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Title: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Overlord on May 19, 2018, 10:12:08 PM
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Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Captain Blood on May 20, 2018, 09:40:56 AM
Effing Hell  :o :o :o
How can I possibly decide? Both brilliantly done.
Plynkes, you could almost be a German. That is a scene worthy of the Prof himself. Fabulous choice of models, painting, composition and photography. Stunning.
Keith - such a wonderful subject, executed perfectly. So simple, yet so effective. Love it.
Almost impossible to choose.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Keith on May 20, 2018, 09:58:54 AM
Plynkes, what can I say? Absolutely wonderful and so damn much of it  :D
I was shooting for something a bit ‘poetic’ but deservedly steam-rolled by your amazing entry.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Lt. Hazel on May 20, 2018, 10:08:20 AM
Well, out of personal experience, I think being steamrolled by Dylan is not that bad at all  ::) I remember when Zoogla was like a steamroll some years ago, everyone said "no, I was zooglerd". May be we could say "I was plynked", unless it means something cheeky...
To brilliant entries, a clash of kings. Both are painted and staged very well,
I love the scenery in Dylans pic and the angle Keith shot his makes it very dramatic.
Jan
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Plynkes on May 20, 2018, 12:10:48 PM
That's a gorgeous scene, Keith, and very dramatically posed, as Jan said. Really love those dark blues, too. I think understatement is definitely the way to go with that colour, rather than the umpteen layers that one might be tempted to try. Really glad you seem to have overcome your varnishing disaster. Hope you didn't have to paint a whole new gang of figures. :)




Plynkes, you could almost be a German. That is a scene worthy of the Prof himself.

Thanks very much, Richard. Alex is my painting hero, and it was despairingly wishing I could paint like him that made me determined to get better at it. But this particular example was more of an attempt to emulate another Five-Star German LAFer's style: That of Frank and his Sudan work (though this entry is not set in Sudan).




May be we could say "I was plynked", unless it means something cheeky...

Well I don't think it does, but it is going to now you've put the thought in my head.  lol


Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Keith on May 20, 2018, 01:30:17 PM
Alas, all new since the varnish fiasco ... otherwise you would indeed have been up against the figures you sent  :D
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: SABOT on May 20, 2018, 04:22:07 PM
Both entries just superb lads.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Marine0846 on May 20, 2018, 04:30:25 PM
It's not fair to have to vote for one. :(
Both so well painted.
Thank you both.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Admiral Benbow on May 20, 2018, 04:55:11 PM
Fantastic work, gents! Dylan, you surpass yourself this year ...
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: FramFramson on May 20, 2018, 05:33:26 PM
Bananas!

Plynkes, what on earth was used to make that incredibly well-shaped rock face? Did you carve that yourself (and if so, HOW?) or is that a pre-moulded sort of thing?
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Plynkes on May 20, 2018, 05:50:19 PM
It's a decoration for a terrarium, something for your pet rattlesnake or scorpion to hide in and behind. Comes like that, you don't even have to paint it.

(I feel that admission is slightly decreasing my stock as an LPLer, but Mother taught me not to lie.  lol)

Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Captain Blood on May 20, 2018, 08:38:47 PM
Well, out of personal experience, I think being steamrolled by Dylan is not that bad at all  ::) I remember when Zoogla was like a steamroll some years ago, everyone said "no, I was zooglerd". May be we could say "I was plynked", unless it means something cheeky...


I have been soundly Zoogla’d, Franked and Hammered repeatedly in past LPLs. I look forward to being Plynked one day  :)

I agree with Dylan about the blue on the sailors. Very difficult to be restrained with the highlights on dark blue. I always overdo it. Have just never mastered the technique. But that navy blue is done perfectly Keith.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Freelancer on May 20, 2018, 09:57:24 PM
Both exquisitely painted. Well done. Plynkes can I ask about the rock structure in your background? Is it scratchbuit or some sort of resin piece?
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Plynkes on May 20, 2018, 10:49:48 PM
I thought I already answered that question!  lol

It's a decoration for a terrarium, something for your pet rattlesnake or scorpion to hide in and behind. Comes like that, you don't even have to paint it.

I bought it from some random site after googling "terrarium rocks", quite a long time ago. I'm afraid I don't remember exactly which one, but back then those pieces were being sold by loads of different outlets. I am a little concerned that they might be out of production, because I have had no luck getting any more in more recent times. I have just two pieces, which is fine for LAF backdrops, but not really enough for tabletop gaming.

Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Dr Mathias on May 21, 2018, 01:34:19 AM
Seriously impressed, well done guys.  :-*
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Mancha on May 21, 2018, 11:13:20 PM
Without even looking at the second picture, I had gleefully entered my vote for Plynkes.  And then I scrolled down to the second picture and cursed.  Ultimately, Keith's naval brigade gets my vote for their great faces.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: valleyboy on May 22, 2018, 07:19:30 AM
Definitely 2 hard hitters here, lovely entries both
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Jabba on May 22, 2018, 11:16:48 AM
Tough decision. Keith if only yours was up against a different opponent. Great work both of you.

Tony.
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: khartoum2 on May 23, 2018, 06:14:40 AM
2 superb entries so difficult to choose between them - great sets both

Have a soft spot for Naval figures and they are so well painted Keith but then the came scene Plynkes just oozes character

Hmm what to do
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: SaltyWendigo on May 23, 2018, 08:21:23 PM
Was a difficult choice, These are both wonderful  :-*
Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Plynkes on May 26, 2018, 09:50:18 AM
Well, I think I brute-forced that one. I reckon my gunners vs. Keith's gunners on plain backgrounds would have seen a very different result. The camels and all the other razzmatazz came to my rescue there. But that's how the game works, for better or worse. I think this will be the high water mark of my LPL career. I am experiencing quite a hefty feeling of burnout at the moment. Not sure how much more of this I can manage.

Anyway, well done, Keith, yours was a great entry, as always.

Title: Re: Round 4 - Operations in Jubaland vs. Go to your guns!
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on May 27, 2018, 08:15:30 AM
I can't believe that that one wasn't a lot closer.  Either would have been a worthy winner in my book, but well done Plynkes.