Terrain- Livestock!

Livestock

Once I'd got some hedges, I could make fields. Once I had fields, I wanted to fill them with something- and what better than roaming, grazing and plodding things. I'd previously purchased the 'Ramshackle Barn' from Warlord Games. I'd got it primarily for the animals & livestock plastic sprue that came with it, because I wanted to introduce some wandering wildlife to my gaming table. Bizarrely, at that point in time, Warlord's website would not let me buy the animal sprues on their own, but I could get them in a pack called 'McDonald's Barn'! Fair enough, got me a barn into the bargain... 

I googled some pictures of Friesian cows and used these as reference for their markings. I knew that if I just splodged paint on freehand, I'd start doing camouflage patterns out of pure muscle memory.

The four smaller animals are from the Warlord sprue, but the larger sheep are a pack from Serious Play Scenics. They moved into making 28mm (& other) scale animals, so I grabbed some to pad out the flock.

The geese were simple enough to paint. I like having them wandering around the village green or across the cottage garden. Don't think anyone would challenge them, even if they're fully armed soldiers from either side of the conflict!

I've still got donkeys, pigs and a few chickens to find a home for. Cats have found their way onto various pieces of scenery, and a cockerel got turned into a church weather-vane. I'll position the ducks along the riverbanks when I finally build those rivers, I think...