Angry Victorians

 I've been enjoying the new TV series on BBC 1 called Ripper Street, which inspired me to do somemore Victorian figures. No one does period dramas better than the good old BBC.

 

Victorian Mob

I've not painted much over the last few weeks due to the sad loss of my father, who passed away on the 14th after a long battle with cancer. It goes without saying that I'll miss him tremendously. That's all I'm going to say about it now, as I don't wish to depress everybody. What I have managed to do are these three West Wind London mob figures from their vampire wars range. There are eight in the pack so five more to do, although I've got some Seven Years War figures to paint first with the potential for more to do if the customer is happy with them. Hope you like.

Victorian Gents 2

Finished the other two figures that I bought as a pack of four. One criticism, the sculptor puts a little ball inside the eye socket I can only suppose to represent the eye ball itself. This makes the eyes awkward to paint, and you're stuck with the stare that the sculptor as left you with. Far better to leave the eyes blank and let the painter decide how he wants to represent the eyes. This as much more versatility regarding whether you want the figure looking left, right etc. But again overall I was pleased with the end result.

Victorian Gentlemen

Picked these up at a local market stall, they're by a company called Black Pyramid (http://www.blackpyramid.co.uk/). Don't know much about them and never painted any of their figures before. Sculpts are a bit "no frills" but paint up pretty well. They come in packs of four for £6, so I've got two more to do. I made some cobblestone bases with green stuff, removing the lead bases they were on and pinned them to the ones I'd made. I think it gives them more of a Victorian feel.