War of the Roses 28mm - Project Update

A quick project update of my plunge into historical wargaming. Honestly, hooked on plastic crack!
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[@SilverSoulxd]

This is like the coolest stuff ever, please upload more stuff, I enjoy your videos man

[@bloodsalt]

Thanks so much for the support. I have such a back log of videos to do 🫡

[@7thson726]

Excellent video mate, the presentation is brilliant and the models look excellent. Im glad you enjoy the videos, looking forward to seeing more on your project as it grows 👍

[@bloodsalt]

Thank you so much, brother! I'm so close I can almost see the finish line. 2 small cannons and Edward IV command base to do and I'm finished! Will be taking these to hopefully convert my fellow gamers to historical. Big thank you to you for your videos, I have them on in the background whilst painting 🤟

[@7thson726]

@@bloodsalt you're very welcome mate, glad you enjoy them 😁

[@JevousGaming]

Looks fantastic mate! Also just a lurker when it comes to historical wargames. This is inspiring.

[@bloodsalt]

Are you playing any games, or thinking of picking any up? What sort of stuff are you into?

[@JevousGaming]

@@bloodsalt Will probably start with Ravenfeast. A free ruleset from Little Wars TV channel.

[@bloodsalt]

@@JevousGaming Love that channel, and a free ruleset too! Do you have a gaming community near you? Worth a look to see what they play so you can create an army to match

[@JevousGaming]

@@bloodsalt We’re actually just starting out as a small group of 3 sometimes 4 players. Mostly been playing the OnePageRules systems. But I’d like to try historical wargames with them too.

[@bloodsalt]

@@JevousGaming oh damn son, thats awesome! I love OPR so much. Got really hooked on their games. For historical stuff my favourite is Hail Caeser but the only downside is the model count for the game is so long. I play a lot of skirmish games too, recommend checking out SAGA + Lion Rampant

[@stephenbesley3177]

I know this is a year behind and I have just found your site. I am looking at doing the War of the Roses but a tip I picked up a few years ago is that I spray my standards, flags etc with a matt varnish after experiencing smudging. never had a problem since.... so far!

[@bloodsalt]

I always appreciate new tips & new viewers :) I've been such an idiot by not using matte varnish , I use it to seal all of my finished minis nowadays. I hope you start your WOTR project, its a fantastic period

[@bloodsalt]

@@stephenbesley3177 Oh youll just love the perry boxes, they're great! My battlefields are usually low walls and trees. BUT you can check etsy for 28mm building packs that dont break the bank www.etsy.com/market/28mm_buildings

[@MiniatureRealms]

Really great to start to this project.

[@bloodsalt]

Thankyou brother!

[@hardlyworking1351]

Great vid, good to see someone getting into the hobby

[@bloodsalt]

Thanks man, it's been a long time and I'm amazed at the amount of products out there for almost any era. Internet ordering these days makes it FAR too easy to go overboard on minis 😅

[@hardlyworking1351]

@@bloodsalt Yep its a slippery slope, need to make sure you complete one project before moving on!

[@davidtuck8584]

Welcome to the best hobby you can join! Been doing it for 53 yrs, seen places I would never otherwise have gone to and got the best bunch of gamers to play against on the planet. Enjoy. Your figures are great and WOR is a great choice to start on.

[@bloodsalt]

53 Years! Thats bloody fantastic. You must have seen a lot of games/models/systems grow and expand? What was the first wargaming ruleset you started with? Thanks for the encouragement, its been ages since Ive had the chance to paint, im eager to start new projects.

[@robertalanbuckle9809]

great work

[@bloodsalt]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@davidknight5687]

Very impressed with your results, particularly as you haven't painted in a fair while. Wars of the Roses is a great period and there are a number of rule sets out there. Hail Cesear will give you a good game - that certainly is 7th Sons experience. However I don t know if you saw his video on Test of Resolve? Your basing would work well for those as well and they are period specific so hopefully give a better feel for the warfare of the period. I must declare an interest here as I am one of the authors. Happy Wars of the Roses wargaming whichever rules you use!

[@bloodsalt]

Thank you for the encouragement, means a lot! I've just gone and watched his review of your rules, I really like the look of them, the use of cards to change the battle flow looks ace. I especially like that you've captured WotR warfare in the rules (Hail Caeser I think is very much lacking with no real WotR supplement). I will make sure to try it out at my local when my retinue is done 🤘

[@WarGamingNewbHistorical]

That’s some fine work. Looking forward to seeing more. Subscribed!

[@bloodsalt]

Thankyou buddy, I'm on my lunch break now, i'll come check out your videos :)

[@norm977]

Great progress, I agree that 8 models is a sweet spot for painting. When you come to do the Perry command base on the round base, you may want to swap out the lead banner poles that come in the Perry metals box with something that is less prone to bending. A pike from the mercenaries box would be ideal or some thin brass rod or some such.

[@bloodsalt]

Thanks for the kind words and the advice. Ive actually invested in some strong wire pikes/spears to try out :) I like your profile pic, very fitting XD

[@MedievalWargamer]

Brilliant work!

[@bloodsalt]

Thank you so much for the support!

[@KingMATTtheSuperior]

These look great! I really want to start a project like this myself :) I plan on basing the same as you

[@mobileandhostile7895]

⭐️ enjoyed your presentation with some great looking units 👍 - which basing mixture did you use please ? ⭐️

[@bloodsalt]

Cheers! The base is "Scrubland mix" from Geek Gaming Scenics, but with a dabbling of grass flock over it and some flowers from the same site :)

[@mobileandhostile7895]

@@bloodsalt ⭐️ many thanks - keep on building 👍 ⭐️

[@ernestorodriguez3637]

Get some!

[@frankdoyle3716]

I noticed that the finished figures have a dull/shine finish to them. Do you varnish as a last step? I have been painting ACW and it gets a bit boring after a bit. These look fun and might be a nice break from my current project! They look great! Thanks

[@bloodsalt]

Actually this was a recurring problem I had with a batch of GW wash, it had an INSANE shine to it. I’ve since stopped using it and wrote it off as a bad batch. Perrys WotR minis are great! It’s also a time period where shields stopped being used so no faffing around with livery 😂 highly recommend

[@johnp4000]

Great painting, could I ask what contrast paint did you use for the armour?

[@bloodsalt]

Thanks man. So the armour is grey GW contrast paint but once that is dry I've dry brushed some silvers and other steel looking metal paints on them :) if you have more than one metallic paint then do them in batches so you'll get slight variations of armour tint!

[@johnp4000]

@@bloodsalt Thanks for the tip, I tried it on horses which it works really well.

[@bloodsalt]

@@johnp4000 will you post an update video when you're finished with your project? Would be cool to see :)

[@johnp4000]

@@bloodsalt I am not as good a painter as you, haha! I watched a vid from 7th son on painting mounted men at arms, some very good tips.

[@bloodsalt]

@@johnp4000 Aw man, I should really do a painting tutorial to show how lazy/crap I am! Honestly, once the models are all together you really dont notice imperfections or anything.

[@flamingooaisis]

Married a chav 😂

[@bloodsalt]

But most probably a fit one 😂

[@therookiegamingpaintingsho756]

Now I feel horrible and think my painted guys are trash

[@bloodsalt]

Nah man, surely not! The trick is they always look trash when done individually, but honestly you slap them on a base with some tufts, they sort of 'get lost' in the group so that together they look good

[@therookiegamingpaintingsho756]

@@bloodsalt no they do and yours are beautiful with the paint waiting effect on the armor

[@Valathiril]

What games do you use these minis for?

[@bloodsalt]

These I use for Hail Caesar, my favourite so far :) 2E has a section on WotR