Darkest Africa

[Orctrader]

Thanks chaps.  Glad you like them.   

[Orctrader]

Almost a month  but another one is complete. 

Small Big Game Hunter.

[Gluteus Maximus]

 

Love the 'ickle bunny wabbit!

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

[Svennn]

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.

[Gluteus Maximus]

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?

[Plynkes]

Is that Hashim Amla or W.G. Grace? 


Lovely job either way.

[Bugsda]

Excellent job Malcolm  You might have started a new genre, weird darkest africa 

[Orctrader]

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.

[Orctrader]

Last ones for a few weeks - probably.


Merciless Mercenaries
 
…There is nothing worse in the whole of Africa than when a white man goes bad…
 
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.

[Mancha]

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

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

[H.M.Stanley]

Love the conversions; particularly the guy holding the machette behind his back

[Remington]

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.

[Orctrader]

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.   

[Bugsda]

Just brilliant Malcolm, love the eyepatch and you've changed Speke's character totally

[Malamute]

Just brilliant Malcolm, love the eyepatch and you've changed Speke's character totally

Yep, awesome work