ROUND 4 Arrival vs. Cyberpunks

[Captain Blood]

[Jagannath]

Oh no - a thrashing my way cometh! Lovely scene Dr... love Mrs. Peacock's dress.

[Nord]

Where's the inspector?

[Andym]

Dr Mathias-Cluedo around at yours just got better!

[Steve63]

Hi Dr Mathias
Who makes the lady in the blue dress?
Thanks

[thebinmann]

That dress is special...!

Oh no - a thrashing my way cometh! Lovely scene Dr... love Mrs. Peacock's dress.

You might be right, but that doesn't mean yours are not good, which they are not! Meaning of course they are not not good, and so they are indeed very good!

[artshiraz]

Greetings

Dr Mathias-Cluedo around at yours just got better!

HAA. I KNEW it. One glance at this scene and it just screamed *clue(do)* in my mind.

Wonderful

Jaganannath. I love the smily on the back of the last punk

[mikedemana]

Matt, the colors are simply gorgeous...especially the purples and yellows! Masterfully done!!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/

[Overlord]

Oh no - a thrashing my way cometh! Lovely scene Dr... love Mrs. Peacock's dress.

I feel your pain, having just suffered at the hands of the good Dr. 

A beautiful group of miniatures Matt.  I was intending painting the same set later in the contest, but they will go back in the box now. 
I would never have thought of painting the peacock eyes on the dress, and those socks really cut the mustard! 

[AWu]

If it will bring you any consolation Jagannath
My first though after seeing your punks was:

Hey, I played that video game in my youth, Its very arcade machine styled in posing and palette!!

[Jagannath]

If it will bring you any consolation Jagannath
My first though after seeing your punks was:

Hey, I played that video game in my youth, Its very arcade machine styled in posing and palette!!

Thanks - that does bring me some consolation actually, that's exactly the kind of project they're intended for!

[Captain Blood]

Love the colours on the cyberpunks, but cannot help but say that Matt's scene is a bit special. Very simply but artfully staged, but the painting and choice of characters is really spot on. Particularly love the attitude of Colonel Mustard is his brilliantly executed Argyll socks, glaring down at his unruly hound 

Just a wonderful scene.

[Axebreaker]

Well done the cyberpunks, but "Arrival" sure did arrive with a bang! Just outstanding tones!

Christopher

[Dr Mathias]

Thanks everyone. These were a lot of fun to paint. Every time I work on a Copplestone figure I think 'Why don't I paint these more often?'

Where's the inspector?

He's painted, just didn't seem to fit the narrative

Who makes the lady in the blue dress?

These are all figures from the "Cluedo Super Sleuth" game I snagged on eBay a few years ago.  

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3034/cluedo-super-sleuth

I saw an excellent thread here on LAF a while back in which Orctrader posted his set, and I loved their look. Mark Copplestone is awesome at individualizing 28mm faces and poses. I actually didn't change much from Orctrader's scheme, because I wanted them to pretty much be dressed in the colors of their names- which doesn't leave a ton of options Here's his thread by the way, it's very informative:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36010.0

Just be aware that these figures were never made to be painted- they are pewter game pieces with a specialty patina- and the casting quality is not great (it was just fine for what they were supposed to do). Lots of mold lines, pitting, flash, etc. and Peacock was the worst of the set- her face was almost nonexistent and needed some serious putty work.

EM-4 was perhaps going to release them again at some point, but I never did hear what came of it.

Great looking gang Jagannath, I love the colors you have going. They certainly have an arcade vibe! They'll be perfect for your 'Beat 'em Up' project

[Admiral Benbow]

Matt, for me easily the best painted miniature set this round!