Friday, 19 November 2010
Sand Rider
After a couple of glasses of Red wine I was sitting at my work area thinking "what can I paint next?" when a nag in front of me transformed in my minds eye into something else not at all nag like. Next thing I looked through all my sets of spare bods and found a fitting rider. Some snipping, glueing, a bit of greenstuff and the Sand rider and his mount were born :-)
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That is super wild! I see the horse model in there. Fun paint job too.
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea and fantastic work. Especially the hat ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat fantasy fig. Has a very Dinotopian feel about it. I recognize the rider (Zvezda Cataphracts, right?). What is the mount?
ReplyDeleteDimitri
Great work mate. Oh, I get it. You cut the front legs off the horse, gave it a beak and presto, a big...dodo bird...was born! Excellent. I could try something similar for my VSF Martians. Brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteNick
Thanks guys :-)
ReplyDeleteThe nag comes from the Italeri Saracens and the rider from the Zvezda cataphracts..10 points Dimitri!! ;-) I bought the set of Saracens with a view to making an opposing army for my Templers/crusaders...but ...well, you know how it is..something else came along :-)
I´ll bung up the other sand riders soon...now they are bloody wierd looking!!!!
Cheers
Paul
The question should be "how many bottles of wine?" :-) Only the one that night...
ReplyDeleteThere´s a couple of strange sand bods already made and one coming (don´t say ooooer) called the slithery silly silver slither monster from slither and slip land. Try and say that after a beer or two!!
Cheers
Paul
Hi Paul,
ReplyDeleteFantastic color combination. Compicated clear color details and yet carefully done in a way not "mixed" all together.
If I can give you my humble suggestion would be continue this beast's skin pattern to the tail.
You know, most modelers I know are pretty conservative, like rivet counters, armchair historians, and accuracy police. Therefore I applaud your creativity and courage to try something new! I like it a lot. It reminds me the bird mount from an animated movie "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind".
Thanks :-)
ReplyDeleteI did originally paint the pattern up into the tail but it made the stripes on the backside too long looking. Thanks for the observation and your comments :-) I will put the other "odd" beasts up tomorrow.
Greetings
Paul
hehe nice job!
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