Queen Boudicca of the Iceni

[flyjoe180]

Great work Paul. Thanks for posting that. I have in the last year bought a cat and a new house to keep everyone happy and now she has seen Taz...

[Guest]

Can you fit taz in a box and post him up here ..... Do you think?.... Maybe?.......

He's a cracker!!

[Andy2035]

Hi Paul,

Sorry, I seemed to have missed seeing this, your work is outstanding Sir, I shall now be following the rest closely...

Thank you for sharing...

Andy...

[Guest]

Remarkable neat work and such perfect lines.

Love the poopy.

[Guest]

Joe cheers mate, don't mean to worry you but we have been forecast another summer in Oct :P :P

Colin it would have to be a tiny box, would probably get lost in the post

NP Andy thanks for stopping by

Thanks Harry, yep you got poopy right

Paul

[Guest]

Colin it would have to be a tiny box, would probably get lost in the post

Any excuse ... you just want to keep him dont you?

[Guest]

Think youd have to fight my other half for him, and shes a cage fighting, kung fu, boxing champ

Paul

[Guest]

just a quick update, the fetlocks are done. I base coated these brown and the yellow and then highlighted with lighter shades going up to white

Hopefully I should get a bit more done this evening

Paul

[Guest]

Im going to move on to the mane, this is the mane that I changed and now realise that its not long enough because I lowered the head,

So I made another piece so that it went down to the withers

You can also see that ive painted the front part of the saddle cloth, or should I say yoke cloth, the bottom part is padded leather and the top part would have been sheepskin.

I then wasn't happy with the bit in the middle so I added a bit more

then I had to make the forelock, all of the bits for the mane were made from spru

Ill give the mane another coat of black and then leave it for a while before I start laying the colours on

Paul

[Guest]

I'm not into the hobby since long, but this is the first time I see using the sprue like this, well after Budicca's hair. Impressive.

I wanted to know more about Boudicca so i looked into wikipedia and found a text written by a Ancient Rome writer that I liked. Below the English version weakly translated by me.

"She was a woman very tall and with a terrific aspect.

Had ferocious eyes and harsh voice.

The brown red hair flocking over her hips.

As for her clothes she always weared a gold chain and a colorful tunique.

All was covered with an heavy cloak fixed with a pin.

When speaking, she kept a spear in her head that contributed to generate terror in whoever was listening"

From Cassio Dione Cocceiano, Storia romana, 62, 2.

Francesco

[Guest]

Hi Francesco, there are several different descriptions of the big lady, but most of them say about the same, not sure ill put a spear in her head though.

Spru is a great medium to use and often gets thrown away

Paul

[mossiepilot]

Wow, horsey is looking fantastic, brilliant painting skills Paul.

Tony.

[Guest]

cheers Tony still loads to do

Paul

[Guest]

Please, don't get the text as a suggestion, go on as you're picturing in your mind!

I thought the text was suggestive to me, well, it was probably more in Italian, and I wanted to share.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Nicely painted Paul. When you've fi.nished with summer be sure to send it this way, a tropical low is now over us with heavy rain. So much for spring.