Guys !
You do realize, that if you seriously want something that might not be on the immediate list of Leon's "Things to release or make ".....
I'll make them for you with pleasure....At the going rate.... ;)
Some of you will go "HOW MUCH !"...Others will go "That's a damn good price"
As long as it doesn't become 'too silly' in the number of 'extras' to be made....And doesn't mean I'm pestering Leon with requests of "Can you send me a master of this..or a master of that".....(I don't intend to make Leon's life even busier than it is already !!...That's not on.)
The only things I would steer clear of, are anything from ranges that the other designers are working on...or I regard as 'theirs'....I won't cut across them at all.
Basically....anything that PD are prepared to cast up....I'll make for you.
I've almost finished the first 'experiment' in doing this....(You know who you are Mr X) and it's gone well....So...If you're interested...PM me.
Cheers - Phil.
(April 8 2015)
PLEASE NOTE, CHUMS ;)...... For the moment, and for a minimum of a good few months I won't be able to do any 'extras' in the ways of new sculpts or conversions for anyone.
I may be able to resurrect this at some later stage, but it all depends on how busy I am......Also how busy poor Leon & Dave are in respect of moulding and casting.
Too much to do, and not enough time to do it...For all of us. ;)
Cheers - Phil
I've shifted this down to the Requests board, and I've stickied it... :P
8)
The lemming almost done then? ;)
Yup Lemmy !
Who do I send the invoice to ? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil....(Leon.....What is 'stickied' ?.....No...Don't worry.) ;D ;D
Quote from: Techno on 21 March 2012, 07:19:50 PM
Leon.....What is 'stickied' ?.....No...Don't worry. ;D ;D
Hehehe... :d
It means that this thread will always appear at the top of the Requests board, in bold text. Just so that it doesn't get lost further down the board.
Quote from: Techno on 21 March 2012, 07:19:50 PM
Yup Lemmy !
Who do I send the invoice to ? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cool!
So how much would 1 lemming's worth of sculpting cost?
Invoice address; Hmm, let me see:
Either:
The Rt Hon George Osborne,
11 Downing St,
Westminster,
London
SW1A 2AB
or...
The CEO,
Games Workshop,
Lenton,
Nottingham
NG7 2WS
;) ;D!
If it was for you at your proper addy Lemmy....
Ooooh..about 2p.....+ £6.00 p&p.....I'd have to send it 'Special delivery' as it's a work of art of such incredible wonderfulness. (sic)
If we're talking anything to whichever Chancellor is in power.
I dunno......£50,000....Seems like a reasonable figure, don't you reckon ?
If it's for the EE....Nah...Forget it !
Cheers - Phil (Do you want Jim's original head ?....You can have that for free Matey !....But it IS poo !)
I thought you sculpted with green stuff not poo!
Quote from: fred 12df on 21 March 2012, 08:39:50 PM
I thought you sculpted with green stuff not poo!
ROTFL! =O =O =O =O
Quote from: fred 12df on 21 March 2012, 08:39:50 PM
I thought you sculpted with green stuff not poo!
Horse poo is
FAR too soft ...(Tho' the 'labs' seem to treat
that as a gourmet meal) the Sheep poo works
pretty well...But Leon moans like you know what, when I send masters made of that...So I do tend to use green stuff more than anything else.
No pleasing some people ! ;) ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
Are you serious 'bout all this sculpting business Techno?
Quote from: Techno on 21 March 2012, 08:32:30 PM
I dunno......£50,000....Seems like a reasonable figure, don't you reckon ?
Or the price of stuff?
[Seems a tad high...] :D
Plus... how do you cast figures???
Quote from: peterdong on 21 March 2012, 10:03:43 PM
Are you serious 'bout all this sculpting business Techno?
The sculpting offer is serious, if you've not seen them, have a look through this board for the WIP threads for the Republican Romans, or Carthaginians, which Techno has done for us.
Quote from: peterdong on 21 March 2012, 10:03:43 PM
Plus... how do you cast figures???
The figures would be cast by us once they were made. If anyone's seriously interested, pop Techno a message through, and he can run through the details with you.
Quote from: peterdong on 21 March 2012, 10:03:43 PM
Are you serious 'bout all this sculpting business Techno?
Or the price of stuff?
[Seems a tad high...] :D
Plus... how do you cast figures???
Truly...
totally serious, if anyone's
really interested....
I'd
(I'd ??) be looking to Leon/Pendraken for the casting/mould making (I've chatted with Leon about this...and we think we've come up with a good 'idea' for the way to do this for figures that are 'way down the line'...or 'Only one person will really want this ".
No joke/Early April Fool.
Really.... If anyone's interested...I'm more than happy to do 'specials'.....Done it in the past....Like I say...PM me.
Cheers - Phil
SERIOUSLY I'd love a goblin magic user/cleric for the fantasy range, but it might be a toe-stepper!
Lemmings optional
PM me Lemmy....I'll tell you 'the deal'. ....tomorrow....It's past my bed-time now ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
And here's Lemmey's Goblin Mage...
Converted from the Goblin standard bearer.
See...Told you it wasn't a joke.
I'll pop some lemmings on the base if you really want Lemmey...But that'll cost you an extra ten pence. ;D ;D
l(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4279.jpg)
Cheers - Phil.
But two shillings for a swarm of lemmings, a bargain! Up for that!
Very nicely done Phil - and good choice mad lemmey 8)
Ta Nik !
Cheers - Phil
Thanks Nik, I just thought it was an obvious hole in a range that I was playing with, it wasn't going to upset any other sculpter and could be a longer term seller for the firm!
Phil is doing a superb job, and I thought if he was going to offer his time and efforts for this service I'd better put my money where my over large mouth is too!
Hopefully it will give my Goblins a bit of an extra edge in my larger Hail Caesar battles, and will also make a suitable higher level nasty for all you dungeoneers out there as he summons some of the new monsters that are around!
Have fun!
Mad Lemmey
Quote from: Techno on 04 April 2012, 04:23:25 PM
And here's Lemmey's Goblin Mage...
Converted from the Goblin standard bearer.
See...Told you it wasn't a joke.
I'll pop some lemmings on the base if you really want Lemmey...But that'll cost you an extra ten pence. ;D ;D
l(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4279.jpg)
Cheers - Phil.
~~~~~Should be added to the range.
That's the plan..... once Lemmey's got his copies.
Should be sending him up to Leon soon, along with the next batch of Falklands' soldiers.
Cheers - Phil.
now if you did 15mm sculpts and moulding I'd be interested. Need about 400x 15mm Napoleonic Ghurkas (2 types) and lord only knows how many 1790s Venetian slav infantry and cavalry. Such a shame....
Mark
Quote from: sultanbev on 19 April 2012, 11:10:49 AM
now if you did 15mm sculpts and moulding I'd be interested. Need about 400x 15mm Napoleonic Ghurkas (2 types) and lord only knows how many 1790s Venetian slav infantry and cavalry. Such a shame....
Mark
I'm sure Phil can sculpt them, the moulding and casting side of it would have to be approached differently to the way we do it with the 10's though. Pop me an email if you'd like more info.
message sent.
Just remembered there is one 10mm model I want
- a French Renault Char D1 tank for my planned SCW French interventionist forces, I need 13 of them.
Mark
I don't do tanks ! ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
heh-heh, then find me the man that does :D
Quote from: sultanbev on 19 April 2012, 12:22:09 PM
heh-heh, then find me the man that does :D
I NEED a vehicle to. ;)
Why don't all you people who want Aztecs, Tarletons etc. form a collective and commission Phil jointly. Splitting the fee between you should make it reasonably cheap. :)
Hmmmmmm... :-\
Just a thought, but, If I understand correctly .....One of my colleagues just might regard the Tarletons as 'his' for some stage in the future.
Like I say, I don't want to tread on other peoples' toes....But who knows ? ;)
Cheers - Phil
So, since it's payday - how much do I owe you Techno and how do we sort out payment?
Mad Lemmey
I'll send you details of my 'Swiss bank account' (Hah !....I wish) to your home email Lemmy.
Cheers - Phil.
I don't mind making costs public Techno, so it might allow others to see how much your time is worth ;)
Messaged Leon the other day. Hopefully the goblin mage will be molded soon, he's caught in the backlog of the move! ;D
Once you've got him Lemmey.....I expect to see a piccy of him painted up and posted 'toot sweet'. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Right then....
Who's going to help ?
Leon's had a request from one of you chaps regarding a shako conversion for a Napoleonic Austrian type standard bearer.
Ive' got the master metal figure, with a 'flat top' shako......So what's the 'shape' I'm going to change it to ?
I think I know.....But I'd rather make absolutely sure !! ;)
Can anyone post me a piccy up ?
Thanks - Phil.
Depends which pattern shako you are going for :-\ I'll tap my Hungerian playing friends.
Thanks Lemmy....
I'll try and get a bit more info.
Cheers - Phil.
It's only a very slight conversion on that chap. The figure you've got is the current Hungarian standard bearer, in the bell shako (gets wider towards the top). I've got a chap after a generic shako'd standard to put with his Jagers and Grenzers, so the headgear needs changing to a straight shako instead (same width all the way up).
I'll double check with the customer for some pics.
As far as I know Jager did not carry standards.
Chad
Quote from: Chad on 04 June 2012, 06:21:39 PM
As far as I know Jager did not carry standards.
Chad
Yeah, that's what we thought as well, which is why they were never done originally.
:-\
Quote from: Chad on 04 June 2012, 06:21:39 PM
As far as I know Jager did not carry standards.
Chad
Not only that, but from 1808 they wore the
Corsehut, the wide-brimmed felt hat with the brim turned up at the side. Previous to that they wore the standard
Kasket crested helmet like the line.
As far as I'm aware the Grenzers didn't carry standards either, although the volunteer freikorps often carried a
Leibfahne.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 04 June 2012, 07:50:02 PM
Not only that, but from 1808 they wore the Corsehut, the wide-brimmed felt hat with the brim turned up at the side. Previous to that they wore the standard Kasket crested helmet like the line.
As far as I'm aware the Grenzers didn't carry standards either, although the volunteer freikorps often carried a Leibfahne.
Yep, that all matches what we've got. I think the chap in question just wants to put standards with his units, so we'll get this generic type done, and then it can be used for other things if necessary I suppose.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4452.jpg)
Oh...for pity's sake !
Can you make this out guys ? (Been b*ggering about with photobucket for AGES this morning, trying to get a decent size image posted....Either WAY too big or this....Lost patience now >:( >:( )
I HOPE this is what's required.....Generic enough ?...If not, they can soon be tweaked !
Grumpy Phil. ;)
From what I can make out, Phil, it looks like the British "stovepipe" shako. Would do nicely for Prussian reserve infantry. Dunno about Austrians, though. We didn't supply them with uniforms as far as I know. :-\
Erm.....Pass, Ray.
I've just made it as similar as I could to the reference figures' shakos that nice Mr Leon sent down.
Cheers - Mr Hopeful ;)
Yep, looks about right to me, it's a copy of the NPA17 Grenzer shako, so the top should be the same circumference as the base? I've tried to increase the size of the pic, but it's becoming pixellated when I make it bigger. If you've still got the bigger pic Phil, I can edit that down once it's on the Forum?
I'll bung you a new version a little later on Leon ;)....I think the 'big' copy of that one's been deleted already. :'(
Cheers - Phil
Don't bother to post that pic up Leon....You're correct...They're not quite right are they ?....Must get some lens cleaning solution for the Optivisor.....
I blame the appalling daylight in Wales as well. .... :-[
I will look at the samples Leon sends me more carefully..
I will look at the samples Leon sends me more carefully.
I will look at the samples Leon sends me more carefully.
Repeat 100 times.
Cheers - Phil ;)
Are any of the sculptors who make vehicles interested in offering a service similar to what Techno is offering here? I'd really like some Japanese trucks...
Here's the Goblin Mage I requested Techno make...
Nice work fella!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/019.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/018.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/017.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/015.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/014.jpg)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/Fantasy%202012/018.jpg)
Glad you like it Lemmey ! :)
Cheers - Phil.
Not someone you'd want to meet on a dark night. And there's two of the beggars! :o
There's five of them...
:D That's just a sample!
Now just need some rules to use them with?
Can't help you there, Guv. :(
Just a quick peek of some 'generic'/multi use casualties that that awfully nice Mr Mollinary has requested.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4568.jpg)
Can I ask the usual....Would some kind soul shrink the pic to 2/3 ish the size ?....Ta !
Cheers - Phil.
Perfect.
at last my Jagers and Cavalry can have markers!
Pleased you like them Lemmey. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Phil has produced just what I was after. My take was, the one on the left would do, at a pinch, for:
Hanover, Wurttemberg, Hesse, Bavaria, Saxony for 1866 and 1870, and Austria for 1859;
And the one on the right, for Austria 1866, and Italy 1859 and 1866.
Anyone any other thoughts?
Mollinary
Quote from: mollinary on 12 September 2012, 07:14:12 PM
Phil has produced just what I was after. My take was, the one on the left would do, at a pinch, for:
Hanover, Wurttemberg, Hesse, Bavaria, Saxony for 1866 and 1870, and Austria for 1859;
And the one on the right, for Austria 1866, and Italy 1859 and 1866.
Anyone any other thoughts?
Mollinary
NICE!
Quote from: nikharwood on 01 July 2010, 01:01:16 AM
So you should make some ;)
With inter-changeable insurgents (African / Middle Eastern / Afghan) & multiple weapon variants (RR, mortar, HMG etc)
Go on - you know you want to... 8)
And how about generic militia, and armed civilians for modern insurgency in the West(not just ragheads) with the above mentioned weapon variants and some generic vehicles?
When you look at today's world and the current events in the news, it won't be long before this happens for real :o
Quote from: mollinary on 12 September 2012, 07:14:12 PM
Phil has produced just what I was after. My take was, the one on the left would do, at a pinch, for:
Hanover, Wurttemberg, Hesse, Bavaria, Saxony for 1866 and 1870, and Austria for 1859;
And the one on the right, for Austria 1866, and Italy 1859 and 1866.
Anyone any other thoughts?
Mollinary
If they were bare-headed they'd be even more flexible (nationality wise, that is). :-\
Only British English, of all the dialects in the world, could say something like the title of this thread. Ugh.
Herts Blue,
The first one is bare headed, which is why it covers so many nations. The second one in greatcoat, is a bit restricted by the coat and, anyway, I wanted an Austrian that was clearly an Austrian for my 1866 forces. Paying the piper and all that!!!
Cheers,
Mollinary
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 September 2012, 12:16:19 PM
Only British English, of all the dialects in the world, could say something like the title of this thread. Ugh.
I think it's an expression of amazement or disbelief, FK. "What do you want made?" would have changed the sense completely. Besides, it's subject to the unwritten law: I speak English; you have an accent; he's a bloody foreigner. :D
An variation on new RR Hastati and princeps, with sword instead of pila could be great. Also, different helmet decoration, like plumes for hastati, horse mane for princeps and crest for triarii reflecting their hoplitic past.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 27 September 2012, 12:16:19 PM
Only British English, of all the dialects in the world, could say something like the title of this thread. Ugh.
OK...firstly... :D ;)
[Daily Mail mode]
There's no such thing as 'British English'. It's just English.
All other forms of English are wrong, but at least they're trying so we can forgive them.
Secondly...
It isn't a dialect.
Its the natural language of the human brain.
People of other nations may choose to make their lives more complicated by translating their natural English language thoughts into another language, but rest assured English is in there somewhere.
This is why, when we English go abroad we don't need to learn other languages...we simply speak loudly and slowly, and it sets up the vibrations in said foreign waiter's head so that he understands exactly what we want.
These vibrations are also triggered by the foreign type looking at our bright red burned skin, flabby flesh, and Union flag shorts.
Hand gestures and pointing at the menu help too. We do like to try and make it easy for you. You're welcome.
[/Daily Mail mode]
8-}
Seriously though, i see your comment actually as a positive. You're right, there is something about, particularly 'British' English that can put such finely graded nuance into its language.
As Hertsblue amply demonstrates with:
'You want what making?' [This expresses surpise, scorn, and incredulity]
'What do you want making?' [A simple request]
Interestingly, there's a bit of a thing going on in America at the moment where 'Britishisms' are begginning to creep in, often because 'American English' lacks the capacity to express suitable nuance.
For example, during the case of the intern Chandra Levy, American News reporters began to use the British phrase 'to go missing', rather than the American 'to disappear', as it was more nuanced in expressing the uncertainties around that situation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19670686)
And when you add in intonation, English becomes even more flexible.
'
Don't do that' [a barked order]
'Don't
do that' [a plea for someone to stop]
'Don't to
that' [a suggestion to do something else]
:D
I've presume that other languages have equal flexibility? :-\
My fault...
I should have titled the thread as....
You want WHAT making ? ;) :d
Cheers - Phil.
Not 'YOU want WHAT making!' ?
Yes, yes, yes.....
But I know what YOU want making Lemmey !
(Should have the bits to convert soon. ;))
Cheers - Phil
I guess english is an easy language to learn at a basic level but really hard to master.
Grammar and conjugation are easy...but the sounds are strange and the shades are infinite.
What I hear when I hear english: "Chewing hug from bistoufly..."
Strangely enough I understand english from London better than American, altough I watch more American serials.
Apart from one member of the forum I think we all struggle in varying degrees from time to time ! ;) ;D
'Flat' Southern accents are probably a lot easier to understand if English isn't your native tongue, so I'm not surprised at your comment above !
Cheers - Phil.
Aye, Southern's best.
Frankly half the time i've no idea what all these Geordies are gabbing on about.
Quote from: Luddite on 28 September 2012, 02:47:58 PM
Frankly half the time i've no idea what all these Geordies are gabbing on about.
Hehe, no one does! ;)
I've actually got a friend who writes her Facebook status in accent as well, so it's something like "Jus bin doon toon the noo, and ganna gan hame aboot noo." ??? :-\ :o :D
It even defeated the code-breakers at Bletchley Park. :-B
Coming to a kasbah (?) near you....
A request from Risaldar Singh.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4608.jpg)
Cheers - Phil.
Cool Techno! Rock the casbah! ;D
Quote from: Techno on 26 October 2012, 01:36:24 PM
Coming to a kasbah (?) near you....
A request from Risaldar Singh.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4608.jpg)
Cheers - Phil.
That's nothing, what about these beauties ;) :-*
http://www.emirates247.com/lifestyle/living/and-the-most-beautiful-camel-in-the-world-is-2010-10-31-1.311277
(http://cdn-wac.emirates247.com/polopoly_fs/1.311279.1288512885!/image/941808130.jpg)
Having not had to jump back into this thread for a while....'Cos I've been able to find the info I need....Or I've been sent links...
I'm a bit stuck.
'Hat swap' to do to a 'fur colpack'.
Anyone help me with a link to what a fur colpack looks like. (I get no joy 'googling')
Apparently something like the figure(s) in NPF 26.
Anyone got a nice pic of those by any chance. (I should have asked Leon to send me a sample...But I'm stupid !) #-o
Doesn't seem to be a pic in the catalogue section. Pants !!
Cheers - Phil.
Techno,
A good example can be found here.
http://www.hussarsaddlery.com/Helmets.html
just scroll down a bit.
cheers
Ry
Thanks Ry !
Cheers - Phil.
We need a Bactrian camel too. I've long wanted some for my Chinese and Indian baggage trains.
Quote from: Techno on 20 March 2013, 03:50:45 PM
Having not had to jump back into this thread for a while....'Cos I've been able to find the info I need....Or I've been sent links...
I'm a bit stuck.
'Hat swap' to do to a 'fur colpack'.
Anyone help me with a link to what a fur colpack looks like. (I get no joy 'googling')
Apparently something like the figure(s) in NPF 26.
Anyone got a nice pic of those by any chance. (I should have asked Leon to send me a sample...But I'm stupid !) #-o
Doesn't seem to be a pic in the catalogue section. Pants !!
Cheers - Phil.
If you google on google images -
hussar elite company
chasseur cheval elite company
imperial guard chasseur cheval
You will get hundreds of images.
Cheers, Rob :)
Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 March 2013, 05:13:37 PM
We need a Bactrian camel too. I've long wanted some for my Chinese and Indian baggage trains.
Is that a commission FK ? ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 20 March 2013, 07:26:57 PM
Is that a commission FK ? ;)
Cheers - Phil
Sounds like you've got the hump
#-o #-o #-o ;D ;D ;D ;D.
Should have seen that one coming ! ;)
Cheers - Phil.
AARGH !!
Help.
Photobucket have changed things on their (my) 'album' page.....
I knew how to copy and paste things to here before....But I can't suss it out now.
Anyone used photobucket recently and can help ??
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 21 April 2013, 11:28:00 AM
AARGH !!
Help.
Photobucket have changed things on their (my) 'album' page.....
I knew how to copy and paste things to here before....But I can't suss it out now.
Anyone used photobucket recently and can help ??
Cheers - Phil.
Just checked it, it seems that right clicking the image and selecting 'copy' as you would with a website link will automatically save the direct link of the image, from there just right click between the img/img thingy on this site and select 'paste'.
If I read it right that should work.
got it by asking a question from the autobot in the help section
http://support.photobucket.com/entries/21640600
Cheers
Ry
Ta Ry.
That's one of the 'things' I thought I'd tried ! ;) ;D ;D
When I 'pasted' it and previewed....I just got a line of text.
As most folk here know already, I'm sodding hopeless when it comes to coping with 'improvements' or changes to different sites !! :'( :'( :'(
I'll give it another whirl.
Stand by for action.....Or a lot of bad language. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4861_zpsb72e2220.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP4861_zpsb72e2220.jpg.html)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4858_zpsc31f057e.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP4858_zpsc31f057e.jpg.html)
Ah...After some mucking about.....And 'switching something on' in Photobucket.....And going back to Meirion's helpful PM on how to change image sizes AGAIN....I seem to have had some success !
Right then...Top row for Quazar42....We have an Elite line infantry figure in greatcoat...and an Elite Hussar
Bottom row for Chad.....Modifications to the Austrian Line in kittel and greatcoat.....To produce an alternative Hungarian line.
Shout if I've got those wrong Quasar & Chad !!
Cheers - Phil.
And thanks Ry. :-bd
The link to the support page got me there eventually. ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
They look great. Many thanks.
Quote from: Techno on 21 April 2013, 12:26:33 PM
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4861_zpsb72e2220.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP4861_zpsb72e2220.jpg.html)
Top row for Quazar42....We have an Elite line infantry figure in greatcoat...and an Elite Hussar
They look great Phil. Am I right in thinking these will be available to everyone eventually? If so a big thankyou to Quazar42 for commisioning them.
The elite company in greatcoat figure can be used for lots of things other than grenadier or voltiguer. If you file the tuft off of his pom-pom he can be a young or middle guard in greatcoat. And importantly for me, he is perfect for an 1813 'marine artillery' infantry figure. (These were the best infantry, besides the guard, available in 1813).
Cheers, Rob :)
Hi Rob.
Yep.....
They'll go in to PD's range at some stage in the future.
The basic deal is......
Mr 'X,Y,Z' pays yours truly for making something that might not be really commercially viable for Leon to produce at this particular moment in time.
But then the figures become Pendraken's...SOLELY...Not mine..not the commissioner's ....This is to save any dispute as to who the figures 'belong to'.
Leon casts up a number of 'freebies' for Mr X (That takes Leon and Dave's time and money)....But if 'Mr X' wants lots more, they're there to be produced at the 'going rate' and will become part of PD's catalogue from that point on.
Hope that makes sense ! :)
Cheers - Phil
Thanks Phil, yes that is clear.
If it is of any influence to Dave and Leon, I would commit to at least 12 of the elite hussars + 12 ordinary hussars.
( I have at present 2 regiments of 24 each, I'd have to have a 3rd to not waste 8 existing figures that would be replaced by 8 elites. So 4 extra elites + 8 replaced and 12 extra to make up the 3rd regiment.)
I would also commit to at least 96 of the greatcoat elites to make up the marine infantry. Additionally as I already mix greatcoat figures into my infantry battalions for that ragged look, I would need elites for these also.
All that needs to be sorted now is some elite chasseurs a cheval. :)
Would it be rude to ask here how much you charge for these commisions Phil? :-\
I'll PM you Rob. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
The elite chasseurs a cheval are on a new project that I am discussing with Phil :D
Just to confirm Phil's outline of the process. I always keep
Leon/Dave in the picture on what I am asking Phil
to do so that if they have any issues they can let
me know. I also confirm to them that all rights
in the models belong to them.
Chad
Quote from: quasar42 on 24 April 2013, 03:51:48 PM
The elite chasseurs a cheval are on a new project that I am discussing with Phil :D
Excelent, I nearly impulse commisioned until you wrote that. :)
Rats.....I could have charged both of you for the same figure. ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
On a serious note, I will have to be a little careful that I don't end up accidentally making almost the same figure for two different people !!....Not happened yet...But it might have got close on one occasion.
With all the different models on the desk, I can lose track of what I've already made for folk, or what I'm about to 'sort out'......So I'm really pleased Quazar popped his note in there. :)...Thanks 'Q'.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 21 April 2013, 12:26:33 PM
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We have an Elite line infantry figure in greatcoat...and an Elite Hussar
Phil, Just bumped into this. Looks like you have been following a British hussar reference with the narrower busby design than the French colpack. The French Hussar colpack was generously wide and the plume would have had a pom-pom.
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2399/f8hussvs6.jpg)
- as I have attempted in my own line chasseurs à cheval conversions:
www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost65.htm (http://www.michaelscott.name/1809/1809blogpost65.htm)
The bell-shape is a characteristic of the French design -- as it is for the shako of the 1809 French line infantryman.
Cheers, Michael
(http://www.michaelscott.name/10mm/forum/5e-Hussars-Elite-Co-1804-04.jpg)
EDIT: Pic resized.
Thanks Michael.
I worked from a reference piccy that Q gave me a link to. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
No British hussars were harmed in this project. As ever there is lots of different reference material. For me it looks good
Not as fit as they once were, but these photos show the actual items you are modelling.
http://www.retronaut.com/2011/05/photographs-of-napoleons-veterans/ (http://www.retronaut.com/2011/05/photographs-of-napoleons-veterans/)
:)
Those are rather good Rob. :)
Cheers - Phil.
I was a bit flippant yesterday. On the plume I actually pondered the question a bit. I worried that too much detail would make the plume too fragile, and preferred the impressionistic, but more solid style. On the dimensions of the collpack. Its not that easy to be certain from a photo, and is probably a judgment call, but to me it looked right. For future projects I will propose to Techno to publish photos before they go off to Pendraken HQ so that others can comment.
At the moment I have two projects in the pipeline with Techno: Elite chasseurs a cheval and creating a set of line horse artillery with shakos (the current figures have all collpacks, which according to my sources is correct for guard horse artillery but not line).
I have seen the http://www.retronaut.com/2011/05/photographs-of-napoleons-veterans/ (http://www.retronaut.com/2011/05/photographs-of-napoleons-veterans/) in the past but have never paid too much attention to the old gentlemen in their napoleonic uniforms, until this discussion. What stands out to me is that the coplpaks, bearskins, plumes and especially the epaulets all look bigger than any wargame company models in their figures.
The only thing I can put this down to is that subconciously we interprate drawings and paintings but a photograph shows them as they really are.
By the way I am really pleased you are also getting the horse artillery done. I think you are right in theory about the uniform, but it was the same situation with grenadier bearskins, and there was still plenty of those around in 1809. Basically trying to get the French to follow uniform regulations to the letter was like trying to herd cats, so probably there was still plenty of horse artillery companies still wearing the hussar style in 1809. Thinking about it the Austrian infantry adopted the shako in 1805 but there were still plenty of German regiments still in the helmet in 1809. (/ramble :))
Cheers, Rob :)
Quote from: Rob on 26 April 2013, 02:17:28 PM
The only thing I can put this down to is that subconciously we interprate drawings and paintings but a photograph shows them as they really are.
Very true Rob :)....But I also think that it's even possible that we each see photo's (or perhaps... make our own perceptions of them ?) in a slightly different way.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Rob on 26 April 2013, 02:17:28 PM
What stands out to me is that the coplpaks, bearskins, plumes and especially the epaulets all look bigger than any wargame company models in their figures.
Some of the uniforms are 2nd Empire.
All the Grognards in the photos sport St Helena medals (1857).
http://www.stehelene.org/php/accueil.php?page=5&lang=en (http://www.stehelene.org/php/accueil.php?page=5&lang=en)
Quote from: WeeWars on 27 April 2013, 12:42:53 AM
Some of the uniforms are 2nd Empire.
True! Especially those cavalrymen wearing trousers instead of breeches. And some of the colpaks are well over the top (in every sense of the phrase).
Could it be an effect of the lens ?
Something new.
Some conversions of some SYW heavy cavalry for Kustenjaeger..... to bearskins.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4904_zps46099ced.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP4904_zps46099ced.jpg.html)
Comments welcome.....They were 'worked' from an image from a reference pic from K, which I believe was from an Osprey book.
Extra green stuff on the legs is due to these particular metals being a little thin on those areas.
I have been playing around with the height of the front of the bearskins.....Now I'm not sure if they're a little too tall.
Cheers - Phil.
Just for clarification these are French cavalerie legere converted by Phil to wearing bearskins and designed to represent German regiments and those French regiments that adopted the bearskin prior to the end of the SYW.
If anyone has any views they would be welcome as I'd like the figures to be reasonably right! I am sure that patterns were likely to vary (it sounds as if the Cuirassiers du Roi may have had a front plate) but if I can get to 'oh yes that's a French cavalryman in bearskin' that will be good.
Regards
Edward
Okay, how do you do it Phil, I've spent all night trying to replace the hand I've just broken off a 15mm figure...
That was impossible! :'(
Anyway you can pin it back on Will ?
In truth, if I had to replace a hand on a figure, I'd almost certainly find it far less hassle to remodel the hand, rather than sticking something as small as that back on.
I can just about drill into the leg of a 10mm figure if I have to repair a master metal by pinning it with 'fuse' wire.
I'm guessing that an arm of a 15mm figure would be roughly the same thickness.....But the hand ?....Almost too small to do anything with, I fear.
Superglue and a pair of tweezers ?
Can you pop a piccy up ?
Cheers - Phil
I was adjusting it when it snapped off and pinged away, twenty minutes of searching the carpet later = lost in my book!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/edf42a5d-476b-444f-bbbc-55c5e350f0d1_zpsc3affef7.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/edf42a5d-476b-444f-bbbc-55c5e350f0d1_zpsc3affef7.jpg.html)
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/madlemmey/May%20half%20term%202013/39e800eb-b87e-43e5-8b28-ad1c3e2e17f9_zpseff72b27.jpg) (http://s214.photobucket.com/user/madlemmey/media/May%20half%20term%202013/39e800eb-b87e-43e5-8b28-ad1c3e2e17f9_zpseff72b27.jpg.html)
This is very much work in progress, all the painted figures are twenty years old, the boards will be reprinted and that is a head swap on the surfer! Kilgore had to be done as an Vietnam objective!
Nice one , like to see a pic when finished,
kev
Hi Phil... how about some highland bagpipers for the 45 Rebellion....love the figures but miss the pipers. would love to see those added to the range. I'll just stand wringing my cloth cap head bowed hoping ;)
all the best
Sean...
Are there any existing figures that would be fairly quick conversions Sean ? :-\
Having said that I've got quite a number of 'personal projects' for forum members going at the moment....
I must get those completely finished before I really start confusing myself
Cheers - Phil
Hi Phil thanks for your reply...just looked at the range and some figs I have...there is a humbly with a Lochaber axe at porte arms maybe cut off the axe and might be a quick conversion :) I'm not in any hurry but next week would be ok ;D. I'll just keep working the ton of lead I already have haha.
Thanks again
Sean
Hi,
Firstly Leon, please move this if there is a better place for this thread, I wasnt sure where to put it!
A couple of weeks ago I sent a mail to Techno a message asking if he would be interested in doing a couple of 10mm medieval commissions for me. After providing some photos and a bit of back and forth by email, Phil got cracking and this morning he sent me the following....a pic of the first finished green, a Warrior Bishop to inspire my English 100 Years War Army.
(http://data8.blog.de/media/287/7083287_259514663b_m.jpeg)
To say I am chuffed with what he has achieved is an understatement, as he has captured the look I was after which will allow me to use this sculpt for both 100YW and should I want to the crusades. He even picked up on the fact that in the pic I sent him the helmet was an unusual one with a mitre, which he has replicated beautifully. On his back is a very large shield with a cross sculpted into it, and as you can see he has a cross and a sword in his hands. The red putty is simply a feed to ease moulding.
Next up will be a few more foot soldiers for the Crusades and possibly some other other character figures for the 100YW and the Crusades. The green of the Bishop will be despatched to Leon at Pendraken HQ, for moulding sometime much much later this year I would imagine ;)
Well done Phil, top job, I am very happy bunny :D
Cheers,
Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
Great job! Very impressive!
Quote from: TinyTerrain on 14 June 2013, 12:01:33 AM
Well done Phil, top job, I am very happy bunny :D
Cheers,
Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
Thanks for that Craig....I'm very pleased you like him. :)
Cheers - Phil
Very very nice! 8)
Great job, Phil. My only thought is - clerics were not supposed to spill blood, which is why the fighting ones tended to use the mace. Yeah, I know, pedantic sod.... ;)
Oh thanks a lot, just as I had convinced myself I didn't need another medieval army!!! :o :-\ :-/
Seriously, a lovely figure.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 14 June 2013, 08:44:49 AM
Great job, Phil. My only thought is - clerics were not supposed to spill blood, which is why the fighting ones tended to use the mace. Yeah, I know, pedantic sod.... ;)
Errrrrrr.....It's a wooden sword....Can't you make out the fine grain Ray ? :P :^o
Cheers - Phil
He does use a mace......,
Hes just holding the sword for his friend who has had to pop to the shops.....or summit ;)
Maybe he's just blessing the sword of the owner?
Quote from: TinyTerrain on 14 June 2013, 01:07:12 PM
He does use a mace......,
Hes just holding the sword for his friend who has had to pop to the shops.....or summit ;)
;D ;D ;D ;
Hi techno this sculpt is superb!
good
Very nice indeed 8)
Thanks again chaps !!
If I can find time sometime tomorrow, I'll pop up some pics of some more bits for other folk.
Think I've got the right descriptions.......
For quazar 42.....An elite Chasseur a cheval.....And 3 line horse artillery figures.
For Kustenjaeger...4 French SYW cavalry.....
For Chad.....2 x Piedmont infantry.
Excuse the spellings if I've got them wrong.....I'm trying to decipher my own handwriting at the moment.....AAARGH !! ;)
Cheers - Phil.
If all these goodies are available to the rank and file we definitely need a list so that we can keep track.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP4959_zps579aa171.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP4959_zps579aa171.jpg.html)
L/R....Kustenjaeger's 4 French SYW cavalry.....Chad's 2 Piedmont infantry....Quazar 42's Elite Chasseur a cheval plus 3 Line horse artillery figures.
As far as I'm aware Ray....These will all be going into the catalogue at some stage. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Most of them will be going into the catalogue, but we may need to check on the single Naps sculpt, as I'm not sure what command would go with them.
Quote from: Leon on 25 June 2013, 03:42:51 PM
...may need to check on the single Naps sculpt, as I'm not sure what command would go with them.
It's an odd one as most people would probably only need a few to mix in with the Line figures. Maybe put them in a pack of 5 as with the Mounted Officers.
Quote from: Leon on 25 June 2013, 03:42:51 PM
Most of them will be going into the catalogue, but we may need to check on the single Naps sculpt, as I'm not sure what command would go with them.
If you are referring to the elite chasseurs and elite hussars, there is no need for command. I would make separate elite cavalry packs as you do for the elite infantry. There was one elite company per regiment, but there were of course many regiments. I would buy elite packs of the same size as for other cavalry packs.
Quote from: quasar42 on 30 June 2013, 09:49:54 PM
If you are referring to the elite chasseurs and elite hussars, there is no need for command. I would make separate elite cavalry packs as you do for the elite infantry. There was one elite company per regiment, but there were of course many regiments. I would buy elite packs of the same size as for other cavalry packs.
With the infantry Elites, they come in packs of 15 foot + 1 sergeant-type figure, so would the Elite cavalry need a corresponding command chap, and could something already in the ranges be used?
Quote from: Leon on 15 July 2013, 09:02:41 PM
With the infantry Elites, they come in packs of 15 foot + 1 sergeant-type figure, so would the Elite cavalry need a corresponding command chap, and could something already in the ranges be used?
Probably not worth the effort, Leon. The elites formed one company, i.e. half a squadron or one eighth of a regiment, in most people's organisation probably two or three figures at most.
Quote from: Hertsblue on 16 July 2013, 08:57:30 AM
Probably not worth the effort, Leon. The elites formed one company, i.e. half a squadron or one eighth of a regiment, in most people's organisation probably two or three figures at most.
My regiments at 1:50 only need one figure, which is why I've been happy to DIY. However if you want to produce them, colpack busbies were favoured by all officers.
Things 'wot I are making' at the moment.....If I can remember how to use photobucket ! (Good grief...I can !!)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5034_zps31214a4a.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5034_zps31214a4a.jpg.html)
English command for Flodden.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5035_zpsbb97e1ff.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5035_zpsbb97e1ff.jpg.html)
Scots command for Flodden.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5036_zps368dd187.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5036_zps368dd187.jpg.html)
Scots style gunners
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/James_zps337d5fc9.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/James_zps337d5fc9.jpg.html)
James IV Wip.....(The tear in his surcoat has been 'invisibly repaired' and the helm put on the base now.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/Surrey_zps7e8bc689.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/Surrey_zps7e8bc689.jpg.html)
Thomas Howard Wip....Some neatening and cleaning done since I took the pic.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/JamesH_zps34232a66.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/JamesH_zps34232a66.jpg.html)
Early shot of James on horseback.....Nearly finished now.
The yellow screwdriver in the first couple of photo's is there just to help me focus quickly...(Cos I'm a lazy oik)..Before anyone asks ;) :P
The poles for the standards have been left deliberately that long so they (hopefully) can be used for small or huge banners....Depends on how long Dave can get them to cast !! ;) ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Phil,
These are spectacular!
Cheers, Michael
Damn! Another new period to try and resist!
Lovely stuff. Pretty sure that, if I don't succumb to full Flodden era armies, some of those are going to appear in my Warmaster Empire Army.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 17 January 2014, 03:10:34 PM
Damn! Another new period to try and resist!
Lovely stuff. Pretty sure that, if I don't succumb to full Flodden era armies, some of those are going to appear in my Warmaster Empire Army.
That's an idea. I might resist resisting and do that. Would bills, pikes, and halberds be appropriate for Empire inf?
Stunning Techno, really excellent sculpts, i can see some of these coming to me,
kev
Really excellent, Phil. Particularly the mounted figure. :-bd :-bd :-bd
QuoteWould bills, pikes, and halberds be appropriate for Empire inf?
Possibly not bills, Michael. They seem to have been a peculiarly English innovation, but certainly pikes and halberds. Might be useful for providing alternative poses for the existing late medieval/early renaissance ranges.
Quote from: WeeWars on 17 January 2014, 03:16:09 PM
That's an idea. I might resist resisting and do that. Would bills, pikes, and halberds be appropriate for Empire inf?
I've never felt terribly constrained by GW's background fluff and practically there's not too much difference between a bill and a halberd - they're basically sharp and spiky bits on a pole :)
Strictly speaking pikes are a Dogs of War weapon but again it's a spiky bit on a pole. This is fantasy not history and fantasy sources are pretty hazy on the differences between weapons.
My, nominally, Empire Army is actually the Great Crusade of Marienburg an entirely non-canononical formation supposedly comprised of the worst elements of historical crusading armies and lead by the Inquisitor General of Marienburg.
Please STOP, all this stuff I want and can't afford
IanS ;)
Thank you for the kind words Guys....I'm genuinely chuffed you like them !
Warmaster ?....I would have thought they would be absolutely fine for that......And there's still oodles and oodles to do for this particular project.
Cheers - Phil (I might even have a go at painting James on horseback......'Bout time I painted something again !) ;D ;D ;D
Superb Phil, really great work! 8)
*standing ovation*
Quote from: Techno on 17 January 2014, 04:54:55 PM
Thank you for the kind words Guys....I'm genuinely chuffed you like them !
Warmaster ?....I would have thought they would be absolutely fine for that......And there's still oodles and oodles to do for this particular project.
Cheers - Phil (I might even have a go at painting James on horseback......'Bout time I painted something again !) ;D ;D ;D
They really ARE superb, Phil. "Oodles" sounds like I might have something to reinforce my Pendraken Landsknecht 'Empire' pikemen.
I have a soft spot for our king James, a true Renaissance prince. Shame a English pointy bit found
his soft spot. For Flodden are you doing him dismounted with pike?
One of the few things that's NOT on the list, Michael. (At least not at the moment !)
Cheers - Phil.
*tut* There's always someone who has to spoil it for everyone isn't there? *tut*
They look fantastic - they will be adding to my Empire army before too long 8)
Bloody lovely, are these being made for general release at some point in the future?
Cheers,
Craig
Errrrr.....I'm not totally sure Craig.....The Dark Lord is the one you'll need to ask about that.
Thanks again for the nice comments chaps.....Much appreciated. :)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 17 January 2014, 06:51:22 PM
Thanks again for the nice comments chaps.....Much appreciated. :)
Yes, it looks like you're pretty handy with that chainsaw. But where did you get the green ice? :-/
I wish I hadn't seen those Scots... it's taking all my willpower not to spend money in the 4-4-3 deal on Renaissance stuff, and stay focused on WWI.
Quote from: OldenBUA on 17 January 2014, 07:23:03 PM
Yes, it looks like you're pretty handy with that chainsaw. But where did you get the green ice? :-/
Just ordinary tap water and food colouring.....Then put in the freezer ;)
(And it's a very,
very small chainsaw.....My wife won't let me play with the proper one. ;D ;D ;D)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 17 January 2014, 08:14:09 PM
(And it's a very, very small chainsaw.....My wife won't let me play with the proper one. ;D ;D ;D)
NEVER trust women or Welshmen with high tech equipment. :d :d
IanS ;)
I hope they do go on general release as I would buy them :)
Quote from: ianrs54 on 18 January 2014, 09:06:45 AM
NEVER trust women or Welshmen with high tech equipment. :d :d
IanS ;)
What?...Like string and paperclips?
What's string ?.....Sounds a bit too complicated for me. :P
(I need another Black Book....The current one's full.) ;)
Cheers - Phil. :)
Great work Phil and thanks to Craig (Tiny Terrain) for giving me the 'heads up' on these 8).
Quote from: Techno on 17 January 2014, 03:03:30 PM
The yellow screwdriver in the first couple of photo's is there just to help me focus quickly...(Cos I'm a lazy oik)..Before anyone asks ;) :P
Cheers - Phil.
Sadly I think I recognise the screwdriver - Is it an Ex British Telecom No1 Screwdiver. I know I lead a sad life !!
Phil
These are absolutely stunning. I must have some - will have to nag the clones. :)
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 18 January 2014, 08:14:39 PM
Sadly I think I recognise the screwdriver - Is it an Ex British Telecom No1 Screwdiver. I know I lead a sad life !!
;D ;D ;D ;D....It certainly is !!!
Excellent spot that man....I've still got a couple of others 'somewhere'.
Cheers - Phil
Outstanding, Phil, outstanding =D> 8)
Thanks Nik !
Cheers - Phil.
Did British Telecom supply all sculptors of miniatures in west Wales with screwdrivers? I smell discrimination here! ;)
Nah.....Don't think Mart's got one of those ! ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil.
How about musketeers, in various heroic swash buckling poses. Wanted to get some in 25 (+)mm when first bought LotR, but too expensive
Hmmm.... Those would make make rather spiffy figures.
I reckon those would especially suit the technique of one of my colleagues.
He knows who he is ! ;)
If only we all had the time !! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil (I want to be cloned too !!)
In a transparent attempt to bribe one of the judges ;)
A certain person, who shall remain nameless, (Mad Lemmey....Oops what a giveaway ! :P ;D ;D ;D) sent me a suitcase full of crisp 'oncers' to make him some Picts.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5082_zps734a7013.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5082_zps734a7013.jpg.html)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5083_zps0eaeffd0.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5083_zps0eaeffd0.jpg.html)
Cheers - Phil
They have clothes on????
Yes, would you run round Scotland naked?
Snow and rain in winter/spring/autumn/summer and midges... Yurk!
There maybe naked ones later, if I can afford it...
Well FSN is from that neck of the woods, so maybe he does/did
Probably only when playing X-Box ;D
What have you used for the capes and hair? Is is a different quality of Green Stuff?
Quote from: fsn on 04 March 2014, 05:38:19 PM
They have clothes on????
You just want me to make some nude girlies, don't you ? ;) ;D
Quote from: fsn on 04 March 2014, 05:58:42 PM
What have you used for the capes and hair? Is is a different quality of Green Stuff?
The capes.....Started with a thin 'sheet' of
ProCreate....Just to get the rough 'flat' shape....(Allow to set )....Over the top of that I put a 'skin' of a mix of ProCreate and
Magic Sculp in about a 50/50 ratio....And I 'paint' the folds in the cape with a colour shaper.
The hair is a mix of the yellow of green stuff and the black of ProCreate...(Yukky brown colour)..And then mixed with Magic Sculp again, to soften the mix slightly.
The hands are just a mix of the blue of G/S and the white of the ProCreate.
Could do it all with Green stuff.....I just like the different consistencies of the various mixes of different putties.......Basically because it saves me a certain amount of time. ;)
Hope that helps fsn.
Cheers - Phil.
My plan is to add command, cavalry and maybe chariots to the range, plus nobles/generals.
Just have to see how the finances stand up over the next six months or so
This was part of my last jobs payments, and I thought I would put my money where my mouth is.
Techno has done two individual projects for me thus far, the Goblin Shaman and the 1870 Guards Limber, both filling holes in ranges and were utterly superb. This, Dark Lord permitting, will be the start of an addition to the catalogue as a new range for Pendraken to sell.
It's something I first requested a while back, but I figured I should help it along a bit. Hopefully it will be a decent enough seller as a Dark Aged/late Antiquity force for Hail Caesar/Dux Bellorum/other rule sets.
these look great and some of the sculpts could easily be used for Germanics and Dacians as well.
naked sculpts just use the new Gauls, same uniform...
Great call Sir! Just a bit bluer round the extremities Matt! :D
Quote from: mad lemmey on 04 March 2014, 07:34:55 PM
Great call Sir! Just a bit bluer round the extremities Matt! :D
That'll be the woad :)
Really like the look of these, and well done to Lemmy for putting his money where his mouth is.
The one with the red shield looks a little strange - I think having both arms extended looks not quite right?
Quote from: Techno on 04 March 2014, 06:58:13 PM
You just want me to make some nude girlies, don't you ? ;) ;D
Yes please.
(http://darkagefiction.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/pict.jpg)
Quote from: Techno on 04 March 2014, 06:58:13 PM
Hope that helps fsn.
Got another of my headaches. When I started on this forum, I thought the whole process was sooooo easy.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 04 March 2014, 07:41:40 PM
That'll be the woad :)
Phil
Will you be doing a personality figure of Wee Max McMad the Woad Warrior?
Quote from: fred 12df on 04 March 2014, 07:49:53 PM
Really like the look of these, and well done to Lemmy for putting his money where his mouth is.
The one with the red shield looks a little strange - I think having both arms extended looks not quite right?
That's to make Dave's life an awful lot simpler Fred. :) The shield would almost certainly not stand the pressure of the mould, if I made the wee chap (as he is, in the green) with his elbow bent to a more 'natural/normal' pose.
Leon may well fancy 'tweaking' the elbows of the master metals once those are done; when the shield is then effectively a part of the whole model, rather than as it is at the mo'.....a relatively brittle piece of putty that would be easy for the pressing to damage....... if it were at an angle.
(Hope that makes sense !! ;))
Quote from: fsn on 04 March 2014, 07:57:30 PM
Yes please.
(http://darkagefiction.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/pict.jpg)
I've already made her !.......Yonks ago. ;D ;D
Don't think my tiny version is quite as good looking as the real thing.....And the one I've made is slightly larger 'up top'.
She's in the catalogue 'somewhere' as Kiera.
Quote from: fsn on 04 March 2014, 07:57:30 PM
Got another of my headaches. When I started on this forum, I thought the whole process was sooooo easy.
It IS......As long as you remember a
few simple fair old number of basic rules.......And then throw them out of the window, to see what you can get away with. ;)
Quote from: Fenton on 04 March 2014, 08:38:48 PM
Phil ...Will you be doing a personality figure of Wee Max McMad the Woad Warrior?
Don't think that's on the list
at the moment Steve. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: Techno on 04 March 2014, 09:32:37 PM
That's to make Dave's life an awful lot simpler Fred. :) The shield would almost certainly not stand the pressure of the mould, if I made the wee chap (as he is, in the green) with his elbow bent to a more 'natural/normal' pose.
Leon may well fancy 'tweaking' the elbows of the master metals once those are done; when the shield is then effectively a part of the whole model, rather than as it is at the mo'.....a relatively brittle piece of putty that would be easy for the pressing to damage....... if it were at an angle.
(Hope that makes sense !! ;))
Thanks for the explanation - makes a lot of sense. Must make it quite hard to sculpt the figure in a flat pose, while thinking how it will finally look.
Those look superb, Phil - nicely done.
That bad bugger ML didn't pass you off with non-legal tender though, did he? Oncers..?!
I'll sort him out in the bar fight later if you like... :d
Excellent job Techno, and a great idea Lemmey, i'm sure these will be popular, would be nice to see a couple of female warriors :D,
kev
Quote from: kev1964 on 05 March 2014, 07:02:52 AM
Excellent job Techno, and a great idea Lemmey, i'm sure these will be popular, would be nice to see a couple of female warriors :D,
Wot he said.
Female warriors ?.......You'll have to ask the organ grinder......I'm just the monkey ! :P ;)
Pleased you like 'em chaps...Thanks ! :)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 05 March 2014, 09:09:40 AM
Female warriors ?.......You'll have to ask the organ grinder......
Is it just me, or was that a really unfortunate turn of phrase? :-\
I was expecting that..... ;D ;D ;D
But there were other folk on the forum that I thought might have jumped in first. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 05 March 2014, 11:33:37 AM
I was expecting that..... ;D ;D ;D
But there were other folk on the forum that I thought might have jumped in first. ;)
Cheers - Phil.
:-[ :-[ :-[
;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Cheers - Phil
Dunno how busy you are, Phil, but having begun my Great Northern War project and seen most of the ranges I might have a wee job for you eventually. Like, Russian horse grenadiers - there were 4,000 of the blighters. :o
4,000 !!! :o :o :o :o :o
Hi Ray.
A mail will wing its way to you.....hopefully later on tonight.
Busy ? X_X X_X
There are about 50 figures in various stages of completion (mostly fully done) on the desk at the moment.....And I still feel like I'm playing 'catch-up' ! ;D ;D ;D
But I'd far rather be too busy, than not busy enough. ;)
More soon.
Cheers - Phil. (I'll have to borrow some of Leon's clones.)
Better work faster then......
IanS :D ;)
:P ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil
After checking and un-checking all those settings boxes last night.....I think the PC is reacting a bit faster this morning.....fingers crossed.
Here's a pic of the last two Picts 'wot I dun' for Will.....Been meaning to post this for days !
(http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5125_zps00c36d74.jpg.html)
Cheers - Phil
wot piccies.......
IanS
Sorry ... bloomin' computers!
Try this.
Cheers - Phil
(//)
Oi.....Hey !.....Why are my figures coming out with fsn's avatar attached !
Cheers - Phil
Wait ! Hang on ! That wasn't me ! LEoooooonnnn ! What's going on !
Look !!.....It's happened again....Has fsn hacked the forum ?
Cheers - Phil.
Hacking? Me! Ref! I think hacking is something you do when you smoke too much. It must just be that our avatars have been mixed up by the big computa-me-bob. It's OK, the Dark Lord will sort it out once Milady has let him off his chores.
Hmmmmmm......Don't understand this....
The forum is recognizing me "as me".....I can still get at the Moderators' board....So I'm assuming fsn can't !!
But......
Confused of Wales
Yes, very subtle, fsn. You didn't work for the KGB at any time did you? ;D ;D ;D
Nope. They're a bunch of wusses. This is a bit weird though. I feel I am channeling the great putty pusher. Unfortunately, I seem to be losing my ability to c0mpueter thingy.
Cheers - PhSN
I may not be able to get to the moderators board (don't want to anyway) but I've just messaged 37 members of the forum promising them their own private sculpts by next Tuesday. Mr Kitty may now assume he's going to get his Aztecs.
Quote from: Techno on 01 April 2014, 08:33:17 AM
I may not be able to get to the moderators board (don't want to anyway) but I've just messaged 37 members of the forum promising them their own private sculpts by next Tuesday. Mr Kitty may now assume he's going to get his Aztecs.
YOU'D BETTER NOT HAVE ****ING DONE THAT !
Mr Getting Crosser By The Minute
Cheers - Phil
*thinks* Not a good idea to hack off (pun intended) man who makes masters.
Sorry. Mr Techno. I wouldn't do that. Really, honest I wouldn't.
However, I'm hoping that by a process of mind-meld-avatar-crazy-mixup, you now feel the need to sculpt some Playboy Bunny Assassins. :D
Phil can I have a new range of figs for the Anglo-Zanzibar war say about 200 poses should do it - in exchange for a curly wurly :D
(FSN said no)
Quote from: Techno on 01 April 2014, 08:33:17 AM
I may not be able to get to the moderators board (don't want to anyway) but I've just messaged 37 members of the forum promising them their own private sculpts by next Tuesday. Mr Kitty may now assume he's going to get his Aztecs.
:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
Have you two also exchanged clothes, houses and wives :o
Quote from: Rob on 01 April 2014, 11:45:42 AM
Have you two also exchanged clothes, houses and wives :o
Steady there man. Wives maybe :) - but underpants? :-& :-& :-&
Quote from: Rob on 01 April 2014, 11:45:42 AM
Have you two also exchanged clothes, houses and wives :o
No.....Just oodles of PMs and a lot of copying & pasting. :D
Cheers - Phil
Been meaning to pop these up for AGES. :-[
Sorry there's so much contrast !
Some ECW casualties for that nice Mr Mollinary.....They'll be going up to PD towers (along with OODLES of other wee men) on Satuarday, 'M' ;)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5215_zpsd2cfaf93.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5215_zpsd2cfaf93.jpg.html)
Cheers - Phil
Very nice, good request Mr M!
They don't look too much like 1866 Austro-Prussians, M. Have you been holding out on us?
Quote from: Hertsblue on 05 June 2014, 02:26:18 PM
They don't look too much like 1866 Austro-Prussians, M. Have you been holding out on us?
You obviously haven't seen the Uniforms worn by the Bohemian Weissberg militia legion! :D
Mollinary
All ten of them! :D
=O =O =O :-bd
I'm not sure what the RSPCA will have to say about those horses. ;)
You won't be able to use the "no animals were harmed in the making of this game" disclaimer ;)
Quote from: paulr on 05 June 2014, 09:21:47 PM
I'm not sure what the RSPCA will have to say about those horses. ;)
You won't be able to use the "no animals were harmed in the making of this game" disclaimer ;)
But don't they come under the description "Hobby Horses"?
Mollinary
It's not dead ... it's only sleeping ...
I must pop up a pic of one of Mrs T's horses, doing its brilliant impersonation of something dead floating past in the gutter.....
Anyway.....Mark (Orcs) has got me doing some early WWII Fallserg Falsmahgeg German para's.
First one......almost finished. (I've tweaked his left shoulder now)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5219_zps17cea9e6.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5219_zps17cea9e6.jpg.html)
Cheers - Phil (Ray....I've got the final figure for your wee men now....Thanks Leon !)
Great, Phil.
Hi Phil,
I have one question: Once the commission is made, is the new figure available for everybody through pendraken webpage, or the figures you made are exclusive for your clients?
cheers
No, they eventually find their way into the catalogue for the greater glory of the Pendraken membership. :)
Right, folks.
The Dark Lord (Who has me chained in one of the deepest, dankest cellars at Techno Towers) has given me a project of such a massive scale, that I won't really have time to do any 'personal' projects for a little while.
I'm only plonking this down, as I've had a few queries in the last few days, to which I've had to explain the above......Normal service will resume as soon as........ ;)
Mark !......Fear not....As your project is started.....It'll get finished as I go along. (Just don't tell Leon !......Oh Damn !.....Wottagiveaway !) ;)
Cheers - Phil
Awwwww poop I was just about to ask for some ninja Aztec starship troopers.
Quotea project of such a massive scale
Ok, pray tell.....(it better not be fantasy bears)
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 23 October 2014, 12:04:15 PM
Ok, pray tell..
Nope.....If I told you....I'd have to shoot you ! ;) :P
Cheers - Phil
Excellent....I hope its a full range for the Anglo Zanzibar War of 1896
Phil is currently doing the research on the 50+ harem poses required.
Nah, it's the Anglo Swedish War of 1810.
I would love an army of ant men, I tried the real thing but they won't stand still, thought about ant men with swords and shield, spearmen large soldier ants to act as my hammer and perhaps dragonfly riding ant men and a flesh eating maggot horde to act as my war dogs, any of that possible, incase you haven't guessed I love the obscure
Quote from: Techno on 23 October 2014, 12:15:02 PM
Nope.....If I told you....I'd have to shoot you ! ;) :P
Well tell Matt, let him tell us, then shoot him. Works for me? Show of hands? Yup everyone's in agreement apart from Matt.
Oik, oik - FSN
Of course Phil might be lying as he is fed up with everyone sending him sily requests
Quote
Well tell Matt, let him tell us, then shoot him. Works for me? Show of hands? Yup everyone's in agreement apart from Matt
depends what he shoots me with. My son has a spud gun, I'd take a hit for the team....
anyway whatever the 'massive project' is i'm sold, where do I pre-order?
Quote from: Fenton on 23 October 2014, 08:24:13 PM
Of course Phil might be lying as he is fed up with everyone sending him sily requests
Nah! He's had three weeks off when his computer wasn't working. Could've whipped up a whole batch of chariot armies in that time.
Regards - FSN
Quote from: Ironduke on 23 October 2014, 07:19:14 PM
I would love an army of ant men, I tried the real thing but they won't stand still, thought about ant men with swords and shield, spearmen large soldier ants to act as my hammer and perhaps dragonfly riding ant men and a flesh eating maggot horde to act as my war dogs, any of that possible, incase you haven't guessed I love the obscure
... and I'll have a can of "Raid"!
Gjarn - FSN
Don't think anyone's ever sent me what I'd consider as a silly request.
(And no-one is to start now.....Unless you want me to send the 'boys' round. :P)......I genuinely am up to my eyeballs in wee men at the moment.
The better half can't understand how I can keep track of them all. ;D ;D
I HAVE decided .....That as I'm now "Techno the Heliotrope," FSN should henceforth be known as "Ruddy Oik the brown", who sent the beagles to rescue me from the fortress of Khazi Doom.
(I want my spell checker back !......Firefox tells me it's working...... Bloomin' isn't. ;))
Cheers - Phil......Or is it FSN ?
Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 October 2014, 04:39:07 PM
Nah, it's the Anglo Swedish War of 1810.
Least with my suggestion he gets to make casulaty figures! , including a limited edition injured British Sailor :D
Mine gets 30 casualty figures, perfect for one mold!
(The thirty casualties were caused by Swedish cavalry rode down a riot in their own country)!
Quote from: Techno on 23 October 2014, 11:00:14 AM
The Dark Lord (Who has me chained in one of the deepest, dankest cellars at Techno Towers) has given me a project of such a massive scale
Hmmm, been talking about biblicals on the forum, what could be a massive project - Good Lord he's being forced to reproduce the Great Pyramid in 10mm scale block by block :o :o
No I'm pretty sure it would have to be something with more marketability like.....
......a reproduction of the siege of Tsingtao in this, it's centenary year, including the armies, weapons, ships, earthworks and a whole Chinese city :D :D :D
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_134-C1315%2C_Tsingtau%2C_Seesoldaten_in_Deckung.jpg)
Incidentally if the Firefox spell checker is playing up there is an alternate way to swith it on.:-
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2522-how-to-enable-spell-check-on-firefox (http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2522-how-to-enable-spell-check-on-firefox)
Also check dictionaries:-
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker)
Cheers (let me know when those WW1 Japanese troops are done :) )
GrumpyOldMan
Quote from: Matt of Munslow on 23 October 2014, 01:35:25 PM
Phil is currently doing the research on the 50+ harem poses required.
If Mrs T catches him, he will be researching 50+ ways of relieving pain in the nether regions. :)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 October 2014, 11:37:56 PM
Mine gets 30 casualty figures, perfect for one mold!
(The thirty casualties were caused by Swedish cavalry rode down a riot in their own country)!
Damn...Your suggestion starts to make more economic sense
Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 24 October 2014, 12:02:38 AM
No I'm pretty sure it would have to be something with more marketability like.....
......a reproduction of the siege of Tsingtao in this, it's centenary year, including the armies, weapons, ships, earthworks and a whole Chinese city :D :D :D
Incidentally if the Firefox spell checker is playing up there is an alternate way to swith it on.:-
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2522-how-to-enable-spell-check-on-firefox (http://en.kioskea.net/faq/2522-how-to-enable-spell-check-on-firefox)
Also check dictionaries:-
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker)
Cheers (let me know when those WW1 Japanese troops are done :) )
GrumpyOldMan
Oh dear......I don't think I've done a very good job on those......I WISH Leon had sent me some reference material before I started. ;)
I'll get this spell checker 'wossname' sorted in the end.....Thanks for the ideas, Grumps.
Cheers - Phil
Front and back views of the last three figures that Mark (Orcs) asked me to make.
I obviously never posted figures number 2 to 4 of this lot #-o....I'll try and remember to do that tomorrow.
Like the prone figure on the previous page....Early WWII German para's.
Rifleman....and MG34 team.
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5403_zpsb6201255.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5403_zpsb6201255.jpg.html)
(http://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k611/technodestructorman/IMGP5404_zps2ea11110.jpg) (http://s1118.photobucket.com/user/technodestructorman/media/IMGP5404_zps2ea11110.jpg.html)
Cheers - Phil
Liking these!
:-bd =D> :-bd =D> :-bd
wow they cracking sculpts
Good stuff, but the MG34 looks like he's falling over, and unless he's got an asbestos glove he'll be hospitalised due to 2nd degree burns to his left hand. Those things get hot !!!!
IanS ;)
Just converting existing models Ian.....Lots cheaper for Mark, that way ;)
Cheers - Phil
Presumably he hasn't fired it recently ian. He does look like he's throwing himself flat though, right enough. Nice sculpts, though a little early for my forces.
That running figure turns up in practically every range Pendraken make. He must be exhausted by now!
Quote from: Hertsblue on 12 December 2014, 09:02:03 AM
That running figure turns up in practically every range Pendraken make. He must be exhausted by now!
;D
http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/ (http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/)
Could you just add all of these to the list please? Especially the KV VI! :D :D :D :D
Don't want much do ee? :D
Quote from: fsn on 14 March 2015, 02:03:20 PM
http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/ (http://www.twilighthistories.com/2012/08/17/top-20-weird-tanks-alternate-history-of-design/)
Could you just add all of these to the list please? Especially the KV VI! :D :D :D :D
No !..... :P ;)
1).....'You want what making' is still on hold.
2).....I don't 'do' vehicles.....I leave those to Mart. :P :P
Cheers - Phil
Damn, those look great Phil.
Not as good as early-WWWII USMC or Vietnam-era USMC would look, but good nonetheless, Sir. ;) ;D
V/R,
Jack
They really are very good!
=D>
Phil - whatever happened to that Flodden stuff you were working on. Will it be available for general release?
Cheers
Matt
No idea, Matt....It's all gone to Leon.
You'll have to ask 'The Man'. ;)
Cheers - Phil
Isn't that always going to be just a slaughter rather than a battle? How do you beat massed longbowmen with massed pikemen?
Panzer division? :D
Quote from: Dunnadd on 18 March 2015, 07:39:55 PM
Isn't that always going to be just a slaughter rather than a battle? How do you beat massed longbowmen with massed pikemen?
Historically? March forward and run them over. If you can do it when it's a bit damp that makes it even easier.
Can't think of any battles i've read of where that worked - except for, i think, one out of dozens in the Hundred Years War where the French and Scots had the English hugely outnumbered.
Quote from: Dunnadd on 05 April 2015, 03:10:16 PM
Can't think of any battles i've read of where that worked - except for, i think, one out of dozens in the Hundred Years War where the French and Scots had the English hugely outnumbered.
The Battle of Flodden, 9th September 1513
Scots pike phalanxes, well armoured and fighting in Swiss style overran the English archery/bill formations.
Since when? The English bill slaughtered them.
Flodden is often taken as a Scots loss.
I think that is wrong.
In fact it was a massive loss!
James blowing himself up with his own artillery helps...
Quote from: mad lemmey on 05 April 2015, 04:29:52 PM
James blowing himself up with his own artillery helps...
Never let Scots, Phil or women loose on hi-tech equipment.
IanS :D
Parkinson's Fourth Law 'Given a choice of things to go wrong, the most spectacular and/or expensive will go wrong first.'
Bu**er's 1st Law: 'Parkinson was an optimist.'
I'm forgetting how late Flodden was of course. By that time the nobles and some of the richer men at arms would have had high quality steel plate good enough to give some serious protection against longbow fire. I'd guess that if it was anything like some of the late Hundred Years War period battles though, not all plate armour would be high enough quality to stop most longbow arrows, and not all the Scots would have had plate armour.
The points are often made that producing men able to use a longbow needs a level of intensive commitment from society, and that there was a mounting shortage of suitable wood as time went on; bows wore out faster than England could grow yews. By Tudor times, bow wood was being imported from the Baltic.
Interesting - didn't know they ever had a shortage of wood for them
Quote from: mad lemmey on 05 April 2015, 04:29:52 PM
Flodden is often taken as a Scots loss.
I think that is wrong.
In fact it was a massive loss!
James blowing himself up with his own artillery helps...
Wrong James I think, ML! :o. James 2nd gets blown up by his own artillery in 1460. It is his grandson, innovatively and imaginatively called James 4th, who gets hacked to pieces at Flodden.
Mollinary
Dagnabbit, they should have chosen more original names for their kings, like George, or Henry, or Edward!
Charlie is quite good as well..and Bill.
IanS ;)
Quote from: mollinary on 06 April 2015, 07:34:51 PM
Wrong James I think, ML! :o. James 2nd gets blown up by his own artillery in 1460. It is his grandson, innovatively and imaginatively called James 4th, who gets hacked to pieces at Flodden.
Mollinary
Didn't they find his preserved head in a London museum some years ago?
(April 8 2015)
PLEASE NOTE, CHUMS ;)...... For the moment, and for a minimum of a good few months I won't be able to do any 'extras' in the ways of new sculpts or conversions for anyone.
I may be able to resurrect this at some later stage, but it all depends on how busy I am......Also how busy poor Leon & Dave are in respect of moulding and casting.
Too much to do, and not enough time to do it...For all of us. ;)
Cheers - Phil
(I'm going to lock this thread for the time being, so there's this notice at the beginning and the end of the topic !) :P ;)
Hopefully save any confusion. ;)
Damn....That didn't seem to work !.......Leon !!!
Cheers - Phil
Still not working.
Does that mean it's not too late to add a few things to the list?
:P
Quote from: fsn on 08 April 2015, 01:10:46 PM
Still not working.
Does that mean it's not too late to add a few things to the list?
:P
GO for it! :D