Military History | Portuguese Colonial War
Animal Blinds: Ghosts in the African Darkness

Posted 17 Jul 2010 at 07:41

For the Portuguese Colonial War - set in Africa - I used Wild Animals as my Blinds. Lion, Tiger, Giraffe, Rhino, Croc, African Cow, Hippo, Ostrich, Antelope, Warthog, Hyena and Ape on a tree. This is also a nod to the movie "Ghosts in the Darkness" where some supposedly supernatural lions kills a whole bunch of people in southern Africa.

The figures are from the Irregular Miniatures 15mm Fantasy Range. I think they are quite nice.

I describe how I paint my Ghosts / Blinds in the modelling section. The Ghosts are meant to "suggest" something rather than "be" something so I don't bother painting them realistically and paint them a generic green instead. Turns out to be quite a good bronze statue effect - my wife now wants a set for the mantle piece.