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Miniatures Adventure => Weird Wars => Topic started by: area23 on 30 January 2024, 10:52:54 AM
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A couple of weeks ago I got obsessed by the alt. WW1 setting of Last War (Forbidden Psalm). It neatly fits in an old idea of mine of post war freikorps in central asia meets Call of Chtulhu which I started already over a decade ago(!): Freikorps Rorschach (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=84255.msg1035122#msg1035122)
I've been digging up my old Interwar miniatures to compose small rival bands of trench raiders and some monsters and apparitions to populate the endless trenches of an eternal war.
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An old conversion of a Blood Bowl starplayer with a Renegade miniatures' head and gun.
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I started painting these at least ten years ago. Maybe I'll finish them this time!
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That's pretty cool 8)
I'm very curious to see where you'll be taking these!
Where are the German minis from? For some reason I see a pressing need to paint a bunch of these in my near future... :D
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The miniatures are Renegade, unfortunately out of production since quite a while already.
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Shame; I like them. They seem proportionally compatible to Artizan, which I also like a lot...
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Shame; I like them. They seem proportionally compatible to Artizan, which I also like a lot...
They're a little bit bigger. Tall as Copplestone but more hefty. These are Kevin Adams' the early war range are by Mike Owen from Artizan. Owen also did many of the Brigade Games great war and interwar ranges, which are more slight but being by the same sculptor compatible enough.
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Thanks; I learned something today :)
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The first band of soldiers. Brigade Games miniatures from the US.
Sculpted by Mike "Artizan" Owen. I think the colours and leather jerkins are historically correct like this.
Very pale skin done with contrast paint and medium.
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Captain with pug dog.
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Quite like your British raiding party. Looking forward to seeing the German gas-masked party painted.
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Daddy Long Legs.
An old walker from the great war, from Graven Images. I got this one from the late Jim Bowen himself, in 2008. Before smartphones and Facebook when we only had forums and yahoo-groups.
Never officially released and only 8 sets were ever cast.
It was part of the Weird War II Götterdammerung setting.
Sculpted by Mark Fuller (Tin Shed Gamer), who did all the amazing Great War vehicles for 1st Corps miniatures.
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That is brilliant.
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I knew you had a casting ( but I don't recall ever seeing any another
Than mine and Jim's painted (( and he put his together with straight legs.))
I've often mused over making a new interpretation of this as I've still my original sketches and notes.Also a casting of both the British and the German walker's.
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Ah, yes I remember you posted the sketches once. I think I saved them somewhere.
More and different Great War walkers would be really nice to see.
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I made a new, trench themed, photo backdrop.
The first test picture I did with this old GW banshee that I painted some years ago. The Lady of Ypres, a terrifying manifestation of the anger and despair and the hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers on the Belgian front.
Contrast paint, Vallejo pale grey wash and white highlights.
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I finished painting this Crimean War russian officer. Swapped heads with a plastic Oathmark elf head.
A revenant. An undead or half-dead type. He could even be a vampire but I don't think so.
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I newly painted these mole men.
With their weird snout they are actually star-nosed moles. "[...] a small semiaquatic mole found in moist, low elevation areas in the northern parts of North America." So it really doesn't make any sense at all to find these in the trenches of the Western Front. Unless your name is Jeff Bezos.
Clearly the picture must be from after April 1917.
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Here a picture of the backdrop
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Those molemen are cool. Skaven could make an appearance in the trenches as well, couldn't they.
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Nice work on those figures.
The photo set up looks very good.
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I would think any giant rat/rat-like creature would be most appropriate.
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Rat men and mutant rats are certainly a thing to add, but I'm not sure I want to use skaven.
I finally painted these Renegade Miniatures late war germans. I bought these Kevin Adams sculpts years ago.
Renegade suspended business a decade ago which is a big shame as Kev Adams did hundreds of historicals for them.
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I also painted these Copplestone Turks.
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The other five already got butchered some time ago as I bought them to convert them into German Freikorps, with press moulded pputty helmets. it didn't quite work out as I wished and the project got abandoned. Following the discussion here on LAF about the Dutch getting sucked into the war as the Doggerland raises from the sea, I decided to go for it using germans with added breast pockets and French Adrian helmets. I found the old turks in a box and remembered Copplestone also did Chinese with adrian helmets so I'll get me a nice birthday gift.
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Last weekend I painted this German armoured car driver with a Frostgrave bull terrier. His armour reminded me of german trench armour so it's perfect.
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That dog has been on my wants list for a bit now; it's just too cool :)
And you did an excellent job on him!
Love the driver as well. I think I have him floating around somewhere too...
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You did an excellent job on the German Renegade figures - the trench armor and helmets look "lived-in." The Armored Car driver and "friend" are marvelous.
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Nice.
Who makes the driver figure?
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The bloke with the dog looks great.
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Thank you all!
Who makes the driver figure?
it's one of Copplestone Castings' 'German Mercenaries'.
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Just sent away for the dog. Will make a fine mascot for my Germans even in normal WW1 scenarios !
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I have finally completed my Hexenjaeger captain and his lieutenant. Inspiration from Grimm Brothers and Taika Waititi.
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Two grim-looking brothers indeed !
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Those are really cool; they're looking grim indeed... 8)
Did you ever get to finish those Dutch? You'd be the first, as I fear my project has been relegated to long term strategic duty for now ::)
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where are the molemen from?
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Those are really cool; they're looking grim indeed... 8)
Did you ever get to finish those Dutch? You'd be the first, as I fear my project has been relegated to long term strategic duty for now ::)
Well, no. Of course not! :D :D
In reality, post-brexit mailorder from a EU-distributor took longer than expected. Let's say I lost the momentum for now.
The molemen are from Reaper.