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Title: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on April 14, 2012, 03:11:56 PM

(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s06/Bugsda_07_Exploring_Gentlemen.jpg)

(http://leadadventureforum.com/images/lpl/s06/Laughing_Ferret_07_Caravan_Ambush.jpg)

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on April 15, 2012, 09:09:59 AM

Quaaaar :-*

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Thantsants on April 15, 2012, 09:31:04 AM

Twilight (Not the pasty faced vampires obviously!) isn't it, and very nice too! ?

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Faber on April 15, 2012, 09:40:39 AM

both stunning entries!  :o :o
Love the impressive paintjob on the Exploring Gentlemen and the unique subject and cool setting by LF. Very nice match!

(and Thantsants is right, twilight not quar ;) )

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Poliorketes on April 15, 2012, 12:03:12 PM

One of the most interesting pair this season meaning there are two very good entries with a completely different painting technique.

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Pil on April 15, 2012, 02:45:04 PM

Wow, those gentlemen are very well painted as ever Bugsda, lovely rich colours too, especially the red! The twilight picture is very cool and I love the mottled skin of the beasts of burden. The setting is very cool as well, I especially like the stones with the holes. There's so much going on in this entry you can look at it for quite a while. I do think some sharper close would be nice. Loving the flowers on the bases too!  :-*

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Jonas on April 15, 2012, 02:46:49 PM

I was kind of dissapointed, when I found out it wasn't EXPLODING gentlemen  lol

Well the painting class of both entries kind of made up for it in the end. Very nice!

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Dr Mathias on April 15, 2012, 03:11:49 PM

 o_o

Tough match here. Bugsda shows his characteristic stunning crispness and precise detail.

The color scheme and painting on the Twilight figures are wonderful, not to mention the Henson-like valley setting.

Nicely done guys!

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Laughing Ferret on April 15, 2012, 07:24:10 PM

Nice group of explorers Bugsda!

Thanks for the comments, yes, they are from 'World of Twilight', one of my favorite range of minis. 
I love these minis and they are pure joy to paint. Yet I have had life & other projects constantly step ahead of them in line, so it was nice to have this challenge to motivate me to get some of them done.

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Captain Blood on April 15, 2012, 07:26:41 PM

Darkest Africa really brings the best out of you, Chris. Wonderful tones, which really make Dr Livingstone's smock jump out  :-*

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: valleyboy on April 16, 2012, 05:44:17 AM

Tough call again, I really like bothThis LPL has thrown up some good matches

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Wirelizard on April 16, 2012, 06:58:42 AM

This might be the match of matches for this round.

The exploring gents are spectacular, the pack dinos are great figures, and I love how expansive the scene is, with the caravan winding down the canyon and the attackers up the sides. Depth of field is damned hard to do in miniature photography!

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: XCIV on April 16, 2012, 03:54:59 PM

Those Twilight figures are insanely cool.

I have never seen them before.

Must resist the "OOoooo... SHINY!" effect... :'(

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Bugsda on April 16, 2012, 04:27:56 PM

My ten year old son recons Ferret's are very cool while mine are just boring old men.

No filial piety there then.  lol

Top job Ferret, great looking set up  8)

Title: Re: Round 7 - Exploring Gentlemen vs. Caravan Ambush
Post by: Blue in vt on April 17, 2012, 02:11:00 AM

Both wonderful entries for different reasons!  What a choice!?

Blue