Saturday 5 March 2016

From DaveD - Sudan Vignettes (75 points)

More vignette pieces completed this week. The war correspondents from Perry, and a set of  locals making their way to town in possession of various snippets of "intelligence" , will it be accurate or lies, who knows! well the umpire will ... i.e.  me!


War Reporters, Bennet Burleigh, Melton Prior sketching and Frederic Villiers mounted

The dog is a limited addition piece from Jon at Ainsty who breeds Otterhounds, so I have added it as the faithful companion to Bennett Burlieigh the Daily Telegraph correspondent.


The reporters are another nuisance for the imperial commanders as they go off risking themselves, and needing to be protected, or more likely rescued. Nicely diverting the imperial players from their core mission. After all bad news always appears in the papers.





Also a set of locals heading to town with their wares. These are an old Connoisseur Miniatures set, the detail was very soft, but actually from table distance they do the job, and could just about be added to a nativity set!


I think the whole concept of game vignettes are the cat's pajamas. At the very least they add personality to the tabletop, and with a further touch of imagination, as Dave shows here, they can be of central importance to the game itself. Wonderful.
Even though the castings may be showing their age, the Connoisseur civilians are lovely and, as you say, probably could be used to depict people going to market for the past 2000 years. 
And of course, I can't help but give the tumbs up to Burlieigh and his Otterhound as the breed looks very similar to one of our lovable mutts, Oscar. 
Great work Mr.D!

31 comments:

  1. Curt, Oscare is a remarkable likeness,. Jon is doing another version laid down.. I will happily blag you some.

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    1. Oh man, that would be brilliant Dave. Thanks!

      Just let me know the cost and we'll sort it out.

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  2. More lovely Sudan goodness Dave - today's certainly been a treat :)

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    1. Why thank you... It's treat getting them done!

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  3. Great figs. Nice to have cool side missions. I think the phrase " the cat's pyjamas " is the cat's pyjamas

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    1. Oh the scenario is king...it's all about the unexpected.. And the cats PJ's obviously

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  4. Wonderful stuff Mr D. I disagree with Curt though. They're not the Cat's Pyjamas. They are in fact the Duck's Nuts.

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    1. Cheers matey.. The Ducks Nutts.. Hmmm.. I take it that is an Antipodes complement!

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  5. Great stuff again Dave! I do like your vignettes.

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    1. Thanks Peter,,they are building up nicely

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  6. Lovely looking vignettes Dave!

    Christopher

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  7. nice paintwork , congratulations!

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  8. Every time I see your minis I want to game this period. Well done sir.

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  9. What fun. The tabletop must look that bit better with bits of real visual interest like this.

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    1. Cheers, yeah it is nice to flesh things out

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  10. Nice one. It is so nice to see some non war figures on the tabletop. They round out the setting and make it more real.

    The real dog at the and has such a good expression he is clearly wondering what you are doing that you think is more important than playing with him.

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    1. Indeed, yep it's a brilliant casting the dog..

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    2. I get that look from him a lot, especially when I'm painting. :)

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  11. Seriously Dave, is every one of your entries just as brilliant as the previous one? How do you keep turning out such great stuff!? Anyway very nice!

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    1. I do try to be consistent... Although I must say the old eyes are suffering!

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  12. Curt I was searching for a term to describe the final photo, and the best I could come up with was that it's a very Oscar photo!

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    1. Yes, it seems to capture his personality perfectly. :)

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  13. "Duck's nuts" indeed! Great work Dave.

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  14. Great vignettes, Dave! Hopefully the reporters won't get in too much trouble trying to score an interview with the other side! ;)

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  15. Very nice, I think Melton is my favourite!

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