madaxeman
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Posté le: Mer Avr 07, 2021 10:00 pm Sujet du message: 15mm Sparabara with added wallpaper |
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With the Cyrus' Mobile Tower having languished in the drawer since before Xmas last year, and with plenty of cavalry and ancilliary troops all done, finally the Early Persian army gets the core of it's troops - the Immortals and Sparabara - ready for the imminent release of Version 4 of the L'Art de la Guerre Ancients rules !
For these guys I have managed to fit between 12-14 figures on each 40x40mm ADLG infantry unit base, leaving a gap at the front as well so the rear ranks are really crowded with archers. Â I also followed up on my numerous "wallpaper" experiments with wallpapering the pavises of the Sparabara to make them more colourful and personalised - as usual just ssearching for "Persian Patterns" on Pinterest and Google
My theory was that no-one really knows what they looked like, so why wouldn't they go personalised on the designs?! From the rear you can really see how they have been crammed in, using a variety of the Museum poses and equipment sets too
From the back you can see the real mix of Contrast and normal paints I used, as well as some of the very basic "spots and lines" patterns - with the figures this densely packed it is all about the mass effect, even though many of the patterns are not ones that would stand up to independent scrutiny!
I wanted two bases to act as Immortals, and dithered about with how to represent them, finally chooing a unique, pointed-top spara and a common, 'posh-looking' design - after I stumbled on the design online. I also added the standard bearers and musicians to the bases to make them even more obvious from the back as well
I think they fit quite nicely with the Pendraken Mobile Tower I finished before Christmas - also with "wallpaper"
More photos online at https://madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2021/04/museum-z-sculpt-persian-sparabara-and.html _________________ www.madaxeman.com |
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Soranon
Magister Militum
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Posté le: Jeu Avr 08, 2021 9:19 am Sujet du message: |
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It's... Wonderfull !!!
Really amazing !
Good job ! |
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Wagmestre
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Posté le: Sam Avr 10, 2021 8:21 am Sujet du message: |
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So beautiful !
How do you do the "wallpaper" ?
Is it freehand painted ?
It seems to be glued... _________________ https://www.acleb-jeuxdhistoire.fr/ |
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madaxeman
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Posté le: Sam Avr 10, 2021 4:54 pm Sujet du message: |
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Wagmestre a écrit: | So beautiful !
How do you do the "wallpaper" ?
Is it freehand painted ?
It seems to be glued... |
It's images found on Google and Pinterest, printed on an inkjet paper and glued to the figures.
It could not be easier !
(My painting is nowhere good enough for this !!) _________________ www.madaxeman.com |
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Wagmestre
Magister Militum
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Posté le: Sam Avr 17, 2021 8:58 am Sujet du message: |
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Thanks !
I don't know if it's as easy as possible, but the result looks very fine ! ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif) _________________ https://www.acleb-jeuxdhistoire.fr/ |
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