

Again, painted in the same way but with a bit more effort to elevate him slightly from the rabble.
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Here’s the whole group together:

I’m really happy with these – I’m a sucker for units like this where the monopose actually makes sense, but also, I think these minis are he pick of the rank & file bunch so far.
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So that’ it for another week – next week I’ll tackle the final warband from the Conan set – the Pirates! Don’t get too excited though – having previewed the minis, I can honestly say the Pirates are terrible minis… If this week’s guards were the pick of the litter, the Pirates are definitely the runts (and possibly other words that rhyme). I’ll be painting them through gritted teeth…
Great work on all of these Alex, the halberdiers would look good as guards around a palace, with the classic on guard pose. I hope all goes well with the runt pirates, but can imagine it being a labour to get through them, with what you have said
Cheers mate, yeah, they are perfect for any kind of guarding activity as well as being a nice formed up unit. I can see these being pretty useful allrounders ☺️
As for the pirates… we’ll see
Sometime painting is wonderful and sometimes it ‘s work! These have come out rather nicely though, I’m looking forward to seeing these pirates now, (even if you aren’t).😉
Cheers Roger.
😂 Cheers mate
What do you mean “more relatable” – I could really see myself in those Picts! ;-) Great work on these, I’m never that keen on monopose figures but it works well here.
Cheers dude, yeah, you’re the exception 😁
I hear you mate – there’s a time & place for monopose… undead can get away with it, ranked units, robots and automatons… that’s about it! Funnily enough, that’s the big issue with the pirates for next week… no good excuse for being monopose!
They look great, I especially like the slightly muted blues and browns, and there’s some decent detail on them too. Nice one!
Cheers mate, it’s all downhill from here 😂
You are doing quite an impressive work on all of them. I’m visiting your previous installments on the game and I love them all!
Cheers mate, it has become a strange obsession to paint the lot!
Very nice Alex, they look great to me and I get what you say about monopose figures. Like Roger I am now intrigued to see the pirates. 🙂
Cheers mate – keep your expectation levels low 😂
You’ve done them more than justice, they genuinely look very nice. Love the choice of colours here.
Cheers dude, I’m pleased with the blue – I don’t use it often, so nice to have a little go 😁
Those look great. They make up a nice little force really.
Cheers,
Pete.
Cheers mate, they’re pretty cool for what they are 😊
Nice work on those! Are they 32mm scale? Also, good luck with those pirates!
Cheers mate, yup, they come up big on an oldhammer mini so I’d say 32mm is about right – I’ll do a scale shot at some point. Thanks for the goodluck message – I’ll grit my teeth & get it done 😬
They look really good, Alex. And as a bonus they make a cohesive force for any smaller-scale skirmish games you may get around to playing. You could almost do SAGA from that bunch!
Cheers dude, yup, great as singles, but they make a nice unit or units (I reckon a good 4 units for Lion/Dragon Rampant for example… Not bad for pennies!
I completely forgot about the Rampant games! I really need to get some tabletop under my belt again as opposed to just board games. When does Covid end, again?
Not bloody soon enough ☹️
These are great man. I’ve obviously missed a few posts but I’m loving these. What makes the pirates not great minis? I’m still keen to see them.
Cheers dude & no wokkers – I know you’ve been up against it mate. You’ll just have to wait and see on the pirates… brace yourself 😬
Consider me braced