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Other Stuff => The Lead Painters' League => Season 2 => Topic started by: Prof.Witchheimer on June 01, 2008, 10:46:46 AM
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(http://www.witchhunter.net/league/02_season/9.Round/10_Captain_Blood_The_Artillerist.jpg)
(http://www.witchhunter.net/league/02_season/9.Round/23_Bugsda_Tarzan_and_Family.jpg)
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Tarzan and family impresses me in all sorts of ways. Their flesh is great; the ape and elephant look like they could walk off the page; and while I guess having animal team-members for Tarzan's family makes complete sense, this still strikes me as very original entry.
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The first pairing I see in this round, and it's already a tough decision.... 8)
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The fifth impossible decision, this is the toughest round so far! Who does that arquebusier?
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Captain Blood unleashes another great entry... but Tarzan... :-*
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You know, this is my most meticulously painted entry of the whole sodding competition - 17 shades of turquoise, carefully layered, hand-mixed in the eye of a needle... And I come up against... an elephant and a chimp!
Who can compete against an elephant and a chimp? Curse you, Bugsda lol
You have caught me sir, like a Treen in a disabled spaceship. ;)
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Voting either way will sting a bit.
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Another tough decision.
I must confess that the originality in Tarzan and family is first class.
I casted a die to find out which one to vote
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Another hard to decide pairing: very high painting standard on the Artillerist, but the Tarzan family looks so as an integrated whole and is very well painted on top, they get my vote this time.
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The fifth impossible decision, this is the toughest round so far! Who does that arquebusier?
The foreground minis are from Game Zone which is a Spanish Games Workshop tribute band. ;)
Their Imperial range includes lots of slightly exaggerated / fantastical types, but quite a few will pass muster as historical figures for my ever growing Elizabethan swashbuckling collection...
As you can see, the figures have bundles of character, and some are rather lovely. I thought the gunner in particular was a sculpt of real genius...
Obviously without quite the appeal of a beautifully painted elephant though ;)
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Apologies Captain Blood. Stunning work on those artillerists, but that Lion clinched it for me. I swear the scantily-clad Mrs. Tarzan had nothing to do with it! lol
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Sorry Captain, I can see how using half naked women and cute animals can look like gamesmanship but it wasn't deliberate, honest :D
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Apologies Captain Blood. Stunning work on those artillerists, but that Lion clinched it for me. I swear the scantily-clad Mrs. Tarzan had nothing to do with it! lol
I agree about the Lion (although the entire family is frankly brilliant). Bugs' can we get a color recipe for the Lion?
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Sorry Captain, I can see how using half naked women and cute animals can look like gamesmanship but it wasn't deliberate, honest :D
Bugsda - you go on, my son ;)
Personally, I thought you were a little short-changed in the voting stakes in one or two of your earlier encounters this season, so you are well deserving of a romping home run IMHO.
I have that Jane figure too, I've added her to my cave tribe - her panga is now a flint knife - and she's a/w painting. I shall tackle her with even more care when I get round to her now... lol
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Yeah! She's definately got a touch of the Raquel Welch's, excellent as a cavegirl.
I've got a spare so I may have to nick that Idea Cap'n. 8)
Heldrak, the lion was done in either Plaka Yellow Ochre or Inscribe Caramel over a plaka brown undercoat, with added white for successive layers.
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Yeah! She's definately got a touch of the Raquel Welch's, excellent as a cavegirl.
I've got a spare so I may have to nick that Idea Cap'n. 8)
Heldrak, the lion was done in either Plaka Yellow Ochre or Inscribe Caramel over a plaka brown undercoat, with added white for successive layers.
Thanks, I've got a Manticore that I'd like to do in a fairly realistic Leonine manner and I've been at something of a loss to find the right set of tawny colors. What about the mane?
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This one was tough for me also...
Bugsda who makes the elephant? Nice conversion to put Tarzan on the elephant too! :)
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I loved both entries it seemed wrong to choose
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Heldrak: The mane was Plaka brown over a very dark brown base with, yellow ochre added for a couple of highlight layers.
Darkoath: I think it's a Copplestone elephant, don't know for sure I got it on ebay.
Cheers Lads :)
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Darkoath: I think it's a Copplestone elephant, don't know for sure I got it on ebay.
yes, it's Copplestone one.
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This is a tough call :(
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"Spanish Games Workshop tribute band" :D :D :) :D
and perhaps like many others are more enjoyable than the aging has beens they imitate
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I think Bugsda may have handed the title to Zoogla if he takes this round, my money was heading towards the Capt. with the pirates looking good in the other pairing.
Which one of them will play the Train trump card?
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Ha ha! Not me I'm afraid. I've stretched to an armoured car, but I'm jiggered if I'm going to buy a train I'm never going to use lol
I wouldn't be too sure about the finishing places, you know...
The fabulous Zoogla is indeed looking pretty secure at the top of the table - but Svennn, I can hear you and Grimm thundering up on the inside rail...
And I'm betting at least one of you two determined competitors is aboard an armoured train! ;)
I'm reckoning on a 4th place finish again, just outside the medal positions.
Same as last time.
My destiny. :D
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I never wanted to be an engine driver and do not see the fascination held by so many in the trains ;D
No train for me but Grimm has one on the go so I think you can at least look forward to a medal with me in 4th at best.
Which is far far above my expectation as I was aiming for the top half. All in all it has been great fun and has spurned me on to finishing a few more bits from the pile.
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Tarzan and family impresses me in all sorts of ways. Their flesh is great; the ape and elephant look like they could walk off the page; and while I guess having animal team-members for Tarzan's family makes complete sense, this still strikes me as very original entry.
I concur. 'Nuf said.
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Nice work Bugsda, inspired me to finish my lion off. JUst have to do the tiger and bear now.
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Both are very nice. Hard choice.
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nice entries both, but had to go with Tarzan and co 8)
taught him all he knows u see ;D