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Friday, 3 February 2012

Building the Barricades


Another little set of figures that have been lurking on the periphery of the paint queue.  This time from 'Wargames Foundry' and reassuringly 'chunky' compared to the more elegant sculpts that I'm used to form 'Empress Miniatures'.  That said, they are a rather lovely, characterful set, great for tabletop dressing but probably rather limited in a game scenario.

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17 comments:

  1. Paul O'G3 February 2012 at 11:29

    "Alright then - nobody told you to stop working!"

    Great figs! You could always have them carrying essential supplies and need to be protected during the game

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  2. The Angry Lurker3 February 2012 at 11:38

    Great painted figures, you could have spare figures with guns to represent them fighting when attacked......

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  3. Simon Quinton 3 February 2012 at 14:42

    Nice characterful figs could use them for some pulp gaming as well. Top Paintjobs to boot. There obviously chunkier for all that lifting they've been doing!

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  4. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)3 February 2012 at 15:45

    Really nice paint job on some cool figures.

    Christopher

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  5. Silver Whistle3 February 2012 at 18:48

    Superb paint job. I don't have enough figures in shirtsleeves so I think I will have to invest in some of these. The blue/grey on the shirts look spot on, what colours/paints did you use if you don't mind me asking?
    "Now get sweating".

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    1. Michael Awdry4 February 2012 at 10:37

      Silver Whistle, thank you Sir. I've been using more and more Vallejo Model colour of late. These were done with a base of 'Dark Blue Grey' and then mixes of the original colour with the following as highlights, 'Light Sea Grey' and 'Stone Grey'.

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  6. peter3 February 2012 at 20:05

    I see them building that barricade at "Rorke's Drift", with that strong sergeant carrying two bags!

    Wonderfull painted figures!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.com/

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    1. Michael Awdry4 February 2012 at 10:41

      Absolutely, exactly who I was thinking of too.

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  7. Rodger3 February 2012 at 20:13

    Great painting on these. I could do with some too. Very nice.

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  8. Whisperin Al4 February 2012 at 07:42

    Excellent figures. I always think it's little extras like these that really add to the visual appeal of a game.

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  9. Stuart S4 February 2012 at 08:08

    It's all about the detail, you just forced me to push these up the painting list.
    Cheers
    Stu

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  10. Michael Awdry4 February 2012 at 10:39

    Thank you all for the positive comments, there is something about the short sleeves that captures the sense of toil and duty.

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  11. PanzerKaput4 February 2012 at 11:54

    Wonderful and there's your crew for putting together those mealie bags there.

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  12. MiniMike4 February 2012 at 23:07

    Great set and some superb painting on them. I like those a lot. It's always nice to see something different here.

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  13. Laughing Ferret5 February 2012 at 19:46

    Nice minis & great paint job. Always fun to have 'atmosphere' minis, not just the minimum needed for a fight.

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