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.

Wednesday 15 February 2012

Anything but....

what I had intended to paint this week. You know - the butterfly syndrome - but good for the creative process overall. Having bought some shiny new metal at York I decided to paint some of it up, just for the enjoyment of painting. So I present a mixed bag of chaps with a Hollywood connection..

"The Man with no Name"


The poncho was fun!
 By "Ebob" - right down to the cigar in his mouth - great stuff

"Zulu"
"Empress Miniatures" - the film characters set - I had to have it on in the background while painting. 
'If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry 4.5 calibre miracle'


Lovely to paint really crisp and clean details - even have the medals on Colour Sergeant Bourne's chest!

"March or Die"

I watched this again after picking up some "Artizan Designs" French Foreign Legion figures from there March or Die range

The desert fort is nearly completed - will be used for Sudan and FFL games - so will have  get these pictured in it!

And the "Elite Miniatures" Legere recently completed are now based by Will - thanks for the photo

 I have a couple of other single figure specials on the go as well at the moment , then its into serious amounts of Sudan stuff - I have checked figure totals and can now cover the battle of El-Teb at a 1-20 ratio - so that's the target for the end of the summer.  Of course there will Napoleonics as well - the Mamaluke band castings have just turned up too.. choices choices....

11 comments:

  1. Nice work Dave but where's Angel Eyes and Tuco, the Frenchies came out splendidly and nice basing Will.

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  2. Very nice indeed. It's great to be able to jump from one project to the next when your not committed to a single must do project. I have three weeks to get some WWII characters done and I am really looking forward to stopping doing them and getting a few other projects sorted.

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  3. Yep! I like especially "The Man with No Name" at the top. Great brushwork on his blanket,and you nailed the color of his denim.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  4. Well for someone who wasn't gonna paint much this week, that's a damn good haul! Love the "eh Blondie" figure!!

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  5. Really nice figures Dave,
    Cracking French.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  6. Beautiful paint work and basing.

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  7. These Empress miniatures do look charming. And wow, I love the colors on the western-dude, especially the highlights on the poncho are magic.

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  8. Thanks Guys ,, they hasve been a joy to do glad it shows

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  9. I have just finished painting the Rorke's Drift characters myself and have to agree that they were a joy to paint. You have done a superb job on these and Clint looks spot on.

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  10. I love these movie figures. And Clint is my favorite to!

    Excellent brushwork!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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