Author Topic: Hammers LPL closeup thread (Read 7999 times)

Hammers · « **on:** April 19, 2011, 01:27:10 PM »

A few voices have been raised about seeing closeups of my entries and as I am keen to give you your dollar's worth, here they are:

Hammers · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:31:56 PM »

S5R4 NWF: Smut Valley Cattle Market

Honest Hassan the Horse Trader with minion.

Elephant Stablehand

Abdulreza the Chicken Merchant

Unhappy customers

Dr.Falkenhayn · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2011, 01:43:30 PM »

absolutely amazing!

More,more!

Hammers · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2011, 02:19:57 PM »

S5R5:

Dahomey amazons or, as Les Seures de Merci-la-Petit call them, the No Soul Sister:

Laiquanda

Ceriese

Beyoncé

Aretha

Gladys

Shytona

Dimples

Ruth-Penelope

traveller · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2011, 06:36:03 PM »

Great painting AND great names

Plynkes · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:18:54 PM »

Bravo. Thank you for indulging us whingers. Dimples is my favourite name, but Beyoncé is my favourite figure. Lovely colourful bunch.

Oh, and I see you have defected to the degenerate ranks of the eye-painters. I think you've burned you're bridges and are stuck with us now, H. The non-eye-painters won't have you back in their clubhouse after this. At least you are welcome in the Elephant Fæces Fraternity now, with what I must say is a particularly splendid example. Better than mine.

Just one more thing, as Columbo would say: The Laiquanda pic ain't showing up for some reason.

OSHIROmodels · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:23:08 PM »

Love the elephant poo...

Great stuff

cheers

James

Hammers · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:36:24 PM »

Quote from: Plynkes on April 20, 2011, 08:18:54 PM

Bravo. Thank you for indulging us whingers. Dimples is my favourite name, but Beyoncé is my favourite figure. Lovely colourful bunch.

Oh, and I see you have defected to the degenerate ranks of the eye-painters. I think you've burned you're bridges and are stuck with us now, H. The non-eye-painters won't have you back in their clubhouse after this. At least you are welcome in the Elephant Fæces Fraternity now, with what I must say is a particularly splendid example. Better than mine.

Just one more thing, as Columbo would say: The Laiquanda pic ain't showing up for some reason.

As I wrote before those very bright greens and yellows are not kosher, but once I had seen those modern West African women in their eye watering colours and patterns I found it hard to resist not doing them.

I think I have always painted eye whites on very dark skinned miniatures (orcs, africans etc). I still think it looks wrong on pink skinnedminis.

About Laiquanda, there's some think wonky with my ftp-client. I have tried several times replacing the photo file but it won't let me.

Hammers · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2011, 09:58:25 PM »

The Chattering Order of St. Beryl of Krakow aka. The Sisters of Little Mercy aka. Les Soeurs de Merci-le-Petit.

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St. Beryl of Krakow was an early (5th Centuary) Christian martyr. Forcibly married to the pagan Duke Casimir, Beryl maintained her all-important virginity by ceaselessly talking to him and incessantly chattering on, until he went down with a headache.

Eventually he couldn't stand the eternal wittering any more and had her executed, but she died a virgin, which in Christian eyes was the all-important thing and which secured her a sainthood.

The Chattering Order of St. Beryl are an order of nuns dedicated to emulating her example, and whose members are commanded to chatter, natter, and rabbit on about every last little thing that comes into their heads for every second of every waking hour.

The Sisters are allowed half an hour's respite on Tuesdays, when they may be silent and, if they wish, play table-tennis. Or box.

Sister Trinidad Seremonious on a Tuesday.

Sisters Emaculata Crepundia and Anna Latrona with alter boy Agrippa serving the heathens some very persuasive augments about the benefits of a Christian life.

Sisters Trinity Iurgia and Bruce Seditia.

Sisters Immaculata Enunciation and Perfidia Lingua inquiring about who stuck gum under the seat in the confessional booth.

Mother Superior (or, as Pope Leo XIII in sigh of exasperation once called her, 'the Mother Inferior') Mary Loquacious.

Sister Anna Josefa Clamor

Hammers · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:06:04 PM »

A few props I have made for various entries:

These palms are from Pegasus Hobbies and I think they are great kits. The colours of the plastic are impossiblee IMO, so they do need a makeover. After washing and drying the sprues I sprayed the leaves first black, then dark olive then light olive. The trunks were sprayed black, then brown and last given a tan drybrushing. The big palms are quite tall, about 20cm. As you can see I glued washers to their bases to make them less prone to topple over. I have two more sets: one more palm tree variant and a large set of banana plants.

(@Galland: these you can borrow for SLAM).

Elprez · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:22:25 PM »

Loving the close-ups.
I particularly like The Chattering Order of St. Beryl of Krakow,

Hammers · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:34:58 PM »

Field Hospital:

Great War mini with Woodbine Pagri head.

Great War miniatures field priest and wounded. The vicar's head was swapped for a Woodbine Wolseley helmeted one.

Gordon High Lander from Musketeer. Woodbine headswap again. Love this mini.

Another Great War mini.

Scrathbuilt pile of caskets. The fig is an old scrap Eureka.

Old Glory stretcher bearers with Eureka sikh heads.

Surgeon and Red Cross nurse from Old Glory. A bit short next to the others and the doctor looks a bit like an ape. A pretty generic British doctor, then.

Great War mini with a Woodbine sikh head. The pile of gore is scratch built, the chimp is from Eureka.

Plynkes · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:37:04 PM »

Where'd you find that wonderful MG from the Dahomey entry, Boss? I'd like to get me one of them.

Hammers · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:43:36 PM »

It is a 1 pdr Pom-Pom from ...hum...Old Glory, I believe. I think you get two in a pack. I converted one to a AA.

Plynkes · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2011, 10:47:50 PM »

Oh, is that what it is? Mistook it for an early Maxim MG. They do look a bit similar. Cheers.

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