I quickly set up the board outside and just staged a few shots. This should be good enough for us to play.
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| Lord Curr sees a target... |
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| ...nevermind, they work for him! |
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| Mad Mick and The Boss |
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| experimenting with "depth of field" |
Friday, August 26, 2016
Scenery for In Her Majesty's Name
In addition to painting Lord Curr's Company, I also managed to build four cobblestone tiles for a gaming board, some paper scenery, and reclaim some old Necromunda scenery that can double as steampunk terrain. The Necromunda buildings were built at least 15 years ago but I never got around to painting them, as well as some resin cast crates (also never painted). We're going to be playing our second game of In Her Majesty's Name at Fall-In 2016 and I wanted some additional scenery but didn't have time to build new stuff from scratch. Then I remembered that these old buildings would be perfect.
I quickly set up the board outside and just staged a few shots. This should be good enough for us to play.
I quickly set up the board outside and just staged a few shots. This should be good enough for us to play.
In Her Majesty's Name (updated!)
UPDATE:
2017 July 22:
I decided to enter my Lord Curr's Company into the Historicon 2017 Painting Competition, just on a lark and see how my regular painting stood up. I originally planned to enter these guys last year, but we got stuck in traffic and missed the entry window.
I was determined not to miss it this year so we got down there a day early.
Unexpectedly, I placed 3rd in the Fantasy/Steampunk Unit category! I was stunned.
There's a decent chance that some of the figures might show up in the Wargames Illustrated issue that shows the winners in a few months!
Original post:
2016 August 26
About a year ago I began working on my company for In Her Majesty's Name. I bought and painted Lord Curr's Company, but somehow when I finished I forgot to post pics of the completed figs.
So...I used this opportunity to experiment with natural outdoor lighting. I set up the Foldio lightbox but didn't use the LED light; instead I angled the box to have the sun shining into the box. This posed a new set of challenges dealing with the natural shadows cast, especially from my hands holding the camera. Because I was fighting the shadows and was running out of time, I didn't get great pictures of each fig.
Shadows aside, it was amazing the difference natural light had on the colors of the figures compared to the general yellow tinting you get from light bulbs (even the LED lights still seem to impart some color on the lighting).
Lastly, I want to thank Kevin Dallimore who answered a few questions about paint colors which helped me get the right tone for the blue uniformed Incorrigible.
Anyways, on to the pictures!
2017 July 22:
I decided to enter my Lord Curr's Company into the Historicon 2017 Painting Competition, just on a lark and see how my regular painting stood up. I originally planned to enter these guys last year, but we got stuck in traffic and missed the entry window.
I was determined not to miss it this year so we got down there a day early.
Unexpectedly, I placed 3rd in the Fantasy/Steampunk Unit category! I was stunned.
There's a decent chance that some of the figures might show up in the Wargames Illustrated issue that shows the winners in a few months!
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| 3rd place! |
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| Finally got some hardware |
Original post:
2016 August 26
About a year ago I began working on my company for In Her Majesty's Name. I bought and painted Lord Curr's Company, but somehow when I finished I forgot to post pics of the completed figs.
So...I used this opportunity to experiment with natural outdoor lighting. I set up the Foldio lightbox but didn't use the LED light; instead I angled the box to have the sun shining into the box. This posed a new set of challenges dealing with the natural shadows cast, especially from my hands holding the camera. Because I was fighting the shadows and was running out of time, I didn't get great pictures of each fig.
Shadows aside, it was amazing the difference natural light had on the colors of the figures compared to the general yellow tinting you get from light bulbs (even the LED lights still seem to impart some color on the lighting).
Lastly, I want to thank Kevin Dallimore who answered a few questions about paint colors which helped me get the right tone for the blue uniformed Incorrigible.
Anyways, on to the pictures!
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| Lord Curr and his Company |
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| The big man, Lord Edward Ronan Curr himself |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Incorrigible |
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| Lady Felicity, a.k.a. Two Gun Tess |
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| Mad Mick McFarlane |
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| Sgt. Something or Other... |
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| Mohan Singh |
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| Incorrigible |
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