Author Topic: Some old west figures (Read 5078 times)

fixedpoint · « **on:** February 28, 2019, 06:01:26 AM »

I've painted over 50 Old West miniatures now and since I looked here so often for inspiration from the fine folks who share their work, I thought I would do the same. This is my first time sharing any of my painting work online. It was also my first time trying to set up anything like a light box and I ended up over saturating the colors in the process. Some of my miniatures borrow very heavily from other's painting ideas. I hope you'll see this as nothing more than me recognizing genius when I see it. You'll see a lot of female gunfighters. This is because I have three daughters who play with me and they of course prefer the female gunfighters and not the overly sexualized ones either! A plug to any miniature designers out there who might be listening to remember this. In some cases I've done small conversions to make them respectable and I'll note that when I did. I'll post five at a time for awhile in no particular order.

The first five miniatures are from Black Scorpion, Artizan, Dead Man's Hand, Artizan, and Dead Man's Hand respectively.

fixedpoint · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:11:25 AM »

I didn't realize transparent backgrounds would turn black. Here they are with more suitable backgrounds.

DoctorPete · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2019, 06:12:58 AM »

Lookin' good.

tuco74 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2019, 02:43:21 PM »

Nice work. I particularly like the guy in the sheepskin jacket.

Borderguy190 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2019, 10:55:34 PM »

Cool batch of gun slingers.

FifteensAway · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2019, 02:48:06 PM »

Like how well your background works with the figures - especially the first two, gives almost a framed painting effect.

I agree about having more 'normal' lasses for old west figures. While I appreciate a well put together woman as much as any man, some of the more risqué female poses are just plain absurd and clearly designed to appeal to an adolescent prurience. If sculptors are going to do partially dressed ladies for the old west, they ought to be reserved for saloons and brothels.

The "ladies" of the Old West were rarely particularly attractive. Can't really recommend the movie - though it has some highly talented actors in it - but The Sisters Brothers has a brothel scene where the women actually fit with what is known about 'working' women of the day, including the photographic evidence. Hollywood notwithstanding.

Look forward to seeing the rest of your figures. And some more normal lady gunfighters is fine for just your reason, keeping the real young ladies happy with figures they can relate to.

BillK · « **Reply #6 on:** March 03, 2019, 06:47:50 PM »

Nice work.
Good to hear abot daughters getting invovled in gaming.

fixedpoint · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2019, 05:33:40 AM »

Thanks everyone.

@FifteensAway: Yeah, I saw the Sisters Brothers film and read the book. That scene does seem to better match the period pictures. Not surprisingly, most of my girls want to have heroic beautiful characters (one daughter's favorite is 001 from the previous batch) although one prefers her ladies dressed up.

Here is the next batch. A few notes:

006 - Dead Man's Hand - You may recognize him from Hell on Wheels. I tried to match one of his famous outfits.
007 - Artizan
008 - Dead Man's Hand
009 - Black Scorpion (my daughter who likes her ladies fancy, fancies this one the most)
010 - Knuckleduster

Michi · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2019, 06:38:56 AM »

That's a nice little group of old west villagers. These are excellent paintjobs and gaming with your daughters must make you a happy dad! There is that trash movie "From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter" which is more of a fantasy western, but the female protagonist Reece, a young woman who wants to become a bandido's apprentice as an outlaw, is a most believable interpretation of what women gunslingers could have been like, I guess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn_3:_The_Hangman%27s_Daughter

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2019, 07:50:32 AM »

Nice collection

fixedpoint · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2019, 03:56:58 AM »

Batch 3.

011 - Black scorpion; Small modification to add undershirt.
012 - Black scorpion
013 - Black scorpion; painted to look like the Judge from Blood Meridian; hairless, alabaster white, and big
014 - Black scorpion; another of my daughter's favorites
015 - Artizan