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.

Friday, 3 January 2014

New Year - New Scale - 54mm Wyatt Earp

Something new for you this year. I was given some larger scale cowboy figures for Xmas. It's been a long time since I did anything in this size, at least 20 years. I had also only previously used oil paints and I did wonder how i was going to tackle these. But new challenges are always enjoyable. I switched to using acrylics and the increase in speed to paint amazed me. Using some acrylic flow enhancer really helped the finished , slowing drying time and allowing for some better blending of colours.






The figure is by Andrea Miniatures. A wonderfully sculpt and really well cast. A real joy to work on.
So there will be a few more of these along this year while work my way through a small collection to run a larger scale game.


I thoroughly recommend the the Andrea Color paints set - really good to work with.


Oh and a lot easier on the eyes!!
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23 comments:

  1. Michael Awdry3 January 2014 at 10:45

    Very nice indeed Dave! Love the blending you managed, great job Sir.

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  2. Silver Whistle3 January 2014 at 10:57

    Top quality painting Dave that really shows.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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  3. TamsinP3 January 2014 at 11:08

    That really is a lovely figure Dave

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    1. DaveD3 January 2014 at 11:30

      Ta - I think its is one of my favorite ever.

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  4. Colgar63 January 2014 at 13:10

    Dang, that's nice! But I don't like to think about how much space and time you'd need to put on a full game in this scale...

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    1. DaveD3 January 2014 at 13:15

      Thanks Hugh. Indeed , I am thinking pretty small overall , do on a 6x4 at the most with a few figures.

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  5. DaveD3 January 2014 at 13:14

    cheers

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  6. Schedler Vincent 3 January 2014 at 14:26

    Great work an paint Sir !

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    1. DaveD3 January 2014 at 15:05

      Thanks Vincent , praise indeed. from the maestro!

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  7. Ian3 January 2014 at 17:15

    Excellent, just love everything about him and at the moment my favourite piece in the Challenge so far

    Ian

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    1. DaveD3 January 2014 at 17:23

      Thanks Ian, praise indeed. I think the standard of the various submissions this year is pretty high.

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  8. Juan Mancheño3 January 2014 at 18:09

    Great painting work, Dave. It can be a fantastic project!

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  9. DaveD3 January 2014 at 18:56

    Cheers Juan, I think it has some interesting possibilities.

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  10. Ray Rousell3 January 2014 at 22:14

    Top work Dave, an excellent looking figure!!!

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  11. Phil4 January 2014 at 08:14

    Excellent work, these colors areally awesome...

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    1. DaveD5 January 2014 at 20:06

      Cheers Phil, I think has worked rather well.

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  12. peter5 January 2014 at 19:19

    Fantastic painted figure! Happy New Year Dave!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  13. PanzerKaput5 January 2014 at 21:34

    That is a beautifully painted figure Dave

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