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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Jeff965 on March 14, 2017, 10:24:47 PM
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Painted for the Zulu War
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Nice work on those Jeff,love the tones on the horses :-*
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That's a handsome piece of work Jeff 8)
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Very nicely painted.
:-*
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Very nice indeed. One small niggle. Horses don't have visible whites in their eyes.
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impressive
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Very nice indeed. I like the horse tones too.
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Very nice indeed. One small niggle. Horses don't have visible whites in their eyes.
People have been telling me this for years (I paint horse eyes the same way as Jeff).
It's a myth.
Horses absolutely have visible whites in their eyes when they're scared or stressed - which, let's face it, would be the condition of most horses in battlefield situations.
Try a Google image search for 'scared horse face'. You'll see highly visible whites in almost every photograph.
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Splendid brushwork. ;D
I also paint. A dot of white in the corner of horses eyes when I paint them(ahem) ;) I think they look more realistic that way.
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Superb work, and I particularly like the horse tones too.
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People have been telling me this for years (I paint horse eyes the same way as Jeff).
It's a myth.
Yep, that's a fact, I've researched it up close.
Excellent work Jeff :-*
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Thanks for taking the time to comment guys :)
Very nicely painted.
May I ask who makes the figures?
Wargames Foundry produce this, it's quite an old Perry model I think. It was originally made for the Sudan or Afghanistan but I filed down the putees into boots and painted it for the Zulu War, I think I got away with it ;)
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Very nice work, Jeff!
Actually the "British limber at full gallop" is from the Wargames Foundry Boer War range, also sculpted by the Perrys, back in the day. I've always felt it was one of the nicest pieces of colonial era equipment on the market, and you have done an excellent job making it fit the Zulu War!
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Try a Google image search for 'scared horse face'. You'll see highly visible whites in almost every photograph.
Tried that, I keep getting photos of Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Tried that, I keep getting photos of Sarah Jessica Parker.
Phnarrrrr! :D
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Very nice work, Jeff!
Actually the "British limber at full gallop" is from the Wargames Foundry Boer War range, also sculpted by the Perrys, back in the day. I've always felt it was one of the nicest pieces of colonial era equipment on the market, and you have done an excellent job making it fit the Zulu War!
Thanks MG I knew it was something like that :)
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Excellent piece of work!
Really a nice paintjob.
How is the limber size-wise compared to the newish ranges?
(Empress Zulu Wars, Perry Sudan and NWF...)
With other older Foundry ranges I found them too small. Especially the horses...
Cheers
Stefan
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I'm afraid I can't help you there as I don't have any Empress limbers to compare against, however my opinion is the old Perry stuff for Wargames Foundry is notably small compared to today's modern sculpts.
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As the lucky owner of Jeff's hard work, do these help? A pair of the limber horses alongside Empress AZW cavalry: they're slightly smaller but you won't notice the difference on the table, and they work well alongside the artillery and crews IMO.
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Another one who likes the coloring of men, horses, and equipment - though the horse flesh might do with a bit of 'sheen' to it, especially as they're likely to be lathered up to get to this stage. I use a dab of acrylic gloss medium to improve the effect. Maybe works better in 15 mm than in your scale, though. Can always tone down the gloss a bit if too stark with dull cote.