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Title: Rescuing the old stuff. I think I'm done (page 3)
Post by: matakishi on March 17, 2020, 09:26:06 PM: I'm having a concerted drive to update my older miniatures with new-style bases so they can be used seamlessly with my newer stuff in (mostly) roleplaying games.
There's a complete gallery (so far) with details here: https://www.matakishi.net/miniatures-from-the-vault.html

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0056_1_orig.jpg)

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9874_orig.jpg)

https://www.matakishi.net/miniatures-from-the-vault.html
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Post by: Hobgoblin on March 17, 2020, 10:00:39 PM: What an absolutely glorious collection! Great to see those Chronicle kobolds again (they were in one of your dungeon-block tutorials, I think).

If it's any help, I think that Grenadier demon is a variant on Orcus that was released under a more generic name (perhaps because of overdone concerns about copyright?). He has slightly different horns and some modification to his nether regions.

Anyway, marvellous stuff!
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Post by: matakishi on March 17, 2020, 11:23:49 PM: Quote from: Hobgoblin on March 17, 2020, 10:00:39 PM
What an absolutely glorious collection! Great to see those Chronicle kobolds again (they were in one of your dungeon-block tutorials, I think).

They were :)
https://www.matakishi.net/dungeon.html

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/large-dungeon-blocks_orig.jpg)
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on March 18, 2020, 04:14:43 AM: Amazing collection! I am glad I took the time to follow your link to your gallery. I hope you decide to repurpose that Mantis Warrior base somehow, too clever to lose it.
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Post by: matakishi on March 18, 2020, 06:41:25 AM: Quote from: Rick W. on March 18, 2020, 04:14:43 AM
Amazing collection! I am glad I took the time to follow your link to your gallery. I hope you decide to repurpose that Mantis Warrior base somehow, too clever to lose it.

I threw it away. I can make it again though, I have more hex pieces in a box.
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Post by: Melnibonean on March 18, 2020, 07:25:57 AM: Very nice. I recognise many of those figures from years gone by.
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Post by: Tactalvanic on March 18, 2020, 12:39:14 PM: Thanks, really nice blog post!
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Post by: Hobgoblin on March 18, 2020, 01:20:09 PM: Quote from: matakishi on March 17, 2020, 11:23:49 PM
They were :)
https://www.matakishi.net/dungeon.html

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/large-dungeon-blocks_orig.jpg)

Ha! They're great!

(On the demon: yours is 039 - Demon (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Lords_-_Second_Series#039) - a later conversion of the earlier Orcus. I've always wondered why they bothered with such a slight adjustment, but I think it must have been worries about a litigious TSR - perhaps the combination of the classical name and the portly goat-demon look).
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Post by: Elk101 on March 24, 2020, 05:08:49 PM: Those kobolds are my particular favourite, lovely figures.
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Post by: steders on March 25, 2020, 09:12:50 AM: Great stuff, really nice.
I do have to ask (and please don't take this the wrong way as I love your blog and have followed loads of your tutorials) but why the fuck would you want to save those 2 green things in the middle!
What the hell are they?

Love the kobolds, I have some in a box somewhere
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Post by: matakishi on March 25, 2020, 09:22:49 AM: Quote from: steders on March 25, 2020, 09:12:50 AM
I do have to ask (and please don't take this the wrong way as I love your blog and have followed loads of your tutorials) but why the fuck would you want to save those 2 green things in the middle!
What the hell are they?

Actually, they are scary rock burrowers from Garrison miniatures and they are an integral part of the history of our wonderful hobby.

They are a bit crap aren't they? But, they have charm and I like them, so they get to stay :)
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Post by: steders on March 25, 2020, 09:34:27 AM: Ok fair enough. Still can't help feeling that tying them on a fishing line might be a better use for them
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Post by: matakishi on March 25, 2020, 10:21:26 AM: Quote from: steders on March 25, 2020, 09:34:27 AM
Ok fair enough. Still can't help feeling that tying them on a fishing line might be a better use for them

Philistine!!
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Post by: Swordisdrawn on March 25, 2020, 01:27:07 PM: Top banana! Love the old nic lund stuff. Sadly my wolf riders went the way of Ebay wish i held onto them now
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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on March 25, 2020, 01:30:54 PM: Great selection of old school lovingly painted!
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Post by: matakishi on March 25, 2020, 09:48:19 PM: More rescued miniatures.
https://www.matakishi.net/miniatures-from-the-vault.html

No group shot this time, but here's a sample.

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0163_orig.jpg)

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0181_orig.jpg)
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Post by: syrinx0 on March 25, 2020, 09:56:03 PM: The new bases do bring new life to some old sculpts with a lot of character. I hate basing so I cant really imaging doing it twice... o_o

Are you able to bury the old smaller bases in the new one or are you removing them first?
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Post by: matakishi on March 25, 2020, 10:04:21 PM: Quote from: syrinx0 on March 25, 2020, 09:56:03 PM
Are you able to bury the old smaller bases in the new one or are you removing them first?

All the old stuff is removed. Most of them were based on plasticard using PVA and painted sand so it comes away without any problems. Some had Basetex which is more problematic and a very few were superglued to coins or washers which are a pain to remove, I've found that heating the coin can get the miniature to pop off though if you're lucky.
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Post by: matakishi on March 25, 2020, 10:10:55 PM: Here's a process shot.

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-9996_orig.jpg)

And a group shot of the latest lot that I forgot I'd taken.

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0122_orig.jpg)
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Post by: djbii on March 26, 2020, 06:56:16 AM: I was so jealous of the guy who owned that goat horned devil mini! Nicely done all of them :-)
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Post by: matakishi on March 26, 2020, 10:06:17 AM: Here's the video covering this latest batch.

https://youtu.be/a3Ueaspb1iU
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Post by: Darksider on March 27, 2020, 06:18:15 PM: Cool minis 8)

Also liked your campaigns, where you used the black hack (latter days of yarth and oubliette). Liked the minis there too.
One thing that bugged me, when I was reading the latter days of yarth, was that I never quite figured out which character was which character lol.
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Post by: matakishi on March 28, 2020, 10:19:32 AM: Quote from: Darksider on March 27, 2020, 06:18:15 PM
One thing that bugged me, when I was reading the latter days of yarth, was that I never quite figured out which character was which character lol.

I should have done an annotated photo of the party. Too late now, next time though :)
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Post by: Bloggard on March 30, 2020, 12:48:59 PM: love the video presentation of the figures.
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Post by: Swordisdrawn on March 30, 2020, 01:13:47 PM: Very nice indeed
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Post by: matakishi on April 01, 2020, 05:28:38 PM: Here's the next lot, nearing the end now :)

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0316_orig.jpg)

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0338_orig.jpg)

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0320_orig.jpg)

More photos and details of what's what here:
https://www.matakishi.net/miniatures-from-the-vault.html

Here's the video:

https://youtu.be/RPLqfqtM5_s
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Post by: Eric the Shed on April 01, 2020, 06:53:38 PM: there is somer fabulous stuff there Paul - well done. When this C Virus is all over I must get over to visit - stay safe
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Post by: Seal on April 01, 2020, 07:26:15 PM: Fantastic!!! Thanks for posting these :)
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Post by: Mister Frau Blucher on April 01, 2020, 10:04:27 PM: These are all fantastic! Silly and simple as it is, I particularly like the sheet ghost. I have that figure somewhere, or one very close.
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Post by: Launets on April 02, 2020, 09:58:47 AM: I really love your painting style.
Also where did you get those wonderful round bases? Would love to stock up on them.
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Post by: matakishi on April 02, 2020, 10:13:18 AM: Quote from: Mister Frau Blucher on April 01, 2020, 10:04:27 PM
These are all fantastic! Silly and simple as it is, I particularly like the sheet ghost. I have that figure somewhere, or one very close.

Mark Copplestone has one on his site (probably very slightly altered), this seems to be one of the Grenadier models he had the masters or sculpts for.
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Post by: matakishi on April 02, 2020, 10:15:43 AM: Quote from: Launets on April 02, 2020, 09:58:47 AM
Also where did you get those wonderful round bases? Would love to stock up on them.

I buy my bases from Warbases. Sadly, they've closed their doors for the duration of the pandemic lockdown. Other vendors sell MDF bases on eBay though.
Luckily for me, my last order of bases arrived the day before they shut up shop so I can indulge in anxiety-free painting for a few more weeks.
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Post by: matakishi on April 08, 2020, 10:02:17 AM: This week's update. These Mithril miniatures that I originally painted in the early 90s were 'rescued' by stripping and repainting them

Before:

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0004_orig.jpg)

After:

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0409_orig.jpg)

Lots of individual images on the project page:
https://www.matakishi.net/fantasy-miniatures.html
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Post by: matakishi on April 08, 2020, 10:40:24 AM: Here's the video

https://youtu.be/_nj6wJLaI90
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Post by: Swordisdrawn on April 08, 2020, 11:35:22 AM: Smart.
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on April 08, 2020, 12:37:38 PM: Brilliantly done rescue!
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Post by: matakishi on April 09, 2020, 06:04:35 PM: A quick group shot of the last batch from this re-basing project. I left these until last because they mostly all had huge integral metal bases and needed to go onto correspondingly large MDF ones. Better pics later next week when I do a proper update.

(https://www.matakishi.net/uploads/4/0/8/7/40876893/img-0465_orig.jpg)

All that's left now are a few odds and ends lurking in out-of-the-way places which I'll update when I come across them.
Title: Re: Rescuing the old stuff. I think I'm done (page 3)
Post by: AKULA on April 10, 2020, 11:05:52 AM: Great job Paul

8)
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Post by: Onebigriver on April 10, 2020, 02:29:18 PM: As akkie said, great stuff. Inspired me to dust off the fantasy minis and have a tidy up for getting into SBH again. Nothing as drastic as rebasing, just repainting bases, touching up chips and re-varnishing.
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Post by: astrobouncer on April 10, 2020, 02:52:11 PM: Great job on the mithril miniatures, I have some of those and haven't updated the paint jobs yet.
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Post by: Mallo on April 12, 2020, 03:46:04 PM: Fantastic stuff.
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Post by: matakishi on April 14, 2020, 08:52:36 PM: Here's the video with the latest rescued miniatures.

https://youtu.be/LIt7VVX52Ds
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Post by: Bloggard on April 15, 2020, 04:49:22 PM: love the Nasty (a range I don't recall) stone golem.

and I reckon the dark lord is letting the throne do all the imposing for him ... (and with that I think I better stop spamming the poor LAF for today!)
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Post by: aliensurfer on April 20, 2020, 12:16:27 AM: Lovely stuff Paul :o :-*
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Post by: matakishi on April 20, 2020, 01:34:31 AM: Quote from: aliensurfer on April 20, 2020, 12:16:27 AM
Lovely stuff Paul :o :-*

Thanks Allen :)
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Post by: syrinx0 on April 20, 2020, 01:42:10 AM: You have a really nice and varied collection. :-*
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Post by: Melnibonean on June 19, 2020, 12:34:13 AM: A nice project and great to see those old Mithril figures again. I use to have a lot of them when they first came out.