AVBCW Brigands

[nikharwood]

Thought it was about time I painted something in 2012 

This is the Brigand battlegroup for our AVBCW campaign; some pics of various stages...although I forgot to take pics throughout 





































I'll post some on-table pics tomorrow once I've matt-varnished them 

[Steve J]

Looking good so far and I like the mix of figures you have used for this group Amigo .

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

take it most of those are SCW figures ?

Horse teams would also be around, as well as imporv AFV.

IanS

[nikharwood]

Looking good so far and I like the mix of figures you have used for this group Amigo .

Thanks Steve - varnish drying now...

take it most of those are SCW figures ?

Some - but also WW1 & WW2 Brits, Italians, Soviet, InterWar civilians etc...

Horse teams would also be around, as well as imporv AFV.

Says who? The whole point of fictional stuff is that you can have what you like...these are Brigands from Broadwood Farm, Dunster; they have exactly what they've got. Have a look at my West Somerset BKCII variant & you'll see what I've designed for my setting 

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[Steve J]

I'll be using a mix of ranges for my Local Defence Volunteers to give them that rough-and-ready feel of a unit quickly assembled from whatever is at hand. It's also a great way of using up any spare figures you may have lying around .

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice one Nik, l,ove teh quads as transports, "Wait until we knick the guns that go wiv 'em Serge!"

[Steve J]

Don't give him ideas .

[nikharwood]

 

I like them as transports - and as as early version of the Hummer 

[fred.]

Look really good Nik - thought you might of gone for some blues and blacks to make them look a bit more Civvie like?

Still amazed how quickly you crank these out - and how they go from various shades of heavy dry brushed brown to finished in a couple of steps

[nikharwood]

Look really good Nik - thought you might of gone for some blues and blacks to make them look a bit more Civvie like?

Nah - the background to these fellas is that they're local hunters / poachers / smugglers & ne'er do wells who spend the vast majority of their time on-the-pillage in-the-village; there's a good few of 'em around today - and they all look like they could disappear into the woodland in seconds...greens & browns are the order of the day. I decided (when walking the dogs last night) that these are the Broadwood Brigands: they've seized the Crown Estate's farm in the Dunster Forest (this is a real place - both farm & forest) and use it as their base.

Still amazed how quickly you crank these out - and how they go from various shades of heavy dry brushed brown to finished in a couple of steps

It's a Zen thing 

[snafu]

nice work Nik..

As an aside there will be some rienforcements added to these soon. Local armed bobbies and Some "jolly good chaps" ! are well on their way as greens !

Should cheer you up 

[nikharwood]

Excellent - I'd quite like some local gendarmerie to wander the war-torn streets of West Somerset [& I live just behind the Victorian police station in Dunster so that'd be nice to model up as well...]