Friday, 17 July 2015

Viking heroes

The last figures from my latest commission.
Time to go a-viking
Right, let's leave.
Errr, I think the boats are this way.
Geoff gave me a transfer for the shield, but I once again proved I have no idea how to use Little Big Men transfers. I just wish they made waterslide transfers like normal people. Obviously semi-competent people can use them to great effect, but for those of us who don't make it into that category they remain an enigma. Anyway, the upshot is that I had to paint the shield design by hand. I hope that Geoff is OK with it.

Nate

16 comments:

  1. Nice sculpts, and very nicely painted. I can't use LBM transfers either. A one step process is hard enough, I made a total mess out of my attempt at theirs! I'd be pretty happy with the hand-painted shield though, very cool :-)

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  2. Thanks Paul. Glad I'm not the only one who can't cope with modern new fangled technology! But to be honest I quite enjoy painting shield patterns.

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  3. They are very impressive, excellent paint job on the faces and clothes...

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  4. Fabulous work again, the tattoos are just the icing in the cake.

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    1. Thanks Michael. I have to admit the designs were taken from example on the Gripping Beast site, but I couldn't leave them off the model.

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  5. Superb...and the shield is brilliant!

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    1. Thanks Gordon. I'm still in two minds about it, but Geoff seemed to be happy with it.

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  6. The shield is indeed impressive Nate! Great work on these guys!

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  7. Fantastic brushwork! The rendered shield motif is incredible.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan.That's another vote for the shield.

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  8. Both figures are fantastic and so is the shield.

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  9. Cheers Dannoc. I guess it is official then, the shield is good!

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  10. Lovely job and suitable heroic looking :)

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