Finally got those two figures painted, the thief/slinger and the other bravo type guy. Here they are.
I like how they turned out, especially the slinger although the leg position on the other figure turned out well too, I just don't like his head much. More on that later.
Same lunging legs as before, the bent knee leg being a flat plug and the long straight leg being a tile spacer. I continued to try and get a little more creative with tile spacer pieces to make it look like he is wearing baggy pants. Hard to see here but his left extended leg has some additional tile spacer pieces on the top and inside bottom of the leg to mimic draped cloth.
Head, body, weapons, and arms are just like the Gray Mouser figure. The sling was fun. It's just paper with a small round bead glued into the loop end and painted to look like a rock.
The bravo has a different leg positioning that's actually easier to see in the first picture. His right leg is bent as normal and is a flat plug, but his bent left leg with the tip of the toe touching the ground only is also a flat plug for the upper part of the leg, and a tile spacer for the leg from the knee down. Tile spacer feet and arms as normal. I wasn't sure if this leg position would look good, but it turned out okay.
I don't like his head, though. I like the close-cropped shaved head look, but I tried to give his leather armor a collar and I don't think it looks very good. Makes him look like he has a really long neck!
You can see the left bent leg better in this shot. Also, I used a small barrel bead for his upper torso. I do like this look and at least with arm positions like these it works fine with the tile spacer arms if you first cover the holes on the end of the barrel bead with paper.
I've got several experimental builds on my table right now, but I'm not sure when or even if they will get painted. Time will tell ...
Those are really good, animated poses. Great job.
ReplyDeleteYour figures just get better and better! They are so dynamic, I must have an attempt to make some of mine a little less static. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, I have been enjoying making them. Real life has taken away some of my hobby time, but I hope to get back to it soon. Beaty, please post a link if you have one to your figures, I would really like to see them.
ReplyDeleteBlimey can't believe it was November when I last checked into your blog (mind you, like yourself, real life stuff has sort of taken over). Anyway, hope you are well? All my shenanigans are over on https://molatero.blogspot.com/ though I have started a Facebook Group in the hope I can encourage others to get into wooden soldier making: https://www.facebook.com/groups/536261590360318/
ReplyDeleteI recently joined that Facebook group when it randomly popped into my feed as a suggestion. I don’t think Matt is using Facebook however.
DeleteDale is correct, I don't really do much on Facebook. I visited your site though, Beaty, and I had been there before just didn't realize it was yours. Great stuff! The painting style you use is perfect for these figures.
DeleteI know it's early in the day...But... HAPPY NEW YEAR! (I'm getting to be a right old codger now and will probably be fast asleep by 12!)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
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