It's Fantasy all the way...

[Techno]

Cor !!!
Cheers - Phil.

[O Dinas Powys]

The Orc boars are a little oddly positioned.  There's the Warboars, which are just standing, with some shields on them.  There's the various wolves in the ranges as well.

I'd forgotten the wolves! The smallest size were already half painted so didn't come on holiday with the rest of the figures
The bigger ones may join the hunt later 

Also missing from the picture are the Pendraken mammoth. This lot went to Wales with me and I decided the tusks might be a bit at risk of damage in transit once glued on.

Plus <  > this is my interglacial assemblage, </ >  so no big, hairy proboscideans are required until the next ice age descends...

[O Dinas Powys]

Cor !!!
Cheers - Phil.

Did you spot what was top left in the Pendraken herd? 

[O Dinas Powys]

Seeking inspiration a quick web search for images of mastodons turned up this cracking photo:

Megafauna Menagerie by Travis S., on Flickr

Key to the project are the "elephants", the tallest being a Columbian Mammoth, the middle one is an American Mastodon whilst the shortest is a Rhynchotherium gomphothere. 

Giant camels, bison, cats and wolves are also pretty cool 

I'm wondering whether the orc boars might be convertible into giant armadillos, only one way to find out... 

[O Dinas Powys]

Anyway, enough background; on with some slap!

Here they are (mostly) primed with bases (mostly) textured!

The Pendraken herd:


Wolves added, water buffalo and oxen removed.  Not quite sure what to do with the cattle at the moment, so I've saved them for later.  Some snow trolls crept into the mix at some point!

The Irregular herd:

[O Dinas Powys]

Finally some paint! Bases textured and base coat on 

ACR11 Phil's excellent Elephants, here standing in as Rhynchotherium 


AC35 Rhinocerous


FB4 Bison


FSA8 (scarily large) Tigers


FG6 Warwolves


Small Irregular animals


Medium Irregular animals


The Irregular mammoth! Since they look nothing like mammoth - and aren't particularly hairy - they're going to be GIANT American Mastodon


Cheers!

Meirion

[nikharwood]

Coming along nicely 

[Techno]

Hear, hear.

Wish my cutting mat was as clean and nice as yours M.....
Probably time for me to get a new one.
Cheers - Phil

[O Dinas Powys]

Hear, hear.

Cheers guys 

Wish my cutting mat was as clean and nice as yours M.....
Probably time for me to get a new one.
Cheers - Phil

Umm, yours probably gets rather more use than mine though Phil! 

[O Dinas Powys]

Apologies in advance if anyone's eyes go a bit weird from the different angles on the cutting mat in the adjacent photos!  

As I mentioned in 'A Tale of Four Gamers', I've managed a couple of overbrushes with light and lighter grey (on the left and right respectively). Probably just need a last dry-brush and/or wash on most of them and to then pick out the details on the tusks, etc.

"Mastodons": the hair on the head will need a spot of work, but do I go blond, auburn or brunette?!    
Probably see how the "baby mammoth" turns out and match it to that.
 

Grey - and green - Irregular animals
 

Rhinoceros
 

"Gomphotheres": not really happy with how these are turning out. Although you can't see it in the photos, the grey-on-brown base-coat isn't really working too well with the grey.  Think I'll try a brown wash to see if that improves things.
 

[Techno]

Definitely  .
Cheers - Phil.

[nikharwood]

Coming along nicely - a wash'll work nicely too 

[O Dinas Powys]

Right, time for the last catch-up post on previous work! Takes longer to photograph, upload and post the damn pictures than it does to slap on the paint! 

So, time for a bit of work on some of the brown creatures.

Plain base-coat of Calthan Brown on the tigers:


Spot of heavy over-brushing on the Irregular camel and "baby" (6mm) mammoth:


Finally, a quick wash on the Gomphotheres.  This has improved them a lot and differentiates them nicely from the mastodons - as if pure size wasn't enough!


Cheers,

Meirion

[Techno]

 
Cheers - Phil.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking good thus far.