28mm on hiatus

I have decided to finish (or at least make significant progress) on the 15mm War of the Roses project before resuming painting 28mm figures. 

I've rebased my 15mm WOTR to WRG standard. I didn't like the look of three archers on a 1" base, although I do prefer that look for MAA.  Anyway, I think rebasing to WRG standard is going to move the project along quite a bit in terms of motivation.  Painting a suitable ACOP/ACOS force was daunting.  I can get some sense of progress that I can at least field a WOTR DBA army.

I'm not sure at this point how to proceed with the basing and painting of the 28mm WOTR.  Singly based? Historical livery? Right now, I'm leaning towards singly basing the 28mm for WOTR variants of Dux Britaniarum/SAGA and keeping to 15mm for ACOS/ACOP.  I don't think I can paint enough figures to get a decent 28mm ACOS force in the time I have left on this earth...

That said, know thyself.  I'll probably decide at some point to try to do ACOP in 28mm so I should probably go with historical liveries.

Update

More coming soon!  I have painted (at least partially) some Perry WOTR and more thegns. I also purchased a new (pretty nice) camera and the materials to build a light box.

WF Saxon #1 Washed

Used: P3 Armor Wash; P3 Flesh Wash; GW Seraphim Sepia.

Marked improvement.  Might want to go over it again with flesh wash.  I'm going back and forth on painting eyes.  I've done both with and without in this scale - if done poorly they look awful.  That said, might as well experiment with this figure or the spear thegn I have primed.

The GW sepia wash was used on all non-flesh and non-metal areas.  Gives a suitably dirty look.  I don't think it flows quite as well as the P3 washes, though.

The VMC Silver on the sword is too light.

A lot of stray brush strokes or paint runs.  A couple of missed areas.  Some mold lines (more apparent in first pic).  I intended to do the block painting  haphazardly, but I'm likely going to have to go back and make repairs.

The leather covering on the face of the shield was painted after the boss and rim.  Hard to see with the naked eye, but this pic shows that the metal got overpainted (sic).

iPhone pic, light directly above, against white paper.

Does this guy look like Ron Perlman?

Wargames Factory Saxon Thegn #1 Blocked

Wargames Factory Saxon Thegn, block painted.

  Colors used:

1. Flesh: VMC Sunny Flesh
2. Hair: VMC Black Grey
3. Trousers: VMC German Camouflage Orange Ochre
4. Shirt: VMC Dark Blue Grey
5. Leather: VGC Leather Brown
6. Cap: VMC Red 70947
7. Shield: VMC Yellow Ochre, VGC Gunmetal Metal
8. Armor:  VGC Gunmetal Metal

Not really enamored of this figure, hence he gets used for my first 28mm experiment.  The proportions seem wrong to my eye, and I don't like the WF heads.  Anyway, he'll likely serve on the fantasy campaign as a bandit, so I'm not going to stress over the sculpting. iPhone pic.