Attack of the clone dwarfs!

[phreedh]

I wasted time polishing some turds. Tried to sell these guys, but couldn't flog them for a quid even! So - instead I painted them up. Why not, eh? They are the monopose 90s plastic Citadel that popped up in every single board game they did back then.



It also got me thinking of a brand new project. Quick and dirty paintjobs on single pose 90s plastics, making up little WHFB3 armies. More on the blog, as usual:
http://ministuff.godzilla.se/?p=561

First post here, with even more waffling.
http://ministuff.godzilla.se/?p=486

[Dr. Kevin Moon III esq.]

I think they look great as a unit. I mixed them in with the old marauder dwarfs to fill out the units in my WFB army and they don't look out of place in the back ranks.

I have a big soft spot for the elves and goblins from the 4th edition boxed set, while they were simple they did look good on mass (even if the goblins were shooting at 45 degrees!)

[rob_alderman]

I'm in the same boat, I will admit a bit of a soft spot for these!!!!

[Conquistador]

For a second I wondered about a Star Wars crossover post...

    

Gracias,

Glenn

[mweaver]

Individually, they were decent models.  You have done a nice job on them too.  But everyone in exactly the same pose does look a bit weird. 

-Michael

[Cosmotiger]

A unit of identical figures standing with a spear and shield or shooting a bow look okay, but I agree, everyone  mid-swing with the axe in exactly the same position looks odd.  Figures look very good, though.

[Blue in vt]

Well you've made the best out of some of the worst dwarfs ever produced...well done!

Blue

[Drachenklinge]

Once I have none of them at all, but then I could lay my hands on actually two of them, painted them and they joined my WHFB-ranks. Then - dunno why ^^ - I grab another 4 ... well ...  nowadays I do have ... ahm? ... about a whole block of twenty and I really kinda like them, too!
And in a way they are even somewhat better than the actual plasti-clan-warriors, because the clony ones do not have their shields attached to them! 

To me it is a "generational" thing: I have 4 or 5 generations of dwarves in my ranks - could it be any more dwarfish than that, eh?

oh, and by the way: LOVELY paintjob! 


best wishes
DK

[phreedh]

Well you've made the best out of some of the worst dwarfs ever produced...well done!

No... I have worse coming up!  

I completely agree that a unit where every individual has exactly the same pose looks odd. I won't add any metals to them though. I don't want my metal models on daft square slottas. =) My warhammer army project will be 100% old clone plastic. I will however throw in a leader and standard, possibly musician.

[Thantsants]

No... I have worse coming up! 

I hope you're not referring to the little package wending its way from me to you - those are some top quality, highly detailed, well sculpted... oh alright then - they're a pretty fugly bunch 

Have you got some other plastics for your command groups or can we expect some conversions?

[Glitzer]

Actually I bought three packs of those and converted them into squats in my youth.

[JollyBob]

Top job of turd polishing there, preedh. 


I have a dwarf unit made up of the original Fantasy Armies plastics, and even a couple of the Drastik Plastik figures. That really makes me feel old... 

[phreedh]

I have a dwarf unit made up of the original Fantasy Armies plastics, and even a couple of the Drastik Plastik figures. That really makes me feel old... 

Thanks! =) I'm hoping to get a unit of Drastik Plastiks too!

Thants, nope - I'm referring to the Grenadier Fantasy Warriors dwarves (now sold by EM4) that I got from cheetor.

For command models, I'll do very basic conversions (easy for standard bearers, not so much for musicians though this dwarf would turn into a decent drummer with a snip and addition of a drumstick and drum). For leaders I'll use character models from Warhammer Quest, AHQ, HQ, Talisman etc.

I'd also like to put out an APB on those models. Anyone sitting on plastic slayers from Talisman, or the dwarf characters from any of those games please let me know. Same goes for the other old 90s plastics not sold in regiment boxes (like gobbo fanatics, halflings etc etc). Not looking for modern models, no skull pass and similar junk. =)

[Blue in vt]

Top job of turd polishing there, preedh. 


I have a dwarf unit made up of the original Fantasy Armies plastics, and even a couple of the Drastik Plastik figures. That really makes me feel old... 

The warhammer regiments set dwarfs are much better than these!  It the lame beards that ruin them for me...just terrible.

Maybe some GS could make them better?

Blue

[phreedh]

Maybe some GS could make them better?

There are many things that could make these guys better, but I'm limiting myself deliberately here. No green stuff, no conversion at all of rank and file. Paint 'em up, that's all. =)