I actually finished these off the tail end of last week but then I had the Friday RCW game to report on, so I held these back to justify another post and keeping the Feb total moving along! Six very nice figures that more or less match up with the dismounted versions I painted 18 months ago - the odd extra shield or cloak on the mounted figures but they have the same weapons and, more importantly, the same faces!
The whole Red Rowan crew
Followed by an individual pic of each "pair" of mounted and dismounted versions
And finished off with a separate image of each of the four recently completed mounted figures
And, to keep things moving along picture wise, here are the images from our day trip over to Man o War Bay on Waiheke island with our friends Russell and Jeane on Sun 30 Jan.
A couple of views taken en route from Kawakawa Bay Marina out to Waiheke
Above and below - looking out from the beach at Man o War Bay, where we spent a pleasant couple of hours drinking beer, wine and eating fried calamari and chips (French fries)
Views on the return trip
We stopped at this little aby on the way back and had a sea swim - first time in the water for my wife Ruth in about five years!
Final part of the return journey
Jeane left and Ruth right - Jeane got the less obtrusive life jacket obviously!
Right, off to finish another small batch of Pulp figures I can post in a day or two!
Those Reivers look great Keith and some lovely poses on the dismounted figures. Great photos of the sea too. Sadly the Bristol channel doesn't' look quite as blue or as inviting.
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve - they are great figures. As Billy Connolly said about the East Coast of Scotland "It looks like the seaside out of the train window, but its just the Arctic Ocean with a different name. They call it the North Sea as it moves south, if they called it the Arctic Ocean, no one would go their on holiday!" (That's where I am from BTW and I can attest to the fact that although there are occasionally hot sunny days in mid summer, the sea is always freezing cold!)
DeleteNicely done, I do like the way they have sculpted mounted and foot figures to match. The sea looks lovely 👍
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt - as I bought the two sets about 18 months apart, it took me a little bit of research on their web page to be sure I was matching up the correct figures. In fact, I made a mistake - I thought the guy in the blue cloak and Morion was the boss, so put him on the bosses horse (it has slightly flasher saddlery....) Ah well, never mind! The sea was very pleasant thanks.. a bit warmer than your fresh water lakes! I have swum in some of them but it was forty plus years ago during a prepubescent family holiday in the area!
DeleteReivers sculpts as characterful as ever, your painting style brings out the best in them. Not always easy to match a painting / basing job from 18 months earlier .... as I have just discovered!
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm - my basing technique has remained pretty constant for a few years and I guess the advantage I have with paint is I mix up my own shades half the time, so I just keep adding something till the colour matches the previous one!
DeleteThe figures look well matched, such a story waiting to be told. (Hint hint)
ReplyDeleteThe one to one scale naval photos certainly look like a nice day out.
Our bodies of water are entering the charming phase where the ice thins out so that you can not walk or swim on them. Neither the ice fisherman nor swimmers are happy, and the boats are all doing the out dance.
But in several weeks things will change. So much to paint in the meanwhile.
Haha thanks Joe. My sister once live at a place called Winter Harbor - in Maine I think - Its claim to fame was that the Atlantic Ocean froze solid there some winters! I assume there was a navy base there, as her ex husband was in the USN. She also had postings to Guam, Florida and London with him - she now lives in Florida, as do my niece and nephews.
DeleteVery nice miniatures! They 100% match, it's a great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dmitry, its a great idea to have both mounted and dismounted versions of the same figure!
DeleteI like it very much!
ReplyDeleteGreat work sir!
Thanks a lot Michal, they are very nice figures to paint.
DeleteLovely looking mounted companion reivers,blue skies here,over 10° so pretty good for February!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain! Last week, when there was torrential rain in the S Island, the overnight low in Invercargill (far south) was 2C! Its all back to normal sunshine now of course!
DeleteI enjoy seeing your matched pairs and your beautiful scenery. I think you must live in paradise!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Jon - the scenery I have seen in your cycling photos looks pretty good too! I guess the good thing about where I am is we have very mild winters - no snow and hardly any frosts!
DeleteThe miniatures are great! And very nice that they have both mounted and dismounted figures. And a beautiful outing too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mark!It is a pretty small range but the figures are very nice indeed. The boat trip was a great way to spend a Sunday!
DeleteCool to have matched pairs; something I’ve only done in Lotr for characters. I’m assuming the rules allow for getting dehorsed? 😀
ReplyDeleteNice sea side. I have a lake nearby be somewhere I think….I dunno. I’m an inside person.
Thanks Stew! We have only had one or two games and the rules used were three pages that came free in an old WI - but if you want to pillage peoples farms and house, you are going to have to dismount at some point I guess! I am 50/50 on the inside person thing - I dont have any desire to own a boat but happy to go on occasional trips on other peoples - same with fishing - I am happy enough to go if invited but if I never went again, it would not bother me much! Sitting hunched over a thirty year old desk, slowly ruining my eyesight painting toy soldiers is my favourite pastime for sure!
Delete“Sitting hunched over a thirty year old desk, slowly ruining my eyesight painting toy soldiers is my favourite pastime for sure!”
DeleteMine too!
LOL - sad old bastards aren't we?!
DeleteLovely figures as usual Keith, and a nice day out. Looks like a great day out to Waiheke, and calamari and chips always tastes better on the beach.
ReplyDeleteCheers Lawrence - yes, nice to have friends with a boat! That was a first for us, have not been on Waiheke for 25+ years and now been there twice in three weeks!
DeleteThe mounted Reivers look great…
ReplyDeleteThey certainly look like they are ready to go out and do a bit of wealth redistribution…
The seaside looks lovely… the water actually looks blue and welcoming…unlike the North Sea… Steel Grey and as you say always freezing.
I still like it though especially the view you get as you go up the A1 between Bamburg and Dunbar…
All the best. Aly
Cheers Aly, "wealth redistribution"....I like it! I agree about the aesthetic attraction of the North Sea too.....it's just not too good for swimming in...I did try on my last trip home but I only got to waist deep and had to give up!
DeleteI lived in Aberdeen when I was 6-7 and I still remember the horror of dipping my toes in those waters! Then growing up the majority of my childhood and teens on the SW Welsh coast and “enjoying” the always-windy fridged Irish Sea…. I shiver just thinking about those waters.
ReplyDeleteYour pics always look so nice and welcoming in comparison lol
The revivers are a really cool group! Well done
Thanks Dai, it's still always a pleasant surprise to me when I get into the sea here...although the first couple of seconds us still a slight shock, like a swimming pool, once you are in, the water is actually a nice temperature!
DeleteGreat looking troops and lovely beach outing, Keith!
ReplyDeleteThank you on both counts Dean!
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