Friday 26 February 2016

From SanderS - More 28mm Metal Mayhem! (22 points)

Hoi,

At the moment I am struggling to get a  small Napoleonic point-bomb on the way so I am not able to post much for today's entry. But just so I do not get stuck, I have done 4 single 28mm figures.

First up is another of North Stars "Tea-time" series figures:





Next up is a well-known Vampire-vampireslayer, yeah I know... but I liked the figure and wanted to experiment with gloss paint so I could check if the effect would be useful for Dart Vader's helmet.  She's from Hasslefree if I am not mistaken.




Followed by our all time favourite: Floki! Yes he's back. This is actually my own figure. I like this one far better than the first one I painted because the colours on his clothing are more pronounced and the face has worked out better although the pictures do not show this, the weather being quite overcast and so I was not able to get good pictures.





Last is Floki's sister Bodice eeeeeh Boudi from Hasslefree as well. She's actually a resin figure on a resin scenic base and I used the same colours as I did on Floki. (hence the sister-part). I decided against doing the usual tartan since I liked this well enough.




Should be worth 20 points this quartet.

Cheers Sander

Hi again Sander.  Great painting!  Didn't expect I would see Floki again, and who knew he had a sister? Although judging by Floki, perhaps she is best left alone.  All of the brushwork here is top notch, but the fellow having some tea really takes the cake for me.  The tartan on that figure looks marvelous.  I've tried painting tartan a few times myself, and the experience leaves me prone to suicide.  The fellow looks wonderful, in fact, seeing him leaves me craving some Empress Tea. I think I'll go put on the kettle...I wonder if Floki would be up for some tea too...perhaps not...

That is 20 points base, but anyone who can paint tartan without swearing in the post gets a couple extra - 22 points for you! We await your Napoleonic points bomb next week...

33 comments:

  1. Great figures Sander. I especially liked tea time laddie. Well done on th tartan (unlike agree I enjoy tartans whether painting them myself or seeing ones painted by others)
    Cheers PD

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    1. To be honest: i think one can prevent going nuts due to painting Tartan by not painting tartan. I do not mean you shouldn't paint tartans on your Scottish troops but that you give an IMPRESSION it's a tartan you're painting. I.e. choose a pattern you want to display, take the most prevalent colours and slab them on the figure in something that looks like a real tartan. Actual tartans are far too complicated for me to put on small scale surfaces so I make do with a slight trick of the eye ;-)

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  2. Nice paintjobs Sander! :)

    "Dionne" is indeed from Hasslefree

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    1. Thanks Tamsin, yeah there's another company (Black Scorpion?) who does a figure of her as well hence the confusion.

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  3. They're all very nice looking figures, really lovely work there. The 'tea-time' figure is my favourite, I love that his cup is full of tea!

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    1. Thanks, I had quite a lot of trouble getting the right colour for the tea.

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  4. Lovely work Sander. I'm partial to the redhead, but then again I usually am... :)

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    1. Cheers Curt, the Red is probably my favourite too in this lot.

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  5. Great job Sander! I particularly like the way you did the females.

    Best wishes on getting your point bomb in!

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    1. Thanks, I actually had a lot of fun painting all these and it's great to see they are liked. The point bomb will be a close one, but I am pretty sure I will not get it done before next Friday...

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  6. Impressive all around, Sander! The tea time with the tartan trousers is ace, but he is eclipsed by that pretty redhead! ;)

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  7. Nice one Sander, I especially like Floki, who's having a bit of a bad patch at the moment, but hey, (Viking) Ship Happens!
    ; )

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    1. Evan, I am not able to watch Season 4 over here ("this service is not provided in your region") unless I register with some sketchy "online-viewing service" but I am not going to do that. I pre-ordered the DVD box and wait patiently...nah tell a lie: Impatiently.

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  8. @GregB: thanks heaps for the extra points and kind words. Although I actually think you gave me those points so my score on the board now reads: 1111 :-)
    I never thought I'd be this high up in the rankings but I am suspecting some people to be preparing HUGE point-bombs to drop on us in the last two weeks. As to my own point bomb: I did say I am struggling to get it done, since real life insists on impeding on my paint-time. I am pretty sure that I am not going to make it for next Friday, perhaps the one after that...

    Whether Floki would like tea, I think he's rather more fond of mushrooms.

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  9. Tea time laddie is good but the red hair steels the show

    Ian

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  10. Great work there! The tea drinking officer is really great!

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  11. Yeah he wants me to go get a brew!

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  12. Cracking figures each and every one of them.

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  13. great work, my favourite is Floki!

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    1. Thanks Jester, it is a very nice figure indeed!

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  14. Nice work Sander, certainly a diverse group of figures

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    1. Yes it is nice to do something totally different to get your mind focussed again.

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  15. Really nice figures, I do like the hassle free line and these are great.

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    1. Thanks Jamie, the Dionne sculpt is rather simple, with less details than Boudi but very catching all the same.

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  16. Very nice; like the red hair!

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  17. Well done! I especially like the tea drinking fellow.

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