Gringo's Mayan bowman

[Captain Blood]

Ged sent me a couple of his new 28mm Mayans...

A very nice figure to paint. Cleanly sculpted. Lots of character 

[Bugsda]

  Ace! I'm well nicking that Jaguar fur quiver 

[Phil Robinson]

Brill, like the designer quiver too

[The Dozing Dragon]

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing this range fill out and those blasted Conquistadors.......too tempting by half!

[Hombre]

Thats a cool miniature, but your paintjob is realy not from this planet

[Elk101]

These are shaping up to be the nicest Mayans out there. That is also one seriously top notch paintjob.

[commissarmoody]

Just great! you keep up this quality of art, and you will drag me into another era of gaming 

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff Richard 

cheers

James

[Gibby]

Very nice! Though I have to say I am never quite sure what people mean by "lots of character"

[Svennn]

There is only one thing you need to do Richard, a large force of them!!  Suits your pallette very well, the skin is super

[gringo]

stunning Richard .......a real work of Art  you have more then done justice

to the figure....vivid blues and lovely flesh...........

 

regards
Ged

www.gringo40s.com
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and 28mm ranges

[Elk101]

Very nice! Though I have to say I am never quite sure what people mean by "lots of character"

That's a pretty good question. I have used it in the past to describe figures that 'come to life' when painted and become 'individuals' as opposed to figures I've painted that still look a touch flat and lifeless (my shit painting aside!). The Captain's superb PJ aside, this looks like a figure that has those qualities.

[Malamute]

Loving the quiver. Delightful

[Doomsdave]

Love the colors on the bow and the jaguar pelt.  Wonderful work.

[Captain Blood]

Thanks

Very nice! Though I have to say I am never quite sure what people mean by "lots of character"

Well I know what I mean by it, although it is hard to define...

Some wargames figures are bland, generic troops - not badly sculpted necessarily, although there are plenty of averagely sculpted figures still out there. But even where some sculptors have obviously tried to imbue a figure with some individual personality, this doesn't always come off. They remain neutral, impassive, uninteresting, however technically well executed (although there's an obvious correlation between lack of sculpting quality and technique, and lack of character in the finished model).

On the other hand, some sculptors - perhaps a majority these days - seem able to invest their models with a real sense of personality: they're like proper little individuals - not just mannequins. Some sculptors are better at creating these characters than others. Copplestone is a past master, so is Mike Owen. Others who shall remain nameless, can't seem to manage it. Their figures always just look like anonymous figures rather than 'characters'.

Give me a figure with character every time.