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Offline tin shed gamer

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2018, 11:19:50 PM »
It did occur to me that there was probably enough material in the cut for the window to add a more 'icicle' edge . But it's not my toys so it seemed rude to mention it.
Personally I'm happy to see well painted figures before they're completed . The snow was just a nice touch thats not gone unnoticed and unappreciated.


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Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2018, 02:57:38 PM »
@tin shed gamer: Yeah, Icicles are a thing I considered. The thing is that I would like to keep the effort to a minimum (which is my usual approach to things. :p ), also because I'd like to keep the winter conversion stuffs transportable, possible storable and so on. Speaking of icicles... there may be a pretty simple way of doing these though. If I used more of the white-tac (which I use for attaching the winter roofs and for doing snow on the window stills) on the borders of the snow on the roofs too I could stick on some icicles too. Maybe those could be made simply also from cut-out plastic foil sheets with some water effect on them? I may have to experiment a bit ...

Update on the Dwarfs!



Spearmen have been finished, a king and Quarrellers have been added.

Next: lots of Hammerers and a few Ironbreakers. Hope you like them!

Offline Bloggard

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2018, 03:08:50 PM »
just superb.

you're certainly doing your bit for festive cheer, BB Sigur!

Offline warlord frod

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2018, 03:13:26 PM »
Love the additions. Keep up the good work.

Offline **GS**

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2018, 10:35:47 AM »
Hi, lovely painted dwarves!

What material did you take for that removable snow roof cover?

Cheers
GS
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Offline Spooktalker

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2018, 07:47:34 PM »
Great work on these dwarfs! Landsknecht dwarfs have been on my mind lately.... maybe I should move them up the queue...

Offline Metternich

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2018, 10:31:31 PM »
Love your Landsknecht dwarfs !  Marauder blazed new ground by not sticking to the purely nordic or medieval dwarf, and instead "modernizing" them into the renaissance.

Offline Battle Brush Sigur

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2018, 10:37:15 PM »
@Bloggard: Thanks very much! :)

@warlord frod: Cheers, plans are to keep it up forever. :D

@**GS**: Thanks very much. I took the idea from the Setting the Scene - Winter Wargaming book. It's basically overhead projector sheets (buying a pack of those in 2018's got a very unique feel to it in itself!) with snow fudge smeared on.

@Spooktalker: Cheers. You should! Which ones do you have? I think TAG do them and I assume Foundry's fantasy department? I just noticed the little badges in your signatures. Are you a cult? Are you going to boil me?

@Metternich: ...and what an amazing idea it was. Shame GW paddled back on that, because it looks a thousand times more interesting than overly armoured nordic/germanic dudes.

Offline white knight

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #23 on: December 06, 2018, 02:23:00 PM »
They are lovely! I'm a great Marauder dwarf fan myself and the ones at TAG were initially commissioned by me to match my Marauder collection, so should be a perfect fit, much more than the Foundry ones which I found not to mix so well.






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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #24 on: December 06, 2018, 03:42:04 PM »
@white knight: Oh, thanks for sharing that info and the photos! These look excellent.

Slight change:



I repainted the feathers to be a bit more subtle now (either all white or mostly white with blue tips) so they don't look too overpowering. What do you think?

Offline Nord

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2018, 09:13:59 AM »
Very nice, I prefer the toned down feathers.

Loving the snowman.  :)

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2018, 09:22:32 AM »
I like both versions, the new and toned down one looks more natural to me!

GS

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #27 on: December 09, 2018, 03:58:14 PM »
@Nord: Thanks very much. Yeah, I'm quite a bit happier with the feathers this way as well. Thanks; the snowman was something fun to do on the side.

@**GS**: Cheers! I got a fair bit of feedback along the same lines. People kinda liked both versions alike.


Right, update!

Hammerers added, another Thegn added, Ironbreakers and Clansmen added.



I also did up the tree last night. :p Hope you like them!

Offline Spooktalker

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #28 on: December 09, 2018, 07:56:57 PM »
@Spooktalker: Cheers. You should! Which ones do you have? I think TAG do them and I assume Foundry's fantasy department? I just noticed the little badges in your signatures. Are you a cult? Are you going to boil me?


I have the Marauder pikemen along with Marauder multi-part crossbowmen/handgunners/spearmen, and I have my eye on the TAG White Knight ones. I made a resolution recently to try to greatly pull back from ebay and put the budget to the various orders I've been wanting to make over the last few years.

Yes, we are a cult.  ;D In terms of the badge, we aren't doing the best job of keeping a lid on our blasphemous rites, which any passer by can witness here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=111843.390.

Offline Argonor

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Re: A whole lot of Marauder Dwarfs!
« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2018, 12:00:19 AM »
Hmmmm... I really should get back on my Christmas Wars project....

Quite a collection!

Did you see the Imperial Dwarfs made by White Knight (I do not remember who makes them now)?
http://whiteknightminiatureimperium.blogspot.com/
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