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Project Entry by taochi

Maynard's Pirate Hunters - Part 2

August 28, 2023

Tutoring 5

Skill 7

Idea 9

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I did not feel good about placing the fragile plastic sailors in a foam container, as snagged hands would soon snap. I therefore came up with another solution: 25mm stick on magnets.

I applied the magnets to each miniature...

And annotated the bottom with the unit nationality and type using a metallic sharpie (B - ritish | Sea Dog | Maynard). Many units are similar and this will help moving forward when dozens are in the box.

Speaking of boxes, holiday cookies are bad for your health but so good for your miniatures.

Instant transportable storage. Let me know if you have suggestions to improve it :)

I painted the Able Seamen in much the same way as I painted the seadogs, with a predominant red and grey them, which will nevertheless allow me to use them as British sailors in future forces configurations.

Lessons learned from the second unit painting:

Painting the flesh with a lighter flesh tone as a base (Cadian from GW) and then applying flesh wash allowed me to have a better final control over the facial features, hands and feet.
I switched to an old gold tone (Gehenna’s Gold) for the brass metal and it provides a more appropriate look for these elements (I still use GW gloss fleshshade to tone down the glare.

I ran out of pistols as both maynard's men and the pirates were to wirled braces of pistols. Footsore sells some pretty adequate pistols which arrived very fast and were promptly attached to the miniatures (below). Onces primed, it is difficult to tell the difference.