Painted prizes

Ray's giveaway in technicolour!

8 Victorian types.

Just a reminder, this is how they looked when last spotted on his website:

'Won't somebody paint us, please?'

And now for the obligatory close-ups:

2 Victorian about town types 

Two private investigators

Ready to go hunting

This looked like Jack the Ripper, but he only had a tiny knife and his head was on backwards (?). A couple of quick conversions and here we are.

Cabin boy and Turkish chap

I had an ulterior motive to getting these guys painted so fast. They are destined for Geoff's games table as a way of saying thanks for all of the LotR figures he sent me. I must confess, that was my hoped for intention from the moment I entered Ray's giveaway, but the universe has balanced itself quite nicely.

So these figures will be joining some others that I was painting for Geoff anyway:

Can you see who that is over there?

It's just Jamal looking grumpy as usual.

'So where is this giant snake you said was out here Mr Jack?'
'Oh you'll see it soon my love.'

Google 'Swami' and what you get is lots of orange. They call it saffron, but it's orange.

'I say, have you seen any elephants around here old chap?'

'Steady on old chap, I've got the beggar right in my sights!'

I have two SAGA warlords to paint tonight and then should be sending these all off tomorrow.

I've altered my style a tad recently in light of the tips that I've got from the 'Painting Wargames Figures' book, and am now leaving black lines to break up colours. Is it noticeable? Do people prefer the more recent figures or the older style, or quite probably - haven't noticed a difference?

Meantime, I've undercoated a couple of units of 15mm Swedes just to try and make a little progress on that project before returning to 28mm Romans and Gauls. I've also tarted up an old piece of terrain I found in the attic the other day:

Why I shouldn't be allowed to try DIY on my house.

It's one of the card buildings out of the third Warhammer Fantasy Battles boxed set, but I've strengthened it with polyfilla and a base. I'm pretty sure the top part at the front is missing, but it was well lost somewhere. Should make a good piece of terrain for some LotR gaming, or even Lion/Dragon Rampant.

Nate