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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Chris Abbey on 29 August 2018, 04:21:24 PM
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Last weekend I had a stack of spare heads and tail left over from assembling miniatures for Albedo Miniatures Game and nothing to do with them until some more production casts arrived so I got thinking about the conversion potential.
The Albedo Miniatures come with a separate sprue containing a head and tail for the particular creature. The heads have a nice nick and a little cast on pin at the end, making them ideal for converting other miniatures. I decided to make a start with some fantasy miniatures to put a party together that could be used for an anthropomorphic themed game of D&D or Frostgrave.
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Here's the first one. He's been made from a Frostgrave soldier body and arms and an Albedo Miniatures bare headed fox head and tail.
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Well now I'm just going to have to ask - any chance said heads & tails could be available separately for just such conversion purposes?
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Well now I'm just going to have to ask - any chance said heads & tails could be available separately for just such conversion purposes?
I was just thinking the same thing.
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Yes, the sprues which contain the head and tail are going to be made available separately so that they can be used for conversions. At the moment we have bare headed cat, dog, fox and two types of rabbit, however during the kickstarter we hope to increase the range dramatically. We would like to eventually have every mammal head available either to use for Albedo EDF / ConFed troopers of for use in conversions. I have a lot more fantasy miniatures I've converted so will get camera out this evening and get some more photos posted.
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Yes, the sprues which contain the head and tail are going to be made available separately so that they can be used for conversions. At the moment we have bare headed cat, dog, fox and two types of rabbit, however during the kickstarter we hope to increase the range dramatically. We would like to eventually have every mammal head available either to use for Albedo EDF / ConFed troopers of for use in conversions. I have a lot more fantasy miniatures I've converted so will get camera out this evening and get some more photos posted.
That's all kinds of awesome, thanks.
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Here are a couple more conversions that I have done, this time with the Albedo Dog, bare headed sprue.
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The Cannine Archer is based on a plastic Frostgrave body from there Soldiers box set.
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The second miniature uses parts from a Victrix British Napoleonic set.
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Interested to know what people think about buying / choosing heads and tails set from the new Albedo Miniatures. Just trying to decide how to list them on the website!
We are just working out how we are going to offer our heads and tails set for sale. These will be useful for doing conversions. They will cost £4 for 5 heads and 5 tails. Is it better to be able to select by headgear (i.e. berets, caps, helmets, bare headed etc). by species (i.e rabbit, cat, dog, fox etc), or should we list each head type individually (i.e. Cat - bare headed, Cat - helmet, fox - bare headed etc)?
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That's a tricky one. I can see people wanting all helmet heads, all berets, etc but also wanting them by species for an all dog unit, etc.
Are there variations amongst the dog in helmet heads or cat in helmet heads, for example? I'd so I'd be tempted to go with dog-helmets, dog-berets, etc.
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The second miniature uses parts from a Victrix British Napoleonic set.
This is kind of reminding me of an old cartoon whose name I can't quite recall... it was basically The Three Musketeers but with dogs instead.
But regarding the offering of the heads I agree with Elk101 - a tricky question though I'd also vouch for the solution offered.
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This is kind of reminding me of an old cartoon whose name I can't quite recall... it was basically The Three Musketeers but with dogs instead.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=three+musketeers+dog+cartoon&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3rpaj7ajdAhXsLMAKHYsjC5AQ_AUIESgB&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2#imgrc=zV20tGR6dNZoRM:
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
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It's not just Dogs that are having all the fun.
Here we have a feline adventurer heading into the depths of a dungeon.
Frostgrave plastic soldier body and arms with Sally 4th Albedo cat head and tail sprue from ACP164 range.
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https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=three+musketeers+dog+cartoon&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=ivsn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3rpaj7ajdAhXsLMAKHYsjC5AQ_AUIESgB&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2#imgrc=zV20tGR6dNZoRM:
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds
That's the one, thanks! :D
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Here's a Rabbit Armed Crossbow Critter that I made recently.
It uses a Frostgrave body and Albedo Miniatures Head & Tail.
We have just added these conversion sets to Sally 4th website.
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Albedo-Patrol (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Albedo-Patrol)
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Here is a conversion that I have made last week using Frostgrave Plastic soldier body and arms and an Albedo Miniatures Dog head and tail conversion set from www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Nice one. I've been wondering how to make figs for Pugmire on the cheap. This is deffo the answer :-)
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The separate head packs that we have made available for converters has proved to be very popular, so we have decided to start developing more packs. We are always interested in what you are looking for from the range, so we are going to take suggestions over the next couple of days and then on Wednesday we will put a poll together so you can choose which suggested head pack we do next.
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We are thinking of doing another species type (Badger, Wolf, Otter etc) and a fantasy / medieval helmet option.
Let us know what you'd like!
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I think Wolf, badger and otter Heads would be great. Maybe hooded and with Cape.
Maybe wildboars and moose like Heads. Elefant heads would be interesting, too.
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Glad to hear this.
Will be waiting for the poll and more than happy to hear that a fantasy helmet's being considered if only because I need a ton of sallet-helmed foxes...
This thingamajig came to mind:
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Thank you for your suggestions for the next head pack to make available. I have collected together the responses that will fit on our 'standard frame' miniatures. We are hoping to do small frame creatures (rats, mice, squirrels etc) and large frame creatures like bears as stretch goals in kick starter, which starts 15th October.
We are now running poll, and will collect results on Monday 8th and pass them on to our sculpting team. This is link to vote
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http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5bb45c52e4b063ed94d85954 (http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5bb45c52e4b063ed94d85954)
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It looks good for badgers, i think.
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Following the huge interest in conversion kits for anthropomorphic critters, we got our sculptor to add the Otter to our range, and we also got him to add a conical medieval / dark age helmet to all of our existing heads.
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If these prove popular, we will be happy to add a stack more species and types of headwear for converters to use.
Full details at www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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We're very excited about the Albedo Combat Patrol Kick starter. This funded in the first 13 hours, has released a stack of stretch goals and has 10 days left to run. If you've not seen it yet, you can take a look @ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga)
We have taken a slightly unusual step of releasing the basic troop types for retail sale at the same time as launching the Kick Starter so that gamers can get playing straight away with the free PDF rules packs. We have also released our existing heads packs so that converters can start using these straight away to. These are all available from www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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We are committed to supporting Albedo with monthly new releases, which start this month. We'd like to get all our fans involved in the development of the range, so last month we asked everyone what they would like to suggest for the next head type. We collected the responses and held an online Poll and the otter head came out as the clear favorite. These heads have gone off for mold making and will be shipping out very soon. We are planning to do the same thing for Decembers new releases, so please add some comments with the next species or breed you would like us to feature, i.e Badger, Border Collie etc. and the next type of headgear you would like us to feature, i.e. Kepi, Samurai Helmet, Knights Helmet etc.
Tomorrow lunchtime, I'll collect the responses and put an online poll together and start the process for the December new release.
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We have collected together your requests for new breeds and species to add to our 'Critter Conversion Kits' (head and tail sets for converting miniatures to anthropomorphic figures). This is the link for voting: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2d8aae4b0507f7274dafe (http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2d8aae4b0507f7274dafe)
We will keep the poll open for 24 hours and will let you know what has been selected for Decembers new release.
The Albedo Miniatures Game is currently on Kickstarter with lots more Albedo / Anthropomorphic goodness, if you've not seen it yet you can check it out @ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179272384/albedo-combat-patrol-the-28mm-sci-fi-miniatures-ga)
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Quick update - Dachshund is in the lead at the moment in the voting. Still 3 hours to go, so if you're keen for a particular model and haven't voted there is still time, or share around with your mates and get them to vote as well! Link for voting : http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2d8aae4b0507f7274dafe (http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2d8aae4b0507f7274dafe)
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.... and the poll for the next 'Critter Conversion Kit' was won by the Dachshund with a healthy 36% of the vote!
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A sculpting spec will be heading it's way to our sculptors next week and we hope to have them available in December.
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We are also looking to add an additional type of hat / headgear as part of Decembers new releases (like the dark age helmets we did for November).
We have a poll running at the moment, so please pop across and vote for what you would like, and we will go with what has the most votes by end of Tuesday.
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http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2da7ae4b0507f7274db02 (http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5be2da7ae4b0507f7274db02)
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Maybe more Redwall than Albedo! This is a little diversion I've been working on over last couple of evenings.
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The furniture and settings are 3D printed. The idea came from the fact that the banquet set is available as November free gift from Dungeonwork Architects
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The seated figures are Sally 4th 'The Crowd' miniatures, originally designed for filling our model Blood Bowl Stadiums, (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Blood-Bowl-Accessories) (http://(http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Blood-Bowl-Accessories)), the heads are of course Albedo Critter Conversion heads. www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Looks terrific.
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First three miniatures that I have converted with the new albedo miniatures critter conversion kits based on conical helms.
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This figure uses body and arms from Frostgrave Barbarian plastic box set and an Albedo Miniatures Fox head & tail.
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This model uses a plastic body and arms from a Fireforge Teutonic Infantry miniature and an Albedo Miniatures Cat head and tail.
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This miniature is based on a North Star Oathmark plastic Dwarf with an Albedo Miniatures Rabbit head and tail to make a dwarf rabbit!
Full details @ www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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At the weekend I got a couple of hours to do some conversions and painting. Last week I had just got the first production casts of the otter heads from our 'critter conversion kit' range, so was keen to try them out.
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First figure uses a plastic Frostgrave soldiers body and arms and an Albedo Miniatures Otter helmeted head and tail conversion set.
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Second figure is based on a Conquest Games medieval archer (plastic) with an Albedo Miniatures bare headed otter head and tail conversion.
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The last fellow is based on a Frostgrave plastic barbarian body and arms with an Albedo Miniatures bare headed fox head and tail conversion.
Full details of range of conversion kits @ www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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This miniature is based on a North Star Oathmark plastic Dwarf with an Albedo Miniatures Rabbit head and tail to make a dwarf rabbit!
Hunting dwabbits, eh? :D
I'll see myself out.
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I've just started putting my Warband together for playing a game of Burrows & Badgers at the weekend,
As part of my preparation I have been putting some character cards together.
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If this is something that you might like to use your self in games, let me know and I'll try to get organized to make some downloads available!
Full details of critter conversion kits @ www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Ruffus' Ruffcoats are now ready for action!
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There first engagement is scheduled for Friday afternoon, so I'll let you know how they got on then.
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I'm a big fan of character cards, so that I can flip them when I've activated a character. I've made one for each figure.
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Full details on hobby blog: http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Burrows-and-Badgers-Rufus-Ruffcoats (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Burrows-and-Badgers-Rufus-Ruffcoats)
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... followed up very shortly by our second Burrows & Badgers Warband.
Sur Davros and the Long March Patrol.
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Full details and character cards on my bobby blog @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Royalist-Warband (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Royalist-Warband)
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On Monday, Ann & I finally got round to starting our Burrows & Badgers campaign.
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This was our very first try out of the rules, but the campaign aspect of the game looked so great that we wanted to get stuck into it straight away. As it was our first game, we decided to try to keep it simple, so we played the 'Open Battle' scenario.
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The game was a huge lot of fun.
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I've added a full write up and loads more photos to my hobby blog@ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Ho…/Burrows-and-Badgers-Game1 (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Ho…/Burrows-and-Badgers-Game1)
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Burrows and Badgers has been calling my name for a while. This might send me over the brink
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Hi Chairface, I would definitely recommend it. Our starter Warbands only had 5 characters in each, so 10 in total, and less than a dozen miniatures does not qualify as a new project in my book!
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Last week I got my paint brush busy on some new conversions to use in the Burrows & Badgers campaign that Ann and I are playing. We've only had one game so far, but it was a lot of fun and I ended up capturing one of Rufus' Roughcoats, a 'not so cunning Fox called Centus.
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I'm figuring that with the loot from the battle plus the ransom money, I might be able to recruit another critter to my warband. With this batch of painting and converting I wanted to include some good cheap troops together with a couple of weapons that I have not got represented in my collection yet, such at the Caliver and the crossbow.
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I've added an article to my hobby blog that includes character cards for the 6 models.
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http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Burrows-and-Badgers-this-weeks-painting (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Burrows-and-Badgers-this-weeks-painting)
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This is a model of a fantasy style 28mm Coaching Inn that I have 3D printed and painted from a design by Printable Scenery which I'm planning to use as a Coaching Inn, 'The One Eyed Rat' in our Burrows & Badgers
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Lots more photos and details of additions etc on my hobby blog @
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/The-One-Eyed-Rat-A-3D-Printed-28mm-Coaching-Inn (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/The-One-Eyed-Rat-A-3D-Printed-28mm-Coaching-Inn)
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Great looking stuff. The gaming table was amazing.
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During the between game 'Wanderings' one of my Critters wandered into the Slave Market and liberated a 'small creature' to join my league. As I have been enjoying reading Redwall Abbey recently, I decided to choose a mouse.
This was good timing as a couple of days ago I received the 'proofs' from the pre-production molds for mice and rat heads. Last night I sorted out some conversions using Copplestone Castings halflings and these Albedo Critter Conversion Kits.
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I'll post some more pictures once I've got them painted.
www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Last weekend, Ann & I finally managed to schedule in some time to play the second game in our Burrows and Badgers campaign. In our first game Ann's Warnand 'Ruffus' Roughcoats' had come of slightly worse than my 'Long March Patrol' as one of her Characters, Centus had managed to get himself captured and she did not have the funds to pay the ransom. I had my own problems following the first game as both of my archers had picked up arm injuries meaning the could no longer use a bow. I did however manage to pick up a new recruit at the Slave market, a likely looking young Shrew called Joseph.
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http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Burrows-and-Badgers-Defend-The-Haul (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Burrows-and-Badgers-Defend-The-Haul)
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I also did a 4 minute video of last Burrows and Badgers game.
https://youtu.be/hA_TtIXj0BQ (https://youtu.be/hA_TtIXj0BQ)
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Critter of Fortune magazine. :D
Hopefully their artist is a fast drawer, the crew can hardly pose for hours when there's loot to be grabbed...
The mouse/rat heads do look rather cute on those halflings.
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Last week I got a macro lens for my camera so have been busy photographing conversions that I have done using Albedo Miniatures heads and bodies from my bits box. I have created a new gallery for the images and have added a note for each one saying what parts were used.
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http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Gallery (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Gallery)
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On that note:
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This little kitty seems to have hair. Is it made out of greenstuff or is it Erma's head?
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That's an Erma head.
They will be made available separately for conversions, once we have got everything from Kickstarter shipped out to folks.
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Neat, thanks for the answer.
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Last weekend I tried my hand at converting some on the new Frostgrave multi-part plastic wizards into rat-mages using Albedo Miniatures Critter Conversion kits. I've added these to my anthropomorphic conversion gallery
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Gallery (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Gallery)
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Last week we added three new packs of Critter Conversion Kits.
Mice, Bareheaded, Mice, Conical Helm & Mice, Cloak Hood.
Each pack contains 5 heads and tails to enable you to convert some miniatures into bold, mouse adventures!
'Long live Redwall!'
http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Kits (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Kits)
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Three new critter conversion kits released today all rats: bareheads, conical helmet and cloak hood.
Full details @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/ACP164-New-Releases
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At the weekend I did a few quick conversions to try out the new Badger heads.
They are all based on Fireforge Teutonic Infantry and are going to serve in my Redwall Abbey themed Saga Age of Magic Army as a Captain and a pair of Paladins.
www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Any chance of more female heads like Erma's and the two female rabbit officers
in the future?
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Yes, we will certainly be doing more character heads and some of those will be female. The majority of our heads are 'gender neutral', they become female if you put them on a female body. It's very difficult to tell the sex of a rabbit by looking it in the eye, (unless you are another rabbit, perhaps). In Albedo & other comics major characters are differentiated by giving them hair to make them stand out, but 99.9999% of the Albedo females do not have hair cuts.
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www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)
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Just made a quick video looking at making some unique conversions with plastic Frostgrave parts and 'Critter Conversion Kits.
https://youtu.be/yd-IeAKfWgc (https://youtu.be/yd-IeAKfWgc)
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This weekend I've completed my first unit of 'Redwall' style mice using the Wargames Atlantic plastic halfling sprues plus some mice 'Critter Conversion Kits'
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I've just written up a hobby blog about it that includes a short 'You Tube' video, @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Redwall-Mice-Conversions (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Redwall-Mice-Conversions)
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Uhhh thats very nice!
I have a box of haflings that I have no plans for.. I'll have to pick up some mouse heads :)
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Loving them (along with the blog/YouTube write up).
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Over the last few months I have been working on a pair of armies for fantasy tabletop gaming with Saga Age of Magic, Thud & Blunder and Frostgrave themed around the Redwall Abbey series of fantasy books.
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In the world of Redwall the forces of Evil are often a verminous hoard of rats with the occasional ferret or stout for variety and the forces of good are the Redwall Abbey mice together with woodland allies, often in the form of military hares from the 'Long Patrol'.
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In my last hobby blog, we had taken a look at the start of my Redwall Mice so this time we are looking at the Rats of Gabool the Wild, notorious king of all sea rats. All of the miniatures (apart from the rat swarms that are 3D printed), are conversions of platic or metal 28mm miniatures using Albedo Critter Conversion kits
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Lots more photos and details in my hobby blog@ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Redwall-Rat-conversions (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Redwall-Rat-conversions)
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I do like to have variety in the miniatures that I use both for Role Playing Games and Tabletop Skirmishes.
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I particularly like to be able to set the scene with groups of villagers, who are not heavily armed or in aggressive poses going about their village. This sort of figure is always a bit difficult to track down for historical or mainstream fantasy so doubly so for anthropomorphic villagers. I was very excited when I first heard about the 'Folk Rabble' set that Fireforge Games were planning as it sounded like they would be an ideal base for conversions for both lightly armed militia as well as village folk going about their daily business.
I've added an article about the conversions to my hobby blog @ http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Woodland-Villager-Conversions (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Hobby-Blog/Woodland-Villager-Conversions) Which I will update as I get them painted.
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At the weekend I did a few more conversions for my Woodland Critters collection for Burrows & Badgers, Frostgrave and Saga forces.
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This little fella started of as a Wargames Atlantic Halfling Militia and has been converted into a Hedgehog Warrior using a Critter Conversion Kit. http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Kits (http://wargamesbuildings.co.uk/Critter-Conversion-Kits)
The Wargames Atlantic Halflings and the Northstar Oathmark Dwarves are both excellent sources of bodies and arms for converting into small frame anthropomorphic characters like mice, shrews. hedgehogs and moles!
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This weekend I put together a couple of conversions using Pulp Figures cowboys from the PMX range and the new Critter Conversion Kits of Dogs and Hares in Stetsons.
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www.acp164.com (http://www.acp164.com)