| Arteis | 06 Aug 2011 2:17 a.m. PST |
I've now finished basing the first eight 28mm Empress Miniatures 'New Zealand Wars' figures I painted, and have also added a further eight figures to the complement. Here are some of them:
More pics and info about these figures, please visit my 'Dressing the Lines' blog at: link My blog also describes how I have added some typical New Zealand flora to the bases. |
| Given up for good | 06 Aug 2011 2:39 a.m. PST |
I do like them  I did look to play 'Maori Wars' at one point (more accurately the Land Wars) but got the shock of my life when I discovered they had guns and it was recent history! Interesting to read though. The pictures on the blog are great – the 'Black Cuffs' match my memory of some of the paintings I saw and the police man in top hat would go great in a Wild West or Pulp style game. Looking forward to seeing a pa – any plans to reproduce Otatara in 28mm? What too large? It was only 80 arces or so  Andrew
Main blog: blog.kings-sleep.me.uk
Small blog: 2mmwars.blogspot.com |
| Given up for good | 06 Aug 2011 2:40 a.m. PST |
Foo – forgot to mention the bases – sweet! (and yes I know I could edit but they deserve mention on there own) |
 chicklewis  | 06 Aug 2011 3:25 a.m. PST |
Very nice ! Great painting. Greenstone effect is convincing. I think your cloaked chief's staff should be all wood, including the point, however I have been wrong before. |
| EHeise | 06 Aug 2011 4:37 a.m. PST |
Excellent!! Love the ferns on the bases. |
| Skeptic | 06 Aug 2011 6:04 a.m. PST |
Yes, how did you get that greenstone effect? |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 06 Aug 2011 1:58 p.m. PST |
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| Kelroy was here | 06 Aug 2011 2:28 p.m. PST |
An excellent paint job to go with the excellent Empress figures. Very nice! |
| Arteis | 06 Aug 2011 3:14 p.m. PST |
I think your cloaked chief's staff should be all wood, including the point, however I have been wrong before. I think you are right, Chick. There were some taiaha (staffs) with greenstone upoko (tongues, points), but most were carved wood. So I think I might change mine. Thanks for the heads-up. |
| Arteis | 06 Aug 2011 3:16 p.m. PST |
Yes, how did you get that greenstone effect? Sorry to shatter anyone's illusions about some miraculous painting technique to achieve the greenstone effect, but I just used the stock-standard three shades of green in the Foundry paint system! |
| Arteis | 06 Aug 2011 9:12 p.m. PST |
Sorry to shatter anyone's illusions about some miraculous painting technique to achieve the greenstone effect, but I just used the stock-standard three shades of green in the Foundry paint system! I just remembered – for the greenstone effect I also coated the Foundry green with GW devlan mud wash before varnishing. I use a similar technique for the Mâori skin: Foundry spearshaft (darkest shade), then spearshaft (middle shade), then GW devlan mud wash, then finally highlights picked out with middle spearshaft again (I don't use the lightest spearshaft shade for skin, as it is too different). |
weighs the pros and cons of using a power drill on the minis workbench.
