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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Mason on March 30, 2019, 09:44:03 AM
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Warning: This thread is pure fantasy. No historical reference work has been undertaken whatsoever!
Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten is a stand-alone set of gaming rules for recreating prehistoric animal hunts on your table top. The game models a time when humans were not yet in control of the world around them, when the landscape could just as easily give succour to a struggling tribe, as it could cripple a thriving people.
Designed with solo and multiplayer games in mind, players take on the role of the hunting party while an integral response mechanism means that beasts react in different ways in different situations.
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Having been in possession of Palaeo Diet: Eat or be Eaten for a while now, with its clever activation system based on the 'Songs of..' ways of doings things the intention of getting what I need together to create the setting, but one of the things that I was stumped on for some time was: 'Which figures?'.
I wanted to do something a little different to buying some 'cavemen' and prehistoric beasts. I toyed with a few options but then it dawned on me that what I really wanted to do was use the characters from the illustrations in the rulebook. They are very much drawn in what I will refer to as an 'Asterix' style, which is always a good thing in my opinion (I love those books! :D).
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-300319094735.jpeg)
Looking around I could not find anything that would really fit without extensive conversion work, so I decided that I would have a crack at making my own.
Contact was made with Nic Wright, the author of the rules, and Andrea Sfiligoi of Ganesha Games, who distribute them, and they have agreed with me making my own interpretation of the characters in miniature form.
Thanks, chaps!
:)
I figured that 28mm scale bodies with oversized heads to imitate the artwork would work best, armed with the various options that the rules allow, Spear, Bow, Club and Fire. This would result in quite large figures that would be fun and easy to paint and also make them compatible with various easily accessed toy ranges as well as wargaming miniatures.
So this is where it began....
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(As you can see, a 'hound' was also added to the group as the rules give you the option of adding them to your group, although they can prove quite difficult at times! You have been warned...)
The heads have been made as separate pieces so that they can used with whatever body is chosen to increase the possible number of variations to a quite a huge number. The heads can also be affixed at any angle to add a certain amount of animation to the characters.
The heads, which those that have a copy of the rules may recognise....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-290319115508.jpeg)
(Ignore the two 'beastie' heads, as they are the start of something a little different which may well also end up as critturs for the PD:EE later. ;))
And with the heads blue-tacked in place....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-290319115612.jpeg)
More later....
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Those are nice! :-*
Are you going to sculpt some animals in the same style as well?
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Good fun :D
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Looks fun :-* :-* :-*
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Those are nice! :-*
Are you going to sculpt some animals in the same style as well?
That is the plan.
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Good fun :D
Looks fun :-* :-* :-*
I hope you think so as I intend to bring it to BLAM this year.
:)
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Very characterful and fun.
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Very characterful and fun.
Thank you!
:)
Painting has begun.....
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They are really lovely!
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They are looking so good Paul!
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Thanks, chaps.
Much appreciated.
:)
I have finished the first few, with the others not far behind.
As soon as I have got the first few based I shall inflict them on you for viewing....
;)
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And done!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-010419131656.jpeg)
All ready to go hunting.
Not many games are that quick to get table ready.
Now to grab a few animals from the collection and see if I can catch any.....
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Brilliantly executed,they look great :-*
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Thanks, Tarkers!
:D
A few more shots of them....
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Those look really good. They remind me a little of a range proposed by Fly Trap Studios, but which never seems to have been released. What we really need now are some cartoon-style critters!
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Those look really good. They remind me a little of a range proposed by Fly Trap Studios, but which never seems to have been released. What we really need now are some cartoon-style critters!
Thanks!
They are based on the illustartions in the Palaeo Diet rule book, so Orestis 'Orestix' Ermeides has to take credit for the inspiration.
If this set prove successful there are critturs and new hominids planned to expand the range.
;)
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Lovely idea! Now you need to sculpt a cartoon mammoth. 😁
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Lovely idea! Now you need to sculpt a cartoon mammoth. 😁
Cheers, mate.
Critturs are on the menu.
Literally!
:D
A few more piccies of them....
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The Kickstarter Campaign is now 'live' and can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe?
Lovely idea! Now you need to sculpt a cartoon mammoth. 😁
I shall be making critturs if this campaign is successful enough to warrant it.
In the meantime I have been delving in my bits box/leadpile/trashstash etc to find stuff that will work well enough for now.
Here is the first offering, a cheap toy dinosaur, the Poundshopasaurus...
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Love the name and the model
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Fun stuff. keep up the good work.
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
Here are a few more, small grazer types that I will considering to be like antelope.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-100419092237.jpeg)
They are Okroi from Forge of Ice.
Wonderful delicate sculpts.
They come with panniers which will be very handy for future conversions for my sci-fi project too.
Result!
:D
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Great stuff Paul!
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Great stuff Paul!
Thanks, Barry.
:)
Here is a shot of Captain Mancave, also available during the campaign, posing with the rest of The Tribe....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-090419142104.jpeg)
...he was most displeased with being left out of the original line up and has communicated that well, in his own inimical style!
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I think you have spelt that name back to front ;D
lol lol lol
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I think you have spelt that name back to front ;D
lol lol lol
He does suffer from mistaken identity sometimes and it really gives him the pip, I warn ya!
;D :D ;)
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A couple more meals for the Cavefolk, this time in the guise of some larger Grazer types....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-100419092355.jpeg)
These are Grok from the Krakon Games Flora and Fauna KS. Lovely chunks of resin.
Again, these were speed painted using simple drybrushing and then washes.
:)
And here they are about to be introduced to Mrs Spear....
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The KS campaign has now Funded and can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe?
:)
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I washed going to say "where are you finding all these great beasties?", but you've kindly told us! Great paint jobs on those mate, I really like them.
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I washed going to say "where are you finding all these great beasties?", but you've kindly told us! Great paint jobs on those mate, I really like them.
Cheers, mate.
I have been delving through the pile of 'to-do' stuff for critturs that I think work well for this project.
Goes to prove that we must all have some kinds of critturs lurking about that would make a good meal for Cavefolk.
;)
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The KS campaign has now Funded and can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe?
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Well done mate!
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Well done mate!
Cheers, mate.
The first Update has been posted on the campaign page with some thoughts on how the finished critturs from the stash can be used in the Palaeo Diet setting....
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe/posts/2479068
The last of the current batch of creatures, this time in the form of a Crittur....
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Critturs are a bonus source of food in Palaeo Diet, which can be flushed out by a Hunter moving through Thickets but they can be a bugger to catch!
This little chap is a Jibber, from Krakon Games, and looks perfect for something doing a mad dash to escape the clutches of a hungry Hunter.
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Last night myself and Legionnaire Bert got a couple of games of Palaeo Diet in, with the Hunters waiting patiently by the river as a herd of Grazers set to drinking and munching the shrubbery....
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In the first game, which we took as a 'training game' as Bert had not read any of the rules beforehand (and they are not difficult as the second game attests with Bert taking over running the Hunt with ease ;)).
We needed to accumulate two points of Bulk for each Hunter taking part for the Hunt to be considered successful.
As we each ran two Hunters we would need eight points, with the smaller Herd Grazers being worth two and the Giant Grazer having a value of four points.
We came damn close in the first game, having taken down three Herd Grazers and wounding a fourth before they escaped our clutches.
In the second game we decided to use much more stealth and get as close as possible to the Giant Grazer to try and take him down with a concentrated attack.
It did not go all according to plan as one of our Hunters, Bet Lunch, was firstly the victim of a Stampede (from which she rather luckily emerged unscathed!) before she was attacked by the Giant Grazer itself and Wounded. (That 'lucky' leopard skin dress of hers was not so 'lucky' after all!)
The Giant was eventually taken down, along with three of the smaller Herd Grazers, and therefore we managed to accumulate ten points of Bulk and a Successful Hunt was declared, with much cheering from the Tribe!
In the post-game sequence we checked on Bet's injury, which resulted in her being psychologically scarred by her experience meaning she would be suffering from the Timid rule in the next Hunt.
On the upside Niels, the bowman, was declared 'Man of the Hunt' and gained the Calm skill which would enable him to be more adept at Ambushing in future.
Here are some shots from the games in no particular order....
Mad Sid creeps up on the Giant Grazer, stone axe at the ready....
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Bet is about to be the victim of a Herd Stampede!
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The Hunters creep up on the Giant Grazer....
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Bet was having a really bad day at the office.....
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The remainder of the Herd Grazers escape....
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All in all a very entertaining evening and we shall be introducing this to the rest of our group as we both reckon it will be great fun as a light-hearted group game with everyone controlling a Hunter each.
I can see plenty of fun and games ahead with this one!
(Oh, and it can be played solo, so I can always have a crack at it on my own if I am feeling bored. :D).
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Delighted you're enjoying it, and those are some great photos!
Kickstarter also looking well with 30 hours to go.
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Delighted you're enjoying it, and those are some great photos!
Kickstarter also looking well with 30 hours to go.
Cheers, mate.
It really is good fun.
In fact it is fun enough that we will be starting a campaign to see how the Tribe develops.
:)
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Into the last couple of hours and The Hound has almost Unlocked...
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/palaeo-diet-the-tribe?
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Well done again Paul.
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Well done again Paul.
Cheers, Nic.
Had another couple of games last night, with the first very much going the way of the Hunters despite a really bad start to proceedings.
The less said about the second, only that an enraged Giant Grazer took out three of the hunting party before strolling triumphantly off to munch some more leaves.
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It really is such good fun and coupled with the Beast reaction tables, extremely unpredictable sometimes.
:D
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Here are a few more, small grazer types that I will considering to be like antelope.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-100419092237.jpeg)
They are Okroi from Forge of Ice.
Wonderful delicate sculpts.
They come with panniers which will be very handy for future conversions for my sci-fi project too.
Result!
:D
These look great, Mason! What a cool project!
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These look great, Mason! What a cool project!
Thanks, Alex.
:)
Another small conversion for the project, this time in the form of a Skullcracker Bird from Antimatter Games, for use as a slightly different take on an Apex Predator....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-270519190912.jpeg)
I am looking forward to colouring this in as I have a plan!
:D
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The Cave Characters are WONDERFULLY imaginative, DELIGHTFULLY whimsical creations. VERY WELL DONE!
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Great fun 8)
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I like that :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Great bird! It looks big too?
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Thanks, chaps.
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That is a big beastie indeed, that is a 60mm base it is on.
I am hoping to get it painted over the next few days once time permits.
Once it is coloured-in I will post a shot of it next to a hunter to show just how MAHOOSIVE it is.
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That's a 60mm base! :o
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Nice bird :-*
Looking forward to seeing the plumage,Norwegian Blue colours perhaps,I believe they have beautiful plumage ;) :)
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Nice bird :-*
Looking forward to seeing the plumage,Norwegian Blue colours perhaps,I believe they have beautiful plumage ;) :)
An early Neolithic Chicken Shop sign.....
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That colouration is tempting, mate, but I already have a plan.
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Looking forward to the reveal :)
Also checked out the original model and approve your green stuff alteration :)
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Love the thread mate - very characterful sculpts
8)
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Where, oh, where, is the Mad Mastodon, the Smirky Smilodon, the Wonky Wooly Mammoth? Didn't you start all this with "Paleo"? So far, all your critters are Exinctolithic ones! lol Wait, so is my list - but at least not during the Paleolithic. :o
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Looking forward to the reveal :)
Also checked out the original model and approve your green stuff alteration :)
Cheers!
I thought that, although the original sculpt is great with a real sense of menace, the larger eyes would fit with the rest of the figures in the project much better.
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Love the thread mate - very characterful sculpts
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Cheers, mate.
I am really enjoying making these to be perfectly honest.
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Where, oh, where, is the Mad Mastodon, the Smirky Smilodon, the Wonky Wooly Mammoth? Didn't you start all this with "Paleo"? So far, all your critters are Exinctolithic ones! lol Wait, so is my list - but at least not during the Paleolithic. :o
Can I refer you to the first line in the opening post:
Warning: This thread is pure fantasy. No historical reference work has been undertaken whatsoever!
Also, this is the 'Fantasy Adventures' board, ya know...?
:D
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Yuppers, I gets it. Still - where are they?! lol Designed specific to go with your figures you'd have quite the hoot. ;D
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The first Apex Predator for Palaeo Diet is now finished.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-020619133838.jpeg)
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I wanted to have an alternative to the more stereotypical predators of lions and tigers and bears and thought that this would make a suitable beast.
It is an Antimatter Games Skullcracker Bird with a little conversion to fit in better (bigger eyes were a must!).
Shown alongside a Blind Beggar Hunter for scale (it is a BIG Bird! ;)).
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-020619134045.jpeg)
It is rumoured that these huge birds were still in existence up until the end of the twentieth century (although they did evolve arms somewhere along the way) and are sometimes even sighted, albeit rarely, now....
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That is a cracker of an Apex predator Paul! :o
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Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Not so sure about the inspiration for the colour scheme lol lol lol
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Nice work. My first thought was "oh no, it looks like Big Bird', until I scrolled down a bit more and realised it was supposed to! 😂
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Are these miniatures somewhere availble? Several years i see this stuff nut no miniatures available?
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Thanks, chaps!
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That is a cracker of an Apex predator Paul! :o
Cheers, Nic!
Much appreciated.
:D
Very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Not so sure about the inspiration for the colour scheme lol lol lol
Cheers!
It just HAD to be done, mate.
;) :D
Nice work. My first thought was "oh no, it looks like Big Bird', until I scrolled down a bit more and realised it was supposed to! 😂
Well, your earlier comment mentioned how BIG it was, so I thought that had rumbled me.
You can meet him at BLAM!
;D
Are these miniatures somewhere availble? Several years i see this stuff nut no miniatures available?
The 'creatures' are from various companies (the relevant information is mentioned in the thread) or are plastic toys.
The Hunters were featured in a Blind Beggar Miniatures Kickstarter that finished a short while ago.
They will be released once the KS has been fulfilled.
If you are interested in being a Late Backer for the KS feel free to send me a PM.
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Top job on that bird :-*
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Top job on that bird :-*
Cheers, mate.
:)
Next Apex Predator for this is a slight conversion of this fella:
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That sabertooth will be ace! :)
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I'm impressed at your ability to find such appropriate figures from so many different ranges.
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Great stuff!
The bird is awesome :D
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Love the big bird!
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Thanks, chaps.
Much appreciated.
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I'm impressed at your ability to find such appropriate figures from so many different ranges.
To be honest I am mostly delving through the 'mountain' for stuff, although the Sabretooth thingy was an impulse purchase at Dark Sphere last week, although it is much smaller than I anticipated. It will do, though as it is imposing enough up against one of the Hunters. Pricey on its own too. The 'Tooth and Claw' set is much better value if anyone is interested, as for roughly twice the price you get a huge ape, a jackalope and a couple of humans too.
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That sabertooth will be ace! :)
You have already guessed what is coming, so: 'Mum's the Word!'.
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My lips are sealed! :)
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Sabertooth Cerberus??
That's brilliant! I love it!
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Sabertooth Cerberus??
That's brilliant! I love it!
Well, so do it but I cannot take a decent picture of it.
Here is what I have managed....
Introducing Badpuss!*
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As well as the more cartoon-like, bigger eyes it has also had a fair bit of 'hair'added to it as it was not very imposing straight from the sprue, much smaller than I envisaged. It has been a nightmare to try and take a picture of and I hope it will respond better when in-game shots are taken.
Fingers crossed....
Here it is next to a hunter, which is making me think it needs a bigger base.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-180619224550.jpeg)
*He did originally have a more Bagpuss-like appearance with stripes but I got a bit carried away with the ink washes and this was the result.
Sorry Tarkers!
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Great job :-*
Like the green stuffing too, 8)
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Great job :-*
Like the green stuffing too, 8)
Cheers, mate.
That is a bit of a ropey picture, to say the least, so I shall attempt something better when we get a game in on Tuesday.
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Now the KS is over I can add these to the thread....
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The Clan of the Cave Bears will be an alternative Tribe (or even a rival for Tribal war action too!) for my own Palaeo Diet games.
I have some rules for them, that I want to run by Nic first before posting here.
Some closer in shots, both front and rear views....
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(https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/025/386/928/31c4f1a9ed06831508392be81d9b362f_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-2.0.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1559748169&auto=format&gif-q=50&q=92&s=2495fc30fca12b5182e0714b8d788971)
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As soon as they are back from the caster I will get some painted up.
:)
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We got a couple of games in tonight with two successful Hunts,with the first being pretty spectacular as the team of Hunters took out a marauding Badpuss as well as accruing enough food to feed the Tribe for the season.
Saying that, though, the second game was pretty sad with Vicious Sid being killed by an enraged Poundshopasaurus!
Here are a few pics from the games.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-250619234914.jpeg)
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Minis look great 8)
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Nice looking game :-* :-* :-*
Love the names lol lol lol
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Minis look great 8)
Thanks, Tarkers!
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Nice looking game :-* :-* :-*
Love the names lol lol lol
Cheers, mate.
:)
You can try out for yourself as I am bringing it to BLAM later this year, along with some suitable-looking Hunters, of course.
I have a few concepts in mind with the names of Laydee Nikk, Long Bibbs and Old Dikk amongst others.
That oughta give you an idea of where this going.....
:D ;)
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There are a few more figures in the pipeline for use as Creatures, first up being a pair of Hyena-like creatures made with a few minor modifications to some GW Wargs from their LotR range...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-050719212128.jpeg)
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8) :)
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Looking good! :D
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
I am hoping to get some paint on them soon, along with a couple of other things that I have in the painting queue for this project.
I have also just finished of the first Beast sculpts for the range, the Herd Grazers.
Pictures of those soon....
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
I am hoping to get some paint on them soon, along with a couple of other things that I have in the painting queue for this project.
I have also just finished of the first Beast sculpts for the range, the Herd Grazers.
Pictures of those soon...
Oooh! :)
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The Herd Grazers....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-090719113406.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-090719113614.jpeg)
And the obligatory 'Dead' one.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-090719114712.jpeg)
They are roughly the size of a 28mm horse so should be useful in a number of ways.
:)
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Lovely work,they look a little like Hippidion? Or are they pure fantasy?
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Lovely work,they look a little like Hippidion? Or are they pure fantasy?
Cheers!
It is not a representation of an actual beast, but I did look at a lot of different prehistoric creatures for ideas.
I wanted something 'horse-like' so likening it to a Hippidion is happy reference.
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Regardless,very nice work mate,love 'em :-*
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Regardless,very nice work mate,love 'em :-*
Cheers, mate.
:)
A lonesome shot taken randomly during the game last night....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-100719120325.jpeg)
'Dooyafinkeesaurus!?!'
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You're really having fun with this! 😂
Nice job on those dinos.
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You're really having fun with this! 😂
Nice job on those dinos.
Oh, I must confess: I am!
I do like a 'fun' project.
:D
These little buggers were going to be sold, but it has occurred to me that they would make great 'Angry Critters', so they have been given a slight rebasing (removal of barrels and other detritus etc) and been added to the Palaeo Diet shelves.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-200719153730.jpeg)
Oh, and I have finished the Giant Grazer sculpts so will pop some pictures of them up later....
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Nice work on those :)
You Can't beat a good rummaging I say :)
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Nice work on those :)
You Can't beat a good rummaging I say :)
lol lol
Cheers, mate.
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Love it. Now I may have to seek out this game.
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Love it. Now I may have to seek out this game.
I would recommend that you do. It is not only good fun but also cheap and playable solo as the Beasts all 'react' to what the Hunters do (or bugger up!) so really does have a lot going for it. Most people play it in the 'real' worlf but I have chosen a more cartoony/fantasy route inspired by the illustrations in the book.
:)
You can either get it from Ganesha Games as a PDF download:
http://www.ganeshagames.net/product_info.php?products_id=327
....or as a hard copy via Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Palaeo-Diet-Eat-Be-Eaten/dp/1976445892/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=palaeo+diet&qid=1563629693&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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Great project Paul. It's really coming along well.
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Great project Paul. It's really coming along well.
Thanks, Dave.
You can have a go at Palaeo Diet at BLAM if you fancy trying it out.
;)
Some more creatures that will be going on to 'The Menu' soon....
Starting off with some Larger Grazers (which could be used as either 'Giants' as they have enough 'meat' on them to justify it, or simply as another species)...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-150719145807.jpeg)
The heads are separate so that can be switched between the bodies, and also set at slightly different angles if you choose to.
Here they are on the other bodies....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-150719145942.jpeg)
And Mummy and Daddy with a Juvenile...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-200719153358.jpeg)
Also, here is a 'Jubjub Bird' from the 'Follow That Bird' scenario, with his prized tail feathers that are a status symbol amongst many Tribes....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-200719153551.jpeg)
He would work equally well as a 'Critter' too.
Another Beast type are the 'Pack Predators', and here is the first of them, a 'Wooliff', which will be one of three variants eventually...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-250719143136.jpeg)
'The Menu' is getting there but there are plenty more options to come.....
:D
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8)
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A brush has been pointed in the direction of the Hyenas....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-280719131322.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-280719131434.jpeg)
.....a quick job whilst doing other things in order to get them on the table.
Here they are attempting to take down Bet Lunch...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-280719131518.jpeg)
...which may not be their best idea given that she is wearing a leopard skin dress!
;)
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lol
Looks great :-*
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lol
Looks great :-*
Cheers, mate.
:)
A few updates condensed into one....
I got the master castings of the Cave Bears back recently, which are on the paint table, and I hope to have them finished soon enough too.
I gave a few to a mate of mine, Big P, who has put me to shame by painting one up already with a rather snazzy zebraskin bag....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-090819105628.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-090819105657.jpeg)
Having had their extra fur and enlarged eyes and ears added to match the others, and then daubed at roughly with the bristly end of the paintbrush, the Pack Predators are now up to four strong thanks to Old-N-Busted.
They should see some use soon....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-120819190646.jpeg)
...so: Many thanks, Mr Old-N-Busted for the kind donation to 'The Menu'.
:D
I also slapped paint on a whimsical piece of 'living scenery' which will be making an appearance soon....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-120819190839.jpeg)
...which should prove quite amusing, for me at least.
;)
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Game pics....taken at random during two different games, one of which was considered a Successful Hunt, after they had driven off the viscious Three-Headed Sabretooth.
The other, quite frankly, was a DISASTER, with only one Wounded Hunter on his feet at the end of the game!
The Giant Hominid was a very happy and well fed chap at the finish, though..... ;D
The set-up....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819112700.jpeg)
Shots of the action.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819112614.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819112614.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819112919.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819112952.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-150819113027.jpeg)
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Your creatures are brilliant, really cleverly sourced and modified.
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:-* :-*
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
Your creatures are brilliant, really cleverly sourced and modified.
Cheers, mate.
That is actually been one of the fun aspects of this project: Finding something that might work in my existing leadpile and making it fit.
Speaking of which, here is the Giant Hominid that caused such havoc in the second game.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-120819190739.jpeg)
....another find in the leadpile, but I cannot remember who made it so, if you know where it is from, please tell me as I could really do with another.
The only thing I remember is it was some kind of Yeti purchased from CMON ages ago, but as they had a huge list of manufacturers to choose from, I cannot remember which it was.....
Help!
Here he is with a Hunter to show his Giant-ness...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-120819190935.jpeg)
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Loving that giant hominid :-*
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Loving that giant hominid :-*
You may change your mind if you encounter him at BLAM!
;D ;D
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You may change your mind if you encounter him at BLAM!
;D ;D
:o :o lol
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We played the Dances With Wolves scenario earlier this week (although we have currently only have Hyenas, so Hustles With Hyenas would be more appropriate...).
Here are a couple of in-game shots....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-220819092000.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-220819091736.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-220819091557.jpeg)
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The other two sculpts for the Wooliff Pack have now been completed...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-230819233337.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-230819233457.jpeg)
And, funnily enough ( ;)), the Hound that was made some time ago will work just fine as a Juvenile (or Wooliff Pup)....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-020419113441.jpeg)
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Nice job on the Wooliffs 8)
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Thanks, Tarkers!
:)
OK, with BLAM fast approaching I need to pull my finger out and get a few things done for this.
Beginning with some more PD-specific scenery....
Games of Palaeo Diet have several terrain features that the Hunters can interact with as well as utilise to screen their movement etc.
First to be completed are some 'Thickets'.
Thickets not only shield your approach to Beasts but can also reveal extra items for 'The Menu' in the form of Critters that can be 'flushed out' of hiding and added to the take for the game. They may also contain more dangerous creatures but that is something for later.
;)
The Thickets that I wanted to make were originally going to be utilising GW Woods but they have since gone OOP.
Rather happily, as it turns out, as I then noticed that War in 15mm had made use of some Playmobil plants etc to make some rather effective 'cartoon style' scenery for his 'Dr Who meets the Flintstones' project, which got me trawling ebay for some cheap parts.
I managed to pick up three different lots rather cheaply and set to making them work for this project.
Here is one of the lots, so you have an idea of what they look like in their original state....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-240819112246.jpeg)
As I am aiming for a slightly cartoony effect to blend in with the style of the figures, these would be perfect.
I already had these 'crop' pieces made by Silent Invader in my terrain pile, which had not seen any use for ages and thought these would make great bases for the 'trees' to sit on as I had developed a 'Cunning Plan!'...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-220819092000.jpeg)
Grabbing some leftover plastic sprue to use as trunks for the trees (which also rather conveniently fit in the holes in the underside of the treetops where the sprue narrows. Bonus!) I cut it to some random lengths and wrapped it in masking tape to help disguise the squareness of them and slapped paint on them and the treetops.
The, using green stuff and superglue to attach them to the bases securely, I ended up with these....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-240819112424.jpeg)
Combining the above with some movement trays made for OGAM...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/4805-160319175638.jpeg)
...I now have some defined areas for the Thickets when placed on the table....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-240819112850.jpeg)
...where individual trees can be removed and replaced with figures when they are in the Thickets themselves.
Oh, and the movement trays can still be used for their original purpose.
Result!
I think the end result is pretty good and all three Thickets were made for less than the cost of one box of Citadel Woods, with plenty of leftover pieces that I can use to make more terrain features.
So, there will be more to come.
:)
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Up cycling at it's best,they look great :-*
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Very nice trees :-* :-* :-*
They fit your setting very well
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They fit great 8)
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They look great!
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Nice work on those, they've do really fit in well with the visual style.
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
The cartoony style works well for this project, I reckon, and they should even be able to be used in other fantasy type settings interspersed with other plants etc to break up the look a little.
Having quite a few more interesting leftover pieces will allow me to tinker some more and see what I can come up with.
I think that mixing them in with some of the GW kits could also work quite well.
We shall see....
:D
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Having quite a few more interesting leftover pieces will allow me to tinker some more and see what I can come up with.
Here are another couple of bases of 'jungle' quickly knocked up with some of the leftovers.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-290819180842.jpeg)
Again, just covered liberally in brown/green paint mixed with PVA and wetbrushed over with a few successive lighter coats, with yellow added, and a final green wash to tie the layers together.
Tarted up with a few tufts and flock and they were done.
Here they are with the earlier batch....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/40/4805-290819180938.jpeg)
...which look pretty good all together, I reckon.
I think I shall make some more.
:D
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Lovely work matey 8)
Now all you need are some knights who say Ni and a shrubbery! lol
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I like them :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Lovely work matey 8)
Now all you need are some knights who say Ni and a shrubbery! lol
lol lol
Pack it in, Tarkers, before I go getting any stoopid ideas...
I like them :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Cheers, mate.
:D
I have just picked up some more as I reckon I should do enough to fill a table properly...
::)
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Some of the recent Beasts test casts painted up, beginning with....
Orsses.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-301019210511.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-301019210410.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-301019210541.jpeg)
Mostly painted with drybrushing and washes, with the faces tidied up a little with a brush.
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Great additions :)
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Thanks, Tarkers!
:D
Next up, the first four of the Cave Bears have been coloured-in.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-051119145026.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-051119145110.jpeg)
(Far too much shine coming off of them, but you get the gist...).
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Fantastic :-*
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Those are hilarious Pablo :)
When are we having that game then? I look forward to seeing you juggling both sets of tables in two rulebooks again lol
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
When are we having that game then? I look forward to seeing you juggling both sets of tables in two rulebooks again lol
Lets wait until Gulliver is back from his travels and then see about arranging a game.
This time with me having sorted out ALL of the tables on one sheet of paper!
:D
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Got the Noif painted!
:D
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-221119204824.jpeg)
Equally useful as either Herd Grazers or Giant Grazers, they will also be used as mounts and baggage beasts in the Outland sci-fi range in future too.
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Nice :)
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Nice cave bears mate
:)
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Love the cave bears and the Noifs. Keep on keeping on.
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
The Cave Bears were fun and there will be some more small ones later on at some point.
;)
In the meantime, I have started messing around with this thing, which will see use in a few genres, as a Dark Young proxy in Strange Aeons, a native 'Beastie' in sci-fi and as a Beast to hunt in Palaeo Diet....where it will be a good 'balanced meal' being that it has a nice 'meaty' centre with good 'veggie' options growing on it.
;)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-221119160434.jpeg)
It is not finished as I am unsure just how far I want to go with the colouring as, at the moment, it is pretty generic.
I am tempted to convert it slightly with the addition of a removable 'head' or two for even more options, but that is something that which will happen later on at some point....
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that's a rather lovely thing. Just send me an invoice now . .. .. .. .
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That certainly was fun. Getting caught up with & in your new project was a joy. It is all WONDERFULLY imaginative & DELIGHTFULLY silly. OUTSTANDING STUFF!
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That certainly was fun. Getting caught up with & in your new project was a joy. It is all WONDERFULLY imaginative & DELIGHTFULLY silly. OUTSTANDING STUFF!
Cheers, Amigo!
I should have known that this might tickle you.
:D
Another new addition...a Jubjub Bird:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/42/4805-261119164055.jpeg)
Deliberately painted in similar colours to its larger cousin as that way I can use it as a Juvenile version should I wish...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/39/4805-020619133838.jpeg)
'Daddy...when I grow up I want to be just like you!'
;)
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8)
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Oooh, I like the big birdie 8)
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Oooh, I like the big birdie 8)
So do I, IT looks like a fast bugger though
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So do I, IT looks like a fast bugger though
Fast food.
Large portions.
:)
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Now I’ve had a proper chance to read thru, I have to say, colour me impressed!
I love the character that prevails throughout. The creatures and conversions are great and that play mobile jungle looks full of fun and looks brilliant.
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Thanks, chaps.
:)
Lets wait until Gulliver is back from his travels and then see about arranging a game.
This time with me having sorted out ALL of the tables on one sheet of paper!
:D
Mini BLAM... Just sayin' ;)
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Now I’ve had a proper chance to read thru, I have to say, colour me impressed!
I love the character that prevails throughout. The creatures and conversions are great and that play mobile jungle looks full of fun and looks brilliant.
Thank you, sir.
It makes a nice little side-project where can be a little silly if I want whilst still staying 'on theme'.
:)
Mini BLAM... Just sayin' ;)
That is the plan, Mama!
With a few more 'fun' elements thrown in this time, if you wanna play with fire.
(And get to wear your leopard print dress again too!)
;)
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Nice job on the Jubjub bird Paul.
Is that the noise it makes before during or after eating someone?
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Nice job on the Jubjub bird Paul.
Is that the noise it makes before during or after eating someone?
lol
Cheers, Matt.
:)
Finally got the Wooliffs painted up...
(https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/logs.omnibuilder/c3713a39-9688-40d2-8977-a2311d2e0ba0/bc2f82d0-4a64-43a3-8cb6-f2e245a19fd2.jpg)
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Another item on The Menu, in the form of a Giant Grazer....the Mature Noif:
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-020420104730.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-020420104705.jpeg)
And with an Ooman Hunter for scale...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-020420104639.jpeg)
...demonstrating that he is a big lad!
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He certainly is a big lad :o
Just imagine the greenhouse gas impact those must have had ;) :)
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What a great face Pablo :)
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He certainly is a big lad :o
Just imagine the greenhouse gas impact those must have had ;) :)
lol lol
That could be why the comparison figures are not standing behind it!
;)
What a great face Pablo :)
I assume you mean the beastie and not me??
;D
Cheers.
I should get a few better shots of his moosh before I cut him up and send him off for casting....
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The Giant Hominid, approx 40mm tall to the shoulders, with the three head options....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-230420113504.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-230420113531.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/45/4805-230420113604.jpeg)
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Sir Mix-A-Lot would be proud!
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Sir Mix-A-Lot would be proud!
??? ??? ???
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KILLER FLAMINGOS!
I picked up some Croms Anvil 'Gandowana' Terror Birds after seeing Captain Blood's versions: to use as Killer Flamingos for Palaeo Diet.
They are intended to be used as HUGE birds in 15mm scale, but I think they work perfectly well in other scales as smaller birds, being approx. 40mm tall.
I will be using them as Pack Predators as I already have a BIG BIRD to use as an Apex Predator in PD.
Shown alongside some Ooman Hunters from the Blind Beggar Miniatures Palaeo Diet range (which are 28mm scale with'oversized' heads) as a scale reference.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/46/4805-200520131423.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/46/4805-200520131400.jpeg)
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Fabulous Pablo. They look so great, whilst also quite camp lol
Splendid job.
You still owe me a game! ;)
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Nice find,they look great! 8)
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Fabulous Pablo. They look so great, whilst also quite camp lol
Splendid job.
You still owe me a game! ;)
Cheers, Riccardo!
I had to get some after seeing yours.
:)
Camp??? Never!
That is an entirely natural pose for an angry Killer Flamingo to adopt, I will have you know.
As for a game: Once we are allowed out to play again I promise we shall do so.
Even if it means that I have to bring it to BLAM again and maybe have a big Two-Tribes situation (with camp interlopers, of course!).
:D
Nice find,they look great! 8)
Thanks, Tarkers!
They are rather nice.
You can blame Rico for that one, especially if they kill ya!
;D ;D
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The Cave Bear Clan is finally painted up....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/46/4805-210520122229.jpeg)
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8)
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The Ursine Folk painted up SPLENDIDLY; I love the background as well. OUTSTANDING WORK!
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if you go down to the woods today
take a big axe/spear/gun/lightsaber - delete as required
very nice Paul
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Thanks, chaps.
Much appreciated.
:)
if you go down to the woods today
take a big axe/spear/gun/lightsaber - delete as required
lol
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Painted one of the Mature Noif casts up yesterday....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/46/4805-260520171904.jpeg)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/46/4805-260520171958.jpeg)
Quick and easy, just drybrushing and washes, the only time a brush was used in a 'normal' manner was for the eyes. Simple but I like the result.
:)
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Great-looking beastie! It looks both placid and dangerous - like it might take a gentle bite just to see what you taste like!
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Those are looking great Paul!
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Did the face collage thing with the Beasts of Outland...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/4805-130820223340.jpeg)
#facemyart
;)
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Did the face collage thing with the Beasts of Outland...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/4805-130820223340.jpeg)
#facemyart
;)
Lovely stuff, but I am sure that I have worked with the one in the middle at some point in my career???? lol
Again excellent work
Glen
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Lovely stuff, but I am sure that I have worked with the one in the middle at some point in my career???? lol
Again excellent work
Glen
Thanks, Glen.
Much appreciated.
:)
Only one of them, eh?
Lucky you!
:)
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I have changed the head on the Poundshopasaurus for one from a Grenadier Silver Dragon.....
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/47/4805-200820144653.jpeg)
There were two reasons for this:
Firstly, it fits in better with the rest of the Beasties on the Menu as they are all Fantasy creatures.
Secondly, the other head and neck was too long, so it would not fit on a double shelf in the cabinet with the rest of the Beasts, and I was fed up with it crying all the time as he could not play with the rest of his mates when the lights were out....
;)
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new head looks good :-* :-* :-*
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new head looks good :-* :-* :-*
Cheers, mate.
His new upgrade cost four times the price of the rest of him, so he had better be happy with it!
;)
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That works well 8)