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Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 30 Jan 2016, 14:04

Here are my four first Assyrians from Caesar. They are beautifully sculpted and more challenging(for me) to paint than Romans I. Doing these I also tried out my new magnifying lamp that worked out great.

Posted by **davbenbak1** on 30 Jan 2016, 19:16

I got a lighted magnifying desk lamp for Father's Day a few years ago. Love it! Only problem is now all my mistakes are magnified!

Posted by **MABO** on 30 Jan 2016, 19:35

Cool. I am not quite sure if I have every seen Caesars Assyriens painted before.

Posted by **Bluefalchion** on 30 Jan 2016, 19:43

They look great. You really got those spears to be straight. Love the metallic colors.

Posted by **Peter** on 30 Jan 2016, 20:11

Nice and neat painted figures! Looking forward to the rest of the army! ;-)

Posted by **Beano Boy** on 30 Jan 2016, 20:33

Being rather cheeky i copied your photo,and added more light to it,thus revealing all your detail work. Splendid painting on these tiny figures. :thumbup:

Are they off to lay siege to Jerusalem? BB

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 31 Jan 2016, 14:54

Thanks for the kind comments. Haha..yeah, the drawback with magnifying things is that you see stuff TOO well!

@Beano Boy
Yeah, I always get my photos too dark, but I'm slowly learning how to edit them with Photoshop. This time though it only brightened the background, with an automatic fix. Do you care to post your edited version?

Posted by **dykio** on 31 Jan 2016, 21:27

Great paintjob! I realy love assyrians. I"ve painted a dba army long time ago (i think i did put pictures on bennos somewhere) and i also used some newline figs. Those are great also and match very well with the ceasars. Hope to see some more soon !

Posted by **Beano Boy** on 01 Feb 2016, 03:25

Posted by **Susofrick** on 01 Feb 2016, 08:40

Also use a mgnyfying lamp and the same experience as Dave. Very cool painting!

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 01 Feb 2016, 22:42

Thanks for the image, they definitely look better!

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 06 Feb 2016, 14:12

Ok, so here's another four in progress. I'm still experimenting with various colours, especially the skin tone. Since they are from the Middle-east I want them to have a darker skin colour(I think the type is called "olive"). I don't know if I've managed to come close to that, but I've mixed a darker flesh tone with leather brown and then washed it with sepia. Are any of you "skin-experts", that can give me some advice? :-)

I'm also considering whether to paint the weapons in bronze or iron. Regular metal looks better with the brown, but as this was in the Bronze age, I suppose it would be more historically correct to have the spear tips and sword blades in bronze? The helmets on the other hand were iron, that I know

Thanks for watching

Posted by **bilsonius** on 06 Feb 2016, 19:24

For those who haven't seen painted Assyrians before, there are some fine examples on the Caesar website:
http://www.miniknight.com/images/H007/007assyrian.JPG
http://www.miniknight.com/images/gallery/G9/assyriansRoland.JPG
(plus several other examples if you search; the site is great for colour guides on all their sets, as well as for general inspiration.)

The Assyrian infantry are also one of the few painted sets at PSR:
http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=842

Incidentally, although the Caesar website says that this set is discontinued, and was indeed becoming rather hard to find, several UK suppliers seem to be restocked with it and a number of others. :-D

Now, if only Caesar would pull their N**i finger out and finally produce their long-promised Babylonians...! ;-)

Posted by **dykio** on 07 Feb 2016, 00:15

I did paint some myselve but not half as good as yours are. But perhaps they can help you alittle bit
http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10555&p=128217&hilit=assyrian#reply

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 08 Feb 2016, 17:11

Thanks for the links, they will be a good inspiration. Right now I "only" have Osprey's Ancient Assyrians as a painting guide. That's a nice looking army of yours, dykio, especially the purple and blue colour theme. I don't understand what "inline" figures mean, though. Is that the manfacturer?

I mostly ordered from Ebay until I found this great forum and some UK sellers that still have the assyrians in stock. No more US orders! :yeah:

Posted by **dykio** on 08 Feb 2016, 18:05

Hi there, thx for the compliment and the figs i was talking about are from :
http://newlinedesigns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=151_507&zenid=aec46e6269d4a5122d01e521e1e75d3c

Very nice figs!
And i'm following this thread with much interest :yeah:

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 12 Feb 2016, 18:12

Looks like they are a good compliment to the Caesar and Hät figures, especially the command unit. Always nice with metal figures too!

Posted by **Shapeshifter878** on 18 Feb 2016, 19:34

Finally done with the four archers. Repainted the skin and the leather over the chest to better suit my liking.

Posted by **Peter** on 18 Feb 2016, 19:39

Not only your liking but mine to! Great work countryman of Gunnar! ;-)

Posted by **santifernandez** on 18 Feb 2016, 19:54

I agree,good paint.
Santi.

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