Wow - Im totally floored by how cool these 10mm figures are. There isnt enough time in my day to paint more!!!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YEv1YifqMcE/UAMw6iryiVI/AAAAAAAADlg/zK5xA_zXG8A/s912/DSCF0700.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u8Gp9thpd58/UAMw7oSUfCI/AAAAAAAADlo/VvhtnokRWnQ/s912/DSCF0701.JPG)
This one has a slight modification - the archer
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JZjxkuOFHFE/UAMw88_PMNI/AAAAAAAADlw/u0HfoQ2HMaU/s912/DSCF0702.JPG)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_IyYqqr5PcI/UAMw97MLyXI/AAAAAAAADl4/-3rAqPekQGw/s912/DSCF0703.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j7MM7fU2Cug/UAMw-yEwruI/AAAAAAAADmA/iozcv6-r6Tg/s912/DSCF0704.JPG)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0G6Km8fSpLk/UAMxBC5rQtI/AAAAAAAADmI/HoPH5ytKgUY/s912/DSCF0705.JPG)
Thanks for looking!
GREAT JOB !! J.
Cheers - Phil
Oh, yes, they're the business. 8)
These look excellent, really nicely done! First painted hefferlumps I've seen from the new Carthaginians as well!
8)
those are jolly pachyderms !
Look great! 8)
One hint, give the ele's a very thin light brown wash for different shade of mud over the trunkie as they roll in it to keep off parasites! Plus it will pick out skin details.
Great work!
I am also extremly tempted by the Carthaginian range, but those elephants are at the moment the best part of it. I've written my thoughts on that in the Carthaginian thread in the "Requests" section.
Yeah looking cool, apart from the usual complaint, heffalumps arent actually grey.
Quote from: GordonY on 17 July 2012, 05:16:25 AM
Yeah looking cool, apart from the usual complaint, heffalumps arent actually grey.
I never knew that! Every day is a school day. :)
They're pink with tiny brown dapple spots around their ears, eyes and mouths...
Then they roll around in mud/dustto cover up, it stops parasites and sunburn! Intellegent creatures, breaking out the spf factor 50 early!
Nice looking elephants! I've painted dozens of 15mm elephants for various Indian armies over the years and found GW's Charandon Granite, a greyishy brown, to be a good base. this looked good enough with a couple of lighter highlights and a magic wash. To break up the large single coloured expanse I painted on flesh coloured areas of de-pigmentation around the eyes, on the ears and down the front of the trunk - easy to do, and individualised each of the elephants. You can see some in the pic below..
(http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac23/rfpmcleish/Hindu%20Indians/GeneralElephants2.jpg)
Re Lemmey's comment....I'm not going to bother using sun block this year.....Probably WD 40 instead...Hopefully stop me getting any rustier :'( :'(
Cheers - Phil.
Very nice! Every battle should have war elephants.
Quote from: general_btsherman on 17 July 2012, 04:19:09 PM
Very nice! Every battle should have war elephants.
No cammels disguised as elephants....
IanS
Quote from: Techno on 17 July 2012, 09:54:37 AM
Re Lemmey's comment....I'm not going to bother using sun block this year.....Probably WD 40 instead...Hopefully stop me getting any rustier :'( :'(
Cheers - Phil.
I always understood that used sump-oil was ideal as sunblock. Something to do with the metal particles in suspension, I believe. :D
Very nice - I love pachyderms 8)
Quote from: nikharwood on 18 July 2012, 09:55:36 PM
Very nice - I love pachyderms 8)
Isn't that some sort of criminal offence ? :d
IanS
Only with a stepladder! ;D
Reminds me of the old definition of impossibility.... :o
Quote from: ianrs54 on 19 July 2012, 07:42:16 AM
Isn't that some sort of criminal offence ? :d
IanS
Nah - sh@gging them is though... :d
Inspiring! I have now moved my elephants to the front of my painting line!