Once again, I've missed my self-imposed Sunday post. This is partly because I'm just not organised enough, but also because I can't even find time to
read other people's blog posts with the attention they deserve, let alone write my own! Until I manage to sort things out a bit, here are some cows...
These are 28mm Highland cattle from
Warbases; I bought these at the recent
Carronade show. I think I painted and finished them in under 2 weeks from purchase; this is probably some kind of a record for me! Usually models linger for months, years or (occasionally) decades before I complete them and apply that final coat of varnish.
Highland cattle are probably about the simplest animal models there are to paint. These were undercoated, sprayed with a pale brown and then given a darker brown wash. A little detailing around the muzzles and some effort on the horns and they're done - you don't even need to paint in any eyes (well, apart from the calves)!
This livestock will make very suitable objectives, obstacles or decorations for my games of
SAGA; they are entirely appropriate for herds in much of Scotland. I don't know if Highland cattle are ever seen anywhere else in the world, though.
It's possible that I might also use them for rural scenarios in
All Things Zombie as well. Although cows like this are generally peaceable creatures, I don't imagine that they'd take kindly to being assaulted by the walking dead. If they were cornered by zeds and couldn't escape then they might just fight back!
