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Offline Orctrader

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #45 on: May 23, 2011, 12:24:33 PM »
Thanks chaps.  Glad you like them.   :)

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #46 on: June 18, 2011, 03:24:59 PM »
Almost a month  ::) but another one is complete. 

Small Big Game Hunter.


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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #47 on: June 18, 2011, 04:18:01 PM »
 lol

Love the 'ickle bunny wabbit!

Who's the sculptor? Not Bob Olley, by any chance?

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #48 on: June 18, 2011, 04:26:28 PM »
Lovely jubbly - I remember sending that over to you, glad to see its made its way out of the leadpile

Bigbum, its a Perry Citadel sculpt.
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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #49 on: June 18, 2011, 04:28:12 PM »
Lovely jubbly - I remember sending that over to you, glad to see its made its way out of the leadpile

Bigbum, its a Perry Citadel sculpt.

Thanks! I wouldn't have recognized him as a Perry. Presumably an OOP sculpt?

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #50 on: June 18, 2011, 04:34:22 PM »
Is that Hashim Amla or W.G. Grace?  :)


Lovely job either way.
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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #51 on: June 18, 2011, 04:50:36 PM »
Excellent job Malcolm  8) You might have started a new genre, weird darkest africa  ;)
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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #52 on: June 19, 2011, 09:19:49 PM »
Thanks chaps.   :)

Lovely jubbly - I remember sending that over to you, glad to see its made its way out of the leadpile...

Been on the table for a while.  Lovely little sculpt, especially the face.

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #53 on: June 20, 2011, 06:41:55 PM »
Last ones for a few weeks - probably.


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They fight for anyone in return for money or treasure.  Gun-running, slaving, river-piracy and ivory poaching.  And just plain murder.  Nothing is too low for these providing the price is high enough.
 
Foundry figures converted.  Just the addition of an eye-patch here.



 
Added a TAG machete.



 
The shotgun is now a sawn-off, slightly repositioned left arm and machete added.  Hat was folded one-side and shade added at the neck.


 
Added a pistol holster – TAG again – and a second ammo belt.



 
With all four the painting is a big part of the conversion.  Aimed for rugged and slightly unkempt look.

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #54 on: June 20, 2011, 06:45:25 PM »
These seem kind of dark for you.  Are you experimenting with a new style?

I like the conversions, especially the eye-patch one.

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #55 on: June 21, 2011, 11:20:06 AM »
Love the conversions; particularly the guy holding the machette behind his back
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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #56 on: June 21, 2011, 05:18:35 PM »
Cool stuff, OT! I also like the conversions a lot and especially the Corto Maltese with the eye-patch. Small simple change, but great character.

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #57 on: June 21, 2011, 08:20:46 PM »
Thanks chaps.   :)

These seem kind of dark for you.  Are you experimenting with a new style?

For all of the figures in this "project" I toned down my highlighting as I thought it might suit the subject matter and be slightly quicker to paint.  For these particular figures, due to the "back story" I went for an even "darker" look.

Not so much a new style, as a variation of my "standard."  Though I'm always experimenting with my painting.  Part of the fun.   :)


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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #58 on: June 22, 2011, 10:51:10 AM »
Just brilliant Malcolm, love the eyepatch and you've changed Speke's character totally 8)

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Re: Darkest Africa
« Reply #59 on: June 22, 2011, 03:15:15 PM »
Just brilliant Malcolm, love the eyepatch and you've changed Speke's character totally 8)

Yep, awesome work ;D
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