Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

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.

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Zulu Wars.

First lot of recent acquisitions completed. Empress Miniatures new character releases.Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton & Corporal Schiess. Absolutely superb bit of sculpting by Paul Hicks. Really enjoyed doing these two. More to come over the next week.


Added some troopers - done the "Silver Whistle" way - to test it for future large scale Zulu project.  White undercoat, blocked and acrylic washed - definitely a way of getting them done for an en masse. Cheers Pat.






Also Lt Colonel Pulleine

And a 3 day weekend to come, so some painting time planned



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19 comments:

  1. Michael Awdry3 May 2012 at 21:11

    I wondered how long it would be before I got to see these! Great work Dave, looking forward to seeing the rest of them.

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    1. DaveD3 May 2012 at 21:13

      yeah me too..... cracking the rest off over the weekend! But these two are just so great figures , they were calling!

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  2. Ian3 May 2012 at 22:17

    As always looks great, with it being a three day weekend I expect to paint less not more :-(

    Ian

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  3. Unknown4 May 2012 at 01:58

    These look good Dave and I really like the satchel you did on the one figure. The figures look nice against that background too. Have a nice weekend and happy painting!

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    1. DaveD4 May 2012 at 12:54

      Chers Anne, yeah i thought a nice picture background would set them off.

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  4. Ray Rousell4 May 2012 at 06:31

    Great work Dave! The Dalton and Scheiss are indeed great scults and look excellent painted up!

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    1. DaveD4 May 2012 at 12:53

      Cheers Ray.Yeah the dark blue of the patrol outfit is a bit of swine to get right

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  5. Rodger4 May 2012 at 10:13

    Very very nice figures and wonderful painting.

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  6. Juan Mancheño4 May 2012 at 12:29

    Very nice figures, Dave. You are going to have a wonderful Zulu War collection.

    Have a nice weekend.

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    1. DaveD4 May 2012 at 12:46

      Thanks Juan - I wish , these are for sale to fund other projects! sometome you have to paint things you like!!

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  7. The Angry Lurker4 May 2012 at 12:34

    More examples of excellent painting skills Dave!

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    1. DaveD4 May 2012 at 12:47

      cheers Fran - they are fine figures to do , and Paul Hicks skills get better - mind i think the horse is a bit too big - or the guy a bit small!

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  8. john de terre neuve4 May 2012 at 13:23

    Great looking figures, the white undercoat, block paint, dark wash is indeed a great way to get figures done quickly.

    John

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  9. Silver Whistle4 May 2012 at 19:13

    Hi Dave,

    Thanks for the plug and glad that my post was of some use.

    You have done an excellent job on these and as you say, the method is great for doing en masse.

    The painting of the character figures are superb and the backdrop finishes them off nicely.

    Would you mind sharing where you got the backdrop from?

    Cheers,

    Pat.

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    1. DaveD4 May 2012 at 19:24

      Always happy to pick up new techniques , you never know when you may need em.

      The backdrop was just a simple google Rorkes Drift Picture and look at the various images

      ended up using this one

      http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?start=179&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=rY4&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1138&bih=493&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=UdUCvQGRKPV7DM:&imgrefurl=http://www.lensbubl.com/gallery/south-africa-gallery/kwazulu-natal.html&docid=RfbvF37Hs7VmkM&imgurl=http://www.lensbubl.com/uploads/thumbs/rorkes_drift%281%29.jpg&w=300&h=199&ei=KCykT6-LLa_Q4QTsi-nICQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=654&sig=112012647258563319703&page=13&tbnh=139&tbnw=189&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:179,i:230&tx=128&ty=54

      printed it at A4 and used it like that

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  10. Phil5 May 2012 at 10:23

    A great work, and very nice photos!

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