Just a quickie......

Just a quick update to say that half the cavalry's mounts are done and I've included some pics of the Barded Biscuit Eaters hosses. I'll probably go ahead and start on some of the hoss riders today so I've finally got some nice pics of some completed mini's on the blog! I've also been mulling over including some Gassanid Arab Cavalry in the list in place of a unit of Huns. Full list to be posted very soon too.

All the barded horses were done using the methods I've outlined in my previous posts and I have to say that after a bit of tidying up they have come out rather well. Talking of tidying up I have discovered (some may call it cheating; I certainly would have a while back) a very neat and quick way of adding a bit of blacklining. For those not in the know, when I usually paint a mini I leave areas of black around the colours that I block in before adding highlights as this greatly improves the visual impact of the paint job and looks very tidy to boot. Some painters prefer to add these areas by blacklining after most of the paint has been applied. Anyway, I digress.....

I bought myself a Staedtler Pigment Liner pen from the local graphics shop and did all the blacklining with this pen. The ink in the pen has to be permanent enough to take a layer of gloss varnish and a layer of matt over the top so if you should decide to follow me and my cheaty ways then make sure you get a pen with very permanent ink or it may react with your varnish and make you cry :o) Oh, and obviosly you want an artificial tip and not a ballpoint; you never know, some folk are a bit daft ;o)