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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Cubs on 21 October 2013, 07:30:00 PM
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I just painted up a model for a commish and thought you'd like to see some of the other DMH characters too.
First up is last done. It's hard to know how to describe him these days, with so many bored people making up different PC rules by the day, so given the cinematic theme of the game I'll plump for 'Indian', since that's what we used to call them back in the 1970's when we ran around the playground using sticks for guns.
### Photo removed - AAARRGGGHHH!! I made a mistake and showed a model that won't be for release until next year. I have been soundly thrashed and am now contrite. Those lucky few who saw it must cherish the memory and those who didn't have to wait a few months.###
Charlie Prince, from '3:10 to Yuma'.
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-CLQPKNNF-D.jpg)
Doc Holliday, Val Kilmer style .... "I'm your huckleberry."
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-F7SJ3VDV-D.jpg)
Django ... sans chains.
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-HOSQWT6J-D.jpg)
And of course, Clint ... as the preacher in 'Pale Rider' (dog collar exchanged for gun belt).
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-7ZKUVGJH-D.jpg)
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:-* superb painting sir. Simply stunning. Mr Indian is my favourite.
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Where's the Indian' from? It's a sharp looking mini.
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I've just checked and the Indian's not available yet (in fact, I'm not sure I should have shown him yet ... eek); he's part of Great Escape Games' next boxed miniatures set for Dead Man's Hand.
So when you buy the set folks, tell them it was all because of me!
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lol I do want that Indian so I guess I'll be getting the set.
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Beautiful work cubs. The Native American.. First Nation.. redskin... er, Indian is superb. Not sure you should have shown him yet either, but I bet you're responsible for quite a few sales showing eye candy like that. ;)
I've got 'Clint' on the desk at the moment, undergoing a small bit of surgery, to make him, just so for 'Pale Rider'. :D
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Reminds me I need to pick up one or two Apaches...dammit. :-I Nice paintwork!
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I've got 'Clint' on the desk at the moment, undergoing a small bit of surgery, to make him, just so for 'Pale Rider'. :D
If possible, and if I were allowed (which I wasn't), I'd have tried to file down the jaw a little to make his face a bit slimmer and more 'Clint-like'. Are you adding the dog collar?
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If possible, and if I were allowed (which I wasn't), I'd have tried to file down the jaw a little to make his face a bit slimmer and more 'Clint-like'. Are you adding the dog collar?
No, I'll probably just leave the neck scarf, although its a thought. ::) I've trimmed down the face and removed the 'tache. I'm going to add a Clint like snarl to the lips. I've also trimmed back the hat brim, which for some odd reason sits low over the left eye, obscuring it. The major work is in shortening the coat which should only just come to knee length.
Oh, the joy. ;)
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Given DMH's penchant for throwing in the occasional cinema character is it too much to hope there's a Tonto style Indian' in the new set? My Artizan Lone Ranger has been without a sidekick for way way too long :'(.
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Great brushwork :)
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Where's Holliday from?
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Where's Holliday from?
The 'lawman' set from Dead Mans Hand by Great escape games.
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They are beauties 8) Got first game this wednesday looking forward to it, dusted off my old wild west town I built around 17-18 years ago ;D old figures of mine need touching up though looking at these, they may go in the bin :D
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Given DMH's penchant for throwing in the occasional cinema character is it too much to hope there's a Tonto style Indian' in the new set?
Couldn't tell you, I only got this one model, but you never know. If they did a 'Sons of Katie Elder' set I think I'd faint from over-excitement.
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Couldn't tell you, I only got this one model, but you never know. If they did a 'Sons of Katie Elder' set I think I'd faint from over-excitement.
I'd do the same for Once Upon a Time in the West.
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Doc Holliday, Val Kilmer style .... "I'm your huckleberry."
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-F7SJ3VDV-D.jpg)
I haven't started painting mine yet - but I have looked at them. I thought there was something familiar about the odd figure here and there - particularly that one, but I hadn't 'put two and two together'.
GGGRRRR!!!!! Now I'm going to be hunting around all the ranges of 'cowboy' figures, looking for movie characters. LOL!
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Superb paintwork Mr Cubs :-*
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I had to take the Indian pic down, I had jumped the gun by a few months on that one.
To make up for it I'll show you 'Trixie' (from 'Deadwood' fame) and a cowboy (from John Wayne's 'The Cowboys') from the 'Armed Citizens' boxed set.
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-HAY6M74N-D.jpg)
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I had to take the Indian pic down, I had jumped the gun by a few months on that one.
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-HAY6M74N-D.jpg)
You might survive. ;) Nick might have just bailed you out.
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Lovely painting! Is Trixie very tall, or the cowboy very short?
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The cowboy has to be very small. Look at his proportions. Billy the Kid? ;)
The way you paint them ist realy good!
What a joy it would be, to see such well painted figures on a beautiful western table. I would love to play a game.
Bad for me, that i have to spend days of work to be at this point. *g*
Thank's for the pictures.
I like how you paint the clothes. The stripes on the "skirt" are so well done!
Greetings,
Jan
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Lovely. Gritty and great! :)
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If they did a 'Sons of Katie Elder' set I think I'd faint from over-excitement.
A not Duke and a not Deano would be right up there at the top of my must have list ;D
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Yup, there's a serious lack of decent Duke figures available.
Go on Nick you know you want to.. ;) lol
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Yup, there's a serious lack of decent Duke figures available.
Go on Nick you know you want to.. ;) lol
Already had it in mind, but if someone else does one in the meantime... lol
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Great paint!
Well done.
tt43.
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Is Trixie very tall, or the cowboy very short?
The cowboy has to be very small. Look at his proportions. Billy the Kid? ;)
It's a child.
You people need some culture .... John Wayne, 'The Cowboys'? Never seen it? He takes a bunch of children across the plains to work as cowboys. Great film.
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Great choice of colours.
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I had to take the Indian pic down, I had jumped the gun by a few months on that one.
Why are they so coy about their figures? All the teasing they did when the range first came out just succeeded in pissing me off! I don't see the other old west manufacturers acting like Sunday school teachers in a lap dancing club. ::)
I'll still buy them though, I wasn't that pissed off lol
Lovely paintwork again Mr Cubs :-*
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You go to some odd clubs bugs... ;D
Nice figures though, would like to see them with your paintwork on them too. ;)
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You go to some odd clubs bugs... ;D
Only in my head Ray lol
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Good job !
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So anyhoo, here's that Indian that I'm now able to show you, plus a couple of others. They're the 'Poster Boys' for new the DMH boxed sets - Indians, US Cavalry and Pinkertons.
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-Y84OEKX3-D.jpg)
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-GVRC4TBE-D.jpg)
(http://www.myalbum.co.uk/Photo-XXUQI4D3-D.jpg)
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Lovely work as usual Cubs. You've made that Pinkerton look a lot better than the other shots I've seen of him. :)
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Lovely work as usual Cubs. You've made that Pinkerton look a lot better than the other shots I've seen of him. :)
Cheers Ray, funny enough he's my favourite model of the lot. The pose is so understated, the model so relaxed yet threatening ... it just seems a lot classier than the ones waving guns around. Don't talk to me about putting pinstripes on his trousers though ... oy ... what a grind ...
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Blimey cubs, they are beautiful! How on earth did you paint the feathers and the badge so well? ???
Cheers
Matt
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Thanks Bertie, the feathers are mostly about inks really, on top of a cream base. The badge is simple too, just inks to show shade and white highlights for shine on a brass base. The more I paint NMM effects the more I rely on minimal shades for the reflective effect - ie. a base colour, with ink/wash for shade and a white (or white mix) for shine. Too many gradual layers and it doesn't look shiny enough.
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Wow they look great! :-*
Really looking forward to the expansion (supplement?) now!
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You make it sound so easy cubs, not mentioning your vast practice and skill. ;)
Thanks though, I may need to give it a go! :D
Cheers
Matt
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Well, I didn't think it would be too useful to say, "Go backs thirty years, start painting ... keep painting ..."
In all honesty, it's just about having a go. Look at a photo of something like what you're painting (I did just that with the feathers (all right, it was paintings more than photos) and the badge) and just try to replicate the main pattern or light effects. Some bits will go right, some bits will go wrong, but over time you'll find ways to improve on the right bits and turn around the wrong.
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"Go backs thirty years, start painting ... keep painting ..."
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
Thanks Cubs, good tip ;) ill give washes/NMM a try next time! :D
If I did try that other tip, I may cease to exist! :o Better wait a year and a half so I can get a good jump on a painting career ;D
cheers
matt
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Lovely brushwork indeed
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Damn - they're so good it makes me want to break my brushes :)
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That cavalryman is the absolute dogs bollox :-*
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Absolute top-notch work Mr Cubs!!! :o
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Very nice, are these 25,28 or 32mm
Cheers
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28mm
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Zowieeee!