My Ethiopians and their enemies (28mm)

[Steve J]

Very nice but it can't be easy to aim that gun with the magazine right in your line of sight!

[Terry37]

Very nicely done!

Terry

[lowlylowlycook]

OK, looking more at Gideon Force, Mission 101 or whatever you want to call it, I'm going to need some Sudanese from the Frontier Battalion. 

Dolled up for inspection.

Not as pretty but still on parade.


I'll have to look through some books for some more pics.


As far as I know, no one makes WW2 era Sudanese but Warlord just put out plastic 8th army with Indian heads. The Sikh beards are a bit much but I think we can work with the other turbans.   Sadly, they somehow didn't put on a grenade throwing arm and Gideon Force was all about sneaking up at night and throwing grenades into Italian positions.
This is what I have so far

Warlord's new plastics have most of the weapons and arms cast together.  That's much easier but doesn't make for a lot of ways to pose grenade throwers.  Also need to work out a relatively easy way to convert them to puttees.

[Techno]

Hmmmm.

Short of using a burr to take away the 'top layer' on the upper part of the boots......putting on a thinnish skin of green stuff over the 'burred', area and then detailing it with a few 'lines', nothing instantly springs to mind, Cookie.

Could be a mind numbing task if you've got lots to do.

Cheers - Phil

[lowlylowlycook]

An attempt to paint on puttees after carving away the more prominent buts of sock. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That is excellent

[paulr]

 

[lowlylowlycook]

Refined this guy a bit by repainting the base colors over the wash and doing another black wash on the skin to get it darker.



Should I go with a darker stain on the rifle?  Somehow I never know what colors to use on wood or horses.

Also, this is just a test model but how the heck did I take off half his leg and still leave a mold line?!?!

[Matt J]

Maybe a dark brown wash over the rifle and a bit of silver edging on the metal, otherwise really nice job

[Techno]

Looks damn fine to me !
Nothing wrong with the 'painted puttees' ! 

Cheers - Phil

[sunjester]

A grand job! 

[lowlylowlycook]

If these bombers from Brigade models were wearing shorts and short sleeves they would be exactly what I need.  Well after head swaps, obviously.



It does go to show that even with purpose sculpted minis, it isn't easy to get a natural looking throwing pose.  In any case I should be able to do greenstuff sacks.

[lowlylowlycook]

Got some base coats on.

[paulr]

 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Like them

[Techno]

Very nice !!

Cheers - Phil

[sunjester]

Coming on very nicely.

[lowlylowlycook]

Got some washes on.

[paulr]

 

[Techno]

Top work, that man !

Cheers - Phil