The Tales of The Old West Painters.

[Harry]

The Tale of the Old West Painters.

Howdy pardners.

The idea off this thread is to motivate us (and anyone who wants to join us) to get stuff painted.

I have started this thread following the success of “The Tale of Fantasy Painters” and “The Tale of 40K Painters” to help anyone interested in “The Legends of The Old West” game from Warhammer historical (or indeed any other Wild West game) to get stuff painted.

So that’s it really … if you want to paint ‘Cowboys’ and want somewhere to post them Or you just want to watch us painting ‘Cowboys’ this is where to come.

Please feel free to join us.



Unlike the other 'Tales' rather than have a set start and finish date and require a set number of points or a unit (or Posse) every month … in this thread painters can post as much or as little as they like, even if that is only one mini a month. (as long as you try and post something!)

This way folks can get stuff painted fast if they want to (which will inspire and motivate the rest of us to get our stuff painted) OR they can concentrate on one mini at a time and on painting it as well as they can.

I will start a new thread each month so that folks can post everything they have got painted so far at the start of each month for everyone to enjoy. After that each thread will be for chat, questions, painting advice, encouragement, tutorials, WIP etc, etc,

The painters who have thrown down so far :

Bellarus :
Catferret : Bandidos
Count sinister :Lawmen and Outlaws
Festus : Cavalry : 54mm
Harry : Cowboys, 7th Cavalry and Plains Tribes. Maybe Bandidos
JonesRob : Cowboys
Knitemare : Cowboys and Outlaws
Lardidar : Cowboys
Littleleadmen :
Malarick : Lawmen
Paletine Katinka : Lawmen
Rabid Bunny 666 :
Rhamag : Lawmen, Cowboys and Outlaws.
Suavely Dun : Outlaws
Warsmith : Outlaws and Lawmen.
Widgrin : Outlaws and Lawmen.
Wreiro :

I will just take this opportunity to thank the painters involved for their interest and enthusiasm in this project. I know it is going to help me get stuff painted and I hope it helps motivate you too. I wish you all the best of luck and I hope this project is a big success.

I also hope 'the viewers at home' enjoy the results of all the hard work of the painters.

Now lets mount up and ride!

[Festus]

Hi Folks ....

It looks like I am one of the first to show what I am up to in this epic Tale.

Cavalry it is, in 54mm scale, as I have already painted a few of those to try new techniques. (It didn't work out too well, though, as I quickly returned to the trusted 28mm techniques, which look good enough for me even on a larger model )

Here is the catch: The models are generally dirt cheap, as they started out as toys (there are exceptions, though) - I use mainly Britains Deetail and Airfix soft plastic toys, which I have lying around here. You can always supplement them with the likes of Timpo for a game, to make up numbers, and they usually come already coloured (although badly).

Below you see the models in their state before the ToTOWP (note that the first mini for the first month is not really shown, you just see part of his glove in one picture - I marked it).

A special note goes to the Lieutenant, which is a metal model and probably will be painted last - or later at least ...

Off to work, then and good luck and great results to the painters of the ToTOWP

Greetings
Festus

[Malarick]

Harry you may as well sign me up!

I was expecting a delivery from Black Scorpion today, but we have had no post at all

So instead I have been playing around with the scaling issues on some card buildings for my town (before I move to mounting them on foamcard). I think I have got them about right now....see what you think!

[Harry]

@Festus

Great stuff Festus. I have got some of those.

When you said 54mm I assumed you were painting some metal ones and I have been wondering which manufacturer you had found with enough different models for a posse.

Look forward to seeing what you do with them and what they look like with a proper paint job.

@Malarick
Great. Your in!

They look fine for scale. (White wash city?)

Who's minis are those? I don't recognise any of them.

[Malarick]

They look fine for scale. (White wash city?)

Who's minis are those? I don't recognise any of them.

Yeah, they are the Whitewash City buildings I was telling you about. I increase the size to 130% though, as they just looked too small (when you have models on bases). I am going to mount the images on foamcard next, for even better rigidity and longer life.

Oh...I forgot to say what I am painting. I am working on mainly lawmen at the moment!

That bunch of models you see there are the TOMBSTONE 3 pack, from Black Scorpion.

[Festus]

Hi

Well, TBH, I had the first brushstrokes in a long time done on the sergeant two days ago ... I was itching to start painting

Here are the first (blurry) pictures of the sgt. Unfortunately it is a softplastic mini which I had to free from paint, and so a few bits kept sticking to it and it got a somewhat grany surface texture.

This may look bad in the pictures (if I ever manage to get them sharp and clear enough ), but in RL it is quite OK...

Festus

Well, off to painting, then

[Lardidar]

Yee Haw,

Finally the time is upon us to start this little project and to top it all off my BSM order arrived just this very morn.

Ok I plan to do a lawmen and an outlaw posse during this tale (and maybe cowboys if time permits)

I will be starting with my outlaw posse, using the fantastic mexicans.







Now as you can see I am mixing scales up a little but I think leaving the smaller foundry minis on there tabs gives them a little height boost and brings them a bit more inline to black scorpions.

My plan of attack is to go get some fine sand on Monday, get them based up and undercoated then I will pick the one that speaks to me most and paint him up for this months entry.

Can't wait to see other peoples work, so happy this all came about it is nice to see somthing that is not 40k and WFB.

Until later ....

[SuavelyDunn]

oooeoooeooo waa waa waaaa...

Sorry, couldn't resist!

Anyhoo, here's a picture of the posse in its undercoated, raw state.

Will post updates as & when the painting rage takes me.

And so it begins....

[Harry]

Somebody shoot Festus for drawing too soon.

@Lardidar
Loving the mix of Mexicans. Look forward to seeing what you do with them.

@Suavely
Those minis are a bit special. Can't wait.

OK I am starting with 7th Cavalry.
This is Foundry miniatures LT. DE RUDIO

On foot:



and mounted:

[Harry]

And obviously you can't have the 7th cavalry without 'injuns'.

So again from Foundry. (from their 'Plains wars', 'Plains indians').
this is "TOUCH THE SKY"

On foot:



and mounted:



Now "Touch the sky" is aptly named as he is truely huge! He dwarfs the rest of the foundry plains indians by several mm and makes his horse look tiny. It is not a 'scale thing' he is just supposed to be a very big injun!

Here he is next to another Plains indian from the same range so you can see what I am talking about.

[Lardidar]

Very cool Harry,

Whats on the bases, seems like a nice effect for a dirt base.

[Harry]

Thats just 'milliput'. I have used that to blend the tab into the plastic base. Each mini is actually standing on a slight mound.
I will finish the base with gritty sand once I have painted the mini.

[JonesRob]

Ok im up.

Ive gone with Black Scorpion Cowboys and Foundry Apache Indians (Harry can you add Apaches to my list at the start plz - cheers)

heres a pic of the bits i could find, ive got the rest scattered around the place, i really need to organise my lead mountain...



and i hope this isnt jumping the gun but i already had one guy finished before the tale was talked about so i might aswell post him now.

comments welcome as always

[Count Sinister]

Howdy pardners!

Well, I had written a long post, but it got lost when it took me an hour to try to get images up in it (I'm new to this!). So, here's my second attempt to get it right.

Rather than risking the loss of another post, I'm going to just introduce my posse, and then in a later post I'll comment on all the previous posts - looks like I'm slow on the draw today.

So, my posse is a Lawman posse, with a Sheriff, two Deputies, two Vigilantes, and two Upstanding Citizens. I have the models for all except the Sheriff (which will be another Artizan model - mmmm, Artizan), and here they are:

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...1&d=1204403592

The Deputies are both Artizan, the Vigilantes are Artizan and (converted) Dixon's, and the Upstanding Citizens are Old Glory and...well, I have no idea about the Seaman looking one. Could be Old Glory, but I can't remember.

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...1&d=1204403592

So, the Deputy with the pistol is Winslow Covenant, ex-officer in a Buffalo Soldiers regiment. He drifted for a few years after the war, eventually ending up in the town of Serenity, later becoming a Deputy. He's armed with a Heavy Pistol. Still to do with Deputy Covenant - greenstuff a brim to his cap to make it into a hat. The other deputy - still don't know his background/name.

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...1&d=1204403592

Vigilantes, then. The guy with the pistols is an as yet unnamed card-dealer and barman. Still to do on this guy - scatter some playing cards around his feet. These will be cut from very thin plasticard. Haven't decided on the background for the other guy, but I think he'll be a wrangler who helps out the Sheriff when needed, and will probably have a dog on his base.

http://warseer.com/forums/attachment...1&d=1204403592

Upstanding Citizens: These are 'Dapper' Dan Brannigan, Gentlemen's Outfitter, and Bo'sun Bill Truman, who once worked the riverboats on the Missourri River before being fired for drunkenness. He'll have some broken bottles modelled onto his base, while 'Dapper' Dan still needs to have a fur collar greenstuffed onto his coat - you know, for that 'dapper' look. He's armed with a very dapper shotgun.

More soon!

[Edit]: I think I have them now - let's hope it works this time!

[Count Sinister]

Ok, double-post just to say that I can't explain why the pictures won't upload. Can anyone tell me how to get them into a post?

[Edit]: That's not my Picasa gallery, by the way - it's my wife's. Having a bad day - can't get a damn thing to work. Wrong account for pictures, and can't get them up onto the site anyway. I have the pictures on my computer - but how do I get them into the body of my post?

[knitemare]

@JonesRob: That is really slick looking. The cloth is very..."creamy" looking. Not shiny at all, I like that. What kind of paint did you use, as far as manufacturer?

[Count Sinister]

Wow, I'm having awful trouble getting images up into my post - in fact, I'm having awful trouble just scaling and saving the images anyway. Learning hurts.

Anyway, I wanted to say how much I looked the look of what the rest of you are all doing, but I lost that post, so here it is again, in brief:

Festus - looking forward to seeing what this scale is going to look like. If the sarge is anything to go by, it's going to be good!
Malarick - scale of the building looks good to me, and those models are nice. Hope the order arrives soon!
Lardidar - those bandidos are fantastic! I can't wait to see them painted. Are you going to go for something colourful, or dusty, or a mixture of both?
SuavelyDunn - very nice models. The preacher in the long coat, waving the bible around, is excellent! Is he a hired gun (preacher) or is he a posse member who just happens to be a bible-thumper? Either way, he's going to look great!
Harry - Touch the Sky (nice name!) is going to look great. Very nice model. Also, the milliput. I usually do the same thing, although for this tale I'm trying something a little different: clipping off the metal bases and pinning the model to the base. Fiddly, but we'll see how it turns out.
JonesRob - lovely paint job on that cowboy! If the rest of the posse is up to the same standard, it's going to be damn impressive! Looking forward to seeing more. Also - how did you get that great creamy tone to all his clothes? It's excellent.
And finally, everyone - really, how do I put pictures into my post? I'm having an awful time of it, and don't want to waste bandwidth with poor attempts to get it right!

[JonesRob]

Thanks for the comments guys. The pic isnt the best, il be working on my lighting throughout the tale as well as my posse.

I use lots of paints: GW, P3, Foundry and Vallejo to name the main ones. I get the muted tones by adding greys and bone to the mixes instead of white.

im going to try and keep the muted tones throughout so lots of Khaki and dull browns.

Harry - Looking forward to see how you go with the Plains indians, slightly differant to my Apache but similar principles.

Lardidar - I love the Black Scorpion Mexicans (esp the "fat" boss mini) are you going to go with the usual red theme with them?

Count Sinister - Lawmen are cool, ive played against them alot at my club. Dont underestimate the upstanding citezens - they rock!

Festus - I struggle with 54mm so i will be watching your progress for some good tips

[knitemare]

First posse, Outlaws. After I get all of them done I'll post the group shot of the second posse. These are going to be a lot of fun.

[Harry]

@JonesRob
Flippin heck. Well that sets the standard.
Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
Especially interested in your indians also. Have you got a recepie for the skin colour sorted out yet?