Dogs of War (1)

Last couple of weeks have seen my Dogs of War brought out of the cupboard and painted up. Many of these I bought when first released others when Games Workshop dumped them half price when they dropped the range, the Giants of Albion were picked up for £14. Now I realise that most are over 10 years old which shows how time flies.

Even though they left the shops a limited selection were available online and they later added the character of Marco Colombo which was the first I painted.

Soon after I started digging around for more and realised I could put together a respectable small army. I started with the Long Drong Slayer Pirates. For some reason I had two standard bearers in the box but it's a bit late to complain now so I went ahead.

Next were Pirazzo's Lost Legion. Years ago I started painting these but in bottle green cloth with bronze armour as per the box art. This time I decided that was all too dark and I wanted something lighter and more fitting for the Mediterranean or South Americas, wherever they are to operate. So I went for a cream cloth and silver armour.

Last up for this batch are the Giants of Albion. These were a bot of work to assemble, gaps and mould lines running across skin and worst of all, hair. This needed a bit of imagination when filling/sculpting bit it went well. My favourite was always the one with the rock, but through painting I found the one with the tree to be more characterful and pleasing on the eye.

These set me off to a good start so I'm into bulking it out with a few more items. I have Vespero's Vendetta which currently just needs the bases done and there are some galloper guns too for artillery. But needing more straight forward regiments I just received 14 Braganza's Besiegers through the post from eBay and have been given 24 Alcatani Fellowship by my father so the work isn't finished yet by a long way.