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Author Topic: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection. P.43. Cuirassiers ride!  (Read 68313 times)

Offline Mad Lord Snapcase

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Absolutely lovely storming party, as you say the red of their coats is bang-on. Some really excellent photos too, everything looks so good!   :-*   :-*


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 :-* diorama photos are marvellous

Offline Captain Blood

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Thanks lads  :)

Nice to see your old redoubt getting an airing :-* :-* :-*

Thanks Colin.
Yep, shockingly it's almost 12 years since I made it and I think it's only seen action once lol

Some 12 year old pics here https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7780.15 (still with the same figures defending it lol)


That’s a beautiful looking redoubt - scratchbuilt?


Cheers Matt.
Indeed. The three part 'making of' threads are below, in case anyone is interested :)

Part 1: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7777.0
Part 2: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7778.0 )
Part 3: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7779.msg86883#msg86883




Offline AKULA

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The three part 'making of' threads are below, in case anyone is interested :)

Excellent, going to get a cold drink of something and work my way through the 3-parter, thanks again for the links.

 :)

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Astounding work, sir.

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Offline Galloping Major

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Really great set piece pictures  8) :D


Offline Captain Blood

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Thanks chaps. More to come shortly. When the heat abates enough for me to be able to sit and paint. At the moment, even the wet palette is witnessing paint drying out within a few minutes  ::)

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Thanks chaps. More to come shortly. When the heat abates enough for me to be able to sit and paint. At the moment, even the wet palette is witnessing paint drying out within a few minutes  ::)

It's a cooler day today- at least up North..... having said that, it usually is ;) :)

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My wife used to tease me that it was always snowing in Northumberland. Then we went on a long walk around Alnwick Great Park one May, and we'd just got back to the car when .....it started to snow.... She still reminds me of that and of the time we went to Housesteads and looked around the fort in a blizzard. Unsurprisingly, we were the only ones silly enough to be there.

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My second unit of yellow coat foot seem to be taking an age to complete ::)
Strange, isn't it, how some units you can breeze through in a few sessions over a day or three. Others seem to present an interminable painting slog? Can't understand it.

Anyway, once they're done, I just need to finish basing my third newly arrived Redzed pike unit, paint just more 12 white coat musketeers, and then I am DONE.

Meanwhile, my painting brain / eyes needed a change of scene, so I took a session out to quickly paint up a couple of lovely wagons I've had sitting in the lead pile for fecking years...

The smaller wagon (and its load) is by Boot Hill Miniatures, sculpted by LAF member, Duhamel.
Snr. Malamute kindly gave me this piece about 10 years ago. Finally it is done!
The larger farm wagon is another lovely piece, this one from Lead Adventure Miniatures.
Alex / the Prof kindly donated it to me about seven years ago (I think it was an LPL prize, sponsored by a mystery benefactor). So thank you, whoever that was - that's now done too.
I thought they would make a nice addition to my ECW setting, as well as serving for many other genres. You can never have too many wagons. Now I want more! lol
(I think I have to get the ECW beer cart from Empress at the very least ;))










With a few figures, for scale...




Details details...





EDIT: Should have said, I substituted the solid timber wheels that come with the Boot Hill cart for a pair of plastic GW wheels. Bit more versatile for later periods like that I think...
« Last Edit: August 20, 2020, 02:04:30 PM by Captain Blood »

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Re: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection... P.26 'Paint Thy Wagon'
« Reply #386 on: August 20, 2020, 03:49:17 PM »
Very nicely done :)
"These creatures do not die like the bee after the first sting, but go on age after age, feeding on the blood of the living"  - Abraham Van Helsing

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Re: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection... P.26 'Paint Thy Wagon'
« Reply #387 on: August 20, 2020, 03:54:45 PM »
Very cool  :-* :-* :-*

Offline Paul Richardson

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Re: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection... P.26 'Paint Thy Wagon'
« Reply #388 on: August 20, 2020, 07:08:29 PM »
Beautifully painted.

Offline Silent Invader

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Re: Captain Blood's ECW resurrection... P.26 'Paint Thy Wagon'
« Reply #389 on: August 20, 2020, 07:28:42 PM »
Delightful
My LAF Gallery is HERE
Minis (foot & mounted) finished in 2024 = 0
(2023 = 151; 2022 = 204; 2021 = 123; 2020 = ???)

 

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