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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Digits on April 24, 2022, 06:48:38 PM
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Can anyone please point me at any 28mm minis depicting bearers carrying the ca5ch of the day for some big game hunters?
Ideally I’m after a couple of Ashanti types carrying say a dead leopard or some such if it exists?
Cheers
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Haven't seen such miniatures on the market but these miniatures from Wargames Foundry might work with a headswap and added pole with catch.
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/indian-mutiny-1857/products/gpr017-indian-doolie-and-british-casualties
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It’s an idea…thanks…….
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Tin Soldier carries bearers carrying game:
https://www.tin-soldier.com/rpg4.html#pic_149 (https://www.tin-soldier.com/rpg4.html#pic_149)
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Old Glory do some.
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I will take a look at both thanks guys
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Might find the thread by War in 15 mm for his African Safari - there were a couple of figures carrying a dead lion suspended from a pole. Follow the link to his website and then read through his notes for that gallery. I am pretty sure he identifies the source.
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I take it that would be a 15mm figure then?
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If you’re looking for 25mm, Old Glory Porters and Loads has two bearers with a lion.
https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=LAT-11
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Thanks. Having looked at these, I think a conversion is my best bet as suggested. The old glory lion looks too big for the two porters (maybe a differing scale, not sure).
I can’t find the Tin soldiers ones in the Uk so would be expensive to order.
I will have a tinker, thanks all.
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Hmmm….so after a rummage, I have half a sprue of Perry zulus, and a warlord ass! There are only two sets of usable legs (and I will need to “de-Zulu” one set) so I really only have one shot at turning them into Askari.
The ass with a little conversion may make a passable stallion zebra. It could work though I’m not entirely certain whether two blokes could realistically carry a dead zebra?
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/5B10BC29-1EED-47D7-96D2-25F6B60E491D.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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Interesting work 8)
Zebras weigh between 350-450 kilos,they would have to be pretty fit (my dad was chief vet and director of Taronga then Western Plains zoo’s,I have some stories ;) , how many people can legitimately say they’ve been attacked by a leopard! His name is Ted Finnie if interested).
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I would bet his stories are great!
So it seems making a zebra is pretty straight forward. Cut and stretch the asses neck to hang down, turn it at an angle slightly for effect and fill the gap with gs. Build up his mane and round off his ears, then cut the tail off which is welded down his leg and fashion a new one from waxed thread to hang down. Simples!
Now for the tricky bit….sorting out the two chaps…..
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/B97574F0-BE82-4558-B832-63D4D8863AE0.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/41EEC9A7-F9B9-4BBF-BC27-C334ED38E462.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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David, you are certainly hauling ass with this project.
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Very good Pete ! Lol
Indeed, I am. I’m quite pleased with this….it saves me a few quid for sure!
Still needs a little gs when dry to sort out the lead bearers left upper arm. I had to raise the front guy quite a bit to get the zebras head out of the dirt…..a small price to pay me thinks…..but I like it!
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/B4203622-F28A-4325-9E72-45F844097940.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/BB64972E-E390-4C36-8006-216298A8BAB9.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
Edit:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/B558F4E1-95E4-411C-A302-44FB40F7ECB8.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
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That’s looking amazing, and better than anything on the market. Plus there’s the added satisfaction of having created it yourself.
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Cheers fella. If I’m honest, I wasn’t ready to spend £30+ to get a mediocre looking vignette. If it’s going to look a little shabby, I’d rather it cost me nothing! Lol
Painted picture going into my Daftest Africa thread.
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Looks good Zebra are also tasty.
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Looks good ZEbra are also tasty.
Wot ain't U ate? ??? ??? ???
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Outstanding customization!!! I’m really looking for the finished piece. Awesome price too, LOL.
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Cheers fella
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/b76/DigitsDavid/A122D7A8-B830-462E-982C-75E49204CEEF.jpeg?width=960&height=720&fit=bounds)
More pics here
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=121136.msg1734554;topicseen#new
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Awesome!
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OH, that’s awesome!!!! The rear fellow really looks as if he’s struggling under the weight. Sterling work sir, beautiful brush work and basing.
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Nicely done! Which Warlord pack did the plastic ass come from?
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Reaper does a set of bearers in their Cronoscope range. One of them has an elephant tusk over his shoulder. I also think Eureka has a few bearers too.
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I will take a look thanks.
Cheers for the comments guys.
Ass is from here
https://store.warlordgames.com/products/farmyard-animals
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:o Brilliant! Fantastic conversion work and superb brushwork!
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The rear fellow really looks as if he’s struggling under the weight.
It's not the weight, internal putrification creates butyric acid,
and it has got to escape from somewhere. lol lol lol
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You could always do one cut-up and being carried.
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1738/production/_97044950_zebrahead976_plus10.jpg)
That Warlord animal set is rather nice and useful - especially now that we know how to make dead Zebra.
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That bodiless zebra had a bad day!
Digits, I 'oopsed' and posted in your Pulp thread about War in 15 MM and his large Africa gallery - in 28 mm. He has LOTS of 28 mm - not just his amazing amount of 15 mm galleries. The man is a one man painting Machine. (And, yes, I am channeling a little bit of Fury - the movie.)
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Yeah….cheers for that.
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What an awesome result, that would be great on a Congo table !
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Amazing! both composition and brush work