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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Admiral Benbow on 13 October 2009, 08:55:58 PM
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Finished my TYW generals recently and set them into a small battlefield scene. Maybe I can finish some more for our game at Tactica in early 2010. Figures are special releases for Wargames Illustrated subscribers some years ago and resemble ECW personalities from Duncan Macfarlane's home area; I've forgotten their names. Sculptor is Marc Copplestone, if I remember correctly, but the grey horse is not that typical Copplestone sculpt ... :-I
Anyway, here they are:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_37_36.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_36_42_4.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_36_42_3.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_36_42_2.jpg)
The figures are quite nice, but the usual thickly cast reigns looked very ugly, especially for figures for a small special scene. So I decided to go to town this time, scraped and filed away the cast on reigns, repaired damaged parts with green stuff, made my own tiny bridles and glued on prepainted reigns from paper.
I think it really looks better ... :D
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_36_42_1.jpg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/4/93_13_10_09_9_36_42_0.jpg)
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Those really look fantastic! Great custom work and painting Admiral! :-*
I love vignette command stands! :D They really add atmosphere to a gaming table!
Darkoath
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lovely! very crisp and clean job, Michael 8)
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:o As ever, very nice Michael!
I have been pondering for years now about how you do your ground work, any hints?
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Really a great job. I like the period, your painting and the "scenery" very much. Impressive work. I'm looking forward to see more of this stuff. :o
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Lovely stuff 8)
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Beautiful paintjobs. I especially like the green-highlighted-with-yellow tunic, and the dappling on the black horse is great. The only thing I don't like is that the one in front is pointing in one direction while looking in another (or so it seems in the closeup), which always looks odd to me.
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Aaaah - gorgeous.
Beautiful work Admiral. The setting as well as the figures.
The one on the right is meant to be a very famous ECW and TYW commander, Prince Rupert of the Rhine (albeit sans his famous poodle, 'Boy').
The one on the left is a lesser known 'local' ECW commander, Sir Richard Byron (local that is to Nottinghamshire, hub of the UK Wargames industry)
I've used Prince Rupert (here http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2475) but I thought his original horse was a bit small, so I remounted him on a more heroic steed from Bicorne. He's a lovely figure though.
Not quite so taken with the sculpt of the Sir Richard Byron figure.
I too like the yellow highlighting on the green - our mutual frend 'Baner' uses the same trick. It's very effective...
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Not quite so taken with the sculpt of the Sir Richard Byron figure.
Yes, same is true for me. Do you know if this is a Copplestone sculpt? Or was it created by another sculptor? The horse is much thicker and bulkier than a typical Copplestone horse.
Thanks for the nice words everybody and special thanks to the Captain for the infos about those figures.
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:-* That’s a really beautiful paintjob
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Yes, I'm pretty sure remembering it advertised in WI as a free giveaway sculpted by Mark Copplestone.
But I do agree it doesn't have the characteristic look of a Copplestone horse.
And actually the figure doesn't have the characteristic bravado of a Copplestone sculpt...
Perhaps he was having an off day... ;)
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Lovely work Admiral.
I do love the coat colours you have used for the mounted commanders.
Helen
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Fantastic work admiral :-*Makes me want to get my Ecw army out for a game not that they're painted to anything near that standard!
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Love them - great work. Lovely dapple.
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Great stuff! :o
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Luverlye work as always. What you have achieved with the bridles and reins is very effective indeed. ;D
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Awesome!!! Love those horses. :)
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Actually, there's nothing to add - that's really breathtaking! All the more as it represents the Thirty Years' War; way too few wargamers for this period!
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I have been pondering for years now about how you do your ground work, any hints?
Thanks for the nice comment, Vikotnik.
No secrets to share concerning the groundwork: I just use a ready-mixed filler from the DIY-market as base, adding a blob of dark brown acrylic to the mix for base colour. This is what I use:
http://www.molto.de/produkte/holz/molto_holz_reparatur_spachtel.html (http://www.molto.de/produkte/holz/molto_holz_reparatur_spachtel.html)
This stuff is available in a can as well, not just the tube. I usually colour the complete can after opening it, so you can use it immediately next time. It's a very flexible but hard material and has a natural ground structure when dry. It will be drybrushed afterwards with two or three light ocre hues and a very light near-white drybrushed topcoat.
If you need some rougher ground, add white glue on top of the hardened filler and sprinkle on some dirt, sand or pebbles. Let dry, paint as before. Finished.
Then follows vegetation if wanted.
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Yes please, more of these! :D 8)
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A lovely piece,
your comment about Tactica 2010 in HH makes me think about a visit there ;) , because ECW / TYW is the second of my historical "armies".
I hope you had a nice time in Essen :)
see you in Antwerp,
cheers Thomas
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Gorgeous work, Benbow old man, just gorgeous... Let me say, I like the whole setup, but the grey horse is simply striking... just beautiful.
Regards,
Doc
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Nice Admiral,I believe the chap with the 'mo' is Lord Byron, a royalist.
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Outstanding, those bridles are excellent :-*