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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Wirelizard on 02 May 2014, 07:41:46 AM
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One of the bits included in the Pulp Figures "The Mad Guru" pack of Thugee figures is a bas-relief carving of the Hindu goddess Kali, in all her many-armed glory, with skull necklace, skirt of human forearms, and the body of her consort underfoot.
It's a really lovely piece of sculpting, and (as far as I can tell) actually a very accurate miniature representation of Kali.
So of course when I bought it last spring I put it to one side and did absolutely nothing with it for 13+ months...
The last couple of weeks I've been on a bit of a tear to get stuff finished and off my painting bench; it's been getting a bit crowded with half-completed and ignored figures and projects around the edges of my painting area!
I pulled the Kali bas-relief out, based it with a bit of scrap styrene and some Milliput, then had to decide whether to paint it up as a stone carving or a bronze casting. I decided it looked better in bronze.
(https://i.imgur.com/bgZh6yu.jpg)
The basecoat is GW Dwarf Bronze, then a straight wash of GW Gryphonne Sepia over that. I added a little bit of verdigris with some very diluted green ink (acrylic FW Sap Green), the finally a few highlights here and there with the original Dwarf Bronze.
The base is just grey, a paler grey drybrush then a quick wash of GW Devlan Mud.
It'll appear as a Plot Point marker in Pulp Alley games, or just as scenery in some Thugee temple.
Little bit more over on the blog: http://www.warbard.ca/2014/05/01/the-thugees-bronze/
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That's lovely- it looks like it has very nice texture to it, it has real warmth and depth. :-*
who is that zombie by in the back ground?
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I'll try to get a photo in daylight this weekend to show the colour and detail better; the late-night quick snap is OK but not great!
The two figures in hospital robes on the right are not zombies but Statuesque Frothing Loonies (http://www.statuesqueminiatures.co.uk/p/8779655/sa002-frothing-loonies.html) from their new Asylum range.
Fun figures with separate heads; I did a quick review of them on my blog as part of this article (http://www.warbard.ca/2014/04/04/lizards-lunatics/) last month.
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Beautiful work! :-* :-* :-*
That Kali piece definitely makes the Mad Guru pack very tempting. ;)
HAVE FUN
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Brilliant...simply brilliant.
Pete
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I agree its a nice piece and you did an excellent job painting it, but I must admit that my attention was drawing to the suitcases and hat boxes in the foreground. Very nice stuff and nicely painted. Who makes those? Thanks.
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War in 15mm,
they're the gorgeous castings of our LAF fellow 6milphil.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=51245.0
Marco
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A nice effective piece! :-*
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Remgain, thank you. Richard
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Yes, the luggage is from 6mmphil.
I reviewed it last spring (http://www.warbard.ca/2013/03/21/28mm-pulp-baggage-review/) when I got the order from Slug Industries (phil's company) and just recently wrote about finally finishing it (http://www.warbard.ca/2014/04/26/lost-luggage-turns-up/).
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I'll be bound to get that pack someday, once my louts find their way to India.
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That Kali statue really is brilliant. :-* Dad says we can't buy anything non Vice Alley related until we finish. Maybe I can convince dad of cultists worshiping Kali in our city so we can get it sooner ;)
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That Kali statue really is brilliant. :-* Dad says we can't buy anything non Vice Alley related until we finish. Maybe I can convince dad of cultists worshiping Kali in our city so we can get it sooner ;)
Well, in Young Sherlock Holmes there was a whole Egyptian temple full of cultists in the middle of London so its not outside the realm of possibility that there could be a Kali cult in any large urban area, like say Vice Alley? ;)
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Yes, the luggage is from 6mmphil.
I reviewed it last spring (http://www.warbard.ca/2013/03/21/28mm-pulp-baggage-review/) when I got the order from Slug Industries (phil's company) and just recently wrote about finally finishing it (http://www.warbard.ca/2014/04/26/lost-luggage-turns-up/).
Kind words indeed , thanks for that. They are listed on the website though, you just have to click on the pdf catalogue link - http://slugindustries.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/slugindustriesjune2013web1.pdf (http://slugindustries.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/slugindustriesjune2013web1.pdf)
Excellent work on Kali, and a pleasant coincidence as on my mantel piece sits...
(http://i.imgur.com/AX0c221.jpg)
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That Kali statue really is brilliant. :-* Dad says we can't buy anything non Vice Alley related until we finish. Maybe I can convince dad of cultists worshiping Kali in our city so we can get it sooner ;)
Broaden your horizons! Have a Vice Alley game in Hyderabad, New Delhi, or Calcutta. Problem solved! :D
(This is actually rather self-serving of me, because the very first league I made was an Indian league... I'm just waiting on a particular mini to come out before I can finish it).
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That is very nice work. It makes me think that I need a Thuggee League for future games!