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Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: Final configuration 1/72 High Elf Cav
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2017, 09:18:39 PM »
Yeah it would be cool to get multiples of these guys.

Offline Hummster

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Re: Final configuration 1/72 High Elf Cav
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2017, 12:23:13 AM »
Nice to see some 1/72 projects though I am staying with 28mm and 15mm for fantasy, though I did pick up the Dark Alliance Trolls to use for 28mm figures.


Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: Final configuration 1/72 High Elf Cav
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2020, 09:42:43 AM »
Hi guys

Happy NY, first post of 2020, I want to get some progress done on my 1/72nd fantasy project this year, they will be for use in both generic and middle earth settings, have been working on my Dwarves over the last couple of days, these are mostly Dark Alliance Dwarves with some converted Strelets Saxons, I will be converting more Saxons to Rohirum warriors at a later date, Elves and Orcs are also on the cards as well as a few other none middle earth forces and characters.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2020/01/172-wip-dwarves.html



Offline M.P.

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #18 on: January 05, 2020, 11:01:47 AM »
Great conversions :)
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Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2020, 05:39:17 AM »
Thanks mate

Offline 102-year-old-man

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2020, 05:33:18 PM »
wow, I love your creativity in the conversions  8)

also thanks for the tip regarding halflings ("15mm Essex medieval figures"). I'm a big fan of the 1/72 scale and I'm always interested in such off-scale-miniatures that matches perfectly :D

Maybe 15mm Essex Vikings could be used as 1/72 dwarves?  ::)
« Last Edit: January 21, 2020, 05:42:48 PM by 102-year-old-man »

Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2020, 09:51:02 PM »
Yeah, I could see the Viking range used as dwarves, I won’t myself, as they would be smaller in stature than the dark alliance Dwarves, and if you used Essex for dwarves and halflings they would be the same size, I think Dwarves should be a tad bigger than halflings.

Offline 102-year-old-man

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2020, 09:00:01 PM »
yeah, i can see the point!

I usually use the 18mm dwarves of the manufacturer Eureka für my 1/72 scale RPG games

I have read that those dwarves also match for 1/72 scale:
https://em4miniatures.com/collections/plastic-fantasy-miniatures/dwarves
However i haven't seen one of them in real life  ???

Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2020, 12:57:53 PM »
Hi guys

Really getting into my 1/72 Fantasy project, started on my Orc horde, it will be a big 1, for the infantry I have 2 Dark Alliance box's of Orc, 2 of goblins, 1 half Orc, and 1 Caesar Orc box, whilst they are all pretty good figures I've decided to heavily convert most of them, this is my first batch, still need to add armour, helmets, shields, hair etc with green stuff, and need to shape the spear heads with my dremel.
More pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2020/01/start-of-my-172-orc-horde.html

Offline Hummster

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Re: 1/72 WIP Orc Horde
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2020, 01:53:30 PM »
Nice work, I still like 1/72 and it is a lot easier now to do fantasy with it.

Offline 102-year-old-man

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Re: 1/72 WIP Orc Horde
« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2020, 03:02:58 PM »
Just WOW @Gunner

May I ask which glue you use for glueing the plastic together?

And also how did you mount the spears? (I'm guessing: dipping the mini into hot water and then punching the needle through?)

Nice work, I still like 1/72 and it is a lot easier now to do fantasy with it.
oh that's true. Dark Alliance brings 1/72 fantasy on a new level!  :-*
They already released 50 fantasy sets, in average maybe 10 different poses per set. Meaning 500 1/72 fantasy poses. And this is just Dark Alliance  :o
« Last Edit: January 26, 2020, 03:12:49 PM by 102-year-old-man »

Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: 1/72 WIP Orc Horde
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2020, 10:00:07 PM »
The parts a pinned and glued with super glue, hands are drilled for the spears, if you want to do similar, get yourself a hobby pin drill and set of small hobby drill bits, they go for around $15-20 I think, then it’s just patients and try not to stab yourself with the drill bit, done it several times.

Offline 102-year-old-man

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Re: 1/72 WIP Orc Horde
« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2020, 05:33:17 PM »
The parts a pinned and glued with super glue, hands are drilled for the spears, if you want to do similar, get yourself a hobby pin drill and set of small hobby drill bits, they go for around $15-20 I think, then it’s just patients and try not to stab yourself with the drill bit, done it several times.
ah, I'll try, thank you!

Also I'm excited about your progress with the 1/72 orcs  8)

Offline Gunner Dunbar

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Re: 1/72 WIP Orc Horde
« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2020, 08:48:55 AM »
Hi guys

These are not finished, still have a fair bit of painting to do.

Just doing a few WIP pics to show how they are coming along, these are the first 36 1/72nd Dwaves, heavily converted From the Dark Alliance set, as well as Strelets Anglo saxons, I have another 36 to go, as well as some Strelets English longbowmen I will be converting to Dwarven bows, will be doing some handgunners as well.
Heaps more pics here
https://gunnerswargamming.blogspot.com/2020/02/wip-172-dwarves-part-2.html





Offline von Lucky

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Re: 1/72 WIP Dwarves Part 2
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2020, 12:00:21 PM »
Excellent work on that tartan!
- Karsten

"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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