Getting over the Slump - One Figure at a Time

[Captain Blood]

Spiffing - and the original Atari pattern Space Invaders on the shields are an inspired touch 

[Plynkes]

No. 10

     


Woman in bowler hat. Nandi Hills, Kenya. 1930s.

Haven't done much on this front lately, but the good news is that it's because I've actually been working on projects. Hurrah! Still carrying on with it for a bit mind, as I won't consider myself over the slump until I finish my France 1914 project. And unfortunately I still can't find the motivation to finish those hateful little bleeders.

The above was inspired by these two photos I found on the web; one of some Nandi girls taking a fag break, and the other of a Nandi lady with a rather fetching hat...



Thought I'd try my hand at a check pattern, utilising some of the advice Orctrader was dishing out on the subject some months ago. Some of the lines are a bit messy if you look too close (messy is my signature style!), but the overall effect is rather pleasing, I think.

[Aaron]

As usual you are your own worst critic. It looks fantastic to me. I rarely even attempt any shading on a tartan or check.

[Hammers]

A handsome woman, much like mother. Beside the bowler, the cheroot adds a particular air of worldliness.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Hallelujah I love her so and the overal effect is more than pleasing!

[Plynkes]

I suppose this should be somewhere else, as it is part of a project, rather than a diversion like the other things on this thread. But it's part of a future project I haven't officially started yet, and I did it to distract myself from project work that I didn't feel like doing. So it does belong here, sort of. Um, I'm not making much sense, am I? I'll be quiet.

Anyhow, yer tis...

No.11


L3 Lf flamethrower tankette. Abyssinia, 1936.

Originally planned to do it in sand and green camo like the ones in World War Two (and the ones in James Morris' article), but I couldn't find any reference for ones painted like that in East Africa in the 30s. The only colour scheme I could find was a colour plate with an odd sort of panzer grey and brown splodges - even in black and white photos they all look like they are painted a dark colour, not sandy at all. So that's how I painted it. I admit that I didn't look very hard though. I stopped looking as soon as I found this scheme, because I liked it.

[Joe Fish]

Very nice work, your 'future project' should be awesome as it moves forward!

[Helen]

Lovely brush work on the lady and tankette. In particular, I love the way you have raised the detail on the cloak pattern she is wearing.

Women on the islands I've visited in the past with the army found them smoking pipes and very large leafy cigars even children. Maybe it was a way of warding off mossies or maybe men :-)

Helen

[abhorsen950]

Really nice good stuff

Steve

[Grimm]

very nice .
I realy like your painting .
any chane of a new game report in the near future ?

Grimm

[Plynkes]

Ta. Game report? I'd love to, but unfortunately there probably won't be another one for a while. 

Never say never, though. See how it goes.

(Nearest thing to becoming a game is my Burton/Speke/Somaliland game, as that doesn't need too many figures. But I'm short of two 1850s British officer types. If Mutineer would pull their finger out and release their officers we might get somewhere. I'm waiting on them.)