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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: abu iskander on June 24, 2012, 07:15:44 PM
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Not my focus right now, but just got the Crusader FIW Indians in the post. Here's my first:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/f0e455ef.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/eb637acf.jpg)
Liking these quite a bit. I just ordered the Northstar set as well; between these and the Skraelings I'm going to have so many goddam Indians it's insane.
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Great painting mate.
I just can't get over the size of that Tomhawk. It's like he's going to chop down trees :/
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Thanks. Yeah, the gear's a bit clunky, but it doesn't bother me.
Here's number two:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/beb469a4.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/7ee1f309.jpg)
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Your bead work is exquisite :-* :-*
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Wow! Splendid colors Sir!
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Good work :)
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I'm really taken by the rustic, autumn basing. Are those wooden disks, or offcuts from the end of a dowel? The outer rim almost looks like tree bark.
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Thanks, all. Actually the basing was what drew me to work on these despite the other stuff on my painting table. I got some bags of the fallen leaves in various blends from Secret Weapon and was itching to see how it looked on FIW bases. The bases incidentally, are laser cut MDF; so the bark look comes from the little grooves on the cut surface.
Here is the third of my 24 Crusader FIW types:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/63c4a745.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/f16ed1c4.jpg)
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4 of 24
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/c9199175.jpg)
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/abu_iskander/3ce0c39b.jpg)
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Very nice work. Not sure about the figures TBH
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Now with more Indians...Brigade Games KPW and a Perry for good measure.
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4479.jpg) (http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4480.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4477.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4478.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4482.jpg) (http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4483.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4475.jpg)
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/scarecrowgolden/IMG_4476.jpg)
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Very nice brushwork, well done.
Helen
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I'm really taken by the rustic, autumn basing.
Me too. Nice work. :)
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Very nice.
Love them.
Do you think different companies figures match up well together?
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Lovely painting!! Your basing also adds sooo much to your models!
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Thanks all. More on the table now, thoug I feel like I'm running out of good beadwork ideas.
Very nice.
Love them.
Do you think different companies figures match up well together?
Marine, I base my GM stuff on washers and my Conquest, Perry, and now Crusader stuff on mdf. This evens out the height discrepancies enough helps them mix well on the table (to me), though I don't mix them up within the same unit. North Star's new stuff is closer to GM in size than anything else, so it too will go on washers.
I'll do a side-by-side sometime soon so you can form your own opinion.
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First, nice painting. the beadwork is crazy good.
A question on figures sizes between brands:
You have Conquest, Perry, and now Crusader. How do those compare with Dixon, Wargames Foundry, Redoubt and Old glory in stature? Britania and Blue Moon are other brands with their own size and scale.
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Actually I have an even broader collection than what you have listed. I would divide them in two:
28mm:
Old Glory
Crusader
Eureka
Conquest
Perry
"Heroic"
Galloping Major
North Star
I have WF and Dixon Pirates. I don't think either make FIW ranges but could be wrong. WF would be a good match for the 28mm list above. Dixon is it's own thing as they have weird proportions and goofy looking heads in general. I don't own any Redoubt but from what I've seen here I believe they are good fits for the Gallloping Major line.
As to Blue Moon, I only have their multipart Indians, which are OK if you fiddle with them a bunch, and are compatible with the 28mm list above. I haven't seen the Braddock sets but assume they come on the same integral base as other BM stuff. I find these annoying as it's hard to integrate them with my basing methods.
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Bead work is brilliant. I don't recollect ever seeing Native Americans with dyed hair before!
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I interpreted those as the customary red roach, rather than hair.
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Lovely stuff. Thanks for sharing.
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More on the table now, thoug I feel like I'm running out of good beadwork ideas.
Do Google Image searches for the artwork of Robert Griffing. I actually own one of his books, and each page of his paintings gives more and more inspiration. Nice looking figs! I also like your beadwork....!
Mike Demana