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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Captain Mainwaring on May 03, 2015, 08:51:59 PM

Title: Waterline hippos (Wargames Foundry)
Post by: Captain Mainwaring on May 03, 2015, 08:51:59 PM

Darkest Africa hippos

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Post by: War In 15MM on May 03, 2015, 09:24:27 PM

They look great... love hippos.  Richard

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Post by: Traveler Man on May 03, 2015, 10:00:44 PM

Excellent!  :)

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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on May 04, 2015, 02:02:19 AM

Oh, how fun!  :)

I need to take a look at Wargames Foundry.

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Post by: Marine0846 on May 05, 2015, 02:11:11 AM

Very nice.
Really love the second hippo.

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Post by: folnjir on May 05, 2015, 11:24:20 AM

Very nice. Any chance of sharing your recipe for hippo skin?

Title: Re: Waterline hippos (Wargames Foundry)
Post by: Captain Mainwaring on May 06, 2015, 07:51:24 AM

Quote from: folnjir on May 05, 2015, 11:24:20 AM

Very nice. Any chance of sharing your recipe for hippo skin?

It's a simple recipe Folnjr. I used the Quagmire (63) triad by Wargames Foundry and then gave them a wash with thinned down (about 50/50) Strong tone ink by Army painter.

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Post by: nervisfr on May 06, 2015, 11:57:40 AM

Great but for waterline it could more cheap to take toys animal.
Some are very useful for this purpose.

 lol

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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on May 06, 2015, 10:16:27 PM

Nicely done!

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Post by: folnjir on May 07, 2015, 01:18:45 PM

Quote from: Captain Mainwaring on May 06, 2015, 07:51:24 AM

It's a simple recipe Folnjr. I used the Quagmire (63) triad by Wargames Foundry and then gave them a wash with thinned down (about 50/50) Strong tone ink by Army painter.

Thanks. Simple is good. I haven't been able to get mine looking right but yours do.

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Post by: Teld on May 10, 2015, 12:10:14 PM

Very Nice work. I made up a couple from toy hippos which work well. Not sure if I have a pic of them anyware though.

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Post by: War In 15MM on May 10, 2015, 04:55:51 PM

Since Teld can’t find pictures of his toy hippos, I’ll offer a couple that I did with toys I found at the swap meet.  All of the toy hippos I found were standing but could be easily cut and set in a Milliput base as a water surround.  They aren’t up to the standards of Wargames Foundry (the company whose figures got me interested in doing Darkest Africa – wonderful stuff) but they look pretty good and were a fun project.
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/093x_zpsfg6xlb9i.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/093x_zpsfg6xlb9i.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/096_zpst5afkal4.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/096_zpst5afkal4.jpg.html)(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j366/rgarretson/097_zpswv2llfcz.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/rgarretson/media/097_zpswv2llfcz.jpg.html)

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Post by: Anna Elizabeth on May 10, 2015, 05:31:38 PM

Me Likey! Especially the one with the big eyes XD

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Post by: nervisfr on May 11, 2015, 08:34:52 AM

that's it !

Excellent stuff.
I have a project about hyppo and crocodile but for a long time in "a wait and see" mode... :'(