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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Priest on 18 December 2009, 04:56:43 PM

Title: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: Priest on 18 December 2009, 04:56:43 PM

I'm starting, after years of refusal, to get into the Zulu War. Got this vignette from Empress, beautifull and moving. The base needs thinking about, maybe some bits and pieces including a Zulu shield, hmm...

(http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp292/priest_019/th_isan1.jpg) (http://s421.photobucket.com/albums/pp292/priest_019/?action=view&current=isan1.jpg)

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: RJ on 18 December 2009, 05:01:03 PM

looks like a lovely job on a great sculpt but the pic is too small to totally enjoy it.

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: Priest on 18 December 2009, 05:52:18 PM

Here's the picture again, hopefully big enough to see.

(http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp292/priest_019/isansupp.jpg)

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: RJ on 18 December 2009, 06:18:24 PM

as i first thought - awesome  :)

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: Aaron on 18 December 2009, 06:24:07 PM

Well done! I think you are on the right track about basing. A shield and maybe even an assegi sticking out of the ground would help fill up the dead space.

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: former user on 18 December 2009, 06:58:02 PM

and some casualties

after all it is in the final phase...

good job!

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: Priest on 18 December 2009, 07:09:52 PM

Thanks all.
The base certainly needs thinking about, at the moment I'm plumping for debris rather than dead bodies. Too many figs, dead or otherwise, would, IMHO, detract from the subject, but I do agree that a shield, asegai, ammo crates and helmets might do the trick.

Title: Re: Last Stand at Isandhlwana
Post by: Silent Invader on 18 December 2009, 08:02:19 PM

Very nice painting.  Great blonde hair, I find that so hard to do.  Well done!