From TeemuL: 7th Cavalry and old Elementals (35 points)

I had a quite nice week last week, I was healthy, I was not travelling and other hobbies didn't take all the time. So I managed to complete quite a lot of minis, these were supposed to be published on Sunday, but I didn't have time to write the texts.

Here's a group of 7th Cavalry, Black Sheep Miniatures from Warbases. Nice metal minis, varied poses, equipment and clothes, good for skirmish games in Old West. I guess some mounted minis would be nice to have, too, especially for Cavalry.

I painted them following the marketing photos and I'm rather happy with them. Trousers could be lighter blue and jackets darker blue, but there's a difference and they look quite nice - at least when there are no comparisons. I based them like my other Old West minis and dusted the boots and trousers a little bit. I like the yellow scarfs, they are not too bright.

Then something from the previously mentioned second hand bargain box I bought earlier this year and painted the Black Drake from earlier in the Challenge. These are Earth and Fire Elementals from Games Workshop, 1984.

Solid metal minis of course from that era, they even have 25mm round metal bases built in, so I didn't glue any additional bases on them. All in one piece, I like it! C34 is the code for them, stamped on the base and introduced in GW's Spring 1985 Journal.

So the left one is Earth Elemental and is very stony. May be some green moss would have made a nice detail, but I went with a simple approach. But to make it a bit more interesting, I tried to paint "supernatural" eyes to him, glowing blue... The eyes look ok, but I'm not sure do they look glowing. :)

The right one is Fire Elemental. The fiery part worked ok, but the elemental itself is a bit bland? I had a plan to paint him bright white and reflect some of the fire, but white is such a difficult to paint. From the side you can see the lizardy eyes I painted, and it/he/she looks much better from the side or back than from the front.

That's 7 28mm minis in total for 35 points. I have something for the paradise coming up and if I manage to paint something more, I'll combine them all on the final post on Wednesday.

From Millsy:

Lovely brushwork Teemu! I really like the way you have highlighted the face on the Earth Elemental and the blending on the flames/smoke on the Fire Elemental is amazing.

For me the pick of the post is the US Cavalry even so. The blue you have chosen with really pop on the table and the desert themed basing really looks the part.

Great work all round mate and another 35 points for your tally!

Cheers,
Millsy