Picking up those brushes again.

Hi and welcome to the occasional mutterings of Dave Doc, a military modeller and some time gamer. Gaming and model making has given me a real education, History & Geography(obvious really), Artistry, Politics, Economics, Logistics, Project Management -you try building miniature armies without the last 3.

I will use the blog to record my creations & the odd occasion I actually do some gaming.

I have always been inspired by the aesthetic side of gaming. Playing on well constructed terrain using excellently painted units is always a joy.

Thursday 24 May 2012

The Saloon owner & the herd!

A few parcels turned up the last week. Amongst them from the US was the Blue Moon Manufacturing "Tombstone" civilian's set - they also do a fantastic Hearse with horses all done up with feathers for when we have to get the "3 coffins ready". For those of you familiar with the HBO series it contains a very creditable lookalike for a certain Deadwood's Al Swearengen played by Ian McShane.





A rather fine casting I must say. Who will shortly be taking over the a new establishment  in town the "Cattle Exchange Saloon"

Well we can hardly have Old West Cowboy scenarios and a Cattle Exchange Saloon without cows can we. I looked around in the UK for some , saw some expensive metal etc, but i wanted to be able to have a large number for a rustling , or stampede type scenario. I found these guys from the US , they are 1/64th scale hard plastic Herefords , a breed popular in the west made by ERTL. They were pre painted ,I gave them a matt varnish and then a light brown wash , and dry brush, also had to dot the eyes in. I based them on 60mm across flats 2mm MDF Hexagons from the ever helpful Warbases - This means the herd or elements can be a multitude of shapes , and can be easily controlled on a d6 for random movement. These cost the total sum including shipping of £18.50 for 40 cows and 10 calves! 




So it is Sudan preparations next week , along with picking up a collection of Sudan figures , the Mahdi's; drums are a beating.

12 comments:

  1. My word that is certainly a lot of beef! A great solution and I love the bar tender; he certainly is a spit for old Lovejoy!

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    1. Indeed , i was pleased with end result on the herd for the Double D ranch.

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  2. Man that is one good Swearengen, great paint job, he is one of my favorite TV characters, it was a sad day when they cut Deadwood.

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    1. Thanks , yes me too , i really enjoyed it. So you will waiting to see the Wu charachter too as well

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  3. It does indeed look like Swearengen, nice pinstripes on the suit, bet they gave you a headache??
    Nice one for the Broadside ad!

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    1. Cetainly did , but a good brush and thinned paint helped!

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  4. That pinstripe looks like a quality whistle and the hex basing on the cattle is a great idea. The backdrops are starting to become your trademark me thinks.

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  5. Holy cow! Great painting. Love the pinstripe dude - looks like Nick Cave!

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  6. Does your small Swearengen have as good as command of swearing combinations that the TV character did. Gets a +4 on the creative insults table. :)
    Great job by the way.
    Cheers

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    1. , like that one - "creative insults table" , a great idea

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  7. Great work on Al, Dave! I can almost detect his bleary-eyed stare. You may need to put a bit of gloss on his hair as he was an oily fellow!

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    1. What a fine idea i will add some shine!

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