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Author Topic: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Rust Monster face reveal)  (Read 395646 times)

Offline fred

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Oathmark dwarves and eachy)
« Reply #2130 on: October 22, 2020, 05:36:53 PM »
Loads more great progress. The volume and quality are both great - even if you keep saying they are quick paint jobs

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Oathmark dwarves and eachy)
« Reply #2131 on: October 25, 2020, 10:51:19 AM »
Thanks, both! Here are some more - I'm working through my backlog of based-up Grenadier orcs. I have a few more unprepped ones, plus a stack of Chronicle giant black orcs to add. There's also a Grenadier ogre here: I prefer the earlier Chronicle ogres, but those, for the most part, work better on 25mm bases. This chap at least fills his 50mm square nicely.

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (more orcs for Oathmark)
« Reply #2132 on: October 25, 2020, 05:23:56 PM »
Those Nick Lund orcs are some of all time favorites. Spent a lot of time looking at them in Grenadier newsletters. Nice work on them!
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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (more orcs for Oathmark)
« Reply #2133 on: October 25, 2020, 06:40:52 PM »
Really good as always. The goblins as half-orcs work very well.
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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (more orcs for Oathmark)
« Reply #2134 on: October 25, 2020, 07:03:58 PM »
Thanks, chaps!

The goblins as half-orcs work very well.

Yes, they're odd in that some of them are bigger than most of the orcs - and at least as tough-looking. So I can see them featuring as half-orc PCs and NPCs in some of our D&D games. I also like them as leaders of orc units.

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (more orcs for Oathmark)
« Reply #2135 on: October 26, 2020, 07:37:48 PM »
Lovely orcs. If orcs can be lovely ;D
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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (more orcs for Oathmark)
« Reply #2136 on: October 27, 2020, 10:12:57 PM »
Thanks!

Here are some goblins - eight new ones and two old ones rebased for both Oathmark and RPGs. With the ones on my goblin thread, that gives me a 20-strong unit of goblin soldiers. These ones are a mix of Rieder Design/Alternative Armies, Essex, Grenadier and Citadel.

Offline Severian

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (goblin soldiers for Oathmark)
« Reply #2137 on: October 28, 2020, 01:48:40 PM »
More goblin goodness. The Grenadier guy is splendid. I have him somewhere as part of the Dungeon Monsters boxed set, all resplendent in chipped and garish humbrol.


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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (goblin soldiers for Oathmark)
« Reply #2138 on: October 31, 2020, 08:05:28 PM »
Thanks, Severian. They're nice, those old Grenadier orcs; I see Mirliton has them back 'in print'.

And Happy Halloween to everyone! (Slightly larger miniatures than usual; I did the devil, but my son made the Mando costume entirely on his own - his skills with cardboard are way beyond mine!

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Happy Halloween!)
« Reply #2139 on: November 17, 2020, 11:06:34 AM »
I decided to add a "wulver" to our Oathmark games, so quickly bashed out this Bones werewolf. He was finished on the day of his arrival, so he's another "leadpile-neutral" acquisition.

The drab grey-brown bases look pretty dull in photos, but I find that they work well on the table - both in RPGs and on our wargame mats. I will, perhaps, at one stage add some staining in various colours to liven them up a bit, and maybe some more stones, bones and bits to the bigger ones - but that can wait

Offline Historiker

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (wulver for Oathmark)
« Reply #2140 on: November 17, 2020, 12:33:00 PM »
That's a nice doggie! Great find!

I found that the effect of "dull" bases often is limited to photos, while in real life and real light the bases look very fitting. Therefore I would probably call this mini done and well done for that  8)
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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (wulver for Oathmark)
« Reply #2141 on: November 17, 2020, 01:49:01 PM »
Looks great! Now I want one. Sigh.
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Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (wulver for Oathmark)
« Reply #2142 on: November 17, 2020, 02:48:54 PM »
Thanks, guys!

I found that the effect of "dull" bases often is limited to photos, while in real life and real light the bases look very fitting. Therefore I would probably call this mini done and well done for that  8)

Cheers! I expect that's what I'll do in the end! We have a dark, reddish-brown wargames mat, so these bases fit in quite well with that as well as on dungeon terrain.

Here are some Essex goblins - the king and his bodyguard. I love this range, though few seem to share my enthusiasm for them. They remind me a lot of the goblins in George Macdonald's The Princess and the Goblin - on which Tolkien based his orcs.

Offline Severian

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Essex goblin king and guards)
« Reply #2143 on: November 17, 2020, 04:06:53 PM »
Excellent stuff. The Essex range is full of hidden gems (and some charming oddities), isn't it. Those goblins work very well. And the wolfish guy is great. I've got him somewhere, three-quarters done these several years now...

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Re: Some miniatures for Song of Blades and Heroes (Essex goblin king and guards)
« Reply #2144 on: November 17, 2020, 04:55:36 PM »
I think if Essex used photos of your figures to advertise them, then they'd sell a lot more. They look great!

There are so many ranges/websites with photos that really don't do their miniatures justice.

 

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