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Author Topic: Corso's Punic Wars  (Read 8410 times)

Offline Corso

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2018, 08:20:28 PM »
Thanks again guys :D

Vanvlak - as they say, no pain no gain!  lol But the fieldwork seems very interesting......

Hello Grant - hope you're all right old friend. ;)

Offline Corso

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2018, 02:46:47 PM »
First there was one, now there are two! Second elephant ready - this time moved the shields a bit up not to obscure the howdah designs. Did the same with the first elephant.

Numidian horsemen next.....

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2018, 04:51:56 PM »
Splendid! Really impressive! Great items in your collection!
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2018, 12:54:51 AM »
Handsome jumboes. :)
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Offline Marine0846

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2018, 01:07:06 AM »
Wow, love your two elephants.
Have always loved this period.
Many times I have started painting this period,
only to sell off the figures for one reason or another.
In fact I have a number of Victrix boxes put away.
Am about to go to Victrix's web site to see what is new.
Semper Fi, Mac

Offline Anderson Collection

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2018, 08:31:50 AM »
Beatufully done :-*

Offline OmarR

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2018, 02:19:54 PM »
Nice ;)

Offline Corso

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2018, 06:07:20 PM »
Thanks for the feedback guys :D

Marine0846 - go for it mate!

Unit of numidian cavalry ready. Went for a darker skin than their libyan counterparts.

Not much happy with how the horse's eyes turned out - they look like they're shocked! Any suggestions how to make them better?

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2018, 07:46:31 PM »
Hi! Your Numidians are great!
From the pictures one can't tell much about the horses' eyes, I suppose you made the pupils too small.

Here are plenty of examples of horse eyes, the white usually shows as a small part of the whole area. If not at all.
https://www.google.gr/search?q=horse+eye&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNyfi-_ozZAhXnhaYKHcwVCFwQ7AkIPw&biw=1600&bih=783#imgrc=_

And here is a beautiful pastel painting demo, although different technique, I think it has also a lot to offer to a figure painter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5uejo0thA
And another one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vB6wxw_qXc

According to my opinion the solution is to paint the pupils bigger.
Watching the progress of your project with great interest. Cheers!

Offline Corso

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2018, 08:03:24 PM »
Thanks Dinthedin - and great links too!  :D

You're right, I need to enlarge the pupils.


Offline DintheDin

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2018, 08:21:39 PM »
I'll be very happy if I helped!
And here I found one more excellent tutorial! Excellent!
http://friesianfury.blogspot.gr/2014/05/painting-brown-eyes.html



Offline Hu Rhu

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2018, 03:24:59 PM »
I agree with Din. Horses pupils cover almost all the visible part of the eyeball, so I don't bother with painting any white.  I love the Numidian cavalry, lots of colour and plenty of dash in those poses.  Great minis.   :-* :-*

Offline Aventine

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2018, 03:32:04 PM »
I paint the horses eyes all black then add a very small dot of white at the rear corners, the smaller the better.

Cheers
Keith

Offline Marine0846

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2018, 08:44:07 PM »
Love your new cav.
Great shields.

Offline Corso

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Re: Corso's Punic Wars
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2018, 06:25:41 PM »
New additions - libyan skirmishers and Hannibal's veterans

 

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