There must be any number of Old West cliche's to be used here. Anyway I finished up the first lot of the "Old West" purchases from Salute. Enough to get a game in I reckon. Here we have Ginger Lily and her gang. These are all Black Scorpion miniatures
Also that perennial Old West favourite - "Doc Holliday" , by Artizan Designs
I did these to a basic game standard - simple blocking work , washes then a drybrush. It gave a pleasant dusty look to the end result. I see some fantastic painted Old West stuff , but some of it is just too clean looking to my eye - i magine the old west as being dirty & muddy or dusty!. I have another 30 or so figures a mix of townsfolk, gunslingers ,lawmen etc to do and I will do them all similarly. Once done i will revisit to improve the overall look if need be. Looking forward to the first game against Scott's Marauders!
Picking up those brushes again.
I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.
I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.
They have turned out really well; the dry brushing on the denim is particularly effective. Top work Sir!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael A bit of Iraqi sand by Vallejo - gives a nice dusty look!
DeleteVery nice painting work, Dave. The gang has beautifull colours.
ReplyDeleteBest regards.
thanks Juan - now the question is how they fight!
DeleteGreat painting style, a fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil!
DeleteYou're doing a great job of getting onto painting the haul you brought back from salute. These figures have plenty of attitude and you've done a great job of painting them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne , they are nice to paint - an it is doing something less regimented as well - gives a littel more reign to creativity
DeleteGreat minis Dave!
ReplyDeletecheers Paul
DeleteI agree about the look of western figures, far too often they don't seem to look right. Yours look great though, just how I would want to do them. Image stored away fr inspiration if needed in the future
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Yeah - remonds me i must get hold of a barbers and bath house building!
DeleteVery nice work here Dave. Quite tempted myself now.
ReplyDeletego on be tempted! circle the wagons!
DeleteLovemy models Dave, great finish to them. I should visit here more often, quite inspirational!
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