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Author Topic: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon  (Read 2548 times)

Offline Pappa Midnight

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El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« on: July 30, 2009, 09:55:49 PM »
I haven't done anything Old West for ages, being heavily side-tracked by all things VSF. Playing "Call of Juarez BiB" on the Xbox has got my interest up again. Besides, I can use them in Weird West games....

Here's El Fino my rather under-weight bandito  :D



and his arch enemy Marshal John Beacon:
 


They are both BlackScorpion minis and were a joy to paint.

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« Last Edit: July 30, 2009, 09:57:48 PM by Pappa Midnight »
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Offline Tom Reed

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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 10:03:06 PM »
Oh wow!
Marshall John looks very much like the character that John Cleese played in Silverado.
Very nice.
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Offline Hawkeye

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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 02:15:12 AM »
Looking good! Buono, bruto, and fino - the good, the bad, and the...thin? Very nice!
The Marshal is looking good too. Any more Old West on the painting horizon?
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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2009, 04:48:03 AM »
Very nice work...second figure also reminds me of John Cleese's character in Silverado. Well done sir. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2009, 08:19:34 AM »
Very nice PM. I like the Mexican alot.
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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2009, 01:44:15 PM »
Nice work  8)


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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2009, 10:21:22 PM »
"Today, my jurisdiction ends here!"

Finally! I've found my Turley town marshal! I have figures to represent all the other characters from Silverado but never could find a good one to represent Cleese. Thanks for the photo!
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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2009, 02:25:26 PM »
Thanks for the comments!

I haven't actually seen Silverado but I've put in on my list of "to watch" DVDs.

Just a quick pic of an Apache brave I painted yesterday.


I'm reasonably pleased but I think the skin could have been a little darker.

Cheers
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Re: El Fino the Skinny Bandit & Marshal Beacon
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2009, 03:43:32 PM »
Silverado is a lot of fun. It is a cliched western but very faithful to its influences.

Incidentally, if you buy a copy of Silverado, avoid the "Special Editon" in the fancy box. The only feature it includes that differs from the standard editon is a  rather flimsy "History of the Western" narrated by John Cleese which, in reality, is just an  advertisment for the company's other westerns.

 

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