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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: FramFramson on February 17, 2014, 07:00:29 PM
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I've been on and off the boards, pestering people for miniatures, information, and just about everything in between. Well, I can't have people thinking that it's all for nothing.
My sinister plot to actually get my wife and roomate ensnared in the web of Pulp Alley continue apace. After much ballyhoo, I have two leagues painted so far, but am not posting them yet because the basing's not finished (plus I need to varnish them). I suppose I'm finicky about making leagues exactly the way I want to, so the process of assembly and painting them is probably unnecessarily painful, but I've actually spent more hours painting minis in the past month than I ever have in my life. ;D
The overall theme is Pulp, mashed with Call-of-Cthulhu, and eventually also mixed with 30's-era Back of Beyond too (though not all the games will be BoB games).
As a teaser for now, I'm posting up a bit of backstory for the first league, Mrs. Donerwetter (pronounced Germanically, with a 'V').
After years of brutal, unrelenting rule meant to rescue the family dairy business from near-bankruptcy, Mrs. Donnerwetter's grandson (also employed as her business manager) finally managed to convince his grandmama to spend a little of her precious funds and travel the world. While abroad, Mrs. Donerwetter plans to expand her late husband's collection of truly odd and somewhat disturbing knickknacks. Certainly the cats seem to like them.
Google Doc: Mrs. Donerwetter Abroad. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iqaUORvtsheUFlV1FJd0lKNDA/edit?usp=sharing)
Hopefully my basing tufts will arrive soon and I can get on with the pictures.
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A great collection of letters, FF. ;)
There is definitely a sense that something sinister is afoot!
THANKS for sharing,
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I'm a big fan of the back-story. It's a big part of gaming for me to set the scene and the atmosphere. This series of letters is particularly intriguing! Will there be more letters? It sets a great atmosphere and I'm really looking forward to seeing the pictures.
P.S. Is Schrödinger dead and alive? ;)
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I don't believe so, but he is capable of being both here and... somewhere else.
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I had been wondering about that rather eclectic list of 'wants'.... o_o
It looks like you have a very cunning plan, sir.
Looking forward to seeing some progress updates.
Oh, yes!
:D
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Can't wait to see what Nefarious things are afoot. Also cannot wait to see you figs if they are up to the usual MK standard they should be awesome
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How is Mrs Donerwetter getting on in her travels? Any more letters for us to read yet?
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I've been bad with updating this thread, but better in terms of getting work done.
I have some other backstory for a Russian team, which ballooned to fifteen pages (the damn thing got away form me) and which still requires heavy editing.
More importantly, I have three leagues painted and am working on some civilians/bystanders/plot points/extra warm bodies now.
I don't want to risk my best paint jobs to learn varnishing with, so once I get a brace of civvies done I can experiment with them. If everything pans out, I'll varnish the leagues and get photos up.
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Really looking forward to seeing your leagues and your back story has me completely intrigued! Tell us more about the Russian team when you've done your editing.
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Also have some other leagues on the boil, but each is missing a few figures. I need to find someone with a set of the Copplestone Chinese Red Spears who can spare a single one (asked about in the want ads, but no luck).
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Is it this set you want one of? If so, I am happy to buy the set and then post you the one you want? PM me if you are interested and I can check the postage to Canada. It shouldn't cost much to post one figure, probably letter rate.
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The letters are intriguing! I'm looking forward to reading more of your Pulp project.
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Fantastic writing!
I look forward to more, and the pics of course. ;)
Thank you!
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Is it this set you want one of? If so, I am happy to buy the set and then post you the one you want? PM me if you are interested and I can check the postage to Canada. It shouldn't cost much to post one figure, probably letter rate.
I, uh?! What?
Were you going to buy the whole set yourself anyway? That's an enormously kind offer, but I am not asking anyone to make purchases on my behalf - if it comes down to it, I'll buy the lot and flog the extras on the boards.
I'm not destitute, I'm just trying to avoid buying a whole ten-pack when there's only one figure I need (the young-looking turbaned fellow in the bottom middle).
Will send a PM in any case!
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I'm not destitute, I'm just trying to avoid buying a whole ten-pack when there's only one figure I need (the young-looking turbaned fellow in the bottom middle).
No, no nothing like that. That pack is on my 'to-buy' list for a future game but I don't need all of them so only too happy to help out. Will respond to your PM.
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Hooray!
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Still plodding along with the painting. Almost have enough sacrificial victims... er, uh, I mean test subjects to tempt fate with the varnish gods.
In the meantime, I finished the backstory for another league, my Russians The Special Support Battalion of the 88th Technical Rifle Division, a.k.a. The Bogatyrs. Like any good Russian story, it's overwrought and far too long.
There is no 88th Technical Rifle Division, but paperwork in a dusty Kremlin filing cabinet describes a support battallion of unrecorded purpose and strange requirements for just such a division. None of the unit's members - all seconded from elsewhere - are sure which generals are aware of their existence or who is is that sends the cryptic, irregular orders that always find them, no matter where they are. Only grandmother Muromets seems to have any idea as to the unit's true purpose.
Google doc: The Bogatyrs (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-iqaUORvtshLVlqUnpodXh2UEU/edit?usp=sharing)
Also, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogatyr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogatyr)
Not all my leagues will get fully fleshed-out backstories, in fact I expect most won't (cultists, gangs of thugs, my own version of a Tintin league, etc.). I'd prefer to spend hobby time painting or making terrain and let games tell the story, but I may do one or two more - albeit not so bloody long!
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FramFramson,
I have just read through the Bogatyrs, it's brilliant! Now I can't wait to see this league, particularly Ekaterina Mikhailovna Nikitich.
Like any good Russian story, it's overwrought and far too long.
Actually, I didn't find it too long at all, a very evocative back story, I think and very intriguing. I followed the Wiki link and have been Googling Viktor Vasnetsov, some very interesting paintings. Are the paintings part of your inspiration?
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Vasnetsov does have some very evocative work and I like his style. Reminds me in some ways of other artists like the Pre-Raphaelites or Arthur Rackham as being part of a popular wave of art in the mid-Victorian era that was associated with a general rise in interest in medieval legends and fairy-stories at the time.
As for Major Nikitich, I picked a rocket girl simply to use a fantastic figure made by Studio McVey (most of my leagues start out with the scientific approach of "Geez this figure looks cool. How can I use him/her/it?"). The Bogatyrs gave me the family name and the first name came from the Katyusha rocket launchers used by the Russians in WWII:
Because they were marked with the letter K (for Voronezh Komintern Factory), Red Army troops adopted a nickname from Mikhail Isakovsky's popular wartime song, "Katyusha", about a girl longing for her absent beloved, who has gone away on military service.[4] Katyusha is the Russian equivalent of Katie, an endearing diminutive form of the name Katherine: Yekaterina →Katya →Katyusha.
I mean really, if I was going to make a Russian rocket girl, there was no other name to use. Maybe we will discover that there was actually another origin for the wartime name ;)
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"Geez this figure looks cool. How can I use him/her/it?"
I'm very familiar with this branch of science, being an adherent myself! Yekaterina, Katya, Katyusha Jetgirl will look superb in a Pulp game. Is Mrs Donerwetter on her way to Russia?
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Possibly!
I have a pitifully woeful lack of terrain, which will constrain our choice of planetary venue for a while. The wilds of Russia may turn out to be one of my few options to get things rolling ealier rather than later.
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A wonderful read! :-* :-*
If you ever land in OKC, the following passage perfectly describes the arduous jouney north to our secret volcano lair, a couple blocks from downtown Enid, Oklahoma...
"We passed a few small villages whose inhabitants had little for us besides curiosity, but after a week we
saw no other humans, continuing along nothing more than a thin trapper’s track, straying haphazardly
northward. Now the mules proved their worth, where horses would have had a much tougher time of
things."
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lol
As for the story, I was basically trying to go for that old Lovecraft angle of "Scientist who gradually finds themselves out of their depth."
Uh, only with a Russian flavour and without the traditional Lovecraft "fail your SAN check" bit at the end. ;D
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....most of my leagues start out with the scientific approach of "Geez this figure looks cool. How can I use him/her/it?"....
So I'm not the only one who uses this approach huh? lol
Fun stuff, please keep it coming!
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Just applied gloss varnish to 31 figures (no, not using ALL of them for the first game, lol). Now I get to pray I didn't just ruin 'em all! :o Wish me luck... :P
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Looking forward to seeing the results.
:D
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Will absolutely be posting pics once they've got the matte coat and base flock/tufts on.
It's four leagues plus a whole carload of extras to be used as league filler/backup/plot points/etc. Well, five leagues, really (there's a brace of generic thugs and toughs who'll probably be lumped together a lot of the time).
Oh, and a 76mm field gun. :D
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Just applied gloss varnish to 31 figures (no, not using ALL of them for the first game, lol). Now I get to pray I didn't just ruin 'em all! :o Wish me luck... :P
YIKES! Good luck. ;)
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Will absolutely be posting pics once they've got the matte coat and base flock/tufts on.
It's four leagues plus a whole carload of extras to be used as league filler/backup/plot points/etc. Well, five leagues, really (there's a brace of generic thugs and toughs who'll probably be lumped together a lot of the time).
Oh, and a 76mm field gun. :D
Really looking forward to seeing these photos. The 'sneak peek' I had, showed some beautiful miniatures painted to a very high standard and I loved the back-story. This is going to be great, hope the varnishing went OK?
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Gloss looks fine... 8 hours later and no frosting. Guess we'll see how they look after I do the matte coat tomorrow night!
In the meantime, here's a small teaser:
(http://i.imgur.com/iUCbjUF.jpg)
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There's something familiar about that figure! He's looking good! :-*
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Good luck with the varnish.
:D
And some nice putty work on 'Mr Addock'
8) ;) 8)
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Okay, here we go! I will be taking pictures and uploading these as I go.
The first league is Mrs. Donerwetter Abroad, a rich old Pennsylvania Dutch cat lady who travels with her long-suffering butler Mr. Cassidy.
The cats from left to right are: Mr. Tiggles, Thomasina, Jake & Elwood (single base - this is actually a miniature version of our own real cats), and Schrödinger
(http://i.imgur.com/X2INzQr.jpg)
She's not going to be used right away, as her league isn't very learn-the-rules friendly. But her time will come!
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Brilliant!
Absolutely love them all.
The freehand is great and the colouration on the moggies perfect.
:-* :-* :-*
It really is a treat to finally see exactly what all those specific requests for figures were for.
Looking forward to the next League.
:D
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Thanks Mason :D
For this league, I have shamelessly ripped off Dave. Here's Pop Top & his pirates. From left to right, Jung, Fingers, Pop Top, Jimmy Noh, and Joe. I might have the hangers-on slightly different than Dave does, but I liked the idea of Fingers (who as a Follower is weaker than the others), being the "old guy".
(http://i.imgur.com/90EaHJg.jpg)
Not sure about my matte coat. I applied two full coats and even did touch-ups such that some figures had as much as three matte coats (over a three-day period) and I still wound up with some spots shinier than I would have liked. I'll leave it as-is though. I don't really feel like pressing my luck further.
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Brilliant work, very nice to see Schrödinger! Lovely painting, Mr. Cassidy especially, I love that waistcoat. Mr. Tiggles looks like he's been getting more than his fair share of the cat food?
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He's a growing boy. He also has very large elbows for a cat, if you get my meaning. :D
Here are the Bogatyrs.
From left to right: Politruk Pavel Chichikov, Izumrudnya Muromets, Major of Aviation, Katyusha Nikitich (or, "Katie Rockets"), Captain of Armoured Forces, Grigori Popovich, and Technical Lieutenant Igor Nelyubov
Many thanks to Cuprum for his endless help with uniforms, background, and all the other ridiculous questions I had.
(http://i.imgur.com/TymFPd9.jpg)
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Awesome work my friend :o :o Dont worry so much about the varnish if you use them often they will dull up and if not they look great as is.
Who makes the figs used in your Bogatyrs league. I would love to add them to my growing Pulp collection.
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Okay, left to right again... the politruk is a Copplestone BoB commissar, the babushka is a Hasslefree figure (Madge), Katie Rockets is a Studio McVey limited edition figure (so I don't know if she's still available) with her gun converted to look a little less Buck Rogers, Grigori is a Dust figure (Sgt Victory) with a headswap (the head was gently removed from a Copplestone Soviet BoB infantryman), and the lieutenant is also a Dust figure (Panzerprinz), with a headswap for a west wind soviet infantryman head, with added greenstuff mustache & pipe.
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Outstanding work! :o :-*
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Here we have a young Belgian reporter for Le Pétit Vingtième, along with his coterie of friends.
(http://i.imgur.com/yFGUgmh.jpg)
If you can hear the captain swearing, I've done my job.
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If you can hear the captain swearing, I've done my job.
Blistering blue barnacles, I believe I can!
Are the moggies and catlady the Black Cat Bases set?
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Mrs. Donerwetter is a converted "Edna, cat lady" from Reaper. I added the hat, turned her slippers into shoes, changed the cane to a thinner one, added a purse and also put the pistol sticking out of the purse. Basically I wanted her to look more like an eccentric but plausibly-wealthy old lady, rather than the near-homeless-looking stock version.
The kitties come with her (you get 6-7 cats, IIRC)
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Thanks Mason :D
For this league, I have shamelessly ripped off Dave. Here's Pop Top & his pirates. From left to right, Jung, Fingers, Pop Top, Jimmy Noh, and Joe. I might have the hangers-on slightly different than Dave does, but I liked the idea of Fingers (who as a Follower is weaker than the others), being the "old guy".
Not sure about my matte coat. I applied two full coats and even did touch-ups such that some figures had as much as three matte coats (over a three-day period) and I still wound up with some spots shinier than I would have liked. I'll leave it as-is though. I don't really feel like pressing my luck further.
Have you tried 'Dullcote' lacquer by the company 'Testors'? It needs to be applied outside though.;) Fantastic minis by the way ;)
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Can't get that brand around here. I had to go with what was available (Windsor & Newton). The W&N Gloss was fantastic though. In any case, I don't think it's too bad.
The rest of the minis I have done are not leagues, but just assorted extras for use as backup, plot points, league filler, and the like.
First off, some thugs! So many applications for these fellows - I expect them to be quite useful. You might notice Allan in the middle. He's not a leader, but I decided that it would be a funny running gag for me to have leagues that are ad-hoc, one-off, villain-of-the-week sort of things, with a different leader, allies, and followers each time, only for Allan to always be the sidekick. lol
(http://i.imgur.com/6veGK77.jpg)
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More extras. Here are some hoity-toity-types.
(http://i.imgur.com/oEhQSi3.jpg)
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Finally, here's the last batch - for now; more extras.
A professor-type (you can't have too many eccentric professors!), a disgraced and cashiered ex-Soviet officer turned bandit and gunrunner who will serve as one of our villain-of-the-week types, and a priest with an eerie resemblance to the mayor of Toronto lol
(http://i.imgur.com/UkvfbaE.jpg)
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More excellent stuff. I agree on the need for more random thugs and muscle; my pulp figure collection is pretty large but contains way to many leader/hero/major character types and not enough random lowlife sorts!
I'm highly amused that amongst it's massive and random ranges of miniatures, Reaper manages to fit a crazy cat lady. Your conversion is seamless and nicely done, too.
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Great thread Fram,love the figure choices; and the cat lady :-*
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Thanks :D
So I was showing some of these to a friend of mine and explaining Pulp Alley to him. He had the best comment: "wow, this looks like Kids On A Playground: The Minis Game, which I would legit buy".
lol lol lol
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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
So much to look at here! Beautiful painting and a marvellously eclectic collections of miniatures. My particular favourites are Katie Rockets, the Tintin league (as I'm a massive fan) and of course Allan, the way you have painted his coat is superb. I like your idea about the recurring villain, I look forward to seeing him in all your games! I also love the guy in the white tuxedo, do you have a name for him yet? He looks like the type you see at Ambassador's Receptions in various films.
You are right about the priest. Twins separated at birth?
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BTW, are you ready to start gaming yet?
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I expect most of the extras will bear several names, as needed. ;)
We are planning to have our first game on Sunday. My scenery is still something of an embarrassment (trees with unfinished basing and the like), but the figures are ready, Leagues made, and I'm hoping I'll have the plot points done at least.
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Looking forward to your AAR.
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Beautiful brushwork! :-* :-* :-*
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More wonderful additions.
Love them all.
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Some great conversion work there.
8)
I have to ask: Did Professor Calculus begin life as a Pinkerton?
???
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More wonderful additions.
Love them all.
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Some great conversion work there.
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I have to ask: Did Professor Calculus begin life as a Pinkerton?
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Yes. I copied Matakishi's excellent conversion for my Calculus. Here's a WIP shot I took:
(http://i.imgur.com/U79Yupp.jpg)
(sadly, I don't think I have a WIP for Edna)
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Holy crap! :-* :-* All of your miniatures are beautiful! I like your eccentric "professor" ;)
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Just beautiful work FF! :-*
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Top notch work here!
:-*
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Whoof, high praise indeed. Thanks!
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Ugh, it's been way too long since I updated this.
These were painted weeks ago (the first gang was rushed through for our first game). I just finally finished varnishing and basing them.
First the scenario filler Russians.
(http://i.imgur.com/D94Dt1n.jpg)
And some spirit animals to be summoned by the Bogatyrs. My crude attempts at a wolf, Eurasian brown bear, and golden eagle. I know the tail shape is not right for a golden eagle, but I had to use the figure I had.
(http://i.imgur.com/DqvVfPA.jpg)
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This is looking really good. Lovely painting. Looking forward to seeing your next game, really enjoyed the last one.
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Missed this till now mate ::)
Great stuff 8)
cheers
James
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ALL Superb leagues :-*
I love your charismatic style. o_o
If only we were neighbours, imagine how delicious campaigns could play our leagues ;)
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What a wonderful world you're building. I'm so jealous.
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This is great stuff! Absolutely wonderful. Richard
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What a wonderful world you're building. I'm so jealous.
Word. :-* :)
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I just discovered your FANTASTIC thread with all your WONDERFUL creations. You really have some SPLENDIDLY painted & based, HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE & VERY CREATIVE pieces. TERRIFICALLY WELL DONE!
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Stunning!
:-* 8) :-*
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Wow, so many comments!
Thanks loads, to all of you. :D
I'd be happy to play with any of you were we nearby!
EDIT:
I was trying Vallejo's Matte Acrylic varnish for this bunch. It seems to be a little more matte than the Windsor & Newton regular, but there were also noticeable issues with frosting in spots. I mostly fixed it with the second application, but I guess the W&N is ever so slightly better, even if I do have to do three coats. They might be very nearly the same.
Still, it's not ideal. I *REALLY* want to try the W&N Galleria Matte (which is apparently a different, slightly better acrylic matte varnish). I found a place I can get Testor's Dullcote and the correct thinner for it, but I'm holding off to see if I can find the W&N Galleria first.
Right now, I'm able to use all acrylic without resort to enamels (an important concern given our abysmal ventilation here), so I'm really hoping I can find something good for this very last step.
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What a fabulous group of pulpies!!
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Outstanding work, FF! :-* :-*
I can't wait to see what you have planned for these figures. ;)
HAVE FUN
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Haha, wait 'till you see. I still have to paint several figures for our next game.
I've been a good boy though - been working on our terrain mat!
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I can't wait until I get some more urban terrain going, though that's farther away. Then we can go from the wilds of Russia to the streets of Paris... or perhaps...
(http://nutees.net/image/cache/data/product_photo/movie/tintinlondon1-500x500.jpg)
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Urban terrain!? Far too nefarious! ;D
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Just imagine what you can hide in there... >:D
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In your Allan, I'm always delighted to see a Hinterland mini painted up so well. But I'm even more impressed with your creamy whites among your hoity-toity-types. I've achieved some whites I'm pleased with, but I can never get that natural, creamy hue. Great stuff.
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Thanks!
So here's the 'secret' to my white.
I start with a base of white, beige (GW bleached bone), and khaki (GW Kommando Khaki). Then I do a very thin, weak Devlan mud wash to fill out the cracks and provide shape. Then I reapply the base colour. Finally, I do highlights with more and more pure white added to the mix. I do have some final highlights using just straight white, but you have to be careful with those.
A lot of my whites or off-whites rest on that khaki + beige trio. It's a nice mix of warm and cool, tending to warm.
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Thanks for sharing your recipe. Having read some 54mm whites tutorials, the beige, I think, is the key. For some reason, I don't have a beige among my paint collection. I'm not sure how I overlooked it. :(
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Previews of coming attractions (aka, proof I've actually been doing SOMETHING).
(http://i.imgur.com/Nzds6gv.jpg)
Two figures painted in the past three days, more on the way. I'll post proper pics when they're based & varnished.
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Fram, forgive this change in direction, but I just saw your general builders thread and it is absolutely wonderful! Richard
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Looking good, FF! ;)
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I also based all my trees, finally. THAT was only about five years overdue ::)
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I also based all my trees, finally. THAT was only about five years overdue ::)
Nothing gets me motivated to quickly finish up some terrain like getting ready for a game! lol lol
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Excellent thread this! So much eye candy and *great* paintwork!!
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Thank you! (and also thanks to Richard, above). :D
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Tree basing! Isn't that how Richard Pryor burnt himself?
Seriously though... thanks for the reminder:)
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Tree basing! Isn't that how Richard Pryor burnt himself?
Horrible! lol
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I have been Up To Things.
(http://i.imgur.com/OKmKq2s.jpg)
Random extras, multi-use characters, etc. Including my Corto. The fellow on the right is converted from a Copplestone thug so he can be used in more situations (just like my earlier conversion of a similar figure with a shovel - those bat-wielding figures are useful!)
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One more for now.
(http://i.imgur.com/AfXgg55.jpg)
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Is beautiful work.
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Excellent work! :-* :-*
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Is beautiful work.
[pulp Russian]Is indeed beautiful work, comrade, [/pulp Russian] (sorry, I had to!)
The blue tones are especially striking - Corto Maltese and the other in that photo, and the kneeling Russian in the second photo.
I do feel sorry for the dog, though. If our own pulp games are any indication, the dog always dies. Doesn't matter the scenario, rules, or setting, the dog always dies in our pulp games.
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Thanks fellas.
I do feel sorry for the dog, though. If our own pulp games are any indication, the dog always dies. Doesn't matter the scenario, rules, or setting, the dog always dies in our pulp games.
lol
Then I suppose this dog should find himself lucky that he's slated to be a minor plot point in our next game and not an active character!
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Very nice work. :-* Those beady eyes really reflect their characters. ;)
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Another superb painted league :-*
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Another superb painted league :-*
Which one? Did you see the image on the previous page? ;)
Actually neither of the two images are full leagues. The Russian trackers/woodsmen (and their dog) will be extras/plot points for an upcoming game. And everyone's favourite Copplestone Mongolian Mata Hari was just a figure I had to paint.
That's not to say they won't be part of a league in the future. ;)
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Fantastic paintwork! Love the colors and details.
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Which one? Did you see the image on the previous page? ;)
Actually neither of the two images are full leagues. The Russian trackers/woodsmen (and their dog) will be extras/plot points for an upcoming game. And everyone's favourite Copplestone Mongolian Mata Hari was just a figure I had to paint.
That's not to say they won't be part of a league in the future. ;)
Oh, I missed the league in the previous page... so there are two new superb painted leagues :D
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Excellent! 8) 8)
How did you do the girlie's skin colour?
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My usual white-guy skin recipe is GW Elf Flesh and Dwarf Flesh in some mixture, with a wash of Ogryn Flesh, then I re-apply some of the basecoat and also sometimes add highlights with more elf flesh. Though in practice, sometimes I do touchups or corrections with straight dwarf flesh or even sometimes a bit of other colours.
The darker Asian (and also Mediterranean) variation on that adds Tallarn Flesh to the mix and uses a Gryphonne Sepia wash instead.
It's a loose recipe, with some fudging from figure to figure. In this case she's just dark enough that she could even stand in for a very fair-skinned black woman.
My Corto Maltese on the previous page is a good example of a slightly more intermediate look. There he could be Mediterranean or just a white fellow with a good tan (which was the desired effect).
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Beautiful work Fram. I am particularly fond of the officer chap with the pistol. Great work on all the figs.
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Very nice brush work.
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"A woman is a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke." I wonder what that makes a woman with a cigar. Be that as it may, the minis look WONDERFUL & OH-SO-COOL...GREAT WORK!
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Thanks fellows!
I wonder what that makes a woman with a cigar.
Dangerous! lol
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He's the evil, midnight painter what paints at midnight!
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That's really not all that far wrong... ::)
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I don't do art anymore (long story), but I found this image from my folders from long ago and I think some of you might like it for its pulpiness.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs13/f/2007/005/f/d/Dare_Devil_On_The_Never_Never_by_Bjerg.jpg)
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You did that? That's awesome! :-*
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Storyboard guy?
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Storyboard guy?
Never even got that far...
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Looks great!
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Fram that is an amazing piece of work. It's a shame you don't do it anymore.
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That's a cracking bit of work mate 8) 8)
You should carry on, I'm sure there are several small companies that would love to use your style in promoting their stuff.
cheers
Dave
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We had our game today, the first in many months. I'll put up an AAR as soon as the images and text are all sorted, but for now, here are some new additions I was able to put together this week.
(http://i.imgur.com/GqK3r7D.jpg)
A squad of army troops, to add to my other filler Russians. Now I have enough for the Bogatyrs league to occasionally call on the Red Army to help out (after all they are officers!). Here we have three infantrymen (including a scout wearing his fur hat against regulations), a medic, and a sergeant. I had to modify the copplestone infantry somewhat to give the soldiers side caps (by the mid-30's the infantry had side caps) and the sergeant has to have his pants converted (I almost forgot to do this, so I was joking he required "Emergency Jodphur Surgery").
(http://i.imgur.com/BKrVarh.jpg)
A sleeping/wounded man and some pilot types. The middle fellow is brave Italian air hero Umberto Nobile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Nobile), who is absolutely a brilliant real-life pulpy character and incidentally the first man (sharing credit with fellow-traveller Roald Amundsen) to reach the north pole in his airship Norge.
Three adventurers had previously claimed the Pole, and while Fredrick Cook was correctly derided as a fraud almost immediately, only modern research has determined that BOTH Robert Peary and Richard E. Byrd lied. Both explorers came close, but were too weak-willed to admit the truth, and instead chose to falsify their logbooks and records to convince the public they had genuinely attained the pole. Nobile never learned it in his lifetime, but he and Amundsen were actually the first men to truly reach the North Pole - and in an airship no less! It really doesn't get much pulpier than that!
Nobile was actually an attempt at 28mm portraiture, so that was very interesting as I had to use several painting tricks to slightly reshape the Biggles face of the base figure.
(http://i.imgur.com/YPKxrrZ.jpg)
A few plot points and/or scenery elements. A burnt-out campfire, a cairn of loose stones, a backpack, and a sapling with a banner or rag tied to it.
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Brilliant! Such beautiful, detailed work. Those faces are fantastic. Love it all :-*
I can't wait to see your AAR! THANKS for posting.
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Thanks Dave!
Also, as today was the first of a two-parter, we should be having our next game next weekend. Not such giant delays now that we have some basic scenery!
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Stunning work as usual, Matt.
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The extra effort that you always put in to your projects really pays dividends.
8) 8)
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Really good stuff! Lots of character and ace painting.
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This is going to be really good, I can feel it in my
Vodka water. Beautiful painting. Looking forward to another of your excellent AARs.
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Superb :-* I see you finally included the painted italian pulp hero. It was useful the link about italian uniforms I sent to you? ;)
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Thanks very much folks!
Superb :-* I see you finally included the painte italian pulp hero. It was useful the link about italian uniforms I sent to you? ;)
Yes, very much so! Thanks again!
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Once again you have demonstrated your painting skills. :o I just this week purchased the figure you painted up as Nobile and so I was looking at my raw casting and am quite impressed to see you painted the quilting pattern on the inside of the flight jacket WOW! o_o Keep it up fram I sure do enjoy seeing your Pulp stuff.
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That's our Fram. 8)
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Ww! Fantastic painting Fram!! I love quilted jacket, the scarf but most of all....the faces! :-* :-* :-*
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Gorgeous!
If you sold your minis and someone bought them, you could say "They bought the fram!"
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Gorgeous!
If you sold your minis and someone bought them, you could say "They bought the fram!"
lol lol lol
You 'orrible man!
Thanks everyone.
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Oh my Fram, they are lovely! Little works of art sir.
Your freehand and small details are superb, and your image presentations show them off to the fullest.
Cheers
Matt
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That's a lot of :-* s!
Hopefully I can live up to that! ;D
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The pilots are awesome and I really like your plot points. :-*
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That's a lot of :-* s!
And each one was needed sir for what you've done so far. :)
Cheers
Matt.
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One friend bailed out and our housemate begged off, so no game today. Probably be just three of us on Monday or Tuesday instead.
Here's the additional figures I painted for the game though.
(http://i.imgur.com/nfYiluR.jpg)
The odd shoulder-mounted compass, watch glass, and goggle lenses were created using dabs of epoxy glue (a trick I use for gems on fantasy figures).
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Man! Those are triple awesome! Just a dab of epoxy on top of the painted watch and goggles you say?
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For the "glass".
To be honest, I'm not a fan of the reflections I've tried painting on my last two goggle pairs. I was happier with my other glasses, best shown by mister fancy-pants' monocle back on page 4: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=63559.msg802336#msg802336
Not sure what I might do next time.
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Wow. 8)
Love the propeller-feller.
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Say, does anybody else think he looks like Burgess Meredith?
Waaak wak wak wak wak wak! lol
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Abso-bally-lutely splendid matey :-* :-* :-*
I love the eyebrows on the Italian lol
Who said real life was boring 8)
cheers
James
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Really, really awesome. So much character and fun in these!
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Say, does anybody else think he looks like Burgess Meredith?
Waaak wak wak wak wak wak! lol
...now that you mention it. AND the Tall Guy looks a little like Fred Gwynne:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Fred_Gwynne_Joe_E._Ross_Car_54_Where_Are_You_1962.jpg/220px-Fred_Gwynne_Joe_E._Ross_Car_54_Where_Are_You_1962.jpg)
...on the left.
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Abso-bally-lutely splendid matey :-* :-* :-*
I love the eyebrows on the Italian lol
Who said real life was boring 8)
cheers
James
Uh oh, maybe I shouldn't mention that I very very slightly touched him up to improve the portrait effect, which included a slight eyebrow correction:
(http://i.imgur.com/N6icCM3.jpg)
(The excessive shadow under his lower lip was driving me bananas and it took me forever to realize that was the problem)
Really, really awesome. So much character and fun in these!
"Now just because you say he is a character, doesn't mean he has character." ;D
...now that you mention it. AND the Tall Guy looks a little like Fred Gwynne:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Fred_Gwynne_Joe_E._Ross_Car_54_Where_Are_You_1962.jpg/220px-Fred_Gwynne_Joe_E._Ross_Car_54_Where_Are_You_1962.jpg)
...on the left.
Holy shit! It's true!
For anyone who's curious, the big dopey guy is a post-apoc survivor figure sculpted and cast by LAF member just28mm. The copter fellow is the Yann Hoarau figure from Goblinaid.
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Fine original and funny new painted miniatures :D
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Lovely work, indeed! :-*
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Thanks guys! :D
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amazing work!
who makes those pilots as i'm in need of a couple and those would fit nicely.
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Thanks! Both of the pilots are from Artizan's Thrilling Tales range.
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Both of the pilots look great! 8)
Love the colours you have achieved, the leather jackets look just right, top notch.
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These are bloody brilliant, sir.
Love 'em!
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And that tip on the 'glass' effect is a gem.
Thank you!
:D
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Ahar, many thanks to the both of ye :D
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Been painting (and making) plot points, including 6milphil's luggage set. A lot of these were done months ago, but I got around to painting them now.
(http://i.imgur.com/dNj3f4m.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/5vhZVhD.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Ag5VkQS.jpg)
I made the traveller labels by first looking at some real/simulated ones to get ideas:
(https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/2/5309547/il_570xN.320892288.jpg)
(https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/1/5309547/il_570xN.320894054.jpg)
Then prepainting some on relatively thin paper and cutting them out (verrrrrry carefully):
(http://i.imgur.com/wto5Wpa.jpg)
The incredibly garish suitcase (second set, on the right) is actually a reference to something, but it's so incredibly obscure I doubt anyone will get it. Still I'm curious if someone will. The clue I'll give is it's from an old animated children's show, one Europeans might recognize.
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You actually hand-painted these onto paper then applied them? Much respect, I first read the word as "pre-printed", ie used a colour printer!
Those look great with luggage labels, I think I have to go back to my 6mmphil luggage and steal your idea wholesale for a few pieces.
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I guess I could have had those labels I found done up as decal transfers, but this was easier and looks just about as good from a foot away. ;D
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The clue I'll give is it's from an old animated children's show, one Europeans might recognize.
The one that springs to mind is Paddington but the suitcase is not right. I'll keep thinking!
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Well, you're not as far off as you might imagine - it does involve a bear as the main character!
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Those look ace Fram!! 8) 8) 8)
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Great stuff mate :-* :-*
It's not Rupert the Bear is it?
cheers
James
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This thread is so entertaining. Fantastic conversions, lovely brushwork, what more can one ask for :)
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Great stuff mate :-* :-*
It's not Rupert the Bear is it?
cheers
James
That was my next guess, but he had a backpack didn't he?
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Wow... :-* :-* :-*
Lovin it.
Well done Fram.
Lovelly paint work.
Still no Santa? :D ;)
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Brilliant cases, Fram!
Love the labels.
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They put my own Slug cases to shame, although I do still have a few with which to redeem myself, so prepare to have those lovely ideas stolen!
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COOL STUFF! They are all BEAUTIFULLY painted.The sticks of dynamite with the timer is a favorite. VERY WELL DONE!
My little boys are grown men now SO I'm out of the loop on children's TV, but you should NEVER trust someone with a checkered valise.
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Thanks all round folks. :D :D :D
Still no Santa? :D ;)
He's somewhere in the queue, but there are a pretty good number of figures ahead of him. Pretty sure I'm going to paint him as a burly Indian or Pakistani lol
As for the origin of the suitcase, well, in the 70's and very early 80's there was a show for wee ones produced as a Franco-Polish affair known as Colargol, but it was translated and broadcast around the world. I believe the Brits got a chopped up and atrociously translated version known as Barnaby the Bear, but in Canada for some reason we actual had a proper translation and it was known as A Bear Called Jeremy. My brother, my father, and I can all probably recite a great deal of that series from memory.
(http://www.mybearfriend.net/images/Colargol_and_circus_director.jpg)
At one point, in what might be the series' most famous episode arc (the episodes were compiled and sold as the Colargol "movie" in some countries), Jeremy's friend Hector is kidnapped by a wolf and they chase him around the world, visiting many countries. The wolf keeps Hector in a suitcase that looks like that.
I think that since the fall of the iron curtain, there's been some sort of rights dispute between as many as six parties and nations that have kept it off air in every country - but Poland. I thought if nothing else, maybe one of our Polish members might recognize it. lol
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Well, you did say obscure lol
cheers
James
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That's actually sort of an interesting question... how obscure can something that was globally broadcast be?
He's certainly less well-known than all the other fictional bears people named!
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Fine details on the bags :-*
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Wow! You don't stop to amaze me with your painting skills ... and productivity!
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Beautiful details. I saw a lot of these in your previous Pulp Alley AAR, so I'm really happy to shared more photos. :-* :-* :-*
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Thankee kindly, gents!
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Okay, I finally varnished the last painted figures from 2014. These are the Aiyyars of the Order of the Starfish, my Indian pulp League. Left to right they are:
Amala Sockalingham (plucky niece of Professor Sockalingham), Professor K.O. Sockalingham (esteemed but absent-minded Bengali scientist), Princess Roma "Baobab" Khan (daughter of the Nawab of Savanur), Inspector Zanjeer R. Singham (leader of the Order's field operatives and formerly of the Goa police), Colonel Manveer Singh Malhotra (of the Jammu & Kashmir princely forces), and Airman 1st class Waheed Veedu (personal pilot to Colonel Malhotra).
(http://i.imgur.com/hPDDsmm.jpg)
This is actually the very first league I ever came up with, but sourcing the minis and doing the conversions took a while. You might be interested to know that India has a pulp-adventure tradition of it's own, going back to the Victorian period. An Aiyyar is the Indian term for what is essentially a pulp hero, though usually Aiyyars and their adventures tend to have a mystical or magical aspect (but not always).
Each of them bears a token in orange, but some of them are quite small (Zanjeer has a band on the shoulder strap of his backpack, which you can maybe just see and the Colonel and Professor have small pins).
Also, we have some more extras painted last week. The dog was actually found years ago for a dollar in a dollhouse shop. I didn't paint it, it came that way so all I needed to do was base it. The fellow on the left is Eduardo Flores, an Argentine antiques dealer who frequently does business with Mrs. Donerwetter.
(http://i.imgur.com/Px5PQMb.jpg)
The Red Queen's dress was a rather risky experiment I wanted to try. After varnishing her, I added a second coat of varnish as a glue over the red areas (in small patches, not all at once), and carefully applied glitter as I went with a soft brush. This gave me a true sequined dress!
Here's a .gif to show the shimmer a little better:
(http://i.imgur.com/IBPCRQ3.gif)
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The sequined dress and the exposed stocking are just amazing!!
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The sequined dress and the exposed stocking are just amazing!!
Oh, yes!
That paintjob is so good (not to mention bloody genius!) that I almost forgot the wonderful brushwork on all the other figures.
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Thanks fellows!
fram you hit it out of the park with that dress. In fact the entire thing is double plus good. The indian flesh tones are fab and the lady with the six gun is ace.
I really tried to work on the skin tones, giving them an individual look. I'm glad someone noticed!
The sequined dress and the exposed stocking are just amazing!!
I have to thank Michi for his technique on wet/sheer clothes!
Oh, yes!
That paintjob is so good (not to mention bloody genius!) that I almost forgot the wonderful brushwork on all the other figures.
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I don't know that I can really call that bit a "paintjob"! But it is painted red underneath. I was so worried about how it would go that I took "before" photos because I was so happy with the skin and face and was petrified that I'd have to give her an acetone bath if my scheme didn't work (I did do some experiments off the figure first).
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Superb :-* I especially like the indian league, very original, not just the usual western leagues, and (of course) the red queen ;)
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Yowza! That is spectacular! Where to begin... The stunning faces? Minerva's new head? Red's sparkling dress? Wow, wow, and more WOW! Beautiful work, sir. :-* :-* :-*
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OOH! COOL STUFF! They are all BEAUTIFULLY painted & based with a LOVELY selection of colors. The sequinned gown is TRES CHIC. VERY WELL & STYLISHLY DONE!
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Fram once again you amaze us all :o. I will have to steal that idea for one of my pulp figs because it is just awesome!
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I dropped the ball on this thread for six months. Shame on me. The painting on show is fantastique!
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Shit dude! That Indian league!! :-*
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Superb :-* I especially like the indian league, very original, not just the usual western leagues, and (of course) the red queen ;)
Hehe! It started out as an idea to mirror the classic pulp/victorian trope of "Team of Europeans with loyal Indian manservant". Only I had so many Indians I wanted to add that the white fellow (an ex-Indian service Scotch soldier of fortune) was cut from the regular roster. I still have the figure though and will probably use him as an occasional add-on (many of my leagues actually have a dedicated figure that shows up if they get a reinforcements roll - such as Eduardo for Mrs. Donerwetter or a Soviet infantryman for the Bogatyrs).
Yowza! That is spectacular! Where to begin... The stunning faces? Minerva's new head? Red's sparkling dress? Wow, wow, and more WOW! Beautiful work, sir. :-* :-* :-*
Thanks Dave! :D
For those fans of the original Minerva, well, I bought two: I knew I was going to do this conversion, but I got another just so I could eventually paint the original one as well. She's too lovely not to!
OOH! COOL STUFF! They are all BEAUTIFULLY painted & based with a LOVELY selection of colors. The sequinned gown is TRES CHIC. VERY WELL & STYLISHLY DONE!
:D
Funny enough, in spite of my heavy use of browns and khakis, the Indian league is probably my most colourful league so far!
Fram once again you amaze us all :o. I will have to steal that idea for one of my pulp figs because it is just awesome!
Should I be worried about starting a trend of blinged-out figures?! lol
For anyone interested in copying the technique, just make sure you undercoat in a nice bright colour which is close to your glitter colour. The glitter flakes do not cover the whole surface - just enough to give the impression of covering the whole (probably around 60% of the surface area? Not sure). The red I painted underneath is actually brighter than the red of the glitter flakes and so it comes out and adds to the colour.
I essentially painted the whole mini just as I normally would, including a coat of varnish, then slowly painted varnish-as-glue and brushed on sparkles. Use two separate brushes for this and the one you use for applying glitter will mostly remain dry, though I did swish it out in a water cup (and blot dry it) between applications, just as you would with paint (otherwise small amounts of varnish would have built up in the brush). There might be a better way to apply it, but you can't just sprinkle fine glitter the way you do flock, because it has a powerful static cling (and gets BLOODY EVERYWHERE).
I also had to occasionally finely pick off stray glitter with toothpick or even very VERY gently with the back of an exacto (this is why I fully varnished first, so that I could rub away stray glitter with a much lower risk of damaging the paint).
Do not re-coat the glitter with varnish of any sort, even gloss varnish, as that will completely dull the glitter and ruin the effect. Discovering this made me very thankful I experimented first. It's also the reason I didn't just mix glitter with a medium.
I dropped the ball on this thread for six months. Shame on me. The painting on show is fantastique!
Heh, well lit didn't go anywhere. I move slow, so luckily you didn't miss all that much!
Shit dude! That Indian league!! :-*
:D :D :D
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An actual sequined dress! Glorious insanity and it turned out spectacular.
The painting on all of them is excellent and the Indian-based League is a great concept.
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Just - stunning 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Goodness Gracious! Thats terrific! :-* :-* :-*
Their little faces are superb, (i like the larger gent offering a cigar) and that lady in red is a stunner.
Cheers
Matt
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Thanks gents.
Glorious insanity
If I had business cards, I'd sure be tempted to put that on them ;D
Just - stunning 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Goodness Gracious! Thats terrific! :-* :-* :-*
Their little faces are superb, (i like the larger gent offering a cigar) and that lady in red is a stunner.
Cheers
Matt
Finally some love for Senhor Olivera. :D The splashier figures were hogging all the attention lol
Actually the main thing I remember about him was that that shirt was murder to do. o_o
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Absolutely fantastic mate, each one is a triumph :-* :-* :-*
Was it normal glitter you used on the dress?
cheers
James
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Awesome bunch of fiugures, Fram, I love them all but I'm particularly very fond of the Indian version of Prof, bravo!:D
btw, is Prof Sockalingham a conversion?
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WOW Fram!! What an update! !! :o :o :o :o
I don't know if it's been asked before, but where do the figs(or bits there of) come from?
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Blimey! These are unbelievably cool! All of them!
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Oh my! That is some spectacular work. All of it in fact.
And Red Queen's face! :o Made my day.
Brilliant stuff Matthew!
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Mate, what a wonderfull set of figures. :-* :-* :-*
Love them all but that dress looks amazing.
Very well done. :o
Keep it coming.
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that is good stuff! That Red Queen is spectacular...but in fact ALL of them are!
(http://static-news.domfinder.com/assets/pages/c7/76/c776533572923e3c399a73e6b8d0dd6d_330.jpg)
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Those Indians look simply perfectly...Indian!!! Extremely good work that!
The Red Queen's dress was a rather risky experiment I wanted to try. After varnishing her, I added a second coat of varnish as a glue over the red areas (in small patches, not all at once), and carefully applied glitter as I went with a soft brush.
I´ve done that before, but it looks so much better on that dress. Here are close-ups of mine:
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1656-1.jpg)
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/FigurenfotosMichi1658-1.jpg)
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Yowza! That is spectacular! Where to begin... The stunning faces? Minerva's new head? Red's sparkling dress? Wow, wow, and more WOW! Beautiful work, sir.
What he, & all the others, have said!!
Mine own mere praises would be inadequate echoes...
My Oh My!!
NOTHING shabby in that lot!
I think it may safely be said that One Fram Framson has defined
OOoooooh SHINY !!
(http://i.imgur.com/IBPCRQ3.gif)
Valerik
Stupefied, simply awestruck, agog
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Just stunning made my day the whole lot are amazing work
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OH...
MY...
GOD...
FRAM!!!!!!! that's fantastic. if i wasn't almost done painting my version of red, i'd steal borrow the glitter idea. i might consider adding stockings to her now though (giving you full credit).
i love your truly amazing ideas and painting work to match. super impressive all around and can't wait to see the indian league in action (apologies if i missed them already).
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Oh what a morning!~
Thanks all 'round to one and all!
Absolutely fantastic mate, each one is a triumph :-* :-* :-*
Was it normal glitter you used on the dress?
cheers
James
Yes, just regular glitter, a fine type (It's hard to say, but I think the flecks are squares maybe 0.2mm to 0.25mm on a side?).
Awesome bunch of fiugures, Fram, I love them all but I'm particularly very fond of the Indian version of Prof, bravo!:D
btw, is Prof Sockalingham a conversion?
Glad he turned out well! That was one of the very first Pulp figures I ever bought - he's so much fun!
The Prof is a hard plastic Cluedo figure (Professor Plum, I think), from I think the second or third edition of Cluedo, which comes with six such figures, of which I've painted three so far. The figures come up on ebay from time to time. The figures are all quite tall (35mm maybe a bit more), but I'm mixing in several different groups of larger figures (Dust tactics, Studio McVey, others), so they work as taller characters.
They're some of the nicest figures I've ever painted, in terms of how easy they are to paint. I wish I knew who the sculptor was!
WOW Fram!! What an update! !! :o :o :o :o
I don't know if it's been asked before, but where do the figs(or bits there of) come from?
Not yet, but I figured someone might! :D
The Aiyyars:
Amala Sockalingam - A girl from the Eureka Indian civilians set, converted to be wearing shoes and also very carefully converted to smile (I did this very gradually by scraping a little of the lower face away, then slowly building layers back up with thick craft paint until I had a broad smile). I love Paul Hicks' sculpts to pieces (the drapery on the sari is magnificent), but his figures have a tendency look like they've just been told their entire family died.
Prof Sockalingam - As mentioned above, he's a Cluedo piece.
Princess Khan - The body is Statuesque's Minerva figure, and the head and hair are from a Reaper Dark Elf by Julie Guthrie.
Inspector Singham - Well, that's our prof, from LAF minis!
Colonel Malhotra - A Copplestone WWI British officer, with a headswap (and left hand) from a Copplestone Sikh soldier (I used the head from the prone gunner's assistant, since that's one figure I'd never use and he had quite a nice head). I also added the pistol holster.
Waheed Veedu - A Copplestone pulp hero, from the Armed Archaeologists pack.
The extras:
Eduardo Flores - Artizan thrilling tales figure
Red Queen - Another Statuesque miniature
Senhor Olivera - Hinterland figure, from their Pulp Characters pack (all of which are not-Tintin characters)
and the dog was just a find.
Blimey! These are unbelievably cool! All of them!
Cheers! :D
Oh my! That is some spectacular work. All of it in fact.
And Red Queen's face! :o Made my day.
Brilliant stuff Matthew!
Praise from the sculptor! Well, those figures sure were worth the effort - those lines are just so nice! You certainly do know how to form alluring curves. ;)
I was worried how the eyes would turn out as the lines are a little fine, but I was quite happy with her eyes too. :)
Not sure when or where my second Minerva will turn up (head intact lol), but eventually she'll make an appearance.
Mate, what a wonderfull set of figures. :-* :-* :-*
Love them all but that dress looks amazing.
Very well done. :o
Keep it coming.
Much obliged!
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn that is good stuff! That Red Queen is spectacular...but in fact ALL of them are!
Happy to spread the love around. lol
Those Indians look simply perfectly...Indian!!! Extremely good work that!
I´ve done that before, but it looks so much better on that dress. Here are close-ups of mine:
[*images*]
Haha, that's one of my favourite comments on the Indian league so far. lol
For the sparklies, well, I think you managed a very consistent, smooth application - that was what I was originally going for, but it turned out that not covering everything was a bit of a happy accident. Part of it may be that I still had some shading showing through. Also Andrew's sculpt is extremely good (it practically called out for sequins).
What he, & all the others, have said!!
Mine own mere praises would be inadequate echoes...
My Oh My!!
NOTHING shabby in that lot!
I think it may safely be said that One Fram Framson has defined
OOoooooh SHINY !!
Valerik
Stupefied, simply awestruck, agog
Well, I would say th- "Oooh a sparklie!" *gets distracted* lol
Just stunning made my day the whole lot are amazing work
Now I can put day-brightener on my resume! :D
OH...
MY...
GOD...
FRAM!!!!!!! that's fantastic. if i wasn't almost done painting my version of red, i'd steal borrow the glitter idea. i might consider adding stockings to her now though (giving you full credit).
i love your truly amazing ideas and painting work to match. super impressive all around and can't wait to see the indian league in action (apologies if i missed them already).
Nope! They haven't had an outing yet. Hopefully in a while, but I have to confront the gross lack of scenery we're under here. Got to get buildy buildy buildy.
I should be adding at least another couple of leagues in the near future though. We're short on unambiguous antagonists, so I've got cultists and nazis next in the pipe, though I'm waiting for some conversion parts for both leagues.
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Brilliant, can't say much more than has already been said by everyone else. ;D :-*
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*Place holder for superlatives.*
I'm going to start saving up for the release of the Fram Framson Figure Painting three-part DVD set.
Meanwhile I'm going to go boil my paint and burn my brushes in the fire. :P
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Fantastic paintjobs all round, and that glitter is something else!
I'm now going to throw away my painbrushes and cry ;)
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Only just found this thread. Fantastic work from start to the current entries. Marvellous work sir.........doffs cap ;)
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Thanks!
Brilliant, can't say much more than has already been said by everyone else. ;D :-*
That's alright, I don't want to run out of synonyms for "Thanks!" lol
*Place holder for superlatives.*
I'm going to start saving up for the release of the Fram Framson Figure Painting three-part DVD set.
Meanwhile I'm going to go boil my paint and burn my brushes in the fire. :P
Most of which would be me just making unfunny jokes while someone behind the camera yells "Get on with it!". Then I would try to pick up my brushes but miss, flail around with my fingers and knock all my brushes on the ground.
Fantastic paintjobs all round, and that glitter is something else!
I'm now going to throw away my painbrushes and cry ;)
I can't think of a WORSE result than making people quit painting! I'm just cursing a lot and, er, doing no-good cheaty tricks with layered glazes is all! I mean, I even use pens! That can't be kosher!
Only just found this thread. Fantastic work from start to the current entries. Marvellous work sir.........doffs cap ;)
Ah! A hatted wargamer! We all know hats make for a better game! lol
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That lady in red is a real stunner FF! :-* You should be proud but not only because of her but for the Indian team as well, excellent! 8)
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I can't think of a WORSE result than making people quit painting! I'm just cursing a lot and, er, doing no-good cheaty tricks with layered glazes is all! I mean, I even use pens!
I jest of course (about the quitting, not the amazingness of your work)!
At least our painting techniques have something in common- I curse a lot too!
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At least our painting techniques have something in common- I curse a lot too!
i find that as my painting is improving, my cursing is getting equally better as well.
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Ah yes, nothing seasons a painting session quite like cursing, not to mention the occasional cries of "Oh no no no No No NO!" lol
That lady in red is a real stunner FF! :-* You should be proud but not only because of her but for the Indian team as well, excellent! 8)
It's hard to be proud of my stuff, so I was happy that I felt that way about these. Thanks!
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Thanks for the heads up on the figs Fram! I should have recognised them, I'm a big fan of Andrews sculpts!
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Been working on some terrain things. It's slow and tedious, so today was a reward day where I did something fun instead. Been wanting to try to do a makeover on my cars and trucks, so I did one as a test.
(http://i.imgur.com/495qpvF.jpg)
Here's what it looked like before:
(http://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2013/3/1/7/b/1/7b123a50-644d-0130-31e5-005056942d16.jpg)
Basically, this is a quick hybrid job that lets me retain much of the original paint to save time and effort.
Mussed up the weathering pastels some by applying fixative too heavily, but it's still alright and I'm mostly fine with it. Lessons to learn for the next ones.
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Looks cool. :-*
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That looks great! Maybe a bit too shiny still, but the transformation of the cargo area is remarkable.
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Yeah, I think the shininess is right on the edge, but it doesn't really bug me. Could do with a satin coat, but this was mostly an exercise in speed.
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Awright Mr. Framypants. When are you coming to Vancouver for Salute?
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But but but... Salute's in London!
And I just realized I didn't paint the headlight housings. Well, that's a quick fix at least.
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I think he means Trumpeter Salute mate ;)
Weathering looks good, I think a bit more work on the canvas on the top should do it :)
cheers
James
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Nice one Fram. :-* :-*
Looking very good.
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The repurposed truck looks WONDERFUL...nice & gritty. Smuggling does seem like a better use than dropping off newspapers. VERY WELL DONE!
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Fram, this is all absolute magic, the glitter, the faces and the Indians, total genius!
:-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Fram, this is all absolute magic, the glitter, the faces and the Indians, total genius!
Not too exuberant My Lord,
Mind you don't get overwrought.
Mustn't starch the y-fronts again Your Lordship
Valerik
"In order to bring you the finest in entertainment, there will be a 3 drink minimum..."
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Fine looking truck! 8)
Jim mentioned dirtying the canvas top, other than that, nothing to improve I think. And maybe that too neat looking canvas will attract the authorities on these bootleggers and their shady business practices? :)
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Mustn't starch the y-fronts again Your Lordship
Too right, my friend. I mustn't get over-excited, I will get Old Scrotum, my aged family retainer to bring me a sedative!
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Too right, my friend. I mustn't get over-excited, I will get Old Scrotum, my aged family retainer to bring me a sedagive!
"Sedagive? Sedagive??"
(http://www.filmmisery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/YF12.jpg)
I just realized I haven't praised the lovely lorry.
Do tell, was the tilt OEM or aftermarket? Either way tis spiffy!!
Keep up the GOOD work!!
Valerik
"In order to bring you the finest in entertainment, there will be a 3 drink minimum..."
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Thanks everyone!
It warms the cockles of my innards to awaken to see my thread filled with Mel Brooks references. :D
Seeing Terri Garr circa Young Frankenstein don't hurt none either... ;D
As for the canvas top, there's some stains in the depressions on top, but you can't see them very well from the angle of the photo. Might do with a bit more though, I suppose. I was trying not to overdo it.
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I think he means Trumpeter Salute mate ;)
Aye that's the one... Us locals tend to shorten the name, but it's unlikely anyone would confuse the two.
Trumpeter Salute (http://trumpetergaming.weebly.com/con-2015.html) is a small, yet venerable West Coast Canadian convention held every spring and while it draws visitors from neighbouring provinces and U.S. states, it rarely tops more than several hundred visitors.
But we put on some nice games and wear ourselves out like we should.
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Afraid crawling to BC is rather out of the budget this year. Someone went and made this country a bit on the large side...
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Afraid crawling to BC is rather out of the budget this year. Someone went and made this country a bit on the large side...
It is slightly oversized sometimes, isn't it?
Aye that's the one... Us locals tend to shorten the name, but it's unlikely anyone would confuse the two.
Trumpeter Salute (http://trumpetergaming.weebly.com/con-2015.html) is a small, yet venerable West Coast Canadian convention held every spring and while it draws visitors from neighbouring provinces and U.S. states, it rarely tops more than several hundred visitors.
But we put on some nice games and wear ourselves out like we should.
There's a reason I tend to refer to Trumpeter Salute as "Trumpeter" and not as "Salute", ya know. I know actual Trumpeter Club members refer to the show as "the Salute" but having been to London's Salute show once (dear God, fifteen effing years ago...) Trumpeter really can't compete, much as I love coming over the water to attend.
And yes, I'll be back this year, having skipped 2014 for no particularly good reason. Will bring Chain of Command powered Russian Civil War goodness with me.
And now having somewhat hijacked Fram's thread... the truck looks great! Did you paint out the lettering on the door or manage to erase the lettering somehow?
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I was able to acetone it off without damaging the paint underneath.
Which was surprising, because I have a rally Fiat with big ugly numbers and when I did the same thing earlier to remove the numbers and make it look like a normal car, the paint retained it's colour but the surface dulled and lost its gloss. I guess the Matchbox clearcoat is just better? Then again the matte effect I got on the Fiat was kind of cool.
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Afraid crawling to BC is rather out of the budget this year. Someone went and made this country a bit on the large side...
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that truck is a real stunner. now i can steal borrow your ideas on vehicles too.
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The weathering on the truck is great.
Some seriously dirty boots are going in and out of that thing.
:-*
A touch of Modelmates Liquid Soot all over and then dabbed away would remove the shine, as it seems to leave a residue, and then you could paint on top.
That is what I do and I am happy with the 'dulling' down that it provides.
I also leave the 'Soot' in recesses for easy shading too.
;)
The Dunlop Tyres Van.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/vans013-1.jpg)
This one has had the Soot removed completely in places to keep a little shine....
...whereas this one got the treatment all over....
The Express Dairy Milk Tanker.
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/vans002-1.jpg)
It also has the added bonus of being extremely quick to do.
Half an hour for each vehicle to get to this stage.
You are more of a perfectionist than I am though so I guess you would take these much further.
;)
Now I shall stop hijacking your thread and leave it to you to keep impressing us properly...
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Not in the least! Those are some great trucks! :D
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Fine vehicles :-*
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Great work on those!
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Here's a couple more. This is another Ford AA.
(http://i.imgur.com/Exhfl3d.jpg)
And a before image to give you an idea. I discovered a neat new way to paint wood when I did the bed, involving some layered drybrushing plus washes. Hooray.
(http://www.thetoycabin.com/images/super/YGB05-1-MM.jpg)
Getting better with weathering powder, but not quite there. This time I sprayed the fixative on, but it still wound up being far too thick and I had to go back and do it again. I'm sure an airbrush would be much better as you really need fine atomization. Not as even as it could be, but at least this time it looks like dust and not mud.
I did however figure out that you could spray fixative on, then add weathering powder. Which gets closer, but still nothing as good as it looks as when I just dust on the weathering powder with no fix. Of course no fix means it rubs off at the slightest touch (I know some people say "the pigment powder just stays where you put it", well not for me!).
I very lightly weathered two more cars, but this is more of a "look at the cool cars I found!" brag than anything because this was just a light dusting (and in the case of the aqua car, I wanted to keep it looking very new and shiny, so I mostly just dusted the wheels themselves and almost nothing else).
(http://i.imgur.com/nWG8qtp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vJVHkGY.jpg)
Oh and I did wind up doing a satin/matte coat on the blue Ford truck's paint to make it look like the more worn and used of the two.
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I very lightly weathered two more cars, but this is more of a "look at the cool cars I found!" brag than anything
Oh Yeah, True Dat...
Do tell, who makes 'em, n'whatta dey 'sposed to be?
Nice Ford AA too. Another one I do not need, but very much want.
Might I trouble you Sir, for a hub to hub wheelbase measurement?
My list says the Matchbox MoY Ford AA is 1/46, I'd love to confirm that before buying.
Not that they don't LOOK spot on, but trick photography is, well, just that...
I read somewhere that by 1932ish Ford trucks represented 75% of the WORLD truck fleet...
That's a staggering market share, 3 out of every 4 trucks on the road were Fords.
& ALL the other manufacturers of EVERY country struggled to survive on the remaining quarter.
Mind you probably more trucks, & hence more Fords on roads in the USA than anywhere else in world,
but Ford, a global brand, was everywhere on the planet a man could, or cared to, drive.
& Lots of folks, Britain, Germany & Russia for starters, license built Fords for domestic consumption, & export.
Different story on the automobile end of course, & the forthcoming war changed all those percentages,
but for your Pure Pulp Pleasure, Ford's gotta be THE truck of choice!!
Valerik
Ford feller since departing Datsun & Dodge
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P'shaw, nary tr'uble t'all.
The exact measurement is 72mm from hub to hub. I would say that the Matchbox Ford AA trucks are one of the most perfectly sized vehicles out there to fit 28mm minis, which is why I greedily grabbed two.
The smaller cars are some of the Euro models. The sporty maroon number is a Starline models 1/43 Fiat 508 Balilla rally car (I removed the numbers) and the aqua car is an Ixo models Salmson S-4E, which is supposedly 1/43, but I have my doubts (it is however PERFECTLY size... unlike every other IXO model I grabbed, which turned out to be far too large). Since the Fiats were such small cars, the 1/43 size (and it is genuinely 1/43) actually works just fine. Here's a quick comparison shot:
(http://i.imgur.com/QfL7EdJ.jpg)
It's tough to find cars which perfectly fit the figures AND which are also beautiful right out of the box, but there are a few. About half the cars I bought didn't work at all (far too large or small, or are just plain ugly), but I just resell the ones I don't want here. Plenty of other folks are just fine with other sizes. lol
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Wonderful set of vehicles FF 8)
But thanks to you, I just ordered two lorries for myself :-[ ;)
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These cars are lovely; I like in particular the blue one. Are you planning to paint the leather seats at some point?
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COOL WHEELS! I've never had occasion to paint up a vehicle that wasn't being pulled by some animal or other; ERGO, it's interesting seeing what is involved. GREAT WORK!
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P'shaw, nary tr'uble t'all.
The exact measurement is 72mm from hub to hub. I would say that the Matchbox Ford AA trucks are one of the most perfectly sized vehicles out there to fit 28mm minis, which is why I greedily grabbed two.
Thusly 1/46~ for the 131.5" wheelbase models shown, or 1/55 for the 157", which these two are clearly not.
They seem to compare quite favourably, to the Mk I eyeball at least,
much like the Matchbox Crossley tenders from MoY, at 1/47, do.
On the biggish side of things, but then neither one were small vehicles in those days.
I may well have the Motor Pool Sergeant requisition a coupla those after all,
though I'm usually looking for things in the 1/52ish vicinity.
I do think believe imagine perceive feel that's my 'sweet spot' scale for 28mm.
Yet I do have vehicles scaled larger & smaller that "look" right, to me at least.
It's tough to find cars which perfectly fit the figures AND which are also beautiful right out of the box, but there are a few. About half the cars I bought didn't work at all (far too large or small, or are just plain ugly), but I just resell the ones I don't want here. Plenty of other folks are just fine with other sizes.
Yeah.
Right.
I have 'experience' buying vehicles online from Canuckistanis...
Once gotta box fulla "beautiful" but "far too large" "that just didn't work at all"...
Nuttin' "just plain ugly" though, dodged that bullet!! Whew!!
Even though I can't game with 'em they still look purty onna shelf, & I likes 'em, a lot!!
But this isn't about scale, or nefarious sellers, it's about cars n'trucks.
& yours look lovely, quite the business, well done & most appropriate.
I must needs do something akin to this with my fleet soon.
Or sell 'em all off in despair...
Valerik
"There's death a dozen times over, down the river..."
Mr Charles Allnutt, Esq.
EDIT: my miserable spellin'
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I was wondering if you'd remember... lol
You got the black-and-white roadster (that was another IXO model) and the Soviet truck, right? God they were beautiful! I just wish they weren't so HUGE :'(
I have some other stuff, as well as another Fiat coming, one markedly less sporty but very similar in size. I may even get more because apparently there's a whole series of variations on the Fiat 508 and 500 all in similar size, but which all look wonderfully different. I also have a few more cars (including some Crossleys) which I haven't weathered yet. I should take a picture of my fleet once it's assembled.
Was it you who also bought the 1/43 black model A coupe? I got three of those. It's also a bit on the big size, but is barely okay. I like these Fiats much better though, now that I've found them, so I may have a couple more cars to sell soon.
I think the one thing I wish I could find was a ratty, elderly short truck or van, like a Model T truck. But because they tended to be tiny and these things were sold in box scale, the Model T trucks are always grossly oversized (except for the the Lledo one, which is morbidly undersized).
Wonderful set of vehicles FF 8)
But thanks to you, I just ordered two lorries for myself :-[ ;)
The pain will lessen once you receive them! I hope... lol
These cars are lovely; I like in particular the blue one. Are you planning to paint the leather seats at some point?
I was thinking about that. I don't think I'd fully repaint them, but maybe a quick ink wash to make them pop.
COOL WHEELS! I've never had occasion to paint up a vehicle that wasn't being pulled by some animal or other; ERGO, it's interesting seeing what is involved. GREAT WORK!
(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/jonjits/car.jpg)
;) lol
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Naow, how about that 'new' wood recipe? ???
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I was wondering if you'd remember...
You got the black-and-white roadster (that was another IXO model) and the Soviet truck, right? God they were beautiful! I just wish they weren't so HUGE
Was it you who also bought the 1/43 black model A coupe? I got three of those. It's also a bit on the big size, but is barely okay.
Yep.
I'm that mullet...
Russian-made pulp-era die-cast cars. A Ford Model A, as well as an early Russian truck, with nice detail on both. Ford is $x, Truck is $xx
+ the Duesenberg $x
+ the Lledo car $x
Dammit those Russki rides are simply too lovely to ditch,
yet you could play Pulp Alley ON them, they're so bloody HUGE!!
The Doozy's a shade biggish, but they're big cars, jury's still out on her.
The Lledo works just fine for me, though you probably thought it small.
I have some other stuff, as well as another Fiat coming, one markedly less sporty but very similar in size. I may even get more because apparently there's a whole series of variations on the Fiat 508 and 500 all in similar size. I also have a few more cars (including some Crossleys) which I haven't weathered yet. I should take a picture of my fleet once it's assembled.
This. Pictures. Wow us. I dare ya...
I like these Fiats much better though, now that I've found them, so I may have a couple more cars to sell soon.
Dibs!!
I think the one thing I wish I could find was a ratty, elderly short truck or van, like a Model T truck. But because they tended to be tiny and these things were sold in box scale, the Model T trucks are always grossly oversized (except for the the Lledo one, which is morbidly undersized).
Yeah, a cheap die cast would be nice, all the build up purpose made 28mm offerings are so dear.
I'll keep my eyes open, for the both of us.
Valerik
28mm Autoholic, also boatbrained & 'plane crazy
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(http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/jonjits/car.jpg)
I LOVE it! You, my friend, are a Master of Google Fu.
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Naow, how about that 'new' wood recipe? ???
Okay, you can probably vary the paint colours to get different final colours for the wood. This is a moderately weathered version.
1 - Light khaki coat (I used Reaper Khaki) thinly, but messily applied over dark base (In this case it was the original green). You just want to mostly cover it, it doesn't have to be perfect and some dark bits are okay.
2 - Mix of darker brown and the khaki (added Vallejo Medium Brown), almost-drybrushed along the grain. By "almost-drybrushed" I mean the paint should still be just a little wetter than it normally would for a drybrush and thus leave some rough streaks (this is the key step).
3 - Mix of khaki and a lighter flesh tone (added Kislev Flesh), lightly drybrushed on, again with the grain.
4 - Brown ink wash to highlight recesses and texture and to add another layer of colour. The brighter the colour, the newer it'll look, of course.
5 - Matte coat (unless you want a varnished look, then you might go for satin or even gloss).
I don't think it will work with super-small areas, but for larger, mostly flat ones, it's great.
Here's a closer look:
(http://i.imgur.com/kgUvUai.jpg)
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Thank you Fram. Very generous of you to take the time to spell it out for us.
I'm leery of starting on my 'Ramshackle Barn' from Renedra because I just can't get good wood.
There, I lobbed an easy one everyone can swat at.
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something something the side of a broad
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Beautiful work, FF! :-* :-*
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Thanks gents :D
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The wood looks very good.
BTW, as you mention you use some Vallejo paints, I wanted to ask whether you've encountered any problems with them. I recently bought some and thought there were covering well and I like their muted palette.
However, I couldn't believe how fragile they are. I managed to accidentally peel off some Vallejo paint with my wet paintbrush. Seeing this, I took a dry brush and with minimal force, all the Vallejo paint just went off, with the layer below (old GW paint) not even being scratched. I was really puzzled and have put my Vallejo paints on the side for the moment.
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Odd. Can't say as that's happened to me. A great number of people on LAF swear by Vallejo. They're a minority of my paints but have worked just fine.
You might've gotten a bad bottle?
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Odd. Can't say as that's happened to me. A great number of people on LAF swear by Vallejo. They're a minority of my paints but have worked just fine.
Thanks for the feedback. I agree this is odd, I couldn't believe it. That's the reason I've asked you whether you also had any problems with them. I did a Google search and some people are complaining that they are fragile and can peel off, but what happened to me was beyond "fragile".
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sorry for the non-thread related comments (some may rightfully call it highjacking)
However, I couldn't believe how fragile they are. I managed to accidentally peel off some Vallejo paint with my wet paintbrush. Seeing this, I took a dry brush and with minimal force, all the Vallejo paint just went off, with the layer below (old GW paint) not even being scratched. I was really puzzled and have put my Vallejo paints on the side for the moment.
the only time i've had 'flaking' issues is when i drop a mini. but that's mainly because i haven't used a clear coat to really seal it. i have noticed that some vallejo colors 'separate' more than others and some are thicker/thinner - make sure to shake all of them well; overall a bit inconsistent flow wise but they are good nevertheless. fyi vallejo black is a bit too shiny out of the bottle but that's just my aesthetic.
if you're painting over old paint, it's best to entirely strip the figure (i use easy-off oven cleaner), and primer before repainting. just painting over old paint could have 'cling' issues no matter what paint was applied second.
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Sorry Fram for filling your beautiful thread; please don't hesitate to let me know if you had enough of chipping paint issues. If there was a general interest, I could open a new thread in workbench on issues with Vallejo paints. However, I feel I may not have been completely clear.
if you're painting over old paint, it's best to entirely strip the figure (i use easy-off oven cleaner), and primer before repainting. just painting over old paint could have 'cling' issues no matter what paint was applied second.
I might not be the greatest painter ever, but I've been painting minis on and off for over twenty years. I would never paint over old paint. What happened is that I was painting skin and the first layer was a GW paint (Tallarn flesh) on which I built up layers of lighter skin using Vallejo paints.
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Wow, that sounds especially unusual.
As pete mentioned, Vallejo paints do tend to separate sometimes and need to be shaken well. Maybe you applied a bit that looked good at a glance but had too much carrier and not enough paint?
Or again, possibly just a bad bottle.
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So I've discovered a wonderful formula for getting cars sized for 28mm gaming.
As it turns out, Italian interwar cars were SMALL. So if you get Lancias, Fiats, Alfa Romeos, etc. in true 1/43 scale, they fit 28mm minis almost perfectly (you've seen my Fiat coupé, well I have a much more stolid one on the way, as well as a Lancia sedan). This seems to apply to some, but not all French cars, such as the Salmond I got.
One question I am trying to figure out at the moment is if any of the die-cast Traction Avants will work. But out of the dozen people selling the various iterations of the famous car, no one has answered my questions about their model's exact size.
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fram sorry about jumping back/distracting the thread. i do love your vehicles almost as much as your figures - which is a lot.
@duke - sorry i misunderstood about the 'second coat' flaking issue. i also use tallarn flesh as my skin tone basecoat (and dreading the day it runs out) but i've never experienced what you have. the only thing that's happened to me is the second coat (vallejo dark flesh or GW elf flesh) tend to thicken/dry quickly so it sometimes gets 'blotchy' instead of a nice smooth finish. but i write that off to my limited skill rather than the paint itself (maybe i should invest in a wet palette and some new brushes).
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So I've discovered a wonderful formula for getting cars sized for 28mm gaming.
I am forbidden to buy any further vehicles that I haven't touched with mine own grubby paws.
Thus I can hold a up a suitable mini for the Eyeball, Mk 1, Corrected, to approve the "scale".
I was simply forced to buy some of your bloody LA Times Ford AA lorries though, sight unseen.
Your pictures were enough, & I absolutely love the tilt!! Now stop spending my money!!
As it turns out, Italian interwar cars were SMALL. ~ This seems to apply to some, but not all French cars, such as the Salmond I got.
Remember Fiats were license built all over Europe, from the '20s on.
In fact in french the spelling for Fiat is R E N A U L T ...
Given our earlier uh, transaction, I have a pretty damn good idea of what's too large for you.
Which works fine for me, as we doubtless differ only in details, or examples, like Lledo cars.
Well, off to try that acetone lark.
Didja buy yer own, or steal the wife's?
Valerik
rarely afflicted with post Purchase Cognitive Dissonance
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I have a big canister of my own, for when things get ugly with minis-making! >:D ;D
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Finally got around to doing up the cultists
Random hooded dudes
(http://i.imgur.com/iU2xjDa.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CYclujB.jpg)
Leaders
(http://i.imgur.com/v6ZFafY.jpg)
The first fellow is just the "regular" leader (unfortunately, you can't quite see the opalescent shimmer on the cape shells/scales... well, maybe you can a little?). The tentacle fellas are two versions of the same "secret boss" (a terror using the shapeshifter ability), one cloaked and one in GIBBER JABBER attack mode.
The figures are actually a little brighter than they are in real life (they look close to this in really bright light) even though the white of my background paper looks dull. Still trying to improve my photo-taking, but still have to correct in photoshop to get them to look like the figures do IRL.
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Utterly MARVELLOUS!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :o
Love the colours the sigils and the Otherworldiness!!
I have some of these minis. But not the Leaders!!
Fantastic.
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That's one amazing looking cult! All look great, but those three leader types are top notch.
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Great cultists! I like in particular the leader converted from the GW Lokhir Fellheart mini (the one with the squid helmet).
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Although rarely seen in fuchsia, they do have a certain KKK look to them...it's the Cherry Grove KKK...or not. The Cloaked Minions of Evil painted up BEAUTIFULLY, AND the LOVELY bases add to the effect. VERY WELL DONE!
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Been working on some terrain things. It's slow and tedious, so today was a reward day where I did something fun instead. Been wanting to try to do a makeover on my cars and trucks, so I did one as a test.
(http://i.imgur.com/495qpvF.jpg)
Here's what it looked like before:
(http://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2013/3/1/7/b/1/7b123a50-644d-0130-31e5-005056942d16.jpg)
Basically, this is a quick hybrid job that lets me retain much of the original paint to save time and effort.
Mussed up the weathering pastels some by applying fixative too heavily, but it's still alright and I'm mostly fine with it. Lessons to learn for the next ones.
I have that same truck. This looks great and gives me an idea of what to do with mine. Thanks!
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Wonderful!
:-* :-*
And it is always good to see more purple-robed minions of the Elder Gods.
:D ;)
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Those cultists are great. Especially the first two leaders (who makes the middle one?)
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Nicely done Fram! 8)
I love the signs on their backs!
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Very nicely painted cult (especially the robes) Fram, but shouldn't they be blue oysters rather than purple squid?
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Great stuff mate 8) 8) 8)
That purple's a winner :D
cheers
James
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Love the shell cloak. Great stuff. ;D
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Really nice painting. :-* :-*
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A really FINE and WELL painted cult :D
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Beautiful work! :-*
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Top stuff as always Fram. :-*
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Many thanks for all the kind comments, folks. Going to see if I can keep things rolling a little bit better for now. I was working on some terrain projects but not half as hard as I like they're only about half done, so still lots of work to be done.
Great cultists! I like in particular the leader converted from the GW Lokhir Fellheart mini (the one with the squid helmet).
I was tickled that a simple weapon and hand swap could be used to change his genre entirely. It really is a great mini. :D
Those cultists are great. Especially the first two leaders (who makes the middle one?)
The middle one is by Trollforged miniatures. Technically it was sculpted by the owner of Trollforged for the Mythos Foundry kickstarter run by Michael Brand, but Trollforged is able to sell it directly, or he was when I contacted him last year.
Nicely done Fram! 8)
I love the signs on their backs!
Very nicely painted cult (especially the robes) Fram, but shouldn't they be blue oysters rather than purple squid?
;D I was wondering how long it would take for someone to notice lol
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I hadn't seen this thread in it's entirity. Absolutely fantastic through out.
: :-* :-* :-* that red dress. :-*
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(http://i.imgur.com/9XOtfK6.jpg)
Latest league. Another old one I'd been sitting on for a long time, this one is a more Lovecraftian/magical sort of league.
As a young boy seeking adventure, Józef Stanislaw Blazkowicz was crushingly disappointed when told he was too young to enlist in Piłsudski's Polish Legions during WWI. However, in 1919 recruiters were more apt to look the other way and so, finally, at 16 Józef was able to lie to join the Polish army.
Decorated twice and promoted to Sergeant while fighting the Soviets, Józef became idle and listless after the war's end with little idea of what to do next. While considering a possible career as a mercenary, he found new purpose when a distant uncle left him his library - a very unusual library, as it turned out. At first Józef worked alone, content in passive study adventuring abroad only to expand the library's holdings. Finally one day Józef learned how his uncle had known to leave his library to Józef, how his uncle had recognized latent talent in him and how he in turn could detect those talented few who might protect the world from the ominous forces which might obliterate it without so much as a thought.
Determined to gather allies to stand against the outer dark, Józef poses as an elite tutor for a charity-run private school, taking on students, and teaching them not just conventional subjects, but arcane science-beyond-science and the true history of the world.
Józef now travels with his old friend, the thoroughly un-mystical Scots mercenary Donald "Cashbox" Drummond, who Józef saved in East Africa and who now acts as a den mother and bodyguard to the students, as well as his two oldest students, Ljubka Mohorovicic, a Croat who had been living with her widowed mother, and Alberto Cubierre (and also Alberto's cat Jeremías), the prankster son of a Spanish bureaucrat.
Together they fight all sorts of unknowable things with tentacles!
EDIT: Drummond's a little rougher-looking because there was a mold line right across his face. It ran right over his EYE even. One of the worst mold lines I've ever had to deal with.
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Matt ,I do like what you've achieved with the clothing and the books,It's got me thinking (and that's never safe,or cheep)
Mark.
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Matt ,I do like what you've achieved with the clothing and the books,It's got me thinking (and that's never safe,or cheep)
Mark.
My head's always full of ideas.
Most of them bad. >:D
that waistcoat turned out smashing. That whole fig is one of your best.
That figure was by far one of my favourite sculpts to paint. The folds are a bit excessive, but it's just a fantastic figure overall.
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Excellent work, I really like how the eyes turned out, great shading, fine freehand ornaments and an entertaining introduction - very well done!
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Full marks for the book, the waistcoat and the Argyll sweater, of course, but the whole lot works really well, including the less showy bits. And I love the clingy cat. Was that part of the original mini or did you add it?
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Fram,
I love the fabrics and the illustrated manuscript :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
LB
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Another lovely team from Fram, well done, particularly very nice job on the sweater! That cat, is it a part of the figure or converted?
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Nice selection of minis and some truly outstanding paintjobs
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Love the work on those; the f
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Love the fabric patterns on those; I am totally in awe - maximum kudos. :)
Great re-purposing of the AT minis. :)
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Bloody brilliant!
:-* :-*
I always look forward to you posting a new team.
You never disappoint.
8) 8)
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You have a way with sweaters...the rest of the minis painted up in an equally OUTSTANDING manner. VERY WELL DONE!
My head's always full of ideas.
Most of them bad. >:D
I have that problem myself. Most of the ideas rise to the surface like marsh gas around two or three in the morning; at that time of the day they all seem quite splendid & demand immediate attention...this may be yet another sign of imminent senility.
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WOW! Cracking mate! I love the back story. Its really setting up for some great games!
BTW i know the flash line must be frustrating, but in my humble opinion it makes the hardened Scot even harder looking!
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Very, very nice painting mate. :-* :-*
Keep it coming.
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Matt,
Here's a car idea for your cult (go on :D)
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Thanks for all the kind words folks!
Full marks for the book, the waistcoat and the Argyll sweater, of course, but the whole lot works really well, including the less showy bits. And I love the clingy cat. Was that part of the original mini or did you add it?
Another lovely team from Fram, well done, particularly very nice job on the sweater! That cat, is it a part of the figure or converted?
I'm flattered that you thought it might have been possibly added by me, but the cat is part of the original sculpt, which is by Figone if I recall correctly.
this may be yet another sign of imminent senility.
Imminent? God, I've been there for years and I'm only 36!
...what did I come in here to do again?
Matt,
Here's a car idea for your cult (go on :D)
Wow, that's even more atrocious than John Dodd's Beast. Quite a feat, that!
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What a dynamic post girl you have there Fram! It has a very anime 'this letter will save the world' after I post it feel to it. Heavens knows how excited she will be when facing the physical forces of cuthulu ;) lol
Love the cat! Hahaha :-* :-* cracking paintwork!!
Cheers
Matt
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That's a really interesting league, fantastically painted. There's some lovely detail on the clothing.
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fram - once again you have done an amazing job of painting! and the league background is a great read too. really top notch all around. who makes the figures? I recognize the scot from copplestone but completely clueless on the others.
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Let to right: Figone, Anima Tactics, Copplestone Castings, Anima Tactics again.
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The sweater and the spell book are particularly well done. Bravo.
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Fine and intriguing painted league, as usual :-*
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Excellent paintwork! The expression on the post girl is outstanding! :-*
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Thanks guys!
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Great stuff! May you get wealthy beyond your wildest dreams!:)
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Beautiful painting! Richard
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Good grief! Will no-one stop making me throw my brushes across the room?! That sweater!!!
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(http://i.imgur.com/wXLDT5L.jpg)
One campaign I'd like to do will involve the appearance of a mysterious gentleman and his inscrutable bodyguard. The funny thing is that even though I used a not-Who miniature, and I'm prone to have pre-existing characters appear in our games, I didn't mean for this to be a Who appearance, not even in a sly winking sort of way (and really, I still don't, though I guess if the viewer want to imagine he is, I can hardly stop them). The effect becames even more pronounced given he gained a female companion and I still didn't realize it until very late in the painting!
The figures are by Anima Tactics and Crooked Dice (CD's not-Whos seem to have have fruitful Pulp applications! This is my second Crooked dice not-Who, and I will be doing a third later on!), with the not-Who very kindly provided by Rumcara.
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Me personally I wouldn't have thunk Who,
but then my last exposure to the Good Dr. was on the telly in '66, in B&W.
What I am having difficulty deciding is if he looks more like Bill Clinton, or Donald Trump?
Or is he somehow the revolting bastard offspring of them both?
The opportunity for such hideous DNA miscegenation is surely somebody's nefarious scheme...
But they are both real purty!!!
The figures dammit!! NOT the bloody politicos!!
Wondrous Work Fram, Wizardry beyond a doubt!!
Valerik
"It's hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting
those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
Thomas Sowell
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Nice done Fram! That's some great brush work! 8)
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They REALLY are a LOVELY couple...GORGEOUS brushwork & a FINE selection of colors. WONDERFULLY WELL DONE!
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What I am having difficulty deciding is if he looks more like Bill Clinton, or Donald Trump?
Or is he somehow the revolting bastard offspring of them both?
The likeness to Hilary's husband was the first thing that struck me....after being totally blown away by the brushwork, that is!
Superb work! :-*
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Awesome painting!
There is something awful about that guy though. Like he's the type to drive around in the neighbourhood in a purple windowless van with Canadian Tire chrome wheels and Loverboy blasting.
Why don't you turn me loose! Turn me loose!
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lol Thanks guys.
Personally, I can't help thinking he is in fact a great likeness of Jon Pertwee - which was *ahem* surely an accident on the part of the sculptor *adjusts tie* ;) lol
I suppose he does have a little hint of Slick Willie in him... :D
Awesome painting!
There is something awful about that guy though. Like he's the type to drive around in the neighbourhood in a purple windowless van with Canadian Tire chrome wheels and Loverboy blasting.
Why don't you turn me loose! Turn me loose!
Maybe he was a member of Doug and the Slugs! Then he'd have this kind of van:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwwPmNWQfIY
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lol
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Excellent work as always. The hair and face on the Dr are just amazing :-* :-* :-*
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Beautiful brush work! They look like a formidable pair. ;)
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Aha!! Finally starting painting them heh? :)
Wonderfull paintjob Matthew. :-* :-*
Keep it coming. I´m loving it.
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Please stand for His Imperial Majesty and all-around classy fellow, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, along with loyal councillor Ras Kassa Haile Darge, and an unnamed bodyguard.
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It's about time you put some paint on it !Ill be posting you some pictures next week of the next one on your wish list :D
Mark.
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They look great.
Well done.
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Excellent! :-*
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COOL STUFF & BEAUTIFULLY painted, Fram! I also think highly of Selassie.
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Like'em :-*
LB
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Lovely Colors and paint tones.....nice work Fram. Excellent soft shades.
Where do you get this threesome from?
Happy W
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Thanks guys.
From left to right, the bodyguard is a Copplestone Castings British officer from the BoB line (I converted his shorts to pants, since Ethiopian uniforms all had full trousers and not shorts), the Emperor was sculpted by our own Tin Shed Gamer and will be sold through 1st Corps miniatures, and the Ras Kassa was a total conversion (a GW Space wolf head, plus some legs, and the cloak was entirely sculpted by me).
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Superb job. o_o As usual your leagues are original, charismatic and with interesting paint schemes.
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Well, it's been a little while! Back to the grist mill! No new leagues yet, but some assorted characters.
First some folks from the fringes of life.
(http://i.imgur.com/IpDABjF.jpg)
L-R: A con giveaway of a Mark Copplestone-sculpted Rasputin from Corto Maltese (Miniaturicum has a few for regular sale, luckily!), the real one, not that tawdry impostor ;), A hobo from an 80's Call of Cthulhu minis set which was kindly provided by Svenn, a gypsy witch which is actually a fantasy figure from Red Box Games and was kindly provided by Blackwolf, and Lead Adventure's own Lovecraft (or "Philip von Craft"), who I made sure to paint extra pale for the appropriate "indoors" look (evil day star! evil day star! lol ) and who - in the world of wonderful pulp may be more than just a mere writer (not a particularly original idea anyway, Mythos and several other such games make Lovecraft into an investigator).
The Lovecraft figure had a great story. So I ordered some figures from Miniaturicum, back in... May/April, I think, and he was one of the figures I'd ordered. He was missing from the order (I got something else that had almost the same product code, so it was just a simple mistake) so I asked Michael to send me a replacement, he says sure, sorry about the mix-up, no problem.
Time goes by, I don't get the replacement. I bug Michael again, he says sorry, and he'll send another. Still nothing and now it's September, okay, what's going on! Right before I'm about to message him again, Michael contacts me to tell he knows why I haven't been getting my replacement figure: Somehow my address got mixed up with the address on another order he sent out at the same time as my original order, so he was sending these little Lovecrafts elsewhere.
Where? Well, the reason Michael figured all this out was because his sister called him to ask "Why do you keep sending me this creepy little man over and over again?" lol lol lol
As well, I've got a brace of fightin' men of various types.
(http://i.imgur.com/jOECZYk.jpg)
L-R: A Copplestone figure suitable as a generic armed extra in many nations and places, A DUST Tactics mini useable as a commando, assassin, bomber, etc., A Tin Man rocketman, here painted as one of the 2-3 test pilots for the USAAC rocket infantry test squadron, a Copplestone soldier of fortune who might just turn up anywhere, and an Artizan armed sailor to provide a little heavier firepower for existing merchantmen.
The rocketman is the only one with any substantial concept (unless you count Rasputin). The idea is that, as with the Soviets, the Americans also have an experimental jetpack-infantry programme. The US Army Air Corps is still wholly subservient to the Army at this time, but was of course chafing to become a separate branch or at least be made more independent. While the US didn't have a full-scale paratrooper programme until after the Germans invaded Crete in WWII, they were testing the idea throughout the 30's. However, the paratrooper programme is very definition of the USAAC being subservient to the US Army since the air force is reduced to playing city bus for Army infantry.
In my version, the USAAC sets up a competing programme to see if they can train full on flying infantry who would be USAAC forces and not regular Army. Like the Soviets, the Americans find it extremely difficult to find anyone capable of piloting a jetpack at all, let alone safely, though the Americans have perhaps managed to find three to five pilots with the talent to fly a jetpack to the Soviets' one or two. Also like the Soviets, such pilots become propaganda heroes, shown in filmreels around the world.
I may eventually make the rocketman into a league leader, with some regular US infantry or Marines for backup, but for now he will just play the part of the incredibly cocky and obnoxious pomaded-pilot-type, arriving for a publicity stunt or to set some new jetpack flyer-record.
Also, some more toy cars. The middle one was repainted and weathered, the others were just weathered.
(http://i.imgur.com/1lLqk97.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Cv75TSv.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/HL7ihId.jpg)
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That is a DAZZLING array of BEAUTIFULLY painted characters & some EXQUISITE rides. All VERY WELL DONE!
The Gypsy Witch/Wench is my favorite...in a group of this quality that is saying something.
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Cracking work Fram,lovely work!
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Wow, that's a nice update. Gypsy is definitely my favourite too: superb painting. Loved the story about the missing Lovecraft!
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Once again, work of art those paint jobs :-*
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Brilliant Fram! Love it all! :-*
My 2 personal favs are the gypsy witch and dude with the wee Cluthu dragon thingie.
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They are all great and some, its a bit weird seeing the hobo with paint on after he sat in my leadpile for 30 years though
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Beautiful additions to your collection.
I particularly like the sailor and Rasputin*.
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The weathering work on those motors is pretty lush too.
8) 8)
*Forgot about him and now I really want one.
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:o Fram I just stumbled over this thread and it was a wonderful hour that followed. Just brilliant. Thank you very much. So much inspiration and the most wonderful paint jobs.
Cheers,
Za
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Many thanks, gents!
That is a DAZZLING array of BEAUTIFULLY painted characters & some EXQUISITE rides. All VERY WELL DONE!
The Gypsy Witch/Wench is my favorite...in a group of this quality that is saying something.
Nala, I must say you have the nicest, most cheerful things to say as always. :D
The gypsy's my favourite too. So tiny and fiddly to paint, but the results were worth the squinting. Plus there's a perfect song for her too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovIyTnUr5I
Cracking work Fram,lovely work!
Well thanks again for sending her my way!
Brilliant Fram! Love it all! :-*
My 2 personal favs are the gypsy witch and dude with the wee Cluthu dragon thingie.
I've been joking that mini-Cthulhu keeps trying to get Lovecraft in on moneymaking schemes, tapping into the aether of the universe then whispering to ole' Howard that "yas should wager tree hunnert simoleons on Errant Minion ter place inna third race at Freemont."
They are all great and some, its a bit weird seeing the hobo with paint on after he sat in my leadpile for 30 years though
Haha! Thanks again though! He was one of my favourites to paint - a magnificent sculpt, easy to paint with oodles of charm. He has his dignity, his dignity, sir!
:o Fram I just stumbled over this thread and it was a wonderful hour that followed. Just brilliant. Thank you very much. So much inspiration and the most wonderful paint jobs.
Cheers,
Za
It is getting rather long and rambly, isn't it? ;D :P ;)
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Oh Fram,
What a story about the little lovecraft lol lol lol lol
Those cars are superb! What scale are they? 48-43?
I have to agree with Paul, I adore that Rasputin figure. 8) 8) but your painted gypsy is filled with wonderful little details. Nice paint pushing sir.
Cheers
Matt
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The cars are 1:43, which is normally far too large, but all the specific models of cars I'm using are ones which were quite small (or in the case of the Traction Avant, low-slung) in real life, so they actually fit the minis as regular medium-sized cars.
This basically took a lot of research, pestering of sellers, and false starts (with a few cars bought, then re-sold) before I finally amassed enough cars at a size I liked. My fleet basically falls between Lledo and Matchbox in size (though I have some actual Matchbox cars as well).
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Lovely work! :-* I do like that gypsy woman.
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Stunning work matey :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Well they certainly work Fram, size size they look bang on!
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The Lovecraft figure had a great story. So I ordered some figures from Miniaturicum, back in... May/April, I think, and he was one of the figures I'd ordered. He was missing from the order (I got something else that had almost the same product code, so it was just a simple mistake) so I asked Michael to send me a replacement, he says sure, sorry about the mix-up, no problem.
Time goes by, I don't get the replacement. I bug Michael again, he says sorry, and he'll send another. Still nothing and now it's September, okay, what's going on! Right before I'm about to message him again, Michael contacts me to tell he knows why I haven't been getting my replacement figure: Somehow my address got mixed up with the address on another order he sent out at the same time as my original order, so he was sending these little Lovecrafts elsewhere.
Where? Well, the reason Michael figured all this out was because his sister called him to ask "Why do you keep sending me this creepy little man over and over again?"
Excellent story. I imagine a certain writer telling a nightmarish story about himself being trapped in time and faced with evil again and again and again...
Excellent miniature painting too of course!
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fram -once again excellent work! too hard to pick a favorite one from this recent bunch; i like them all.
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Many thanks, guys. :D
Excellent story. I imagine a certain writer telling a nightmarish story about himself being trapped in time and faced with evil again and again and again...
Excellent miniature painting too of course!
What I'm wondering is if the figure I now have possession of is one of the ones that detoured via his sisters house. lol
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Many thanks, guys. :D
What I'm wondering is if the figure I now have possession of is one of the ones that detoured via his sisters house. lol
Better have a deep look in his eyes before painting. In case of any sign of madness you know where he used to be...
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Very good paintjob!
The blue suit of the guy next to the Citroën is superb. :o
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Very good paintjob!
The blue suit of the guy next to the Citroën is superb. :o
Haha, that's the one guy I didn't paint in this batch! Thanks though! :D
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The Gypsy lady (hate to be PC, but the correct term today is Romany) is FANTASTIC.
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Marvellous work, I love them all!
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Thanks. :D
Also, nice to see your shadow darkening these boards again, Snapcase.
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Also, nice to see your shadow darkening these boards again, Snapcase.
Opinions differ...
(http://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Nosferatu-photo-3-400x300.jpg)
But you & I can both agree Size Matters, eh?
Valerik
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."
- Samuel Spade
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Also, nice to see your shadow darkening these boards again, Snapcase.
Opinions differ...
Thank you, one and all!
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As mentioned elsewhere, I'm gradually assembling/converting a squad of nazis (I've also got some more civvies based and primed in the paint queue, so you might see those first).
ebob has an absolutely lovely 1:48 Stalingrad figure which I obtained to use and my feldwebel (probably too big for many of you, but he works just fine for me as a merely tall fellow). Everything about my nazis is going to be patently silly, so I long ago decided who my feldwebel would be, someone with a known post-war history, but whose actual service prior to and during the war is something of a... convenient mystery. The ebob mini is absolutely splendid and magnificently sculpted, but of course the face was not a likeness for anyone, let alone the fellow I wanted.
Most people would just leave it at that - use the name and never mind the likeness. But as I should probably be committed to an institution, I went ahead and started cutting into the face of the lovey figure I had just bought, resculpting most of the generic soldier's face into someone more specific.
Now, if I haven't botched things too badly, some of you might actually be able to recognize who. Can you? ;)
Oh and please make guesses in tiny tiny text, so as to not spoil it for the next fellow. ;)
(http://i.imgur.com/TLckut4.jpg)
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Ooh, Ooh, Ooh!!!
I know, I know!!
Wait.
I DON'T know...
Well done Fram, well done Sir!!
Valerik
WHAT colour was that now anyway? TAN is only close. #CCCC99 or #999966.
EDIT Grammar Police warrant
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Ooh, Ooh, Ooh!!!
I know, I know!!
Wait.
I DON'T know...
Well done Fram, well done Sir!!
Valerik
Afraid not old bean! I must point out that your guess's wartime whereabouts are most definitely known!
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Afraid not old bean! I must point out that your guess's wartime whereabouts are most definitely known!
You MUST be jokin'...
He's the spittin', well blubberin', image!!
'Course last time I saw him he was in the clink...
Valerik
"Sic friat crustulum"
-Mrs. Peel
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Well, no guesses for now, but I'll let it go a few days before posting the answer. Not too long though, I wouldn't want you have to wait for Springtime to see who it is.
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I too thought the same as Valerik but as you say, we know where he was. Now I'm thinking hard!
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Is it .....................................?
Zero Mostel
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No, its....................
Mel Brooks
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Now you're just funnin' me, aren't you Snapcase?
Seems like you know the answer, even if that's not quite what you posted, you devil. lol
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I think the guy will be called Ot...
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is it:
John Banner
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is it:
That was Valerik's guess, which was unfortunately not on. I can see the similarity since both fellows are large men with broad faces, though your guess is a much fatter man.
EDIT: I also just realized that not only is your/Valerik's guess's wartime activities known, his prewar activities are also known too! A double disqualification. ;)
In Hogan's Heroes, it's mentioned several times that Schultz was a successful businessman who owned a large toy factory which was taken away by the Nazis and put into service making munitions instead.
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Now you're just funnin' me, aren't you Snapcase?
Seems like you know the answer, even if that's not quite what you posted, you devil. lol
Does he have a favourite pigeon called Adolf? Also he claims "I didn't even know there vos a vor on!"
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Yep, you know it. ;)
From the original of course. Not the remake.
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OMG - i'm totally curious! who is it?
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It's just plain yogurt.
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Well that's a rather roundabout way of guessing.
I suspect you've figured it out correctly... I think. lol
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From the original of course. Not the remake.
Naturally.
Franz Liebkind, as portrayed by Kenneth Mars.
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Yep, you know it. ;)
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I have to say your sculpting looks exactly like him. Great work. This is going to be a fascinating league. Looking forward to the next one.................................
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The Nazis are actually the only real full League I have planned in the immediate future and have turned into being quite a bit of work. In addition to minor conversion work and headswaps for some figures, I've given up on finding regular infantry that are a match for Copplestone minis after searching for months and buying more than few, so I am using some spare Copplestone figures and quite literally resculpting them all into wehrmacht infantry. It's time-consuming as anything but I'm finally getting exactly what I want! I will put up a picture of all the conversion work once it's done.
In addition however, I have a *lot* of civilians and random extras to do up, so they will be in the mix.
The biggest issue hampering games is actually our severe terrain deficiency, but I just want to work on the minis for now and knock off a good chunk of them.
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Finally done almost all the Nazi conversions using mainly Copplestone Russians as the base. I now have something no one else has - Copplestone Nazis!
They're actually a mix though. There's a couple of 1:48 COMBAT figures in there, a single Scarab 1/48 miniature (most of those were terrible, sadly), and my Feldwebel was a Stalingrad promo figure by ebob (I modified his Russian ppsh 41 into an MP34) in. Most of the heads are GW (Empire or IG), though a couple of the infantrymen retain their original Copplestone heads. The tall valkryrie second in command is a DUST tactics figure with a GW Dark Eldar headswap (will be repainted to a conventional scheme instead of the Afrika Korps outfit the figure comes with). The leader is an Artizan figure. The stahlhelms are press molded off of the one good one I could find. The motorbike crew are Tamiya (they will both be fully removable) and once you swap the weapons, heads and arms/hands, the Tamiya bodies actually fit very well, though the detail's a bit shallow. The gear is all Warlord Bolt Action stuff, from the Blitzkreig plastic set (sadly the infantry were far too small for me to just use the damn plastic set and be done with it - sure would have been easier!).
The only thing outstanding so far is that I want to have a machine gun team, and I'm trying to see if I can source the two prone gunners from the Tamiya 1/48 german infantry box without buying the whole thing.
All told, I plan to have:
- Full infantry platoon mainly armed with Kar98s plus one MP36 (let's say they get some prototypes to play with *handwaves away the problem of the MP40 not really being widely introduced until the war had almost started*)
- NCO with MP34
- One MG34 machine gun team
- Gebirsjaeger Leutnant serving as wilderness & terrain expert as well as the team's sniper.
- Motorbike team with one MP36 (driver also technically has a Kar98 and I can replace him with an infantry figure if he dismounts)
- Officers, comprised of Oberst (Leader), Sonderführer Oberstleutnant (Sidekick), and clerk/secretary/translator.
They would cost too many points to field all at once (probably be close to 20 points), except in a really big game. But as recurring villains I want them to have plenty of play options and of course there's always a possibility that I can do a big scenario where they're all in play.
Were I to do it all again, I might have just gone with Tamiya bodies, GW heads (still using press-moulded or otherwise sourced stahlhelms), and Warlord arms and gear. Would be all plastic and fairly easy to assemble. The Tamiya stuff in particular is a dream to assemble and I dearly wish they had more 1/48 motorbike kits (this is literally the only one they make).
It's worth noting that of all the German weapon sprues out there, the Reaper 20th Century Weapons pack actually has the best-scaled ones to match Copplestone figures. Unfortunately you only get one Kar 98, one MP40, and one MG42 on it. Of course I wound up converting the existing weapons on most of these figures because that was far easier than any other option (this mainly meant cutting off the front half of the figures' Moisin-Nagants, and using wire and putties to make them look like Kar98s, as well as bending down the bolt. The end result is pretty decent - at least as good as the average Copplestone-sculpted gun).
I also have a couple of additional figures who will not be playable characters, but may serve as objectives or perils - a camerman and a fellow digging a trench (or, as is more likely in pulp, doing an artifact excavation), maybe a sentry or two. They don't need to be converted, but they're not based yet.
(http://i.imgur.com/PWyz5OZ.jpg)
Finally, I am also heavily modifying a Matchbox 1/46 Bedford truck into some full scale transport for them, an Opel Blitz with all sorts of added-on bits and special modifications.
(http://i.imgur.com/tI97uUn.jpg)
I could have just bought a Blitz kit, but the Bedford was only £9 shipped, whereas model kits are $35-$40 CAD and I figured I would be in for some heavy modification work ANYWAY, so what the hell why not. Fun fact: Both the British Bedford and the German Opel were based on a Dodge truck, using the same license-built engine. In fact, the three trucks were similar enough that during WWII, the allies could restore knocked out Blitzes by using Dodge and Bedford parts.
The dodgiest part is when I decided to lower the cab roof (as you can see here) to give it a profile more like the Blitz and also to make it look a little more in scale. Could have ruined the whole thing, but I've glued it now and it's turned out perfect! Once I get the grille sorted the rest should be easy goings. I'm also thinking that since I've gone this far, I may well add a driver. We shall see!
Oh, and to reveal the mystery from earlier, my Feldwebel is supposed to be Franz Leibkind (as played by Kenneth Mars):
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kc_NunDrGVY/TVv3X-diNAI/AAAAAAAAGek/qYEdGP_d0nE/s1600/kenneth%2Bmars%2B4.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irCY487cM30
As an added bonus I found out that "Pigeoneer" ("Brieftaubenmeister") was an actual real specialty designation in the wehrmacht...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Pigeoneer.png/120px-Pigeoneer.png)
lol >:D ;D :D
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Excellent work! :-* :-*
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I can't wait to see all that finished mate! Great stuff! :-*
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I can't wait to see all that finished mate! Great stuff! :-*
That makes two of us.
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Great work on that face, he looks spot on.
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Perfect pulp league! Awesome figure selection and attention to detail there! The varied poses and kit looks very realistic.
Sweet chop on the roof! 8) you could have taken a little more out. Are you going to slam that suspension too and put some nice Mexican rugs in the back? I hope to see lots of patina on this rat rod ;) ;D
Cheers
Matt
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Thanks guys.
Are you going to slam that suspension too and put some nice Mexican rugs in the back? I hope to see lots of patina on this rat rod ;) ;D
lol
Maybe that's in the sequel, where they escape to Argentina. ;D
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Maybe that's in the sequel, where they escape to Argentina.
But will they cry for me?
https://youtu.be/WxPSToloHtw (https://youtu.be/WxPSToloHtw)
Valerik
"White woman, are you truly what you pretend to be?"
- -Mister Moto Takes a Chance
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Maybe that's in the sequel, where they escape to Argentina. ;D
You must! lol lol
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Wow, that's some serious work has gone into those. I'm sure they'll lokk superb when finished.
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As an added bonus I found out that "Pigeoneer" ("Brieftaubenmeister") was an actual real specialty designation in the wehrmacht...
Serendipity is a marvellous thing!
Fram, these conversions are absolutely splendid, great work. Now looking forward to seeing them painted.
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Strange days... So I finished the first of these three batches back in March, having decided to paint a bunch of civvies and extras while I was waiting for more Nazi bits to arrive in the mail. Then when I started on the second bunch, I seemed to have completely lost all ability to paint at all.
I have no idea what happened, but things seem to be alright now, so I was able to push through and do the second five I'd planned, plus another five besides.
(http://i.imgur.com/deY0jnn.jpg)
L-R: Copplestone, Copplestone (added pipe and moustache and switched hat to convert from an American adventurer), Antediluvian Miniatures (converted from spear to broom), North Star, and (I think?) CP minis.
The Antediluvian "Shug McClure" mini is one of may favourite minis ever, the sculpting and casting are just so nice, the face is so very very good.
(http://i.imgur.com/uhWWeBw.jpg)
L-R: North Star (head swapped for a converted GW Empire head, plus added flat cap... the heads on that North Star railroad worker pack are really rough), Copplestone, Warlord, Copplestone (slight conversion to replace her modern semi-automatic with a clutch purse), and KKBB (slight conversion to add hat and remove brass knuckles).
I like that the first fellow is ambiguous enough to be used as a labourer, hobo, or gypsy.
(http://i.imgur.com/bxnFOpG.jpg)
L-R: Westwind, Copplestone, Reaper, Copplestone, Westwind. I tried to paint the Copplestone "Mercenary Officer" to be used as a really generic official anywhere in Eastern or Central Europe... Canal lock warden, bridge operator, government inspector, public works manager, minor rural official, etc.
Phew, I feel like this is simultaneous a *lot* of civilians, while still not being close to enough lol... and I had at least this many civvies already.
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Superb work :-* :-* :-*
cheers
James
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Fantastic! :-*
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lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who's brushes are refusing to do as their told this month.
Lovely work though and some evocative colour schemes.
Mark.
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Spendid; the three women in the second batch in particular (and all three are very different from each other).
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Superb painting. :-* :-* :-*
Well done.
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Great work! Your detail is incredible, with even the eyebrows being painted on.
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Thanks folks. :D
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Man you do great faces!
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Man you do great faces!
You certainly do.
So much personality in each one.
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Fram,
I echo all of the above. Top work!! :o :-* :o :-* :-* I especially like your ladies.
LB
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Great stuff! Beautiful work, great colours. I especially like your spectacles: done very nicely.
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Great work as usual. Truly love all the conversion work, very inspiring (why didn't I consider adding a pipe before?). Whenever I feel like my painting is off, i try to do something more uniform (police most recently) so there's fewer things to consider and hopefully not go bad.
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Ironically it's my own police figures ,that have refused to cooperate .
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Thanks chaps!
I have some police figures of my own to paint, but I have some other things which need to be taken care of first. Working on some illustrations which need to go out soon, followed by a job of some fantasy figures. After that back to my pulp stuff... the nazis were looking like the next task, but maybe I can slip some coppers in the queue.
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Been a little while, eh?
So, Vodkafan and I have been experimenting with making perfectly scaled cars using Lledo bodies, but medium/small Matchbox wheels. The combination works a treat. Here's my take on two such conversions.
The first is merely a repaint. This a generic delivery van, old and nearly clapped out. In fact I may have overdone the wear given it's still running and in service... has the owner no pride?
(http://i.imgur.com/s30jt39.jpg)
The second is something I always wanted, an iconic Model T. This one is also worn and aged but in better shape. As the only Lledo Model T's were trucks and vans, this was a bit of a poser and required a full rebuild and conversion.
(http://i.imgur.com/WEXFdYU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/AEIv4xh.jpg)
Some in progress shots showing the work:
(http://i.imgur.com/BckgTdj.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/IquDTYR.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/0CdcPXU.jpg)
And this is how the wheels are done, if you're interested. Small nails (brads, with two loose ones here for an example) hammered (gently) into styrene tube - snug fit, no glue required! The styrene tube is then glued in place.
(http://i.imgur.com/LTq3JiQ.jpg)
You could also glue the wheels if you liked, I guess. I had to for the van because they wouldn't fit any other way.
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Excellent model T.
The wheels are as you say a bit of a let down on the Ledo vehicles. Did you buy up a load of matchbox vehicles to take the wheels from or have you found a source of wheels only?
I keep buying Ledo cars and vans at our local flea market for £1 to 2 but the matchbox ones are usually much more and usually I am not too happy about scale.
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Cracking work on those motors, especially the extra effort on the T.
8) 8)
You are much more of a perfectionist than I am, as I just weather my Matchbox efforts and chuck them on the table.
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Thanks chaps :D
Excellent model T.
The wheels are as you say a bit of a let down on the Ledo vehicles. Did you buy up a load of matchbox vehicles to take the wheels from or have you found a source of wheels only?
I keep buying Ledo cars and vans at our local flea market for £1 to 2 but the matchbox ones are usually much more and usually I am not too happy about scale.
I got lucky and found a cheap lot of Matchboxes in a really poor state, older ones with the smaller 16mm wheels. I got four in the deal, so I could convert two more Lledos later.
I have a mix of various manufacturers. I should take a picture of my current fleet.
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I have a mix of various manufacturers. I should take a picture of my current fleet.
That would be good
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Nice conversion work on these, the Model T will be useful for many games.
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Fleet pics.
These are all the vehicles which have been repainted/weathered/varnished/etc. and are ready for gaming. Now you can see the birdshit I put on the delivery van's roof lol
(http://i.imgur.com/7Q5kMBC.jpg)
These ones are in various states (the whippet tank doesn't need any work, but I couldn't fit it with the previous row). Some just need a little weathering (the big saloon and the red torpedo are on the large side, so I'm hedging about keeping them... the tractor is a keeper but needs a good mudding), some need a repaint (the RAF Ambulance Crossley and the Rolls Royce armoured car will be made more generic so as to be usable for many games), and one is destined for a full conversion (the second Crossley is on its way to becoming a fuel bowser... I'll probably get around to it when I eventually obtain a pumpjack or build an airfield).
(http://i.imgur.com/ofGbhS5.jpg)
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An impressive motor pool.
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And I see that the bowser is still in the works.
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Excellent collection of vehicles!
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Fram thanks for posting these, there are a few nice ones that I don't recognise on the 1st picture. Going right to left, the citron, a generic black car and then a nice small maroon car, are any of these ledo?
I kept coming across citron models in France but they were either too expensive or I was not sure about scale, don't remember the manufactures.
You have done a nice job on these, did you use an eggshell varnish, because they have lost that toy high gloss and look much better.
For speed on some of mine I sprayed a Matt varnish and it didn't look quite right.
Cheers
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The Traction Avant is from a James Bond model series of all things. The generic black car is a repainted fire-chief's Peugeot 201 from Eligor (it's rare and usually expensive, and the town-car brown version is even more so, but it's the most perfectly scaled, generic, and versatile 30's car I own). The Maroon sports car and the green one behind it are both Fiats from Starline.
I mixed some gloss and matte together for my vanish to get a false eggshell. I also have some crappy matte varnish which is not really matte so sometimes I use that. lol I left a couple of the nicer cars mostly glossy though.
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Mason commented on my perfectionism... I'm already thinking I left the Model T windshield too high and that it needs glass... am I fool enough to crack open that can of worms again?
Ohhhhh but it would look even better.... and it would be very easy to fix (famous last words).... ohhhhh
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Also, I would really like a horse carriage, but the die-cast ones all so terrible that you might as well build your own (once you have to replace the horses, the rest is easy other than sourcing cartwheels and a driver in 30's wear).
Does anyone make a 30's delivery van kit? I know Warlord has German military wagons, but they won't really do. I mean something like the Lledo one, but not awful and with one horse.
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Thanks - I don't do expensive so I can cross these of my list with a clear but envious conscious. ;)
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Well, by expensive, I mean 15 euros or so. But you seem to grab the really good deals only.
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Matt,
These are from Warbase.
The goods wagon is £4.50. It could easily be cut down to a milk cart . Or replace the wheels with tyred wheels.
I'm not a big fan of their lorries( not for the obvious reasons,but for the over use of MDF. For parts that would be better in thinner materials)
But I do like they're carts and wagons ,worth the money.
The Sarrisa (painted wagon) has the edge as its from more experienced designers but its nearly twice the price at £7.50. Either route is ,with postage going to come in close to your €15 limit.
Having said that you could knock your own up in plasticard in under an hour,and re use some old tyred wheels.
Mark.
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I have plenty of larger spare tyred wheels... but were those really common on 30's horse-drawn delivery wagons? From what I could tell that was a wartime change or close to it. In any case I really just want cart wheels rather than tyres.
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Loving that model T conversion.
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No doubting Cart wheels would expand the number of time periods,you could use it for. Which is the option I'd choose too.
Tyres were available post WW1 and quite easy to find in the UK, still they werent common nor were they uncommon.By the mid thirties the carts were being replaced with electric floats.WW2 and then post war economics
interrupted and slowed its progression until the late 50's early 60's(I know you can't get much more nerdy.I comes from all this museum work. It's amazing what 'rubbish' you come across)
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Awesome painting, love the vehicles. I do have to ask though is the milk man Ernie? :D
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No if memory serves he'd been doing his 11+ round about then.
Matt
The more I think about it. I'd love to see you make one.I recon you could make an entire dairy before ,you'd get a kit to your neck of the woods.
Mark.
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Perfectionist bonus round - I went and did it! (adding an actual windscreen, and also trimming the windscreen frame slightly to better shape the roof and make it scale better)
(http://i.imgur.com/aFOuGyQ.jpg)
;D
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Damn fine work! ;)