Egyptian Skirmishers


A batch of Egyptian missile troops to protect my infantry.

I managed to produce three stands of Skirmishers in this outing

Two units of Egyptian Archers




And a unit of Javelins



Finally another (T) unit of Archers to join the main battle line.





This is the last of my infantry figures on the pile right now, but I do have some reinforcements en route from the latest BTD Flash Sale.  Hopefully there will be enough time to get the chariots done, so I can claim to have reached the bottom of the pile on a project for once....

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  1. PrufrockAugust 31, 2017 at 6:50 PM

    Nice job, and congrats on finishing the whole pile (well, for the moment, at least!). It's an achievement few of us could claim!

    Cheers,
    Aaron

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    1. DartfrogAugust 31, 2017 at 10:03 PM

      It is a task that is only possible because I cannot find a package of chariots that arrived while I was out of town a couple months back....

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  2. Jonathan FreitagAugust 31, 2017 at 7:12 PM

    Good work! Your Egyptians are coming together quickly. This will be fine army! I enjoy seeing a variety of skintones but especially like the dark chestnut coloring on your skirmish stands. What color is that? The hide shields look good too.

    I have a pack of the BTD javelin men in the painting queue to add to the one Egyptian chariot painted so long ago.

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    1. DartfrogAugust 31, 2017 at 10:02 PM

      The base tone for the browner skin is Leather Brown with US Khaki highlights. The redder tone is Cavalry brown with German Light Red-Brown for the highlights. I found a "skin-tone" reference chart on-line with helpful guides for getting the right look for different regions.

      I have two chariots near to completion. I just need to drill and pin the crews. They seem very cramped.

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    2. Jonathan FreitagSeptember 1, 2017 at 10:16 AM

      If you can locate that painting guide, I would enjoy seeing it.

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    3. DartfrogSeptember 1, 2017 at 6:14 PM

      Here is one of them http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones

      He does a good job of presenting a wide pallet of colors to pick out the essential mix. I am only using 3 colors (base, mix, highlight) for mine, but overall I am happy with the mixtures. It is a far cry from my usual approach with Europeans of "Sunny Skin Tone, Wash, highlight"

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  3. DeanMSeptember 1, 2017 at 5:42 AM

    Looking good. Jonathan better keep up! :)

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    1. Jonathan FreitagSeptember 1, 2017 at 10:15 AM

      Luckily for me, Jake returns to the classroom this week!

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    2. DartfrogSeptember 1, 2017 at 12:53 PM

      Also, I am out of Egyptians... for now.

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  4. Michal DwarfCryptSeptember 1, 2017 at 6:23 AM

    Very, very good work!

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  5. PhilSeptember 1, 2017 at 11:42 PM

    Wonderful units, great painting, basing, and nice dispositions on the base, very realistic!

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    1. DartfrogSeptember 2, 2017 at 5:46 PM

      Thank you Phil. I always appreciate your feedback.

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  6. GonsalvoSeptember 2, 2017 at 12:09 PM

    Fine stuff, and more fuel for the arms race!

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    1. DartfrogSeptember 2, 2017 at 5:46 PM

      I am finding the chariots to be my stumbling block.

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