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Author Topic: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party (Completed)  (Read 188455 times)

Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #240 on: September 29, 2018, 10:25:42 PM »
No. 56: C15 Orc "shock trooper", aka "Gashcog".

This is a peculiar little fellow. I'd never seen him in the lead before espying him on eBay the other week. He belongs to Citadel's  best range of orcs, in my opinion: the slottabased C15 range that the Perrys did before handing over orc duties to Kev Adams.

What's interesting about him is that he's an extremely close fit with the three Orcs of the Red Eye that Citadel released for the Lord of the Rings range, also in 1985. He's far more akin to those orcs than to his C15 peers:



Gashcog has the same beak-nosed helmet, the same hairy breeches and the same short stature and crouching stance - all of which show that someone was paying close attention to Tolkien's text. I presume he was sculpted either as part of that group initially or as a 'test run'.


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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #241 on: September 29, 2018, 10:37:46 PM »
Very nice. That shield is brilliant.


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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #242 on: September 29, 2018, 11:53:50 PM »
Great painting on that shield. I presume it's flat but it sure does look dimensional!
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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #243 on: September 30, 2018, 07:21:05 AM »
Interesting backstory and a nice job. What a great shield  8)

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #244 on: September 30, 2018, 08:11:26 AM »
Thanks, all!

Great painting on that shield. I presume it's flat but it sure does look dimensional!

Yes, it's just the original flat shield (you can see it here). That's another thing I really like about this range; although they have slottabases, they don't have Citadel's plastic shields, which, though nice in theory, are a huge pain in reality (bosses that don't fit, less area to paint, etc.). And they're even more of a pain now, as the shields themselves are scarce.

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #245 on: September 30, 2018, 09:52:27 PM »
No 57. Asgard/Viking Forge FM-66 Giant Troll w/Club

Slightly modified, I hope thats ok.



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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #246 on: October 01, 2018, 02:14:55 AM »
Cracking stuff,love the troll Matt,and the orcish chap Hobgoblin is brilliant :)
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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #247 on: October 01, 2018, 07:12:28 AM »
No 58. Mordheim Elf  1997


     

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #248 on: October 01, 2018, 07:15:06 AM »
No 58. Mordheim Elf  1997


     

That's a good'n. I remeber  having one of those as a leader in one of my HE units.

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #249 on: October 01, 2018, 08:02:13 AM »
Wow, I have always considered that elf "recent"... 1997 is now more than 20 years ago.  :o Thanks for the reality check - and cracking paintjob!  lol
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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #250 on: October 01, 2018, 08:16:32 AM »
Wow, I have always considered that elf "recent"... 1997 is now more than 20 years ago.  :o Thanks for the reality check - and cracking paintjob!  lol


Maybe it's just me, but I don't consider figures from the 90s to be "Old School." I would have set the cut-off earlier. 1997 feels like yesterday to me. Tony Blair, Princess Di, Chumbawamba. That wasn't very long ago, was it?  :)



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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #251 on: October 01, 2018, 08:35:52 AM »
Thanks  Peder,thanks Phreedh :)

« Last Edit: October 01, 2018, 08:52:44 AM by Blackwolf »

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #252 on: October 01, 2018, 09:01:00 AM »
Very nice painting. Great miniatures that one.

Offline Constable Bertrand

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #253 on: October 01, 2018, 09:55:00 AM »
Blackwolf, nice texture/lighting on the cloak mate, I'm guessing it's painting and not studio lighting.  8)

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Re: The Old School Fantasy Painting Party
« Reply #254 on: October 01, 2018, 10:01:54 AM »
Indeed mate,I used oils,a technique I'm enjoying getting into.

 

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