As many of you will be aware I have over the last several months pretty much painted and based nothing but Footsore Baron’s War knights. An army building project I set out to achieve which has seen great progress but remains unfinished. I’m far from bored with the project but have reached the stage where I am in need of a palette cleanser here and there. I also need to get started on other projects too but more on that in a future post.
There are a great many figures sitting in my lead pile waiting to receive my attention and I have decided that now is the time to do something about it. The aim is not to neglect the army project but to try to add some variety to my modelling scheduled. Looking at the figures lovingly looking up at me I decided I would start on a Hasslefree figure which goes by the name of “Jones”.
It seems so long since I painted something other than a Baron’s War figure that for a brief period I was left wondering quite where to start! I had to remind myself how to do camouflage trousers by looking back at figures I had painted some time ago. Once I got started things started to slot into place and the old grey matter began to start working and then I was away.
Not a great deal to say about the figure itself. As always the castings from Hasslefree are bang on the money and the figure was a joy to paint, all the more so because it represented something different again. I deliberately kept the base simple as I felt that was all the figure really needed. As and when I get back into painting dioramas and vignettes this is a figure I may well look at doing again.
Unfortunately the photographs aren’t quite as sharp as I would like them to be but then again I am looking at them on an old laptop. They look a bit better on my tablet at least.
Images of “Jones” below.
TIM
Looks good, and plenty of guns to mark a change of pace from the Baron’s War knights!
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Cheers mate, it made a nice change.
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Very nice, Dave! 🙂 Quite a dynamic figure!
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Thanks John. 🙂
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That’s a funny looking knight! 😉 Top work mate, definitely a good move to break things up for yourself. His trousers especially look great.
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Cheers mate. It was nice to do something different for a change. 🙂
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You have done a great job on the camo pants. And sometimes a change is as good as a holiday.
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Thank you and it did feel good doing something different. 🙂
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Lovely figure & especially brilliant camouflage mate!!
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Cheers mate, glad you like it. 🙂
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The camouflage looks excellent TIM, and nice palette cleansing model to pick
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Thanks Dave. I wanted something different and this one worked a treat. 🙂
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A great job Dave, that is one dynamic pose. The camouflage looks spot on.
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Thanks Steve. Once I reminded myself how to paint camo it went OK! 🙂
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Very nice, the camo looks great!
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Thanks mate glad you like it. 🙂
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Nice camo work Dave.
Cheers Roger.
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Thanks Roger. 🙂
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Superb figure- that camo is very impressive.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Cheers Pete. 🙂
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The camo paint is excellent! It’s such a dynamically-posed figure of the type Hasslefree is so good at. Nicely done!
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Thanks Matt. I’m a great fan of Hasslefree and this is another one of their excellent figures.
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Great stuff; a fun change from your Barron’s War (which has by no means overstayed its welcome).
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Thanks Dave. It was a nice change and the aim is to keep the Baron’s War figures ticking along bit by bit until all done. 🙂
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Fantastic stuff. I love the story that this mini tells, from his stubble to his desperate run to his mismatched equipment. It’s nice to see you back to these after the excellently painted but somewhat dry series of knights et al.
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Thank you. It was great to do something different for a change and a reminder to myself to keep things mixed up. 🙂
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That came is great, hope you enjoyed doing something different again!
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I did indeed mate thank you. 🙂
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Fantastic work mate. The camouflage is so cool. Who is though? Is he from a movie or something? He’s vaguely familiar. Nice to have a palette cleanser I reckon. My trouble is the palette cleanser often takes over and becomes my main focus haha. I get the feeling you’re more disciplined than the likes of me though hehe.
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Thanks IRO. Hasslefree minis are often of someone but no idea if this guy is. I’m not sure about having that much discipline but overtime I hope to finish the Barons War figures. 🙂
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He reminds me of Shane from The Walking Dead, but I could be wrong.
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Yeah I can see that but usually the name hasslefree give each mini gives a hint to who it’s based on.
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The figure partners with another called Indianna but it doesn’t look like Harrison Ford to me.
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Hmmm dunno then?
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Me neither.
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Those pants look great! I like how dynamic the pose is on the sculpt too. It seems like he is really in a dire gunfight there. Its nice to see you shake things up and I’ll be looking forward to seeing what you paint up next 🙂
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Thank you, it was nice to do something else for a change. 🙂
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Nice work on the cammo like the lads have said, you haven’t lost it mate! and the figures is certainly an action one !
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Not lost it just yet Pat but I fear the day is coming.
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Nah mate !!! your a stayer !! from all you have been through I cant see that you are made of tough stuff, just look at your old dad !! please give him my regards!
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Will do Pat. 🙂
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Hang in there mate , things have changed for me , the dick in charge has released the city folk so Sam able to come up an see us for a week or so 😃I will be a bit emotional I imagine 🤓
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I’m sure you will mate. Make the most of it. 🙂
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👍🏻
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