Vulture Creek - Mariachi Band!

[Digits]

Cheers, glad you like it.

[von Lucky]

Really nicely done!

(And the part is from Playmobil - for their ship rigging.)

[Digits]

Good eye!

So, what next?  A few bits here I want to do soon.

Here is the blacksmith I bought from Knuckleduster....he's great.  Also a few bits of clutter for the Livery.



I need more civilians.  There are MANY spoiled doves in VC.  What the world needs now are wholesome women's!

The first is a foundry I think.  The next are Mary, school marm and Sally, all from Knucleduster




I need some dead markers.  These horses and the dead lawman are from DMH and the little cute dog is from Colonel Bills I think.





And something I've wanted for years.....so much so I sanctioned my wife's last trip to Oz so she could pick these up for me from Eureka Games....vultures!     Experimenting with florist wire though I suspect it's a little flimsy.

[Mason]

Oooh!
They should make some nice additions.
I need to get more wimmun into Upsheet Creek too.
 

[Elk101]

Really nicely done!

(And the part is from Playmobil - for their ship rigging.)

The trained eye of an experienced re-purposer.

Nice additions. I particularly like the vultures.

[Digits]

Well the florist wire is crap!  Going to use a piece of brass rod and load it with a few vultures.  If it works, I will buy a second rod!

[goon3423]

Well the florist wire is crap!  Going to use a piece of brass rod and load it with a few vultures.  If it works, I will buy a second rod!

I have used long clear plastic rods from plastcraft (or is it plastruct  ) with success on several birds & ghost type minis.

[Elbows]

Excellent work - and love seeing more Knuckleduster stuff.  Such excellent minis.

[Digits]

Hopefully I will get time this weekend to do a little painting.

Meanwhile, as if the folk of Vulture Creek didn't have enough drinking establishments, someone has decided to set up a business selling it to the townsfolk to drink at home too!







I mentioned a while back converting what was a wood yard building into a brewery, well micro brewery to be picky.  The hard part has been getting foamcard inside the building in order for me to plank it out.  I can start on that now.  The big barrels will be along the back wall you see into darkness.  The loading platform will have clutter such as barrels and barley sacks to hide behind.

[Digits]

Timber and sand done.  Paint tomorrow.

[von Lucky]

Nice renovation. What's with the little panel in the upper right? Did the elctrician take the easy route and just make a hole in the wall instead of threading it out of sight? I'd fire him and get a replacement.

[FierceKitty]

Second the motion for clear plastic. I use my own version (made from canteen teaspoons) for air support in my 1942 games, and it works much better than wire.

[oabee]

Love your stuff, Digits! 

I also think that clear plastic rods would be the way to go. I'm anxious to see the results, as I am facing the same problem in the near future.

I love the vultures as well! But I advise you to stop reading at this point, because here I go again with a (small!) rant about new world vultures (we call 'em turkey vultures)

Be sure to bend the wings of your few vulture minis that have a flat wing spread into a slight dihedral like the others: bald eagles soar with board-flat wings, but not our new world vulture friends.  Check photo below.


BTW, Golden eagles, the other western US eagle, soar with wings in a slight dihedral, although not as pronounced as the vulture.



Dang I just can't stop  More info than anyone needs...

Feathers tend to be dark dark brown rather than black: undercoat in black, drybrush brown?
Secondary feathers on the undersides of the wings are grey.

[Digits]

Ok, I was going for turkey vulture colouring myself anyway.  If you like I will paint them next.

Meanwhile here is the finished micro brewery!  Pleased I finally got it done, I always liked the wood yard building.

And yes Von Lucky....sure looks that way! Lol

[Malamute]

Very nice.