Saturday 28 February 2015

Burnaby & Fiends! (sic.)


Firstly, I must make yet another apology!  I am afraid that life here at 'Awdry Towers' has been turned upside down of late!  We are all well, but having made the decision to have some much needed decorating done a rather alarming structural fault has been discovered!  Subsequently the 'Saintly Mrs. Awdry' and myself have been confined to the back room, surrounded by many of our possessions, now boxed, with everything else that we own covered in a film of plaster dust!


I had hoped to try and find a way through to the painting table this morning, but alas no.  Due to the unexpected discovery earlier in the week, I am now joined, on this somewhat grey and damp Saturday morning, by a couple of plasterers keen to push the job on.  All of this upheaval has meant that I am woefully behind on my correspondence, my apologies.  


That said, I did manage to post my first entry in the Challenge proper on Thursday!  For someone who rarely plays a game, I seem to be amassing a decent collection of skirmish rules and so when 'Warlord Games' released 'Blood On The Nile', a Sudan Black Powder supplement, I just had to have a copy.  To sweeten the pill somewhat this splendid edition came with a rather wonderful free miniature representing that quintessential Victorian hero, Frederick Gustavus Burnaby.  The Colonel, perhaps not unsurprisingly, has been mentioned in dispatches here at '28mm Victorian Warfare' before - The Man, the Legend, the Title Banner!  A splendid chap in many ways and a fellow Old Oswestrian, but alas the  similarities end here.


Having painted the man himself it seemed only right and proper to give him something to scare with that shotgun of his and so five 'Perry Miniatures' plastic Mahdists were hurriedly assembled and painted.  For those of you following the progress David Docherty Esq. in the 'Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge' will understand why I was somewhat embarrassed to submit such a paltry few,  but they were part of an entry that I’m pleased to see finally posted.


Just from a technical point of view this was the first time that I had painted 28mm troops on a stick, often working on all three at once.  I appreciate that this is nothing new, but was quite a revelation for me, especially when I compare this latest stand of five with the previous efforts and of course from an arm's length there was no disc enable difference in quality!


34 comments:

  1. Nicely done sir. Excellent painting. :)

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  2. Hola Amigo
    Buenas esas minis si señor
    un saludo

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  3. Lovely work Michael. I to am deprived of a painting table, decided to refit the bathroom myself, but something's I cannot do. So currently have two very gentlemanly sparkies workIng away most diligently. But the horror when I was told the floor of my painting room would have to come up to lay cable to the bathroom!

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  4. Top brushwork Sir, I hope the plasterers and know doubt other fine fellows from the building trade, don't stop you and the right sized brush becoming friends again!

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  5. Nice work, sir. The painters should get a smile or two from your collection of brushes.

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  6. Lovely! I haven't painted any of the plastic Mahdists yet. I've got some somewhere!

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  7. really good job as usual!
    hold on, works in your home will finish!
    bye

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  8. That is a lovely skin tone you have there on the Mahdists, Michael. I've never tried painting models on a stick... yet.

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  9. Sorry to hear of the plaster/home structure woes, Michael. Glad to see you and your family are taking it in stride. Nice figures as always. The stick method works well with the rankers - production line method.

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  10. Great looking minis Michael- especially the Mahdists!

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  11. As you point out not up to Mr Docherty's production but splendid none the less. It is few sane men that compete with his turn out.

    So sorry to hear about the building problems but just imagine what it will look like when finished.

    But as always really fine craftsman ship and top painting.

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  12. An impressive brushwork Michael, as usual...the Mahdists are fantastic!

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  13. Very very nice brushwork Michael! Hope the decorating is finished soon.

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  14. Unlike your good self, I'm sorry to say I never apologise. - Oh wait....
    The fact that you can still turn out such splendid efforts amidst such disorder is outstanding and should be greatly rewarded. Instead of which we are rewardded with these exquisite pieces, the feature I particular like on your chaps is the varying tones of cloth used - such dedication !

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  15. Well done for persevering In trying times.. Lovely job Michael... Now about this models on a stick... Try 10 on 10 sticks.. You will soon catch me up!

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  16. Despite the rather bad newsconcerning Awdry towers you did a mighty fine job on Mr. Burnaby and his fellows!

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  17. Great to see the Title Banner immortalised in metal Michael. Excellent work sir.
    Are you saying your Madhists painting has dropped to the level of us mere mortals, it certainly doesn't look like it.
    Sorry to hear of your structural woes, I do hope it all ends well.

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  18. I do hope the situation at Awdry Towers takes a happy turn now that the plasterers have attended to the crisis. Love the minis - a very promising start to a Blood on the Nile collection. Do tell us what you think of this addition to the BP-collection once you make it to the gaming table!

    Best wishes
    Sören

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  19. Burnaby cuts a fine figure, although based on the banner I'm not sure the sculpt does his waxed mustache justice. Then again, maybe he went for the "natural look" while in the field.

    Great paint as always, Michael.

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  20. Another fine collection Michael, & even whilst handi-capped...BRAVO!

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  21. I must say I'm envious of that marvelous Burnaby figure. As your domicile difficulties stiff upper lip old boy.

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  22. Fabulous work Michael none the less. I hope your DIY woes are sorted sharply!!

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  23. Good luck with the house, I've got that to look forward to in a few months.
    Great paints jobs on those guys as well!

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  24. Excellent work - love Madhists!

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  25. Awesome use of yellows on darker skin shades. Something I will have to try and replicate this in the future. As they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! :)

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    1. Speaking of which, what type of yellows did you use ... duh (facepalm self) ... ?

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  26. Excellent stuff!!

    I'm working on a vignette based around the Perry Burnaby at present.

    Darrell.

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  27. Hello Michael,
    I'm very sorry to hear about your real life inconvenience. I hope that workers will have done their work soon and peace will come back to Awdry Towers soon.

    But your work on Burnaby and the other fellows is excellent despite the lack of time. Do you know the Perry Minitures interpretation of Burnaby ?

    Good Luck !
    Stefan

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  28. Hello, Michael. I hope all is well at Awdry Towers and the repairs have been successful. Those really are splendid figures. I like particularly the group of Sudanese freedom fighters attacking the colonialist Burnaby. Incidentally there is a monument to Fred in the grounds of Birmingham's St. Philip's Cathedral. I walked passed it just yesterday on the way to lunch with my youngest daughter.

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  29. I was sorely tempted to order that book just because of that figure, but alas couldn't afford it at the time. You've done a lovely job with him and his opponents!

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  30. Youve done a lovely job on Fred Burnaby. The man really was larger than life, certainly not a man to be trifled with.

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  31. Youve done a lovely job on Fred Burnaby. The man really was larger than life, certainly not a man to be trifled with.

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