Two more units of Canaanite Rehab figures have filed off the painting desk...
Once again, I have no idea of the manufacturer.
or for that matter what the troops are supposed to represent.
t has a red/green color theme.
I highlighted the flesh and hair, repainted the baldrics in lighter more subtle colors, and again used the ink pens to detail them.
Second unit done with a blue and yellow color scheme.
Here's the "before" picture. I really disliked the garish turquoise color, so that HAD to go. Oh, and to me the figures looks a bit suspiciously like they might have been some kind of elves in a prior incarnation!
Once again, ink pen detailing on the baldrics ...
and the leather armor of the Leader figure.
A coat of acrylic "magic wash (light tone) helped as well, plus of course the basing!
PDQ Bach's famous Cantata, "Iphigenia in Babylon.... err, Brooklyn!"
Maestro Benzino Gassolini at the podium to celebrate!
Hoch PDQ Bach! "And, Lo! She found herself in a market and all around her, Fiiiiiiiiish were dying!" and my favourite, "What is it like to be running? Only he who is running, knows!" {I won't go on.}
ReplyDeleteDave, who was both i the Band with me an also a fellow counselor at our Scout camp, was the one who made me aware of the works of the last and least of JS Bach's many sons. If you have a basic familiarity with Classical movement, it's funny, and the more in depth knowledge you have, the funnier it is, with the stolen bits of music, etc. There was a PDQ Bach mini concert at UConn in the mid 1970's, and I attended that with my freind Tom from the band, and Jack who built and played the Harpsichord; we were in hysterics!
DeleteYou have been extraordinarily lucky, my friend. I've only heard the recordings and I did see Schickele's TV special with the Canadian Brass. They did his non-singing opera, "Horn Smoke."
DeletePerhaps a trip to the Cow Barn at the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople is in order?
DeleteThe standing figures are Foundry; Hyksos and Phoenician guardsmen (in helmets) no idea about the rest.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is if that is the case they have come a long way since then!
DeleteLovely work, they've brushed up nice!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks, Iain
DeleteVery nice upgrades over the originals, Peter. Your detailing and magic wash adds a lot of depth and character to the figures. I agree with Neil that many of the figures are from Foundry's venerable Biblical ranges.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. Can't say they are either the size or quality that I would expect from Foundry now days!
DeleteSplendid bases...and units!
ReplyDeleteI do like the basing scheme for these troops - about a elaborate as I am ever likely to get!
DeleteAnother excellent unit comes off the production line :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Garry - 2 units, actually!
DeleteNicely done Peter, these are working out beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence!
Delete2 more spear units on the painting table now!
Another great looking unit!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mark! The project is moving along quite rapidly!
DeleteAs always I enjoyed seeing the stylish way in which you do your figures.
ReplyDeleteGlad you explained the title - was unfamiliar with that particular piece. I believe, however, that the "Pervertimento" remains my favorite. :-)
There's the "Concerto for Horn and Hardart", too; admittedly best appreciated in live concert, though. Gl;ad you enjoy the figures as well!
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