Wednesday 11 April 2012

Jasper and friends get a new lick of paint

None of the bits on my painting table appealed this afternoon, so I went back to some minis I had alreay finished but was never happy with. Not being a dog person, for speed and convenience I had painted these three mutts completely black. They were a bit too 'Hound of the Baskervilles' and didn't look natural, no way the sculpts could pass as black labradors!



I don't know what breed they are meant to be, but they are big mutts. Compare Jasper in the foreground with the Irish wolfhound in the centre of a recent Pulp game - first picture here. A bit of Wiki-ing suggested the sculpts could pass as English Mastiffs, a notably large breed. So the three were tweaked to roughly match the description on Wikipedia.

  The miniatures are from Rackham's Cadwollan range, bought just as Rackham imploded. I knew they would come in useful and Jasper has been a regular companion in our Pulp games, being his master's bravest defender.

4 comments:

  1. Not a dog person!! And you call yourself a Brit? My god man, you're supposed to like your hounds better that us Colonials...

    Very nice job on them btw (and yes they are Mastiffs) Lovely beasties...

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    1. Sorry, you'll be disappointed to learn I'm a cat man. But cats are pretty useless on the gaming table!

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    2. not these cats! http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/t1300.jpg

      Nice job btw, would't want to come across those in a dark alley.

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    3. Indeed. Plus another chance to pitch 15mm SciFi there, eh Samulus? ;-)

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