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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: maxxon on December 30, 2015, 08:43:05 AM
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Time for some orcy goodness to finish off the year!
The Blackblood Swordsorcs are here!
(http://www.swob.kvy.fi/photo-archive/20151229/thumb/20151229-028.jpg)
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Next year more orcy goodness!
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Cool. I was disappointed when prince August stopped selling chronopia. You've done a great job on these.
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One of the few not-so-mainstream orc miniature lines... nice to see some models of them painted.
Well done!
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Very neat! I had to find my own way to your website for bigger pictures, though.
I was disappointed when prince August stopped selling chronopia.
They simply ran out of stock. They never produced Chronopia figures themselves, they just bought out the old stock after Target Games went tits-up.
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Hence the "stopped selling" rather than "producing" :). They seemed to run out of the last stock very quick. After not checking fr a couple of months it was all just gone. So I assumed they weren't able. Sell them for some reason.
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Hence the "stopped selling" rather than "producing" :). They seemed to run out of the last stock very quick. After not checking fr a couple of months it was all just gone. So I assumed they weren't able. Sell them for some reason.
Well, there were also issues with lead rot. I have a few examples myself, and from what I gather some customers were far less understanding about it then I was.
They were running low, but they also ran the final 50% off sale like they just wanted to get rid off the stuff. Usually with customers trying to give you money you don't say "no, the final date passed and they're not for sale anymore". The remainder may have ended up in a melting pot.
By comparison the Warzone stuff is still for sale. Though Prodos doing the new edition does play a part in that.
I don't know what has happened to the molds. I think Prince August was doing contract casting for Target, but it could be the molds were in bad shape and not worth restoring.
P.S. They are still available on eBay and select retailers, e.g. Spririt Games. But no new ones are being produced.
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Missile support arrives!
Proper orcses don't leave shooting to weeny gobbos, they blacken the sky with their own arrows.
(http://www.swob.kvy.fi/photo-archive/20160306/thumb/20160306-018.jpg)
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Yeah, it's been a while, but things are moving even if the pace is of the snail-like variety. And I don't mean a racing snail.
Next it'll be some assault warriors and then a grand experiment about dealing with... <horror> <shudder> lead rot!
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Proper orcses don't leave shooting to weeny gobbos, they blacken the sky with their own arrows.
That's the right attitude!
Next [...] a grand experiment about dealing with... <horror> <shudder> lead rot!
Medic! Meeedic!
;)
BTW: Nice painting again.
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great looking army!
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As I promised, here are the assault warriors, elite orcs of the elitest variety.
Except the ogres and maybe even the trolls. Or the kutara lancers, not sure. Oh, well...
Anyway, infantry encased in armor that can fight and shoot too (though the bowcases are pretty well hidden).
(http://www.swob.kvy.fi/photo-archive/20160325/thumb/20160325-029.jpg)
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Oh, and I tried some bare metal blades for a change. I used to like it a lot but it's been very long since I last did it.
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It's goblin time!
These are goblin swordmasters if I recall it correctly. Not your typical cowardly mobs, these little fellows actually know how to fight and have giant scimitars to prove it.
(http://www.swob.kvy.fi/photo-archive/20160427/thumb/20160427-012.jpg)
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These are getting a little smaller than I really like to paint -- with this technique anyway.
Well, they are done and the pile of orcs is diminishing fast. I wonder what I'll do after I run out of them...
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Scary little fellas, very nicely painted.
I think the Blackbloods are nearly the best range in Chronopia.
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Scary little fellas, very nicely painted.
I think the Blackbloods are nearly the best range in Chronopia.
Thanks.
Yes, I really like their "Arabian Nights" vibe. That's not too common in fantasy miniatures.
I still have a bunch of caravan guards, some ogre heavy infantry, a myrmadon, a couple goblin chariots and a few kutara lancers to go. Maybe a troll too.
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:D Carry on!!!
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These big swords must weigh almost as much as the little fellows themselves... but nevertheless, it still looks elegant, so they do not suffer from the this-battleaxe-is-too-heavy-to-lift-syndrome like so many fantasy miniatures. Very nice sculpts, very nicely painted!
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All your caravan are belong to us!
Orc caravan guards were the desert-themed addition in the Land of Two Rivers supplement. This was a bit funny, IMHO, because they Blackbloods were pretty desert-themed to begin with.
(http://www.swob.kvy.fi/photo-archive/20160531/thumb/20160531-015.jpg)
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I went with a slightly different scheme this time.
This is now it for the little stuff. I still have some ogres, kutara lancers and a myrmadon to do.
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Nice additions! But, they seem to be a bit monopose.
Are you playing any Chronopia games?
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But, they seem to be a bit monopose.
Yeah, in addition to the two trooper poses (pretty standard with Chronopia), there's only the leader. No special weapon guy, no standard bearer. I think these were really meant to fielded as a 4+1 unit.
I don't think they ever really went back and added variants to anything -- I guess it made more financial sense to push out new unit types instead, sadly.
The irony of it is that I've never really played Chronopia rules. I tried it way back when it was new (and I didn't even have the figures). It just didn't work for me. The original rules were derived from Warzone, which is a shooting-based game, and I felt they didn't manage to change them to a melee-based game.
I haven't really played anything lately, but if I were to take these out for a spin, I'd probably use Song of Blades, Dragon Rampant, Fantasy Rules or Frostgrave most likely. Naturally also depends on whether I'd host a game or just show up to one.