Corso's Punic Wars

[Corso]

Thanks again guys

Vanvlak - as they say, no pain no gain!  But the fieldwork seems very interesting......

Hello Grant - hope you're all right old friend.

[Corso]

First there was one, now there are two! Second elephant ready - this time moved the shields a bit up not to obscure the howdah designs. Did the same with the first elephant.

Numidian horsemen next.....

[DintheDin]

Splendid! Really impressive! Great items in your collection!

[FierceKitty]

Handsome jumboes.

[Marine0846]

Wow, love your two elephants.
Have always loved this period.
Many times I have started painting this period,
only to sell off the figures for one reason or another.
In fact I have a number of Victrix boxes put away.
Am about to go to Victrix's web site to see what is new.

[Anderson Collection]

Beatufully done

[OmarR]

Nice

[Corso]

Thanks for the feedback guys

Marine0846 - go for it mate!

Unit of numidian cavalry ready. Went for a darker skin than their libyan counterparts.

Not much happy with how the horse's eyes turned out - they look like they're shocked! Any suggestions how to make them better?

[DintheDin]

Hi! Your Numidians are great!
From the pictures one can't tell much about the horses' eyes, I suppose you made the pupils too small.

Here are plenty of examples of horse eyes, the white usually shows as a small part of the whole area. If not at all.
https://www.google.gr/search?q=horse+eye&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNyfi-_ozZAhXnhaYKHcwVCFwQ7AkIPw&biw=1600&bih=783#imgrc=_

And here is a beautiful pastel painting demo, although different technique, I think it has also a lot to offer to a figure painter.

And another one


According to my opinion the solution is to paint the pupils bigger.
Watching the progress of your project with great interest. Cheers!

[Corso]

Thanks Dinthedin - and great links too! 

You're right, I need to enlarge the pupils.

[DintheDin]

I'll be very happy if I helped!
And here I found one more excellent tutorial! Excellent!
http://friesianfury.blogspot.gr/2014/05/painting-brown-eyes.html

[Hu Rhu]

I agree with Din. Horses pupils cover almost all the visible part of the eyeball, so I don't bother with painting any white.  I love the Numidian cavalry, lots of colour and plenty of dash in those poses.  Great minis.   

[Aventine]

I paint the horses eyes all black then add a very small dot of white at the rear corners, the smaller the better.

Cheers
Keith

[Marine0846]

Love your new cav.
Great shields.

[Corso]

New additions - libyan skirmishers and Hannibal's veterans