Friday 25 October 2013

Dark Age Execution

This model has been on my painting station for ages. I finished the rest of the pack ages ago, but they've languished in their basecoats for quite some time. He's a Gripping Beast model from the casualties and killers set.
However I'm having a bit of a purge of the painting queue, so I bashed this one into shape and here's the results.





I'm not sure how I feel about the figure to be honest. I know things like this went on, and it's quite nicely sculpted, but I'm not sure I really want it on my gaming table - it crosses some sort of line for me I think. Which probably explains why it sat on the paint table for so long.

11 comments:

  1. Gruesome. I can understand why it languished in your painting queue. Nevertheless, nice brushwork.

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  2. A horrible scene, but I like it still.
    Nice paintjob, good choice of colors!

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  3. Great paintwork...bloody dut great!

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  4. I know what you mean, when I was younger such a scene wouldn't have bothered me one bit, but as I get older things like that do.

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  5. nice paint job - good detail. Maybe a little claret on the captives front ?
    thanks for sharing
    Dan

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  6. You could think of it like this, the one kneeling is a hostage and he´s being Held like that to intimidate the Opposition into surrendering, that´s why there´s no blood. Strange Thing is, I was going to add a similar Scene with a scottish and english soldier to the dead and wounded to my blog post today but decided against, not due to any ethical grounds, just that I didn´t like the poses but yours look fine..and well painted.

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  7. Cruel but real ....
    very good painting work !

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  8. Very well painted and based. I have no problem looking at it but probably wouldn't game with it for similar reasons.

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  9. Thanks for all the feedback, chaps.
    Good to know I'm not the only one with qualms about the model.
    And thanks for all the kind words about the panting.
    TWD

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