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Title: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on April 07, 2017, 01:30:18 PM
UK themed agents:-

(https://i.imgur.com/gczWAQt.jpg)

I see them as a tommy gun wielding Toff, his nephew (with tin hat and tommy gun), faithful manservant (with turban and sword) and two former privates who served with the character in his days as an officer on the Western Front and who he has now called on to hunt monsters

(https://i.imgur.com/2rBLqpZ.jpg)

The Elder Things are paper models from

http://scarecrovv.deviantart.com/art/Elder-Thing-and-Investigators-143171250

I like them not just because they are cheap but because they stand erect on their legs and the model is modular so you can assemble them with different combinations of wings and arms furled or extended

(https://i.imgur.com/fkSTUvx.jpg)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: WallyTWest on April 07, 2017, 07:35:17 PM
Hahahaha!  ;)


The elder things come from another dimension!!! (2D)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: DoctorPete on April 07, 2017, 08:48:27 PM
Spiffy looking figs, Mr Dezmond.   :)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Galder on April 07, 2017, 09:08:22 PM
Nice job, well done.

Hahahaha!  ;)


The elder things come from another dimension!!! (2D)


Haha, that was a good one!
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Sterling Moose on April 07, 2017, 11:13:11 PM
Nicely done Sir
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on April 07, 2017, 11:21:17 PM
Good to see some more Agents from Blighty.
 :-* :D

Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on June 01, 2017, 01:07:09 PM
Cultists!

(https://i.imgur.com/U8HG7in.jpg)

For robe colours I intend to go with Classic Black for my line cultists and Red for leaders with High Priests in purple. Largely because those are the colours the cultists wore in Resident Evil 4
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on June 01, 2017, 04:34:47 PM
Gotta love them there robed fellas!
 :-* :-*

Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on June 25, 2017, 01:59:03 PM
Kindred!

(https://i.imgur.com/SF7XkXf.jpg)

Representatives of the degenerate pagan tribes who have worshipped Yog Sothoth deep in the great forests of Britain since long before the days of Rome.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on June 25, 2017, 02:11:14 PM
I like them!
 :-* :-*

Where are they from?
And by that I mean manufacturer, not which woods do they hide in.....
 :D ;)

Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on June 25, 2017, 02:21:16 PM
Where are they from?

Foundry Satyrs, which seemed appropriate for goatlike mutants of Whatley ilk. Eureka minis have some as well.

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/greek-mythology/monsters/
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on June 25, 2017, 02:34:21 PM
Foundry Satyrs, which seemed appropriate for goatlike mutants of Whatley ilk.

The do seem very appropriate as they are more 'human' in aspect than some.
A good choice.
They work well.
 :)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: horridperson on July 03, 2017, 06:17:12 PM
I really like choice of figures.  Even the paper Elder Things were a good one because they seem unreal.  I like the background for your team.  Loking forward to seeing more.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on July 03, 2017, 08:27:06 PM
Even the paper Elder Things were a good one because they seem unreal.

I genuinely think they are nifty. I made those ones years ago but I rebased and varnished them to go with the others.

See, elder thing miniatures used to all be sitting with their body on the ground with limp tentacles spread out around them:-

(http://orig15.deviantart.net/8244/f/2010/197/8/3/elder_thing_by_spielorjh.jpg)

But these were standing erect on their legs which I thought was way cooler:-

(http://makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/elderthing_th.jpg)

And they have this pleasingly angry expression. And you can assemble them with any number of arms and wings so the kit is pretty versatile. They were the best elder thing minis available when I made them! Far more menacing and practical looking than any proper ones you could buy!

.

...

..

Well I liked them anyway.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Ballardian on July 07, 2017, 04:27:31 PM
 Lovely paintjobs on the Threshold & Lurker minis - the card Elder Things are very effective.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Wirelizard on July 11, 2017, 05:32:19 PM
I like the idea of satyrs as degenerate woods-dwellers!

Might have to borrow that for my nominally-English Civil War/17th C pulpish/Cthulhu-ish games, possibly alongside some of those fairly new GW Wood Elf (Sylvaneth, I think?) tree monsters that tempt me even though I've never owned a GW figure in my life...
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on September 14, 2017, 12:42:29 PM
Degenerates!

(https://i.imgur.com/dQOPkZz.jpg)

Or possibly regular cultists, or even less mutated kindred, depending.

The nameless cult of Yog-Sothoth grows!

(https://i.imgur.com/N3wjJb8.jpg)

Everyone on my newly felted regulation 2' by 3' Strange Aeons board:-

(https://i.imgur.com/NHzFMrF.jpg)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: tikitang on September 14, 2017, 02:32:18 PM
I LOVE that felted regulation board. So simple, yet so effective.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: jambo1 on September 14, 2017, 05:50:24 PM
Lovely work, and superb felted board. :)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on September 15, 2017, 09:59:18 AM
Yeah, the board came out pretty well.

It's a 2x3 bit of 12mm MDF (which I varnished because it turns out fresh MDF *stinks*) with a bit of S&A felt ( http://scenics.co.uk/#!/Felt-Cloth/p/18324166/category=3184359 (http://scenics.co.uk/#!/Felt-Cloth/p/18324166/category=3184359) ) (gently ironed under a tea towel to get out the worst of the creases) stretched over it using the technique described at:-

http://bloodofkittens.com/wargaminghub/2013/03/08/how-to-felt-a-game-board/
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on October 01, 2017, 11:20:05 AM
Another beast from the 2.5D lagoon awakens!

(https://i.imgur.com/ZYXUEO3.jpg)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Gun bunny on October 01, 2017, 11:41:36 PM
 :D love the models, very nice
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on February 16, 2018, 09:18:21 AM
Fishmen!

(https://i.imgur.com/C72e2Cx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/SikCQzW.jpg)

These are from Crucible Crush, sculpted by the guy from Pulp Figures.

Lovely minis, if a trifle spendy, particularly once shipped to the UK.

I followed a recipe for painting Slann from Games Workshops 'How to paint Lizardmen'. Lots of washes and a yellow glaze over the top.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: WallyTWest on February 16, 2018, 11:10:09 AM
With some stat boosts you could easily have one heck of a "warband" featuring big, medium and small....

Love it,
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on February 28, 2018, 12:59:00 PM
The natural enemy of the Deep Ones:-

Seamen!

(https://i.imgur.com/y6l6EBR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/uOi79oP.jpg)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on February 28, 2018, 01:43:11 PM
Nice brushwork.
They have come out a treat.
 8) 8)

Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on December 24, 2018, 12:25:39 PM
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land dark creatures were stirring.

(https://i.imgur.com/rMEIzhd.jpg)

Luckily, Agent Kringle of the Committee for Festive Security is on hand.

(https://i.imgur.com/XWjrixJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ZrVDJnH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/JE0bQ3v.jpg)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on December 24, 2018, 12:54:20 PM
Brilliant!
 :-* :-*

Every year, at about this time, I consider getting some snowmen and doing a crimbo themed project of some sort......
 ::)

Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Bloggard on December 24, 2018, 01:29:37 PM
great painting throughout, and I love your paper / card beasties and buildings.
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Dezmond on December 24, 2018, 02:22:20 PM
Every year, at about this time, I consider getting some snowmen and doing a crimbo themed project of some sort......

That mood always strikes me a little too late to get much done before the season is over. So this year in what for me was a remarkable bit of forwards planning I got these guys glued to bases and basecoated ready for painting in June and stuck them in a drawer for six months. :-)
Title: Re: Dezmond's Strange Aeons
Post by: Mason on December 24, 2018, 02:49:32 PM
That mood always strikes me a little too late to get much done before the season is over. So this year in what for me was a remarkable bit of forwards planning I got these guys glued to bases and basecoated ready for painting in June and stuck them in a drawer for six months. :-)

That is the mark of a sensible man.
 :)

The closest I got to festive modelling this month was this....

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=101577.msg1426806#msg1426806