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Title: LotOW - Lawmen (new pictures added)
Post by: Court Jester on 15 March 2010, 09:52:07 PM: A couple of evening's work and Virgil Cole's Lawmen are ready to go outlaw huntin'.... although I've already earned the $$$ to hire another fighter so still don't have a fully painted posse yet... ;D

I am shamelessly using names from the film Appaloosa... So my Sherif is Virgil Cole, backed up by Everett Hitch.

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/001.jpg)
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Post by: thebinmann on 16 March 2010, 07:23:39 AM: nice work!
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Post by: v_lazy_dragon on 16 March 2010, 10:19:10 AM: Very nicely done! So will they be getting into toruble regarding a Ms French? ;)
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Post by: Spong on 16 March 2010, 10:44:22 AM: Loveley paintjob. I love that film, I trust Mr Hitch is toting an 8 gauge scattergun? :)
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Post by: General Roos on 16 March 2010, 10:58:00 AM: Great paintjob!
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Post by: cheetor on 16 March 2010, 11:57:32 AM: Really lovely painting :-*
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Post by: Luckyjoe on 16 March 2010, 06:02:32 PM: Great job!

Luckyjoe
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Post by: ushistoryprof on 16 March 2010, 06:33:28 PM: Very nice indeed!
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Post by: Schogun on 16 March 2010, 07:37:47 PM: Wow!

Every time I think my painting skill is improving, someone shows me how far I have to go.
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Post by: Calimero on 16 March 2010, 08:05:06 PM: Really nice work 8)
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Post by: Court Jester on 16 March 2010, 11:03:52 PM: Thanks chaps :)

Quote from: Spong on 16 March 2010, 10:44:22 AM
I trust Mr Hitch is toting an 8 gauge scattergun? :)

He has a shotgun (back row with the top hat) but in the game there are only rules for a 12 gauge. I thought about investing in a Buffalo Gun but that has a huge range which doesn't seem to fit the 8 gauge style...

Quote from: v_lazy_dragon on 16 March 2010, 10:19:10 AM
So will they be getting into toruble regarding a Ms French? ;)

At some point I will be adding a soiled dove to the posse... :D
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Post by: Heldrak on 17 March 2010, 01:03:21 AM: Beautiful painting! :-*

The basing is pretty impressive, too.
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Post by: d phipps on 17 March 2010, 03:24:39 PM: Stunning work! :-*
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Post by: Hawkeye on 17 March 2010, 06:03:43 PM: Beautiful. I don't really know what else to say! The colours are rich and full of life and depth, and the shading and highlighting is beautifully smooth. A nice naturalistic palette that doesn't look flat, and nicely detailed bases that don't draw any attention away from the wonderful painting. OK, so there was more to say....

How are you enjoying the game, by the way? My own town and posses are slowly coming together, and I'm looking forward to introducing the game to the local gamers, so I'd love to hear what you think of it!
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Post by: Axebreaker on 17 March 2010, 07:28:35 PM: Saw these over on Dean's site and they look just as good here as they do there! 8) 8)

Cheers
Christopher
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Post by: Court Jester on 29 March 2010, 01:25:56 AM: Some more lads for the posse.

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/004.jpg)
(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/003.jpg)

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/006.jpg)
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Post by: Court Jester on 29 March 2010, 01:31:16 AM: Quote from: Hawkeye on 17 March 2010, 06:03:43 PM
How are you enjoying the game, by the way? My own town and posses are slowly coming together, and I'm looking forward to introducing the game to the local gamers, so I'd love to hear what you think of it!

Well the game has taken off like wildfire at the club now. It started a couple of months ago with me suggesting the idea of an Old West project and a few mates jumped on board and we have gathered more players each week we have played the campaign (3 weeks so far).

I'm quite the fan of the fast game play of the LotOW system, but then I loved the LotR game as well so that makes sense. We have had games where the gangs walk up to each other and almost everyone is gunned down in a couple of turns and we have had other tense games where casualties are sparse but the fighting is fierce. Good times.
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Post by: Hawkeye on 29 March 2010, 05:04:16 AM: Sounds fantastic - the new models are pretty fantastic too. Beautiful shading - very smooth. Some time in the summer I should be able to introduce the game to the local club. I'd do it earlier, but we started to play Warmachine a few weeks ago, and it looks like that's going to be going on for a while!
Looking forward to more from this project!
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Post by: Johnno on 29 March 2010, 05:11:40 AM: Nice painting. Very crisp
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Post by: Michi on 29 March 2010, 05:31:48 AM: The blending is perfect and the choice of dull tones is even better. These are the best examples of a possse that I´ve ever seen in 28mm.
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Post by: cheetor on 29 March 2010, 08:04:17 AM: I love the effect that you have got on the cowboy in the reddish brown coat.

The shading is really fantastic. Very impressive :-*
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Post by: bc99 on 29 March 2010, 08:14:08 AM: Wow, great painting! How long does it take you to blend those wonderful figures?

I agree with Cheetor, the reddish coat is awesome.
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Post by: Admiral Benbow on 29 March 2010, 10:45:44 AM: Beautiful painting and excellent choice of colours!
:-*
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Post by: Malamute on 29 March 2010, 10:49:54 AM: Very, very nice, I like the subtle shading on the coats. :)
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Post by: oxiana on 29 March 2010, 11:14:52 AM: :-*

Splendid. I just don't have the patience to try that level of blending, so my hat's very much off to you and your brushes.
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Post by: Court Jester on 29 March 2010, 12:24:35 PM: Quote from: bc99 on 29 March 2010, 08:14:08 AM
How long does it take you to blend those wonderful figures?

I spent about 6-7 hours on these two and one other that I aborted half way through as I really hooned up the colours, far too bright.

The coat started off using Foundry's Conker Brown (the mid shade?) I added an off white colour in about 3-4 stages of highlighting. You can see on the front of the coat I wasn't all that fussed with perfect blending.

After that was done I just attacked it with several layers of watered down black, building up the layers of paint (which is obviously very transparent when watered down).
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Post by: Axebreaker on 29 March 2010, 02:20:10 PM: Absolutely wonderful looking posse! :-* :-*

Cheers
Christopher
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Post by: Flockalicious on 01 April 2010, 12:10:54 PM: These are just, simply...great! And it's not just your painting skill; your color choices are stellar.

I'm also trying to get my local group into LOTOW. They're hesitant, which I find odd since they're (we're) all long time blood bowl players. LOTOW isn't all that big of stretch from BB.
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Post by: Doomsdave on 02 April 2010, 05:47:02 PM: What do you use for the dry looking grass on these bases? I'm working on an all female posse (Dare I make the joke?) for LOTOW and want to copy your basing as I am not at all creative.
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Post by: Court Jester on 02 April 2010, 06:55:30 PM: Quote from: Doomsdave on 02 April 2010, 05:47:02 PM
What do you use for the dry looking grass on these bases? I'm working on an all female posse (Dare I make the joke?) for LOTOW and want to copy your basing as I am not at all creative.

The bases...

These are the P3 colours I used...

Basecoat - Gun Corps Brown
1st drybrush - Hammerfall Khaki
2nd drybrish - Menoth White Base
final drybrush - Menoth White Highlight
Rims - Gun Corps Brown

The grass is Silflor Grass Tufts. I purchased mine from here (http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/silflortufts.html) but you might be able to pick them up in the states somewhere...
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Post by: Doomsdave on 03 April 2010, 12:27:19 AM: Thanks Jester. Apparently train stores carry this product. Outstanding.
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Post by: Galloping Major on 03 April 2010, 08:38:54 AM: Classic paintwork 8)
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Post by: Court Jester on 04 April 2010, 09:19:24 PM: Pinkerton Detective John Herod, hard bitten and world weary.

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/herof.jpg)
(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/herod2.jpg)
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Post by: Court Jester on 05 April 2010, 09:53:08 PM: This here is Charlie Waite a rancher who has taken up arms alongside Virgil Cole to deal with the vagrants and outlaws plaguing the area.

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/waite1.jpg)
(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/waite2.jpg)
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Post by: Court Jester on 08 April 2010, 12:04:51 AM: Doc Wallis, upstanding Citizen (formally Wyatt Earp from Black Scorpion)

(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/wallis2.jpg)
(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/wallis.jpg)
(http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n400/Dave_Robotham/wallis3.jpg)
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Post by: cheetor on 08 April 2010, 08:31:54 AM: And the hardcore awesomness keeps on coming :-*

Herod and Waites shirts are particularly nice.