Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Not my Dumbos

A couple of my collaborators on the Zama project are painting up their dead nellies.

 
The above is Craig Davey's poor beast; I very much like the way he has positioned a wounded velite and a dead Carthaginian next to it.  Both poignant, and also has a sort of "yin and yang" symmetry.  Top stuff!

Greg Privat of Gloranthan Army is working on one, and has gone for a very grand approach indeed!  This link goes to his post; I'd strongly recommend having a look!   Greg has also started painting the last few Bruttians for the Carthaginian army, and some casualty figures.

I've got my last 2 on bases, and will start painting them shortly.
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12 comments:

  1. Broeders16 February 2010 at 13:34

    Great vignette - but also poignant. The elephant looks like its sleeping...

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  2. BigRedBat16 February 2010 at 13:57

    Thanks Phil!

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  3. Consul16 February 2010 at 15:01

    Aww, he's a little baby elephant having a little sleep.

    I love the ying and yang idea. I need some casualty figures to act as markers for those WAB units i've multi-based (if that's the term) for book keeping reasons.

    I wish I had a need for a dead nellie..

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  4. BigRedBat16 February 2010 at 15:13

    Everyone needs a dead nellie, Consul!

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  5. Consul16 February 2010 at 15:20

    Is that a hint? ;)

    I did actually order an elephant from 1st Corps on an impulse when I ordered my horse archers for use with my Macedonian/Successor army but it's got a Howdah so it may not fit. Plus it's an Indian elephant too.

    Any paint recommendations for elephant colours?

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  6. BigRedBat16 February 2010 at 15:23

    I’ve mixed brown and grey, and washed with dark brown. It’s worth having a good look at nellies on the internet… colours can vary by species, and according to how dusty they are (and what colour the dust is).

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  7. Consul16 February 2010 at 15:25

    OK. I'll bare that in mind. The Roman army is starting to move along now so when I'm back at Easter i'll be making a start on my elephant and Macedonians!

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  8. Grégory Privat16 February 2010 at 20:33

    very nice, I agree.

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  9. Grégory Privat16 February 2010 at 20:43

    HEY ! WE ARE WRONG ! we must re-do everything !

    http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/24/79524-050-120F1724.jpg

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  10. AJ (Allan) Wright16 February 2010 at 21:02

    Very nice. This is going to be one fantastic game. Wish I could be there.

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  11. Richard Lockwood19 February 2010 at 12:15

    I cannot wait to see your game!

    Of course, you are completely insane...

    Richard

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  12. BigRedBat19 February 2010 at 12:31

    Hi Richard, barking!

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.