Manchuria, 1905

Hi all!
After painting so much armour and colourfull clothing and shields my eyes needed a break. After Björn wrote some Russo-Japanese-War army lists for Triumph&Tragedy I decided to paint some khaki wearing Russians. For a link to the army list pdf have a look at the Tsuba Miniatures site. There you can buy this fantastic miniatures sculpted by Paul Hicks, the Russians also can be used to represent the "colourfull" regiments of the South Russian Army during the Russian Civil War.
I experimented a bit with different khakis and washes on the shirts of the Russians. Their official summer dress where white shirts and white cloth cover for their heads. But they soon realised that the Japanese where good shooters and order was given to dye the white cloth or stop washing them. The dying was done by local chinese labourers and the result where a wide variety of khaki shades.
Enough said, I´m happy with how they turned out,
Cheers
Jan

Incursio Barbarica 23: 2nd Big Man

 The second Big Man, from Musketter´s Hengist&Horsa pack. Orvin, Haethelmar´s best friend. The shield nearly drove me insane, I repainted it four (!) times. It ended up like this, I´m not that happy but hey-it´s only a shield.

Here you see the whole bunch ganged up. Champion, Warlord (with Dog and Standard) and two big men. Now I´ve to finish the rest of the warriors and my Dux Brittianarum warband is complete.

Incursio Barbarica 22: Little farm

I didn´t paint for ages, but this weekend I finally managed to get my farm done. Dwellings are Gripping Beast, the wattle fence is Renedra and the rest is built from scratch. I did this for my germans, but I will look the part from the bronze age until medieval times I guess. 

Incursio Barbarica 21: Barbarian Standard Bearer

Yesterday I finished my Big Man´s standard bearer. Inspired, again, by the Warlord Chronicles I sculpted a bull´s skull as a banner top. A little bit "fantasy-style", but it looks convincingly savage to me. He´s also dressed in black, Beorwald gave one of his older shirts to his loyal follower. You can see the different base sizes, 30mm to 25mm to distinguish the big men from the lesser mortals.

Incursio Barbarica 20: First Big Man

So here he is, the first Big Man for my Germans. I used the Aella miniatur from Musketeer Minis, a miniatur I fell in love with the first time I saw it (all you fellow wargamers will understand I guess). In the Warlord Chronicles Aella wears a black bear-fur-coat, and I liked the idea of a grimm and dark veteran look. So black tunic, black coat, brown hair, black shield. To add some contrast he wears golden armour, some grey streaks in his beard and fancy striped trousers.   
Because of his fur coat I name him "Beorwald the Bull" , Heathelmar´s most loyal follower.
His personal standard will follow soon...

Incursio Barbarica 19: The Champion

The first big man, from Musketeers Horsa and Hengist pack. He will act as the Champion for my Warlord Haethelmar, his most skilled fighter: Sarolf, the Armoured Wolf. I wanted him to stand out on the battlefield, so decided to mount him on a scenic base. I´m quite satisfied with the result, he really looks like a dangerous opponent, doesn´t?

Incursio Barbarica 18: More Hearthguard

Four new Hearthguards, all Musketeer Miniatures Goth´s except the one with cloak, he´s a Roman with new head. Now I´m waiting for a MM order to arrive, with a lot of Characters and the missing 4 Hearthguard!