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Offline Cubs

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Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« on: 16 June 2016, 06:23:41 PM »
30 years ago I had this model, the utterly superb Ral Partha 'Giant on War Elephant', and it was stolen. Now some things stick in the memory more than others, and I always kept an eye out to see if I could find a replacement, but never saw one at anything like a sensible price. Then a couple of years ago a very kind person in America (I'm ashamed to say I've forgotten who it was) sold me one at a very reasonable price. Since then it has just sat in my lead drawer gathering dust, until last week when I found I had a gap in my painting schedule.

So it's finally done, after three decades. I always liked the model, but until I got started, I never really appreciated what a fantastic piece of sculpting it is. The skin on the elephant is unbelieveably good, all done back in the days before computer design! This has to be my all time favourite model and I'm so chuffed I've finally slapped some paint on it after all these years.









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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #1 on: 16 June 2016, 07:00:04 PM »
Jaw-dropping paintwork!

That's a fantastic old model - I can dimly remember it featuring in an early White Dwarf.
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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #2 on: 16 June 2016, 07:21:41 PM »
Great stuff  :-* :-* :-*

Love the skin tones on Nellie  :D

cheers

James
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Offline Vanvlak

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #3 on: 16 June 2016, 07:47:39 PM »
Wow, that IS nice - had never seen one of these before, nice to see it brilliantly executed.  8) 8) 8)
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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #4 on: 16 June 2016, 08:01:36 PM »
 :-*You did your old love full justice.  The subtlety of your skin tones for both is superb! :-*
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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #5 on: 16 June 2016, 08:02:02 PM »
That is good.   :)
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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #6 on: 16 June 2016, 08:05:24 PM »
Wow  :-* :-* :-*
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Offline Keith

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #7 on: 16 June 2016, 08:30:02 PM »
My favourite too, featured in the first White Dwarf I bought (Tabletop Heroes).
Replaced mine last year and scared to touch it.

Yours is quite frankly perfect!  :-*
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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #8 on: 16 June 2016, 08:38:18 PM »
Very nice. I love the skin tones on the elephant.   :-*
I would be interested to see how it scales against a 28mm mini.

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Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #9 on: 16 June 2016, 09:22:58 PM »
Saw this on the Facebook page. Absolutely top notch. You've really made it come to life.
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Offline Bugsda

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #10 on: 16 June 2016, 09:25:22 PM »
That is a work of art  :-*
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Offline tanktastic43

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #11 on: 16 June 2016, 10:07:54 PM »
Great paint!

Well done.

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Offline Vermis

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #12 on: 16 June 2016, 10:27:59 PM »
Fbbrrphtnthuhh... :o

Un-bee-lievable.
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Offline Cherno

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #13 on: 16 June 2016, 10:37:56 PM »
This is an excellent piece of work. Both the model and the painting. The smooth shading on the skin reminds me of Rackham's painting style, with the subtle transitions from pinkish to grey.
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Offline Hobby Services

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Re: Ral Partha - Giant on War Elephant
« Reply #14 on: 16 June 2016, 10:43:59 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
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