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Author Topic: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War  (Read 28067 times)

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #105 on: August 20, 2018, 09:58:55 PM »
Oh, and this is something I'm currently painting on the side:



Two-wheeled ambulance wagon by the Perrys. Lovely kit.

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #106 on: August 21, 2018, 05:41:43 AM »
Fantastic report!  :-* This campaign is getting more and more thrilling!

The formerly invisible  lol  ambulance wagon is in place!
And a diorama - proof of your top drawer paintjob it is!
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Offline shandy

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #107 on: August 21, 2018, 01:46:52 PM »
Great report, sounds like a fun game! And I love that ambulance!

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #108 on: August 22, 2018, 11:54:44 AM »
@DintheDin: Thanks for reading and commenting! Yeah, in the end I decided to add the wagon anyway, otherwise it may really have been too confusing. :D


Okay, this is all the time I can spend on the ambulance wagon. Hope you like it!








Offline DintheDin

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #109 on: August 22, 2018, 12:10:57 PM »
Now that you finished the groundwork, it is a real beauty!
You could even spend some more pictures for some closeups, highlighting parts of the diorama, you made the postures of the figures look so realistic!
Cheers!

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #110 on: August 22, 2018, 12:43:06 PM »
Thanks very much! To be honest, I'm not all too proud of this paintjob, hence the lack of close-ups so far. It's just for myself, so each hour spent on this one I know that I should have spent on other stuff really (it's the curse of being a paintmonkey for hire I guess). The casting is also a bit rough, which hurts the paintjobs a little. I mean I know it'll look nice on the table and all. Maybe I'll do close-ups once it's on the table. The plain white background is the least forgiving possible. For this reason I usually prefer it over scenic shots, black backgrounds or textured ones. It shows the paintjob/modelling/whatever the best and it's really hard to hide things. As with everything I naturally like, it's less "sexy" and marketable, I guess. :D But at least to me it feels more proper. Also: I'm really lazy and got the white sheet setup all the time.

As for the poses themselves - I think that's the Perrys' work, I just arranged them in a way that seemed to make sense. :)

Offline DintheDin

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #111 on: August 22, 2018, 03:27:11 PM »
Be sure it made sense  lol Much.
As for the when and where of the close-ups, you are the player and we are the audience  ;)

Offline Gargobot

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #112 on: August 24, 2018, 10:42:47 AM »
Seems like you could put #mood over those ambulance pics. :P
Good read. The campaign rewards are really intriguing. I wonder though, won't the campaign become more and more lopsided if the winning side loses fewer models and gets more points continuously?

Offline virago

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #113 on: August 25, 2018, 09:46:47 AM »
Now that the upside down flag is pointed out, I feel a litte stupid. Oops!

Offline virago

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #114 on: August 25, 2018, 09:50:24 AM »
Seems like you could put #mood over those ambulance pics. :P
Good read. The campaign rewards are really intriguing. I wonder though, won't the campaign become more and more lopsided if the winning side loses fewer models and gets more points continuously?

That's not happening in this system, because both sides get filled up with new troops after losses from all causes have been tallied up. So you never fall below a certain threshold, keeping motivation up.

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #115 on: August 26, 2018, 09:41:09 AM »
Guys, guys, watch out!



Oh, he's here already. :D 'Ello. Don't mind the upside down flag. They're going through a rebellious phase. :p

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #116 on: September 04, 2018, 09:16:49 PM »
Hooray! Reinforcements have arrived!



Also: The Perrys announced a highly anticipated release - more dismounted cavalry for everyone! And some new Confederate cavalry. And a new horse holder! Seriously good stuff. Shame I just got an order from them. :P And I already got a bunch of dismounted cavalry (even though I "misplaced" my initial 6 bases). And still got another unit of plastic cavalry on sprues. Oh well. But the new ones look seriously rad, especially the Confederates. Nasty looking dudes.


Offline DintheDin

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #117 on: September 04, 2018, 09:19:12 PM »
Hooray! Reinforcements have arrived!



Also: The Perrys announced a highly anticipated release - more dismounted cavalry for everyone! And some new Confederate cavalry. And a new horse holder! Seriously good stuff. Shame I just got an order from them. :P And I already got a bunch of dismounted cavalry (even though I "misplaced" my initial 6 bases). And still got another unit of plastic cavalry on sprues. Oh well. But the new ones look seriously rad, especially the Confederates. Nasty looking dudes.

This is very good news!
Eager to see these dudes painted by your hand! Cheers!

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #118 on: September 05, 2018, 07:44:11 PM »
@DintheDin: Cheers. I guess I'll have to finish them quickly for our next campaign game!

Hello, friends!

Here's a WIP shot of the new Confederates regiment (it's probably going to be the 22nd Louisiana):



Horrible cellphone shot, but it's just an early WIP, so justified I thought. :) Hope you like them so far?

Offline Flashman14

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Re: Sigur goes South - The American Civil War
« Reply #119 on: September 05, 2018, 08:25:14 PM »
That's a days work? Damn you are fast!
"One of My Men Became Restless" focuses on 15mm Horse & Musket periods and 25mm Horse & Musket, Fantasy, Horror and Victorian everything! Occasionally there'll be stuff of related interest but it's mostly a painters blog.  See it all here: http://flashman14.blogspot.com/

 

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