Well the elephants themselves are pretty well painted; and I'm very pleased with them. I still have the small matter of a dozen assorted crew and hangers on to paint, though, and the bases; another week or so's work.
The beasts painted up very well; lots of detail to paint, but it is all in good relief. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I substituted Crusader shields for Empire's, because I already had the appropriate Crusader Seleucid transfers, which make a certain statement! I tried to make the colour of the elephant drapes tie in with the shields, but got the red a little wrong.I was particularly pleased with the "rear elevation"; the crevices in the skin took a wash very nicely. All in all these are splendid beasts and I'm itching to get them finished...
I like how you're showing the model construction in stages.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be extra hard for you to play Jenga with those elephants standing on the blocks.
Thank Andrew.
ReplyDeleteOh My...they look very nice. The skin looks great. I think as soon as those things turned up the battle would be won!
ReplyDeleteThanks Secundus. I must do a shot next to a Gripping Beast elephant, to show how big they are. They are absolute monsters!
ReplyDeleteI hope your computer can handle Greek. I'd have thought the obvious name for the chief pachtderm amongst your herd was, quite simply:
ReplyDeleteἐλέφας
Hi Phil, the computer can show it; but can I read it? Does it mean elephant? But if so, what would I call the second one!
ReplyDeleteI am indeed keen to inscribe the names on the bases in Greek, if at all possible.
Looking good!
ReplyDeleteMy first impression on arrival on the page was 'wow'.
ReplyDeleteThanks aaa; but just wait until they are based!
ReplyDeleteThere is a scientific principle that states that based minis always look at least twice as good as unbased ones. ;-)