THE RAMBLINGS OF A FRENCH CANADIAN WARGAMER

Monday, March 25, 2013

Feast of vultures (Analogue contest last submission)

My last submission to the contest was a small diorama I call 'Feast of vultures', with dead Canaanite and Egyptian soldiers surrounded by vultures. 


The vultures are from Foundry and were sent as freebies with my Shasu Bedouins. Not wanting free stuff to go to waste I figured I had to find a way to include these animals in my biblical project. Mostly it's for the looks but maybe I could use them as a marker of some kind.


The casualty figures are also Foundry. I find the addition of a couple vignettes really helps gives personality to an army, as well as making nice tabletop decorations. They are also a nice distraction in between painting units.

9 comments:

  1. I still think these are great

    Ian

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  2. Thanks Ray & Ian. It was a fun little piece to paint.

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  3. Great vignette, figures and base are wonderful!
    Phil.

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  4. I like this one. The egyptian corpse with the linen cloth is very realistic. I can't tell about the size of the vultures... They look pretty oversized, don't they? But you did a great paint job with them anyway.

    À bientôt amigo.

    Nico.

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    1. Thanks Nico! Maybe a bit oversized, but I've seen some pics of Vultures next to human corpses and they are really big birds!

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  5. Vultures do look big but I they are quite big anyway?? However do like a bit of blood and guts on a base. Like it. You should highlight some more photos of this wonderful army on TMP.
    My plan this year is complete Hebrew and Philistine among others.

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    1. Thanks Colin. I thought the subject was already grisly enough so decided to forgo blood and such ;-)
      Although you are right in that Vultures are big animals.

      I will follow your Hebrews and Philistine projects with interest.

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