OK confession time. I know this is a foundry figure but I do not know from what pack it hails. I bought, you see, a bunch of Victorian foundry figures on eBay. They arrived all jumbled together in a small box hence I have no idea what exactly they are. So for me this will be a night watchman. he could equally well be a smuggler or a detective or a C'thulhu investigator. To me it matters not he was just a fun and easy paint. Looking at the first picture I shall address the eye as it seems FAR to big. Consider it done by the time you read this. (yes Done now). he is dressed quite smartly so none of the east end riff raff. I went for Victorian colours and a brown suit seemed to be the best option. I did consider a black bowler hat as well but my hand just picked up a pot of grey instead so I went grey. I am glad I did , sometimes my hand knows better than my mind!
For a base I went for just a few shades of brown feeling this would give the best solution. After all with a brown base he could be under a tree in a park on a road (in either a town or a city) or he could be indoors. I shall leave it to you to decide.
For now we shall just say he is the night-watchman of a warehouse in Victorian London, but he could be anywhere.
A nice fun and easy figure to get me back to painting some 28mm stuff.
There was a resin miss cast section. Rather than try to cut it out I painted it bright acidic green. It is clearly seen in the second photo second stack from the left. I have no idea what substance this is to represent, Nor do I care that way it can just be a box leak and thus easy to identify by the players if I need such a plot device. Just braking me back into 28mm painting after about 1 month doing other things.
Thanks for looking and as usual another update in a day or two! All the best Clint
Super job on the nightwatchman Clint, a great miniature (I think he is from their 'dumping the body set') and I love all the warehouse goods too.
ReplyDeleteThank you Michael. You May be right about the figures origin, I just bough a job lot and am painting as I go.)I do have 2 figures moving a third though so sounds about right.
DeleteNice figure suitable for various settings I would imagine.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lee. Yes I think very versatile.
DeleteGood work on the night watchman (especially as you're making his eye smaller) and scatter terrain like these boxes is always so useful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bryan. I perhaps have a plan for all these bits. (Time will tell). Yeah the eyes are smaller now, the things you miss when painting! Still easily rectified.
DeleteNice job Clint, and well done that hand on picking the grey, I think it really works well :-)
ReplyDeleteAh, generic scatter terrain - always a good thing to pass under the brush!
Thank you Addict. yes the hand knows best, I agree the grey works well, all by accident! And as you say Scatter terrain is always a good thing to have.
Deletehaha I wasn't going to mention the eye, thinking he may have hyperthyroidism! nice job on the rest of him and he would fit in so many genres it doesn't really matter about the exact range he's from. good job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Andy. Yeah OK I painted the eye badly. But repainted since the photograph. While he can be used for almost any game I am thinking "Pulp Alley" as a show game next year and he may fit in that.
DeleteMy initial thought was that he was dressed too finely to be a night watchman. But cast-off clothes from the nobs were often worn by the less well-to-do, so that works.
ReplyDeleteThe crates look pretty good too...
Thanks Colgar. You are perhaps right maybe he is dressed rather too well. I will need a think about it some more.
DeleteGood stuff Clint, and that backdrop suits your Watchman well. Perhaps your watchman has been helping himself to some of the stuff landed at the docks? :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Simon. Who is to say perhaps he has been a bit light fingered. I would not put it past all of the night-watchmen of the Victorian period.
DeleteThe watchmen and crates look excellent Clint, really like the way you've done varying wood colours to the crates gives it depth and a narrative
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave. I agree the crates do look better in a variety of browns. I am not saying it makes them more realistic, I just do not know. But other than painting signage on the sides of the boxes I could think of little else to make them look like a random assortment.
DeleteA very versatile figure Clint. I glad you sorted the poor chaps eyes out!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. yes his eyes were a very quick fix. There are more Victorians on the way soon!
DeleteGreat figure and he could be anyone at night prowling about, so quite a generc igure really.
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