My painted miniatures in 15mm and 25/28mm, covering all genres. https://www.facebook.com/One-of-My-Men-Became-Restless-100659928063858
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| Most hav these are published already elsewhere but I thought I'd bring the pack together though they were finished over the space of 4-5 years. |
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| The center figure may very well have been sculpted as a white but not to my eyes ... |
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| Midway through this project, and after a trip to London, I noticed the paving stones are a lot bigger than those represented in my earlier efforts. |
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| So what's the difference between the Vivandiere and the Cantiniere? Apparently the former worked the battlefield itself while the latter stayed in camp. I guess that may vary from army to army and time to time but that seems to be the basic gist. |
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| Following on the work of others, we assumed the broccoli thing on the donkey was, well, broccoli? I actually see that there may be flowers sculpted in there but it was against the theme of a wretched retreat ... |
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| These are cool figures but there are mysterious items being carried that I have no idea what they are. It looked like a horse shoe on the red cloth so I made it a horse shoe cloth. what the hell is that? I don't know. |
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| I have 2 Cantinieres from Eureka and another one of these Vivandiere sets. I'll have one of each in Russian snows and the other pair based for the Iberian Peninsula. |
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| Tufts are from http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/silflor-mininatur-4mm-two-colour-winter-tufts-small-737-26s.html |
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| The priest is a tad more wild eyed than I was hoping but hey, he's in a state yeah! The nun's habit was mostly dry brushed and may be just a tad too sublte. |
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| It DOES say "Holy Bible" on the book but the pic may be too dim to make out. I did it in pen. |
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| I had the option of putting various weapons in the hands of both of these but decided my peace time selections were best. I'll have other clergy armed with more considerable firepower later. |
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| These are the last two of this 5-figure pack ... |
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| The sculpts scream to be in Old West settings but I chucked that for a London Victorian Horror game. |
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| I probably won't use Dwarven Forge as backdrops on these in the future ... Not quite right. |
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| The paving stones was a motif I started ages ago and now for consistency sake I continue the tradition. They are course, and they are cartoony but it's far too late now to start cutting off bases and all that ... |
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| Noted in a lot of photos of Haitian Voodoo stuff are the prevalence of clean white clothing on the participants. BUT these figs all have shredded clothing so probably poor substitutes for ceremonial wear. In the end I opted for the single spot of color on the kerchief. |
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| Baron Savoodie and his priestesses will be posted elsewhere soon. |
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| These are Army Painter Swamp Tufts |
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| This was taken before the dull cote dried so it's a tad glossy. |
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| I finally set up at the new place a few months ago. I've moved 4-5 times in the last seven years and have the worst profile for doing so. Wargamer, with tons of painted miniatures. Booklover/Collector with tons of books. Stubborn, won't get rid of either. Ergo every move is painful psychically and physically. Nice to have a permanent spot though .. Around the corner mostly un-pictured is a figure prep station. That's the back of a bookcase for a wall there and my back is to yet another bookcase with ballast, tufts, and various extra paints, primers and basing materials. |
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| Lots of Polly S in here and many off brands I've picked up over the years. Quite honestly, I could get by on JUST Reaper but I do like Citadel. I can count on one hand how many bottles of paint I've used up over the years. Otherwise I let attrition by dried out bottles curb my excesses. |
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| It's very likely I'll be able to maintain order here - the rest of the space? Forget it ... (the coffee looks nastier than it seems) |
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| [EDIT - These are from 10 minutes ago .. no clean up. It's held up pretty well.] |
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| [EDIT - Clutter happens when there's no natural home for something. I've kept colors loosely together so there's always a home once I assign the basic area for greens or reds or whatever.] |
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| [EDIT - Here's the figure prep area. Russian Hussars and French Voltigeurs in progress ...] |
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| These have been posted elsewhere but I want to freshen up the page a bit. Lots of new stuff coming, Victorian Londoners, Napoleonics and more - but for now, some rotten old zombies figs ... |
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| Chris Fitzpatrick of Crocodile Games sculpted these ages ago and they are just great. He did a modern set too I have around unpainted somewheres. |
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| The blue background made these a little "cooler" than they appear under normal lighting. |
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| I'm less impressed with the other two I did in this 3 figure set but she's a keeper ...! |
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| I like this red & black motif for an undead army that will probably never, ever get completed but is fun to work on. These were painted in 2005. |
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| I try to have odds and ends miniatures around when I paint in the likely event I have left over color - that's a real drawback to dropper bottles ...Zombies are great because of the lack of uniformity. |
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| This shot and the one below were taken at Cold Wars this year. The top one is for sure 25/28mm. |
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| Now this one may very well be in 15mm. I actually can't recall. An ID would be helpful though here too. |
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| Captain sculpt 1 of 4 - these were part of a Limeys & Slimeys set and I don't recall how they were labeled were you to try and buy some for yourself. I swear it was a blister labeled "pirate crew" in with the ship but I can't recall. |
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| The pirate game I'm building includes all the 15mm pirates I've ever seen: Peter Pig, Eureka, Museum, and now Blue Moon. I started with the Minifigs ones and this whole lot were painted over 15 years ago. I later found I had 36 more armed with long arms I missed that are coming up soon. |
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| Captain sculpts 2-3 of 4. The fourth carries a rifle across their stomach and is in progress and will be part of a second update mentioned above. |
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| Female Pirates - I didn't seal any of these with a dull cote or anything but I damn well should and probably will when I finish the rest of the collection. |
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| Sword and Dagger - these are all of the straight pirate sculpts from Minifigs except 3 - a captain with rifle, a guy firing a rifle, and another with a blunderbuss. All "on deck" and coming soon. |
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| Sword and Pistol - I was going for a Caribbean sun tan on most of these but it's quite a bit darker than I would do today - in fact, all later pirates, of which these represent only a third of the collection, will have skin more traditionally applied (far less dark than seen here). One more layer of highlights would fix it all but I'm lazy. |
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| Sword and Pistol #2 - note the spotted bandana at right ... |
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| Sword and Pistol #3 - note the stripy hats ... |
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| Boarding Pike- I wasn't ambitious enough to do eyes but I did bother doing the ticking on the trousers. |
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| Sword and Pistol #4 - these aren't perfect sculpts but they got character as well as considerable nostalgia appeal. I'll always have a fondness for Minifigs. |
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| This is my absolute favorite sculpt of nearly all the 15mm Pirates across all manufacturers - there's a particularly good Peter Pig one I like and then a few from Blue Moon that are up there but this is the best of the Minifigs I think. My favorite pose of all is guys firing pistols. Note spotty bandanas again. |
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| Gun Crew 1 of 4 - sandy beach bases or model a gun deck on all these? The former of course. |
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| Gun Crew 2 of 4 - nowadays I endeavor to build up the steel base to that of the figures base to get a nice slope but that hadn't occurred to me at the time and now the sandy step is too apparent on a lot of these. |
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| Gun Crew 3 of 4 |
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| Gun Crew 4 of 4 - the figure at left had a lit match that was long broken off and lost - an angry, and empty fist is what remains. |
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| I wasn't in the habit of basing cannon in the old days but I've changed my mind of late. I probably will base these at some point. The other 4 are identically painted but it's unnecessary to show them here. |
