The Colonial Painting Expedition - 100 Miniatures

[fred]

No.24 Capitaine Bloss  Légion Etrangère



Artizan FFL

[Cubs]

Jeez, slow down guys, I'm desperately trying to rush my own entry!


Wait, that sounded really wrong ...

[Hu Rhu]

Jeez, slow down guys, I'm desperately trying to rush my own entry!

 

Me too.  At this rate the expedition will be long gone before I can pack my Fortnum and Mason's Gentlemans Travelling Hamper!

[Mason]

Me too.  At this rate the expedition will be long gone before I can pack my Fortnum and Mason's Gentlemans Travelling Hamper!

Oi!!!

You can do what you like with that Fortnum chaps gubbins, but keep your filthy mitts off of mine.
 

[elysium64]

Me too.  At this rate the expedition will be long gone before I can pack my Fortnum and Mason's Gentlemans Travelling Hamper!

Not to sure if I would put Gentleman and Mason in the same  sentence, more like Jovial Bounder 

Some really lovely work here of the recent work here I particularly like Captain Bloods (no surprise there ) and H.M. Stanleys entry's, and throughout I have been astounded by the beauty of Plynkes African skin tones, you really must do a tutorial

[Mr.Marx]

Number 25. A Khivan.


Perry Miniatures Zouave.

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Fantasic work all round, by the way. 

MM.

[Dr. The Viking]

No 26.



Ashanti warrior ready to seize Fort Christiansborg in the Danish Gold Coast 1826


(Please note I have little or no idea about how actual Asante/Ashanti warriors look... I read a mention of white clay being smeared on before battle - that's it!)

[Argonor]

No 26.



Ashanti warrior ready to seize Fort Christiansborg in the Danish Gold Coast 1826


(Please note I have little or no idea about how actual Asante/Ashanti warriors look... I read a mention of white clay being smeared on before battle - that's it!)

Cool! Now paint some of the defenders! 

[rumacara]

Number 27 - Adventurer

Wargames foundry adventurer

[gamer Mac]

No 28 British Officer

A young 2nd Lieutenant poses for a heroic picture before joining the expedition 

[Captain Blood]

He is a brilliant figure Colin. Catches the character of the young subaltern, exactly as you describe. Nice work

Lots of nice additions in fact.

And I never knew the Danes were in on The Scramble For Africa, so I've learned something too (thank you Thorbjorn )

[Argonor]

#29: The Game

HLBSC

[Argonor]

Number 25. A Khivan.


Perry Miniatures Zouave.

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Fantasic work all round, by the way. 

MM.

That is some of the most saturated red I've ever seen - makes the tunic/kaftan/djellabah/whatever look almost shiny/silky!

[Mr.Marx]

That is some of the most saturated red I've ever seen - makes the tunic/kaftan/djellabah/whatever look almost shiny/silky!

The reds in the 'Reaper Master Series' are fantastic. Bit steep, but well worth it.

MM.

[Captain Blood]

'Day 8...
After an initial rush of enthusiasm - resulting in unexpectedly rapid progress towards the interior - the expedition suddenly encountered debilitating tropical conditions giving rise to such lethargy that progress slowed to a crawl, and thence almost to a standstill... '



No. 30 - Foundry 'Darkest Africa' Hunter / Adventurer

I've had this figure primed and knocking around for at least 15 years.
He was from one of Copplestone's very first Darkest Africa packs for Foundry. I painted all the rest of that pack at the time, but for some reason never painted this character. So the expedition is an ideal opportunity to put that right!

Most of the characters in that particular pack were modelled on specific literary / historical figures. But I could never work out who this one was supposed to be. Someone from H Rider Haggard perhaps? Not clean cut enough for Allan Quatermain though...

For some reason, I got the idea in my head that this character was a long haired American? Perhaps a renegade from the Confederacy?

Having just checked back, in the Foundry pack, his name is given as 'Enfield' - although he appears to be armed with a Martini-Henry, so I don't know what that signifies, and am still none the wiser...

Answers on a postcard please... 


Anyway, here he is... Like all Copplestone sculpts - a joy to paint, and incredibly easy to paint. I really wish the great man was still churning them out in 28mm...