Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time wargamer. I am mainly painting 28mm figures at the moment. But there will be other projects .I have created armies in 6mm and one off figures of 120mm , so anything in between is fair game.Wargaming 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 occassion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of wargaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy. Sharing hints and tips with the masters has really helped my own style over the years. I will share some hard won hints and tips where I can. My style and preference is certainly "old school". My main interests are the Napoleonic period. I also have an interest in the Colonial Wars of the 19th Century, surely sparked by seeing "Zulu" at an early age. I also enjoy AFV modelling - a chance to get the airbrush out. I will be doing some of that again.

Friday, 18 January 2013

The "Cooler King"

Catching up on "little distraction painting" posts this week.  So cue the music to "The Great Escape".

Here we have The Cooler King, the Scrounger and the Surveyor. These are from Ebob's Great Escape range (you don't say...). There are various other prisoners, stooges, guards & goons available. You can also download the various buildings in paper pdf format. One of the reasons I love this hobby is the sheer variety of figures available.  These are beautiful sculpts.






Right now where can i get a motorbike from....



I have not watched it in an age - might just be weekend viewing. Wonder if he will get over the wire this time.


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  1. Nice! I always looked at those figs but never saw a use for them.

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    1. yeah me too , but hey they were fun to do

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  2. Nice look , great paint , and nice Photo
    Cheers
    Vincent

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  3. Superb painting on these Dave.
    Empress Miniatures do motorbikes with their modern range, Afgahns. I don't know if the figures are seperate or if they are a one piece casting?

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    1. aaah ... i feel a conversion coming on

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  4. They are wonderfully painted there and lovley figures. Top Draw Old Boy, Dont you Know, What!

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  5. Excellent sculpts and you have made a wonderful job of these Dave!!

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  6. Love it. Great job on some terrific figures.

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  7. The bolg post title grabbed me immediately! he was THE man!
    The motorcycles antics are an absolute joy to behold. My harley would never manage those jumps though ! ;-)

    Oh, nice painting too! ;-)

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    1. well what else would i call it! thanks Scott

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  8. Another wonderful set, I must get some of these.

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Work in hand

The RULES!

No more than 3 things on the PAINTING table at once. Nothing new added until something is finished.

PREPARATION work is done when I don't fancy detail painting. Cleaning up, converting, undercoating etc.

PLANNING is expressions of interest or things that have inspired me to be created with no definite timescale as yet.


On the PAINTING TABLE
AWI -71st Highlanders - a man sized unit 54 FIGURES -comission

On the PREPATION table.
2nd Vistula Lancers - another full on conversion job! commission
9th Lancers - yet another full on conversion job
48 man British Guards Battalion Coldstreamers
Gangsters & Policemen Prohibition Wars - 40 of em

In the PLANNING phase
Dutch Belgian - Hussars - (32 Figure)- WHC
Madhists - 1000's of em! Mine