Monday 23 January 2017

Loads more stuff - MartinC for Monday (165 points)

I've had another productive week so on with the show.
1st up some Gripping Beast Arabs. The first unit, called day in Arabic (see shields),


These come with archer support


Next their brother unit Night. These all have hidden faces and are entirely in black for those sneaky attacks. 


Only a couple of archers for these


Next up a unit of Pathans/Afghans/generic arabs from somewhere with winter. These are Old Glory and are really nice figs




And now for the random stuff.

Copplestone 1930's detective

And another - very Humphrey Bogart

Couple of Copplestone Yetis - these are really great figs and I painted them up using the colour scheme from the site - Andrea Blue works very well but who was Andrea and why was she sad.
Finally some Copplestone 1930's Chinese troops - light really weird with these as they were photographed 10 seconds after the Yetis 


Overall a great week and my mojo is returning.

Points wise that is 80 infantry inc 2 monsters and 27 hand painted shields if Miles is feeling generous

MilesR: Another eclectic post from Martin - The arabs are really very well done and those shields will get you another 5 points.  The Yeti's and Chinese troops are also very nicely done but they do remind me of the really bad third iteration of the Mummies movie franchise.  Oh well, I guess I shouldn't hold that against you too much...



38 comments:

  1. A great mixed bag of figures Martin :)

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  2. Very nice collection of goodies Martin - the Arabs are great but the Yetis steal the how for me! At least Andrea's melencholy is immortalised :-)

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  4. Cheers Miles, the 3rd Mummy movie is rubbish, which was a shame as I loved the 1st 2 movies

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  5. Oh wow - lots to love here Martin, but that first unit of Arabic spearmen really is my favourite (with due respect to the Yetis...)

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  6. A wonderful batch of miniatures, Martin! I particularly like those detectives. The first fellow looks very shify (great eyes!). :)

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    1. cheers, I been haunted by eyes in all 3 of my challenges, it was the 2nd piece of advice I asked for in my 1st challenge after photography. Still a little hit and miss but I now have a method

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  7. I need to get a Bogart for sure...good stuff Martin

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  8. Great work Martin. Love the detectives and the Yetis.

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  9. Nice work Martin. Quite the mix of stuff there. I really like those Yetis.

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  10. Wow!
    Great job !!
    Especially like the Afghans and Chinese infantry)

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  11. Great mix and great painting

    Ian

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  12. Nice work Martin, I do like the Arabs.

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    1. Ta, will make a nice Saga warband if I ever get round to buying Saga

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  13. Great figures, like the yetis and the detective but the old glory afghans are my favourites.
    Best Iain

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    1. Ta, the Old Glory Afghans are really great figures to paint

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  14. great idea with the day/night units, really nice stuff all round.

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  15. Great work on all of these!

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  16. Great entry. I love the trumpeter in the blue unit, it almost looks like he's shooting a blowpipe.
    The OG Pathans are especially nice, they are great sculpts, well painted.

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    1. THanks, the trumpeter does appear to be shooting a blow pipe. I do love the OG Pathans, they are great sculpts

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  17. very interesting and well done submission.

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  18. a very nicely eclectic mix of eye-candy Martin, thanks!

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  19. My favorite kind of point bomb, and one that appeals to my butterfly chasing nature!
    I seen nothing I do not like, but I really like your color variations with the day and night Arabs. A fantastic, eclectic submission! ;)

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