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Author Topic: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya  (Read 380076 times)

Offline Hammers

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #495 on: October 09, 2013, 01:32:16 PM »

Remember the chachapoyan mummy? Here is my attempt at one. A Eureka skelly repose with strips of tissue paper wrapped around it. It's a WIP, obviously.


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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #496 on: October 09, 2013, 03:37:26 PM »
Rather effective, I say! The bandages come across a bit large, but what width are they, 2-3mm, tops? It's probably not feasible to try smaller ones. Also, once painted, I think it could look pleasantly fragile, so it's possibly best just to pull through as an experiment, at least.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #497 on: October 09, 2013, 03:42:00 PM »
No, any thinner and you'd have to sculpt it. I am not too worried about that bit; painted in a crate, packed in straw but with the lid off I think it will come out just OK.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #498 on: October 09, 2013, 07:51:46 PM »
No, any thinner and you'd have to sculpt it. I am not too worried about that bit; painted in a crate, packed in straw but with the lid off I think it will come out just OK.

Yes, I thought so. It probably looks much more "bulky" in the pics than in real life. What is it, maybe 20mm tall in that pose?

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #499 on: October 10, 2013, 06:05:28 AM »
hank you Maso, encouraging words which keeps one going.
I don't know if you noticed but I am modestly proud of this idea...



Finding the bull whip of this Copplestone Not-Famouses-Movie-Rouge-Archeologis rather unconvincing I came up with this, in Hammers world, world famous thanatophidologist, who has by some odd ways latched himself on to the Arumbaya expedition. His famous catch phrase is: "Snakes! I eat them for breakfast!"

A snake... did it have to be a snake?!  lol
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #500 on: October 10, 2013, 06:40:58 AM »
Yes, I thought so. It probably looks much more "bulky" in the pics than in real life. What is it, maybe 20mm tall in that pose?

Exactly 20mm. The crate is 23mm.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #501 on: October 10, 2013, 07:21:44 AM »
A snake... did it have to be a snake?!  lol

It is painted to look like a (look away now, Malamute!) fer-de-lance...



Right wicked looking fucker, don't you agree?

If you've got a strong stomach you can look at the effects (necrosis) of a bite from that little shit right here...

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #502 on: October 11, 2013, 11:33:09 AM »

Right wicked looking fucker, don't you agree?

If you've got a strong stomach you can look at the effects (necrosis) of a bite from that little shit right here...


Really wicked. And that leg definitely has to go.

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #503 on: October 11, 2013, 02:30:20 PM »
It is painted to look like a (look away now, Malamute!) fer-de-lance...

Right wicked looking fucker, don't you agree?




Too late I looked :'(
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #504 on: October 11, 2013, 02:49:54 PM »


Have you seen Outpost's rather good Inca mummy:





Very cheap From http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk/index.htm

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #505 on: October 11, 2013, 02:51:11 PM »
Ooooh!

Thank YOU!

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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #506 on: October 13, 2013, 02:07:47 PM »
I did in a post a few days ago say I'd like to do some cargo bases for the adventurers barge. Well, I have gone to town with that idea and painted some animals for the zoologist among the. They will eventually be put in crates and cages so I thought I'd better show them to their somewhat better advantage before I do that.

The findings of the department of herpetology:



Left to right, non-descript turtle; Yellow Foot Tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata; Amazon Cascabel (South American Rattlesnake) Crotalus durissus *)



Green Iguana Iguana iguana; Jararaca Bothrops jararaca

Here are some reference photos I used while painting:









*) This miniature comes with a Mega Miniatures snake set and is really not worth the effort. It litterally looks like a pile of shit unpainted and you are much better off trying to sculpt one yourself. I had it in the pile, though, and thriftily thought I'd use it




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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #507 on: October 13, 2013, 02:38:30 PM »
As above, department of ornithology (some old stuff in there but I repost them to give a sense of completeness):



Ñacurutú (South American Great Horned Owl) Bubo virginianus nacurutu; Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco; Military Macaw Ara militaris; Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus



Scarlet Macaw Ara macao, Blue-and-Gold Macaw Ara ararauna; Lined Forest Falcon micrastur gilvicollis; Great Kiskadee pitangus sulphuratus, Spix's Macaw cyanopsitta spixii

Some references I used painting:







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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #508 on: October 13, 2013, 02:58:54 PM »
And now to the mamals of the Department of Theriology



Left to right:

Amazon black howler alouatta nigerrima (young); Ninebanded Armadillo dasypus novemcinctus; Coati nasua nasua;  Common Vampire Bat desmodus rotundus; Ocelot leopardus pardalis pardalis (portly specimen)*)

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*) The photography did not do this ocelot justice, if I may say so myself. The more intricate pattern is on it's back and it is not nearly as yellow and much more subtly shaded to the naked eye.
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Re: Chicken Race on the Arumbaya
« Reply #509 on: October 13, 2013, 03:11:13 PM »
And finally some domesticated beasts which I painted while I already was at it:



Again, the monkey is not nearly as orange as the camera made it here. I will have to shoot a new photo eventually. The monkey is inspired by this Amazonian animal, the Bald Uakari:

« Last Edit: October 13, 2013, 08:21:52 PM by Hammers »

 

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