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Miniatures Adventure => Old West => Topic started by: Will Bailie on 22 May 2016, 05:09:47 AM
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It was a bit of a toss-up for me if I should put this here, or as a Colonial Adventure, but I decided that the Yukon is closer spiritually to the Old West.
Here is a fur trapper in a birch bark canoe. I started painting this for myself, then my wife asked if she could give it to her dad as a 'souvenir of Canada' when we go visit him next week. I pushed to finish it up, and here it is! (and when we get home, I'll place an order with Bob for more YP!). I love Bob Murch's Pulp Figures, as they are such a joy to paint. They even reward my mediocre painting skills.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L2KQdcsYsYM/V0EsH3Cd7BI/AAAAAAAAAwU/ZIYt1nshxY0stJZqsEzr1n1-eyXKdgahgCLcB/s320/20160520_213732.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KfhwRe7H_4/V0ErIleRoMI/AAAAAAAAAwA/bVvxTEQuUzcgZGRonEYEZZ0T23LKbigFACLcB/s320/20160520_213529.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SmEzZez40so/V0ErDTTsZZI/AAAAAAAAAv4/pC9c730VsOEr23vqBm6lwUcHRWTSnh7EwCLcB/s320/20160520_213653.jpg)
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BIQZbw29uzw/V0EsAKmfvJI/AAAAAAAAAwM/7pbj9L2IGqwJhitmao7mbLrW9kYsC8gzgCLcB/s320/20160520_213712.jpg)
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And another recent purchase, the mighty Canadian moose!
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FLZoGafsb54/VyBMqqUc-0I/AAAAAAAAAvk/1vvZg5NzKbMb6G__vT9VdLPvmUQqoVveACLcB/s320/IMG_4701.JPG)
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And to keep law and order in the Yukon, the Scarlet Patrol!
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmi_kPCZnBY/VSKlokgCbII/AAAAAAAAAVQ/roIuS4i6fEQ/s1600/IMG_0804.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6VA8-RggttY/VSKmKHoVZvI/AAAAAAAAAWI/UxtNbv9Xsv8/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG)
I decided that I didn't want my Yukon RCMP to have bolt action rifles, so these three are actually representing slightly different Canadians. From left to right, Lord Strathcona's Horse in South Africa, the 19th Alberta Dragoons ca 1910, and Canadian cavalry prior to being sent to the trenches in 1915.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ep6neGF89SY/VSKmFeLtmqI/AAAAAAAAAV4/NmJN8RiVZh0/s1600/IMG_0811.JPG)
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Lovely work on these. The law and order guys are nicely done.
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WOW! Terrific job!
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Thanks for the comments!
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There's more than just mounties up there in the Yukon!
Here's Beardie MacBeardface (just to show that I'm no better than the British public at coming up with a decent name for something).
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-syNp4bDjQhc/V42X8hY8XBI/AAAAAAAABFQ/gAhryKlvJ-UTX08IiT7XunNlAjgqd5TTQCEw/s1600/20160718_194016.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9GPlqANmLI/V42Ypb4iGII/AAAAAAAABFU/oH-SgjlKx0IQ6duZUG68aOwU32ZU-s_KACEw/s1600/20160718_195256.jpg)
There are a couple more photos on the blog: http://willstoysoldiers.blogspot.ca/2016/07/yukon-fur-trapper-beardie-macbeardface.html
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Great stuff, looking forward to seeing more.
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He's got a few mates on the painting table, so he'll eventually get company. :)
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Love these figures I just wish he would make horse mounted versions of them as well. I know there is one but they're "Mounties" not "Standies"...
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Mounted Mounties are tragically rare. I've got the Pulp Figures fellow, and I once had a pair of the HLBS ones, now sold by Tiger Miniatures. Those two disappeared some time ago! And of course there are the ancient Rafm ones.
If there's not enough demand to justify mounted Mounties, maybe we can persuade someone to produce heads in RCMP Stetsons. Then you could convert appropriate cavalry models (colonial or Boer War cavalry/scouts/mounted rifle types). Oh, damn, now I have an idea for yet another project!
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I've been reliving my long-lost Canadian youth vicariously through reruns of the Forest Rangers (amazing what you can find on YouTube!); it's also been inspiring my painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgwuA0KyIA&list=PLeagipoZmyfkRiCabetQdFSWqUfU7i10B
Here's another mad trapper, Svenn Olsen
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mc65d0i1lH8/V5A48-ckFgI/AAAAAAAABGk/bzoOMHgLRcMbXFxVr_zgdN12gIreLQ2QwCLcB/s1600/20160720_194050.jpg)
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H_d_oKsgEGE/V5A1cAlTkUI/AAAAAAAABGM/yRQ3SkoB0wAxTXzn1DcOaXcO8Cd_sdrLQCLcB/s1600/20160720_192123.jpg)
Watch those leg hold traps!
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H8DpNQhDTuY/V5A5hy1yfFI/AAAAAAAABHE/xH9hIdtz98w3rniB4KW0X__KWDieofFmACEw/s1600/20160720_194207.jpg)
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Finished up some more Bob Murch goodness. This finishes up the Yukon Peril part of my lead mountain, but there's still plenty of other stuff in the pile (cowboys, banditos and more)!
Two more canoes:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yLlgA5mrZqM/V6ZeRgiLLPI/AAAAAAAABIg/PYS8SpYWUYUCllGY4kSzBz0XgXM4VZbUACLcB/s1600/20160806_115857.jpg)
And the full set of mad trappers:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zBVcX-HEeE/V6ZibI8ZCFI/AAAAAAAABJM/tmLe38p9DSwLd9Ckzh_-F4Emkbf4CVH1ACLcB/s1600/20160806_120540.jpg)
More images on the blog:
http://willstoysoldiers.blogspot.ca/2016/08/more-yukon-peril.html (http://willstoysoldiers.blogspot.ca/2016/08/more-yukon-peril.html)
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Nice work, especially on that scarf and shirt.
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I do like that trapper pack, very characterful, and you have really brought that out in them.
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Here's more of Bob Murch's pulpy goodness, although not from the Yukon.
Vaqueros americanos
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UbX9vV5odCk/V7DwI8WHJQI/AAAAAAAABMQ/E12Hg-cnld0k__jz8CGWGpvDBPdGuhiMwCLcB/s1600/20160814_141008.jpg)
And a couple Rugged Sons of the Empire:
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No lumberjacks?
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No lumberjacks?
... and where's the snow? ;D
Just kidding, superb colection! 8)
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No lumberjacks?
It's the Yukon; that means prospectors and trappers. But if I stumble across a lumberjack I'll get him into the collection.
... and where's the snow? ;D
It's summer! ;)