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Thank you all very much for the comments! Bob, I primarily used craft acrylic paints from Delta Ceramcoat, Americana, Folk Art and Anita’s. I typically use the flesh tones from Army Painter or Vallejo when painting figures because it goes on better and they have a great flesh wash. Army Painter has some quick shade washes that add instant depth too.
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Rob, Thank you very much! Here’s the second mammoth: That’s both of them. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. I hadn’t done any significant amount of miniature painting for a long while. I have quite a few that I am most likely going to be painting for a bit. Thank you all very much for following along!
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Alan, Thank you very much! I am basing the general color scheme off the Carthaginian war elephants and I’ll do the same for the Song of Fire and Ice elephants that are sitting in line for the near future. Here’s one in 54mm scale that I painted a few years ago from a resin garage kit: The color scheme for that one was from the Battle of Zama in the 2nd Punic War in 202 BC against Rome. I would assume that the red was to induce fear in addition to the inherent fear (read panic) that elephants induce in horses. Alexander the Great also previously had had severe problems with his cavalry’s horses panicking during his India Campaign due to the elephants at Hydaspes in 326 BC.
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Question about Apostle San Felipe - OcCre Model 14000
GrandpaPhil replied to Bill Jackson's topic in Wood ship model kits
The San Felipe is a different ship and was a ship of the line from around 1700. The Apostle Felipe definitely looks like 16th century or early 17th century to me. That may have been a translation error on the part of Occre. They also have a kit of the San Felipe, and probably thought you were talking about that one. -
Thukydides, Those look amazing! With small pieces in card, I use CA to stiffen them up. I don’t know if that would help for this application.
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Thank you all very much for the comments and the likes! I ended up prepping a bunch of other miniatures in addition to the mammoths. I got most of these a long while ago and had them shelved. The mammoths themselves are primed black now. The six legged cat looking thing with tentacles is a displacer beast from the DnD universe. It is done now because it was very simple to paint. Most organics (monsters, creatures and the like) are very easy to paint. It just involves a lot of dry brushing. Here is the finished displacer beast which is off to my curio cabinet:
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I am painting a box of two War Mammoths in 28mm from the game A Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones) by Cool Mini Or Not (CMON). I learned to paint by painting miniatures belonging to the Imperial Guard from Warhammer 40K many years ago. I have not gamed in well over twenty years but I still thoroughly enjoy miniature painting, including an army or two (or three) every now and again. The miniatures are resin and of pretty good quality (most of CMON’s miniatures are of incredible quality). I cut the mammoths off their bases (these are ready to field if you don’t want to paint them). I am currently in the process of cleaning them up and filling gaps. They may go back on their bases with some extras added (like rocks and logs, read twigs), or they may get fancy wooden bases since these are destined for my curio cabinet. I haven’t decided yet.
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