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Author Topic: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant  (Read 8034 times)

Offline Davea

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2016, 09:44:26 PM »
Very nicely done  - I love the old Ral Partha monsters and bigger figures - and your painting has certainly brought this one to life !

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2016, 10:34:22 PM »
Beautiful paint job, but how much did you pay for the mini in the end?  It's still in production through Iron Wind, and $15 is hardly an outrageous retail price for a model of that size.

http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=9249

I was talking to someone on FB and I think I paid $25, but if I recall correctly that was including postage to the UK (but I might be wrong). I'm torn between being happy the model has been re-released (because it's a an absolute peach) and being miffed that after hunting high and low for so many years, it's released at such a reasonable price just after I bought one second hand! Fortunately it wasn't for an upsetting amount of money. Believe it or not some people are trying to sell them on eBay for over $100 ... oh well.
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Offline Shaved Dwarf

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2016, 10:57:48 PM »
I very nice model, indeed.
And a even nicer paint job you have done.

Offline Hobby Services

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2016, 11:29:30 PM »
I was talking to someone on FB and I think I paid $25, but if I recall correctly that was including postage to the UK (but I might be wrong). I'm torn between being happy the model has been re-released (because it's a an absolute peach) and being miffed that after hunting high and low for so many years, it's released at such a reasonable price just after I bought one second hand! Fortunately it wasn't for an upsetting amount of money. Believe it or not some people are trying to sell them on eBay for over $100 ... oh well.

If it makes you feel any better, with your paint job on it $100 doesn't seem unreasonable at all, so you could certainly get your money back and then some if you wanted to sell.  More than enough to just buy an IW casting and paint it again.

And of course an actual lead-alloy Ral Partha bare metal figure is going to be worth more to collectors, especially if it was still in the packaging.  People who are more interested in the opportunity to own RP sculpts might do well to do a solid dig through the Iron Wind catalog though.  It's kind of a muddle and the search function is a bit iffy at times, so it's easy to miss things.

Offline tomogui

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2016, 12:38:47 AM »
Spectacular paint job! I've never seen this fella before. Lovely subtle shading both on man(?) and beast. Inspirational stuff.

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2016, 05:37:56 AM »
Beautifully done!  :-*

Now you have that one, you might want to get the other 5 riders:

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Giant_elephant_riders

Then again, that way madness lies ...  ;)

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2016, 06:02:59 AM »
Woah! What an awesome paintjob. Lots of character, grittyness and excellent colour use. Bravo!
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Offline barbaric splendor

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2016, 06:54:29 AM »
Amazing work - very realistic looking!

Offline Giger

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2016, 09:28:59 AM »
An amazing miniature and not one I'd seen before.  Your paint job gives it an almost Frazetta feel and looks superb.

Offline beefcake

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2016, 09:54:57 AM »
Very Nice. I want one of these!


Offline King Arthur

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2016, 10:27:41 AM »
Cracking stuff Paul!

You know you're gonna have to give a tutorial on how you achieve such splendid tones  ;)

Cheers

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #26 on: June 17, 2016, 11:32:51 AM »
I remember that piece when it first came out...even then it was out of my price range. Your WONDERFULLY painted & based rendition far exceed my memories of the miniature's quality. VERY WELL DONE!
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Offline Freelancer

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #27 on: June 17, 2016, 11:41:24 AM »
 :o

Offline Cubs

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #28 on: June 17, 2016, 11:44:10 AM »
Cracking stuff Paul!

You know you're gonna have to give a tutorial on how you achieve such splendid tones  ;)

Cheers

Gary

It's nothing too mysterious, honest! I had just mixed up a new colour range I labelled 'Asian Flesh'. It's the same sort of depth of colour as my 'European Flesh' colours, but based more around brown and yellow tones as opposed to peachy tones. That's the main skin colour. Then I just watered down some of the deeper 'Euro Flesh' shades and blended them into key areas like the nose, brows, elbows, knees and knuckles. When that was done I put a bit of turquoise into a light flesh tone and watered it right down. I used this to put some wiggly lines in here and there as veins. If it went on too thick I wiped it off a little with my finger.

Offline Treebeard

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #29 on: June 17, 2016, 12:16:14 PM »
Superb ! The elephant skin is very impressive (as the rest by the way)

 

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