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Title: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on October 26, 2020, 07:34:08 PM: Well, Ray had asked me so politely and heart warming,...

Quote from: Ray Rivers on October 20, 2020, 01:28:41 PM

@Tellus.. get your butt in gear and paint up some minis for us to gawk at! ;)

....so, how could I refuse his request?? lol

Though, nothing brand new, but first time on the net. I had already finished these Guys in May, for an DBA 3.0 Campaign (3rd Crusades), in which then I couldn't take part of. And that was the reason I didn't finished the job on the bases of the other half of the lot. So, for now I can't show them in it's entire might. But I hope that will change soon.....despite the fact that I have already started an Army for the next Campaign.

As I have mentioned these Minis are based for DBA 3.0 and represent an Seljuq Turkish Army (List III/74b).
They're all Perry. Flags are from Little Big Men Studios.

General (Cv - Cavalry)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld001r9kgc.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld001r9kgc.jpg)

Nobles (Cv)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld002p1kui.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld002p1kui.jpg)

Turkoman horse archers (LH - Light Horse)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld0032qkzq.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld0032qkzq.jpg)

Turkoladies & Turkoman horse archers (LH)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld00440j1a.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld00440j1a.jpg)

Turkoman (LH)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld005r4jfg.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld005r4jfg.jpg)

Tribal foot (Ps - Psiloi/Skirmisher)
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld006dvjac.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld006dvjac.jpg)

And a group shot
(https://abload.de/img/dbaseld007p2ja9.jpg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=dbaseld007p2ja9.jpg)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Atheling on October 26, 2020, 08:34:34 PM: Yummy Seljuks :-* :-* :-*

Do you plan on doing a large force? They would look spectacular ;) :D
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on October 26, 2020, 08:47:23 PM: Lovely work 8)
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Post by: Captain Blood on October 26, 2020, 09:20:07 PM: Excellent Marc :-*
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Post by: HappyChappy439 on October 26, 2020, 09:27:35 PM: Excellent work!
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Ray Rivers on October 26, 2020, 10:43:07 PM: Quote from: Tellus on October 26, 2020, 07:34:08 PM
Well, Ray had asked me so politely and heart warming,...

....so, how could I refuse his request?? lol

Oh goodness... they are lovely! :-* :-*

So nice to have you posting photos again. I love your work! :)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Mad Doc Morris on October 27, 2020, 08:13:32 AM: I'm not Ray, but I've taken a peep and might as well leave a comment. ;)
Nicely done, mate, really like the paintjobs. It's also kind of encouraging to see a cavalry-based army of 12 horses (so far). Heck, even I could handle that! lol
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: NurgleHH on October 27, 2020, 08:31:23 AM: Nice to see your work again, Tellus. In this strange times we don't meet at Conventions and talk. Great work, show us more here of your wonderful work.
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on October 27, 2020, 07:18:11 PM: Thank you guys for your kind words!
Quote from: Atheling on October 26, 2020, 08:34:34 PM
Yummy Seljuks :-* :-* :-*

Do you plan on doing a large force? They would look spectacular ;) :D

Well, that depends on your definition of a large force, I guess ;)
This is only 50% of the army, so there will be definitely some more.

Quote from: Ray Rivers on October 26, 2020, 10:43:07 PM
Oh goodness... they are lovely! :-* :-*

So nice to have you posting photos again. I love your work! :)

Hey Ray, glad you like them :D

Quote from: Mad Doc Morris on October 27, 2020, 08:13:32 AM
I'm not Ray, but I've taken a peep and might as well leave a comment. ;)
Nicely done, mate, really like the paintjobs. It's also kind of encouraging to see a cavalry-based army of 12 horses (so far). Heck, even I could handle that! lol

Of course you’re welcome, too, Tilman lol
Yeah, DBA Armies with lots of horse are pretty manageable in the context of miniatures to paint. Success on the battlefield might be something else, especially in the case of many Light Horse Units.

Quote from: NurgleHH on October 27, 2020, 08:31:23 AM
Nice to see your work again, Tellus. In this strange times we don't meet at Conventions and talk. Great work, show us more here of your wonderful work.

Quite right, it’s a pity, Dirk. The chat in the evening with you and Niall and...ehm...Bob?...sorry if I got this wrong, was my personal highlight of this years Tactica.
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: NurgleHH on October 30, 2020, 07:56:02 PM: Quote from: Tellus on October 27, 2020, 07:18:11 PM
Quite right, it’s a pity, Dirk. The chat in the evening with you and Niall and...ehm...Bob?...sorry if I got this wrong, was my personal highlight of this years Tactica.
Yes, this meetings come always to a wonderful end. Bob is right. And Thorsten. Great evening. But we will be back ;)
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Post by: .:Gunslinger:. on October 31, 2020, 10:38:16 AM: Brilliant painting! Good to see you back at it again! :-*
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Post by: Anderson Collection on October 31, 2020, 10:41:42 AM: Top notch love the crusades :-*
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on October 31, 2020, 02:29:40 PM: Thank you, I hope I‘ll be able to get some work done on the next batch this weekend- but atm I‘m distracted by the six nations game.
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Atheling on October 31, 2020, 04:03:59 PM: Quote from: Tellus on October 31, 2020, 02:29:40 PM
Thank you, I hope I‘ll be able to get some work done on the next batch this weekend- but atm I‘m distracted by the six nations game.

Argh! I forgot!! Blinkin' 2020!!! >:(

It's gong to have to be the highlights for me later then....
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on November 08, 2020, 07:06:42 AM: Here comes some more for the Army

Another Tribal Foot Element (PS)
(https://abload.de/img/af426a4c25a941c1bdeexzkc9.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=af426a4c25a941c1bdeexzkc9.jpeg)

Turcoman Horse Archers (LH)
(https://abload.de/img/31b2b7f357f6461f95b3n8kky.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=31b2b7f357f6461f95b3n8kky.jpeg)

Seljuq Nobles (Cv)
(https://abload.de/img/6966fa3d874244969520gfjwr.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=6966fa3d874244969520gfjwr.jpeg)

Quote from: Atheling on October 31, 2020, 04:03:59 PM
Argh! I forgot!! Blinkin' 2020!!! >:(

It's gong to have to be the highlights for me later then....

I would have missed them too, if I hadn’t seen the announcement in a commercial break while watching an NFL game the weekend before lol
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Roo on November 08, 2020, 07:55:35 AM: Well thanks to Ray...a visual treat indeed...looking forward to more!
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Post by: Totleben on November 08, 2020, 07:58:17 AM: This is actually watching a crusade :o
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Ray Rivers on November 08, 2020, 01:28:21 PM: Quote from: Roo on November 08, 2020, 07:55:35 AM
Well thanks to Ray...a visual treat indeed...looking forward to more!

Ray is happy. :D

Some great new additions! Love the horses. :-*
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on November 08, 2020, 04:29:18 PM: Thank you!

Many people don’t but I really like painting horses. :)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Ray Rivers on November 08, 2020, 06:56:21 PM: Quote from: Tellus on November 08, 2020, 04:29:18 PM
Many people don’t but I really like painting horses.

I really enjoy your style of painting, which in many ways is quite unique. In these minis you have posted on this thread you see that technique expressed in it's purest form on the horses. It is there on the figures, but now more subdued.

Looking forward to future additions! :-*
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Mad Doc Morris on November 08, 2020, 07:20:16 PM: Great additions. :-*
Really like their colourful attire.

Quote from: Tellus on November 08, 2020, 04:29:18 PM
people don’t but I really like painting horses.

I do with a passion. They are just stupidly big surfaces.
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Captain Blood on November 09, 2020, 03:40:44 PM: I love painting horses. I hate painting all the tack though - so damned fiddly!
I hate painting muskets and rifles too. Again, so fiddly.
The funny thing is, I love painting other fiddly things like faces and heraldry.
Strange isn’t it, what we enjoy and do not enjoy about painting miniatures :)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on November 11, 2020, 02:50:52 PM: Quote from: Ray Rivers on November 08, 2020, 06:56:21 PM
I really enjoy your style of painting, which in many ways is quite unique. In these minis you have posted on this thread you see that technique expressed in it's purest form on the horses. It is there on the figures, but now more subdued.

Looking forward to future additions! :-*

Thank you very much, you are so Kind, Ray. I like especially the "quite uniqe" part ;)
The Horses are the stars of the Show, they have to shine lol
Future additions are on the way!

Quote from: Mad Doc Morris on November 08, 2020, 07:20:16 PM
Great additions. :-*
Really like their colourful attire.

Well, my idea was to use some unusual combinations of Colours which might not fit properly together, when you first think about it. Especially when you're used to paint uniforms most of the time.
I'm really pleased how everything turned out. It's a wild colourful bunch and I love them. :)

Quote from: Captain Blood on November 09, 2020, 03:40:44 PM
I love painting horses. I hate painting all the tack though - so damned fiddly!
I hate painting muskets and rifles too. Again, so fiddly.
The funny thing is, I love painting other fiddly things like faces and heraldry.
Strange isn’t it, what we enjoy and do not enjoy about painting miniatures :)

Well, some Things are more fiddly than others lol

(Mmh, sounds like the title of a Smiths Song)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Ray Rivers on November 11, 2020, 03:48:52 PM: Quote from: Tellus on November 11, 2020, 02:50:52 PM
The Horses are the stars of the Show, they have to shine lol
Future additions are on the way!

Totally agree.

A pet peeve of mine is that manufacturers offer so few variants of poses for horses. For example, a standing horse will bob it's head, look to either side, stamp its feet and swish its tail. They are living, wonderful creatures... not robots.

Looking forward to more pics! ;D
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on December 06, 2020, 06:17:12 PM: Finally I got around to finish off the bases of these three elements today. Now are the 12 elements you need for a game finished. Although there is still something to do. I need to paint the miniatures for a camp und want to do some optional elements I then can swap with the Psiloi.

Turcomans (LH)
(https://abload.de/img/8dc7814ef7e548c9b32arnke1.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=8dc7814ef7e548c9b32arnke1.jpeg)

Bedouin (LH)
(https://abload.de/img/4925b9e16f7d46b98610bekut.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=4925b9e16f7d46b98610bekut.jpeg)

Kurds (Knights - Kn)
(https://abload.de/img/b87c9debf8cc45e1bc2bhljv1.jpeg) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=b87c9debf8cc45e1bc2bhljv1.jpeg)
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Malamute on December 06, 2020, 06:31:46 PM: Very nice indeed. ;D
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Ray Rivers on December 06, 2020, 08:40:09 PM: The warriors are magnificent! :-*

But the horses keep stealing the show! ;)
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Post by: Tellus on December 07, 2020, 07:51:43 PM: Thanks guys!
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Post by: Wellington on December 07, 2020, 07:55:04 PM: Nice!
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Post by: Atheling on December 07, 2020, 08:01:17 PM: Really lovely crisp work Tellus :-*
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Tellus on December 08, 2020, 09:12:14 PM: Thank you for the kind words.

By the way, Ray, about the horses, I think we must give the Perrys some credits for the great sculpts, too.
Their work is inspiring and makes it much easier to achieve a good result.

@Atheling
I like crisp lol
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Post by: mweaver on December 09, 2020, 02:13:40 AM: Very nice, Tellus - thanks for sharing!

-Michael
Title: Re: This is for Ray
Post by: Atheling on December 09, 2020, 09:40:56 AM: Quote from: Tellus on December 08, 2020, 09:12:14 PM
Thank you for the kind words.

By the way, Ray, about the horses, I think we must give the Perrys some credits for the great sculpts, too.
Their work is inspiring and makes it much easier to achieve a good result.

@Atheling
I like crisp lol

Just don't let them get "chipped"..... I'll get my coat..... :)