I finally got around to painting my second box of Gripping Beast Goth cavalry as my Norther Riders (not those fine chaps from Rohan). This is pretty much just a bunch of photo's. If you want to read what I previously had to say about these figures you can read it here:
My First Rider Post.
I've posed them in various groupings. Apart from the obvious bonus of having twice as many figures I now have the option of fielding them in several alternative units. Above: One large formed unit of 24 figures or (below) four smaller units of 6 figures
Below they make up three loose units of 8 figures each.
The last alternative is one large loose unit of 24 figures, although I think this might make them a bit unwieldly.
And that's them. I would get another box but the lack of poses really gets to me. That arm-up-in-the-air pose really started annoying me whilst making this lot. And it seems that all of the Gripping Beast cavalry boxes have these same three poses with the only difference being slightly different armour and different heads.
Awesome looking riders sir!
ReplyDeleteThank you once again, Michal.
DeleteThey look very nice. Great painting really makes them pop as a unit.
ReplyDeleteThanks L O. They're nice figures but it's just a shame that they are so limited.
DeleteVery nicely painted Ian. Pity about the lack of poses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben. The lack of poses is noticeable when doing one box but with 24 figures it gets really annoying when 8 of your riders all have their arms up in the air. Charging or sitting up straight is fine but that pose is just too dramatic for 1/3 of them.
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