Wednesday 4 April 2012

Perry Miniatures War of the Roses Blue and Murrey

  My latest batch of Perry plastic WotR figures with a few of their metal figures mixed in. I have gone for speed with painting these, just a base coat and wash, with a highlight on the flesh and metal. I have not bothered to paint any badges on them either so that they will be more versatile with any blue and Murrey retinues, just needing to change the flags/banners. 
 I am looking forward to picking up a couple of boxes of their new plastic mounted knights at Salute later this month and with all those spare heads the first two plastic box sets will be even more versatile.












More Zulu War to come in the next couple of posts.
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  1. Michael Awdry4 April 2012 at 14:33

    Oh I say, there rather nice! Yet another period I've got my eye on, but resisting so far. Like you I'm building quite a list for Salute!

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  2. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)4 April 2012 at 16:34

    That's just simply wonderful work!

    Christopher

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  3. Cory4 April 2012 at 19:30

    Very nice! I really like how you paint your armor.

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    1. Silver Whistle5 April 2012 at 03:51

      In the past I have painted armour over a black undercoat but for speed it was a white undercoat, games workshop boltgun metal, raw umber wash, boltgun metal highlight and if I am feeling really generous another highlight of games workshop chainmail.

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  4. Galpy4 April 2012 at 22:00

    very very nice great looking builds wonderful figures

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  5. Ray Rousell4 April 2012 at 22:23

    Some beautiful figures!!

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  6. Cyrus5 April 2012 at 00:14

    Fantastic painting, buildings and photos!

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  7. DHC Wargames5 April 2012 at 01:50

    Looking beautyful... as always!

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  8. Steve h5 April 2012 at 02:43

    Very nice mate! Your amassing quite a collection!

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  9. Silver Whistle5 April 2012 at 03:52

    Thanks Chaps.

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  10. Rodger5 April 2012 at 04:30

    Wonderful painting on these guys. They are really looking very nice.

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  11. DaveD5 April 2012 at 12:35

    Excellent job ,look great en masse

    now all you need to do is add a bowstring and arrow to those bowmen ;-)

    DD

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  12. Captain Richard's miniature Civil War11 April 2012 at 12:49

    You have got some of the best scenery and miniatures I've seen...outstanding work

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  13. Allan and Carmen12 April 2012 at 18:54

    Fantastic post!

    The miniatures are extremely well painted ad the buildings look incredible!

    Is the terrain all scratch built?

    Which rules will you use for your WOTR?

    Happy Gaming,

    Allan

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  14. Silver Whistle13 April 2012 at 02:32

    Thanks once again Chaps.

    Allan, the terrain is made by myself, the buildings are 50/50, I tend to buy some buildings and then knock up a replica. In this picture one of the buildings is from Grand Manner, there is another commercial building in there but I can't think of the name of the company now, the rest are made by myself and the walls are from Empress Miniatures.

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    1. Silver Whistle13 April 2012 at 02:40

      Forgot to mention, which rules will I use for WotR. I have based my figures on single bases so I can use them for large skirmish games ie adapted Lord of the Rings are fun.

      I also have movement trays for the figures so I can play the bigger type games, WAB, Days of Knights and I think there is a peter pig set of rules for this period that might be quite good.

      The nice thing with the movement trays you can order the size you require from www.warbases.co.uk for the rules you want to use.

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  15. Dalauppror27 November 2012 at 12:30

    Stunning pictures !

    Greate painted minis and very good terrain :)

    Best regards Michael

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  16. Silver Whistle27 November 2012 at 13:28

    Thanks Michael and welcome to my blog.

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  17. Anonymous16 January 2013 at 08:21

    Great painting, I'm consider grabbing a box of these!

    What paints and washes did you use to paint them?

    Thanks,
    Matt

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    1. Silver Whistle18 January 2013 at 07:44

      Thanks Matt.
      Blue = Vallejo dark blue 930
      Murrey = Games Workshop scab red.
      For painting the figures and washes that I use, look under LABELS 'Painting Figures'.

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  18. The Kiwi15 September 2014 at 18:50

    Excellent painting.
    Cheers

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  19. mog23 October 2014 at 13:22

    really nice paintwork

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  20. Silver Whistle24 October 2014 at 09:25

    Thanks chaps. It is good to see you are still visiting these older blog posts after all this time.

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  21. Stiùbhart28 September 2015 at 09:07

    Inspiring stuff once again! I'm away to put together a couple of WotR retinues for Lion Rampant. This post is all the inspiration I need!

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    1. Silver Whistle28 September 2015 at 09:49

      Thanks Stiubhart, I am amazed that this page is still getting visits three and a half years later. The WotR stuff has had more hits on this blog than anything else.

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  22. Stiùbhart28 September 2015 at 09:08

    Inspiring stuff once again! I'm away to put together a couple of WotR retinues for Lion Rampant. This post is all the inspiration I need!

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  23. FreshMilk30 July 2018 at 04:21

    I'm just starting to plan out my WotR project and found this page. These figs look great (and the scenery as well).

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