Sunday 21 July 2013

African Evil Priestess, Croc and Lioness walk into a bar,

 The title just sounded like the start of a joke so I added "walked into a bar". There was no drink involved, honest. A little last night, but nothing this morning!

Firstly let me say I will post some better snaps when the whole villainous cast is assembled so please be patient. These should however give you a pretty good idea, even if some of the detail is a little blurry on the Evil African Priestess. What the photos will do is show colour and scale, so plenty to think about.

Starting with the priestess. She is a Reaper Casting and need not be African, she could quite easily be Polynesian or Indian. I however took heed of the mask on the staff and decided that a dark skin tone would suit best especially for TAR7AN.  Again as with the Jane figure I did look at doing her clothing as a leopard skin but decided not to give myself a migraine and wimped out! Yeah I know I should have tried to push myself but some days you just don't feel like it. She has a mixture of Gold and Silver Jewellery both on her person and on the staff which shows up nicely against the dark skin. I decided on Pink (not Magenta) adornments to her legs and the staff only because they just looked right and for no other reason. I will admit I did try orange first but it left me feeling "Mheh!" Where as I like the pink, personal choice and nothing more. The mask on the staff was always going to be red and white as it fits in with some of my masked natives, More of them in a later post.
The Crocodile is from Michael at 28mmvictorianwarfare and was a very straight forward figure to paint. Mostly just a base coat and a few dry brushed highlights. I do not see this as being part of the villainous cast, more a natural hazard come terrain feature. When they arrived they were somewhat larger than I anticipated which is to say they are in scale and I was thinking that they should be smaller. At least with them (only one painted as yet) I suspect the players will stick to the water crossing points and not try to swim anywhere!

And finally if TAR7AN can have gorillas it makes it only fair to include a lioness (from Foundry Gladiators range!) as a pet of the Evil Priestess. Mind you if the Priestess likes animals she's probably not all that evil! It was one of those figures that has been knocking about for a while so I am glad to get it done. I think I have a few more, but I have no idea where. The face came out a little bit Disney-esqe but having looked at Lions faces for about 15 minutes this morning I am happy with the result. I have grown to love the cartoon aspect of the lioness despite my earlier misgivings.

That's it for today. Probably a board update on Tuesday as the overhang for the waterfall is now taking shape. I have also sketched out some ideas for a jungle ruin (It's not my excuse for playing Farscape 3 honest) which will go on the other side of the board to the waterfall. I will keep it simple with an entrance going into the cliff face.

SO until Tuesday. Thanks for looking, enjoy the rest of the weekend and take care you!



20 comments:

  1. Wow Clint it is coming along nicely and I love the African Priestess and I agree the pink looks just right and set off the figure wonderfully

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    1. I shall have to take a better picture of her. Pink is always an option on female figures, Traditionally as I am sure you know it was a manly colour!

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  2. Wonderful! I am really enjoying this, can't wait for more.

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    1. Tarzan, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), Just about counts as Victorian..... Ok Edwardian Adventure! So it is especially pleasing to me that you are enjoying it. Thank you.

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  3. And the barman says to the Croc "Why the long face?",
    So the lioness asks "Do you serve women in here ?" and the barman answers "No, you have to bring your own".
    The priestess adds "You just can't get the staff" and the barman retorts "Your's looks OK to me"

    Great additions to the cast Clint, this particular project is really snowballing as it's all comes together.

    Your lioness looks anything but Disney in the first photo and the croc looks a lot more evil than your priestess (she looks like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth).

    It's all very inspiring

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    1. I am sure we have all met lovely looking females who turn out to be psycho-bitches from Hell. (Not all of course but some.) SO the way a lady looks is little indication of their cruelty.

      Thanks Jo.

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    3. Hahaha. Those jokes have to be as old as the Earth itself, Joe! :D

      I got one, too! What do Joe and Crocodiles have in common? Age! Haha

      Jokes aside, great progress Clint. I like to see darker skin tones, as I just can't get to do those...need to tackle my african militia. I like the crocodile and I think it has to be large...those can grow really large.
      Have you started working on the tree house yet?

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    4. Firstly there will be no tree houses on this board.. That's one step too far.

      My Cannibals should be ready by Thursday, so even more darker skin tones. (More in number not darker in colour).

      Beginning to wish I had put a different title to the blog post... all the jokes have been awful!

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  4. Great additions Clint. Loving this project.

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  5. Nicely done Clint as for the Priestess liking animals and not being evil who knows but they certainly seem quite carnivorous I had to wonder if they get fed the priestess's enemies :D

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    1. Well the tribe are all cannibals so the lioness may not get too large a share of the meat! But we don't have to worry about that so very much.

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  6. Your priestess is gorgeous, such a beautiful skin tone and the colours on her staff are just perfect. The lioness is so cute, but the croc scares me. I know he'd eat me if he could.

    The titile on your post was brilliant!

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    1. I'll do some more Pics of the priestess, as she's out of focus and you can't see her all the well. I could not set the shot up right others needed the table.

      The lioness may look cute in a toy animal kind of way, but that was not the intention, she's supposed to be menacing! Remember all the time you are scared of that croc you are not looking for it's buddy! (Yes there are 2 don't forget!)

      Thank you Anne.

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  7. Great work Clint, the collection is coming along nicely, so what's next?

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    1. Thanks Ray, I have some Cannibals another Croc and a Big Game hunter on the paint table at the moment. But this morning it will be a little more work on the board. And the dreaded E Learning that I am feeling the need to do for work and I hate the whole thing.

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  8. Is it just me or is the evil priestess a saucy little piece that makes Jane look more than a tad dowdy? I dont suppose you would have a phone number for her? No, of course not...silly question, sorry. Cant give out phone numbers like that for a girl like her to a anthropomorphic personification like me! She need wooing first, some flowes, a quiet meal, perhaps some dancing; who knows where it might end? Isn't this heat terrible?

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    1. I think you need a cold shower.

      Yes she looks like a segzy Jenny Powel!

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