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| Another fine mess you got me into Maleesh! |
What better way of keeping oneself motivated to paint, and paint and paint other than to engage with a few far-flung chums in a painting competition.
I decided to kick off with a bang and go for the top with the Willie
Chinese Gordon. Clearly drawn from the famous painting and a quick and easy job. I made sure his hair was white as the stress of events has clearly taken it's toll of him.
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| Grass roof detail scribed with a fork into gap filler. |
Next out were some lavatory paper roll and cereal packet cone native huts. I drew my inspiration for these from the Hovels offering. The patterning is purely made up, but does add a little interest. It's my intention to write an inscription into the little ochre cartouche on the left-hand hut.
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| Onward! Peter Gilder made me! |
Next, an experiment with basing. A 40mm disc from Renedra with a Perry Standard Bearer and a Conoisseur Emir. A bit of a tight fit, so back to the drawing board there.
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| Not Charlton Heston. |
WIP - another Gordon because I had to.
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| Jihadiyya Rifles. |
Another experiment with the Renedra bases which I think works for the riflemen. 40mm for the pairs and 20mm for the singletons.
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| Ack! Here they come Maleesh! |
| | Yet another experiment with basing. I am thinking of using the bigger bases
to hold 7-8 figures (representing 10) with a mounted leader and
bannerman on every third - a unit would be three bases with a scattering
of singles for the look of it. This layout above is 25 figures plus one
mounted representing 30. Looks good to my eye, but now I need to make it work
against singly mounted opponents for Fire and Melee purposes in a
convention setting!
Current painting challenge total - 38 figures and three buildings. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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2 comments:
You sir are a painting machine!
I suppose you have considered and dismissed some form of magnetic attachment to the group bases? I once had movement trays for my 25mm Mahdists that had a fringe of long grass to hide behind with the figures on those small round copper discs you used to be able to get here for a penny.
Next 20 are in progress as I write!
I ad not - nor had I considered the use of double-sided tape which springs to mind as an alternative. I have also been turning over drilling 10 small holes in the rear of the base and shuffling a peg along to account the casualties as they occour.
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