And here are a bunch of them for you. Although some are actually meant to be Smilodons, which developed down a different path to modern big cats. But they look good and add some variety.
The one with the chain is from Battlezone miniatures, the other two are from North Star.
Two Smilodons and one tiger by Dee Zee Miniatures.
I seem to have lost most of the highlighting and shading on the "orange" coat. Initially it had looked too brown, so I airbrush-glazed some orange over them. They still looked too brown, so I gave them a second glaze coat. When I had started adding the white, I realised that the orange glaze had strengthened overnight and they were now quite a vivid orange, so I glazed them again with a light brown before highlighting the white. Unfortunately the three glazes seem to have been too much for the subtle highlighting and shading.
In case you are wondering what inspired this entry, the barbarians from Battlezone miniatures include a mounted hero riding a giant tiger. Which made me think "Hmm, a lesser/greater warbeast unit of tigers would be a fun addition to my barbarian warband.". And so I bought a second mounted "hero" (and an extra horse for him) so that I could have one giant tiger with a rider and one as part of the warbeast unit. After that I went looking for suitable tigers to add to the warband.
For keen followers of my blog, this also explains why I had painted twenty two riders but only twenty one horses. Here's the twenty second rider on his mount:
"Wearing just a furry loincloth and furry boots, waving a great big sword around, riding a giant tiger - I bet you think you're some kind of He Man!"
Finally, a shot of them all together:
And this completes my barbarian warband for now.
For scoring:
6 x 28mm foot @ 5 = 30 points
1 x 28mm mounted @ 10 = 10 points
Total = 40 points
From DaveD - Oh what a wonderful bunch of tiggers! I was expecting tanks- but these are better - 45 points it is...
