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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: dijit on 23 September 2011, 03:45:21 PM
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Well every project starts with a pile of lead, and for my next project heres mine:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0227.jpg)
And a few close ups:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0229.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0230.jpg)
In the collection there's some of my first ever models that have been stripped and some nrew additions, it also includes Citadel (early), Marauder, Grenadier, Reaper, and Celtos. I'm intending to use Dave King's Skulldred with them.
And last but not least, can anyone identify this little guy? I love him and have no idea where he's from:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0228.jpg)
Duncan
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I'm thinking about starting up a small fantasy side-project/distraction so I'll be watching this one with great anticipation. It looks like you have a nice mix of minis to get you going too.
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OH BABY! There's all sorts of coolness in that mix. I wish I could help you with the I.D., but that's one mini I don't recall...I'd love to have one, but I don't recall seeing it before. ENJOY ALL THE PAINTING...it will be a treat following your progress.
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Looks great to me, I'm following it closely mate.
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Lol, good luck for all this work! =)
the minis look really nice assorted, but i suggest you to remove all the slottabases from the minis!
I know it is quite a long work, but believe me, it will give much more uniformity to the warbands, which is a fundamental part of a project!!
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Thanks guys, looking forwards to getting started painting these too. Just need a good background story for it.
I'm sticking with all slottas for this project. Not because I prefer them - I don't, but because everyone else I know uses them and most of my other stuff is based on them, so if I'm going to get anyone else to play then I prefer the aesthetics of all models based the same way.
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Quite a mix you've got there, looks like it's going to be pretty neat when all is said and done! Any hints on what the project will actually be?
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Cool stuff there, Dijit! You need to get that poor old Prince August knight a sword and a shield, though! =)
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Cool stuff there, Dijit! You need to get that poor old Prince August knight a sword and a shield, though! =)
Why? He's a ninja knight ;D
(seriously though I have them, but considering giving him some different ones instead)
Duncan
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The little goblin rider was from Harlequin miniatures.There is also one with a lance too.Nice little sculpts.
Good start for a force.Very mixed races in it too.
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(seriously though I have them, but considering giving him some different ones instead)
I'm impressed! I had the whole set of that knight character, and he lacked all his weapons for each pose when I sold him. It's a nice fig, I like the Prince August character minis from that period. We used them for our RPG characters as they had all kinds of poses (fighting, sleeping, posing, some mounted too).
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The little goblin rider was from Harlequin miniatures.There is also one with a lance too.Nice little sculpts.
Good start for a force.Very mixed races in it too.
Thanks that's great to know. Now I just have to find out if I can some more. Not got much done recently as I've been away, but hopefully will have got further next week.
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Well, I've got the first seven done in the last week or so. These are all from the Celtos range that I picked up at a closing down sale. I've painted them up to go together and there's human and dwarf heroes along with a horseman on the way to accompany them:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/WIP/IMG_0005.jpg)
I can sure feel I've not really painted much in the last year, my brush work feels clumsy and feels like it's taken me forever to get these guys (and gal) done.
Oh and this is part of the woodland board (I'll post better photos later)
Duncan
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I'm happy to say that I was right...following your progress is a treat. The Celtos Lads painted up WONDERFULLY! The woodland setting adds to the flavor.
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well, that's a nice start!
Will follow you! =) =)
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Very nice collection of minis - lots of different races will produce a nice mixture of paint palettes to experiment with. I like the way you have themed the Celtos warriors in green with that particular rune. If all the others are made into warbands in the same way, this will be a wonderful project. Good luck and keep possting your progress.
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thanks that's my aim. I want to avoid the typical fantasy racistic hatred thing and be able to mix and match races according to each ones personal goals (and the rule of cool). The aim is to produce several warbands for use with Skulldred.
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Nice painting Digit :-*
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Top notch painting!!! :o
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Thankyou! That's praise since I've been admiring both of your works in the past.
Duncan
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Yes, indeed, great work! :-* :-* :-*
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Been a little busy over the past week as my family have been visiting, but yesterday I got together with a good friend Torben and got a couple of minis painted:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0011_4.jpg)
A hero for the earlier warband, his shield needs finishing before gluing on, but I though I'd show him off now.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0010_3.jpg)
This is my first large scale attempt at NMM armour, don't think it's too bad, but my white seems a little 'clumpy' which seems to disturb the texture and seems more noticable than with other colours.
They were sat on the table this morning, when my two year old son found them and decided that the hero needed to take a ride with Postman Pat, at least it shows an early interest in miniatures!
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0006_4.jpg)
And thanks to manic_miner who told me that a guy was selling some of the Harlequin mounted goblins that I had on the first page - five of them are now on their way to me in the post.
Duncan
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Nice update Duncan.Looking forward to seeing the little goblin cavalry painted too.
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I NEED to see more of that woodland board. The forest floor looks awesome!
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I NEED to see more of that woodland board. The forest floor looks awesome!
Your request is my command!
This is probably the cheapest table I've ever done, in all it cost the roughly 150kr (≈£15) for the insulation foam base and the nails. The insultation foam base was painted brown mixed up from random leftovers, then coated in PVA glue and dried and minced beech tree leaves glued on that I collected in my local woods, holes were then punched in and short straws inserted. The trees were made from branches collected in the same wood, cut to roughly 6" long and a nail put in the end. The nail then fits into a straw lined hole in the baseboard.
The idea was to try to create that woodland like effect were tree trunks are the main cover and block line of sight; a little like this:
(http://walls.free.total-wallpapers.com/free-wallpapers/1079/European-Beechwood-Forest-Arbroath-Angus-Scotland_b.jpg)
Though, I left the tops/foliage off, well, as they'd only get in the way! :D
First a few general views of the board:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0010_4.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0009_4.jpg)
Here you can see the tops of the trunks. I intend to paint the tops black when I get a chance to make it look neater.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0005_6.jpg)
Here's a view showing how the trunks are attached:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0008_4.jpg)
Hope that helps explain it, if not I'll get some more photos.
Duncan
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That is a great idea Digit,looking good too :-*
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Great stuff, Dijit!
You have done a wonderful job with the first warband. You have really brought those Celtos minis to life.
That forest......... :o :o :o
That is truly amazing.
I love it!
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Thanks guys. One of the great things with this forum is getting inspired by each others stuff.
Duncan
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This is great.
The straws and the nails are a realy good idea.
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That's looking awesome. :-*
I would give the leaves a really good spray with matte spray varnish- ( so much it glistens until dry) to keep leaf mould off. You loose a bit of that amazing woody smell you get though!
I read a great article on doing trees for a swamp board a while back that blended the trees down into the ground using aves epoxy to make the roots, then textured it with a rough but if cloth (like hessian or cheese cloth). I tried it with magic sculpt and it worked really well. I also found I could make great roots, grass and creepers using Jute string and glue.
Can't wait to see some battle reports photographed on this board!
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The forest floor looks amazing!
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Thanks again.
Good idea with the varnish Dave. I'd been wondering how best to protect it without leaving the effect of the glossy white all over it.
The original idea was to have each tree based on a 25/30mm washer which I'd then model roots, etc on. However the damn things kept falling off no matter what sort of glue I used. So they got sort of ditched, might try it again on one or two of them see if epoxy glue will work when PVA, Superglue, glue gun and Uho didn't. I'd also like to add a woodsman's cottage and a few other terrain pieces like a chaos tree or some weird trees inspired by Deafnala's fantastic trees.
Duncan
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Really super project! I love all the miniatures so far and the board is excellent, keep it coming! I'm glued to this thread!
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Lovely project! And I agree that your board looks absolutely stunning. So it's just old leaves, ey? How did you manage to cut them up into the right size? Some kind of machine?
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I'd been wondering about using real leaves myself recently and now I wonder no more!
Wonderful work, I even really like the "trees" the effect isn't even diminished by the lack of roots or branches. :-*
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How about a screw holding on a washer, then put a magnet into the floor?
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Brilliant board, would love to use it!
The original idea was to have each tree based on a 25/30mm washer which I'd then model roots, etc on. However the damn things kept falling off no matter what sort of glue I used.
I've based my trees on 2p coins. What i did was scratch up the coin, then used a hot glue gun to stick my stick (...) to it. After i used bits of hot glue to make rough roots which can be tarted up with flock or miliput or whatever. They seem fairly secure. I did try epoxy, but it took so long for the glue to dry that nine times out of ten they all fell off the coins. YMMV!
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Thanks sharing the pics!
Brilliant board, would love to use it!
I've based my trees on 2p coins. What i did was scratch up the coin, then used a hot glue gun to stick my stick (...) to it. After i used bits of hot glue to make rough roots which can be tarted up with flock or miliput or whatever. They seem fairly secure. I did try epoxy, but it took so long for the glue to dry that nine times out of ten they all fell off the coins. YMMV!
Hot glue is what I was going to suggest too. Careful though, that stuff is like napalm.
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The thought was first to try magnets to hold the washers, but when the washers wouldn't stick I sort of gave up that idea, but am quite pleased with what I came up with. I'm going to give it another shot and hope sculpting roots,etc on might help it work better. I think the biggest problem with the magnets idea is that because the 'trees' are so tall and you're having to put your hand amongst them to move minis, you knock them, which unless the base is very stable means you can start singing 'I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok'.
I've got a couple of orcs painted which I'll post tomorrow once I've got some pictures of them.
Duncan
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Looks fantastic! My first instinct was, "Man, no way!" o_o I've had a dream to make an "under the forest canopy" board for about 5 years and in the last four months I've really been making it happen... I'm at a similar point now as yours... can't believe someone beat me to the punch to show something like this off though! lol o_o :) I was so looking forward to turning people's minds around with this idea. I'm so slow to show pics by the time I get around to sharing pics I'm on to something completely other project. Oh well, mine is different enough, although one of the types of trees I've got start with a base just like these trees. The worn out phrase "great minds think alike" is all I can come up with. :)
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That sounds fantastic! I'll look forwards to seeing pictures of your board, post them quick so we can see how you've done it.
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Well here's the first of the orcs painted:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0056.jpg)
Gone for more natural colours than the typically greens I think it makes them look meaner. More orcs are on the way plus a troll. Besides that I've started sculpting a few new heads on to the goblin cavalry that arrived the other week, so I don't end up with 3 of the same little guy like the one shown on the first page.
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VERY COOL on a number of points. After many years of dong the Goblins & Orcs in green, I too am going for a different approach. Your skin tones are an excellent change. I also like the well kept look to their armor & weapons...a race that is devoted to war should be expected to maintain their tools. The setting for the photos, as always, is a lovely enhancement to the minis. VERY WELL DONE!
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Well it's been a while since I made an update, but this project hasn't died, rather I've had a few bits unfinished that've now been finished. First up a small band of 5 orcs ready to go raiding (sorry about the bad picture):
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0060_2.jpg)
And to use a great LoTR quote 'They've got a troll' (a truly awful model, but now at least it's done, trying to work out what was what was pretty difficult):
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0059_2.jpg)
And they've enlisted the help of a goblin tracker and his dog:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0061_2.jpg)
Mean while a Dryad of the Long Forest has joined the forces of the Celts:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0062_2.jpg)
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The new additions are really VERY NICELY DONE! I LOVE the Goblin Tracker & his fuzzy sidekick. AND they all look TERRIFIC in their woodland setting.
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Still bowled over by that woodland! 8)
Nice work on the Orcs - got a burgeoning Hobgoblin warband on the backburner myself so I can also get in on the brown skin bandwagon, while staying true to my green skinned orcses! ;)
The Goblin tracker and his dog look like fun - who takes who for a walk?
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Thanks. I've a feeling the dog supplies the brains, nose and talent and the goblin is more his pet translator. Brown skin is the way to go for goblinoids. (Almost wrote Greenskins then, but, well, that'd be a lie!)
Duncan
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I've not been slacking (well I sort of have), but have got 5 of my goblin knights painted, plus a horde of snotlings (lesser goblin) that i've not taken photos of yet.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0003_5.jpg)
The inspiration for the paint scheme of these guys comes from the Goblin Knights from The Labyrinth.
(http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Labyrinth-labyrinth-63922_605_383.gif)
Hope you like them, now if only there were more models with the sort of quirkiness that the Labyrinth goblins have.
Duncan
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lovely :-*
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Yeah man, sweet stuff. :)
It was this board that inspired me to make my terrain tile and have the top two thirds of the pines able to seperate from the lower trunk.
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VERY COOL & CLEVER! I too am drawing inspiration from Labyrinth...yet another great minds instance.
Do you have a side view of the mounts?
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Very nice, digit!
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Love the quirkiness!
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Hope you like them, now if only there were more models with the sort of quirkiness that the Labyrinth goblins have.
Duncan
Lovely models and a superb board wil be pinching some of your ideas foe my Runequest boards.
For quirky Froudian Goblins Rafm did one pack of Chaos Goblins, No pictures I am afraid but I used to own them and they were superb http://www.rafm.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=RAF&Category_Code=SCG
Also check out Imbrian Arts for some more beautiful quirky Goblins http://www.imbrianarts.com/International/International/goblins.html
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Thankyou and it's nice to be a inspiration. I've been slowly modeling some Labyrinth inspired boards as well, but will show photos when there's actually something to see.
I've found out that the goblin knights are from Harlequin minis, now available from Blacktree. They have a coupe of photos on their website:
(http://www.blacktreedesign.com/europe/images/P/hm1114.jpg)
(http://www.blacktreedesign.com/europe/images/P/hm1113.jpg)
If they're not good enough I'll take some of mine.
And thanks for the links Elysium, those from Imbrian Arts are fantastic and just perfect for Labyrinth like goblins.
Duncan
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Thanks for the photos, Duncan. I just wanted to get a better idea what the mounts looked like...they're cute, little critters.
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Done a few more minis. I had thought of entering LPL with them, but thought better of it as I wasn't sure I'd manage to keep the pace up, so I decided not to try to enter so that someone else who can hold the pace doesn't have to compete with me at least for a place amongst the lucky 50 in our illustrious competition.
Anyway, a few of the minis I'd thought of entering in LPL are now on the way:
First a snotling horde, some lovely characterful little minis based on 15mm bases. They'll be perfect for trying out horde warbands in Skulldred.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0012-1.jpg)
Next are three adventurers. Gillette the Blademistress (from Reaper I think); Asid Jess the Bard (Grenadier, from The Terrain Warehouse) and last but not least Squint the Dark Elf Crossbowman (more properly a villian than an adventurer; Marauder/Citadel)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0014-1.jpg)
(This is also my first attempt at altering the colour balance in my photos, I think they're an improvement)
Duncan
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COOL LOOKING BABE; all the rest of the Crew are cool looking also..in a different sort of way. The brushwork & basing are up to your normal Oh-So-High standards. VERY WELL DONE!
The Snotlings...does that sound like an ethnic slur to anyone but moi?...have given moi an idea/some inspiration. I have a pile (literally) of the Little Guys (doesn't that sound better than Snotlings?) lying fallow in some box; they soon may start infesting my Spooky Woods Project. Thanks for the idea.
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COOL LOOKING BABE; all the rest of the Crew are cool looking also..in a different sort of way. The brushwork & basing are up to your normal Oh-So-High standards. VERY WELL DONE!
The Snotlings...does that sound like an ethnic slur to anyone but moi?...have given moi an idea/some inspiration. I have a pile (literally) of the Little Guys (doesn't that sound better than Snotlings?) lying fallow in some box; they soon may start infesting my Spooky Woods Project. Thanks for the idea.
Thanks, and you're welcome. Yes snotlings does sound a bit of a racial slur, but they're only little so who's going to complain ;). To be honest I have thought of renaming them Gremlins, Bogarts or Brownies. Though Fairies could be funny with a certain quote that comes to mind:
'It bit me'
'What do you expect fairies to do?'
Duncan
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COOL, Duncan...more Labyrinth-like ideas. The Little Guys would look wonderfully strange with faerie wings. GREAT IDEA!
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First I need to say I love the way this is going - to see none green snottlings makes me regret selling mine last year!
Hope you like them, now if only there were more models with the sort of quirkiness that the Labyrinth goblins have.
Have you thought of teaming them up with the Empire or Devanu from the World of Twilight (http://www.worldoftwilight.com/)?
(http://www.worldoftwilight.com/Images/Main.png)
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Sorry I missed that Goblin cavalry first time round - top knotch! 8)
The adventurers and villain are very nice too but I do have a soft spot for those little snotties!
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Cracking stuff! More :D
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I have considered the Twilight minis as they have a similar styling to that other great Henderson fantasy film - The Dark Crystal, so would probably fit nicely if and when I ever gather enough minis of that sort of vein.
And thanks for the comments.
Duncan
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here's the latest additions. The Sea Elf brothers Lothar and Lothkin, sons of Elfrenden the Northern Star. After the their father was 'removed' from power in one of the many island kingdoms of the Sea Elves, they wander selling their services as hired swords whilst seeking vengeance upon those who brought their family low.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0005-1.jpg)
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For more Froudian goblins try the ones that I sculpted for Troll Forged last year.
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=30549.0
They're pretty crude on reflection but they're full of character, I still love them now!
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What an awesome thread! I have missed it completely up until now.
I thought you'd been busy sitting on your hands but instead you've been doing this I see! lol
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:-* that's all that can really be said I'm afraid!
Where did those lovely elves come from?
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Thanks.
Andrew, I'd seen your goblins earlier and thought the same, I'd just forgotten I'd seen them ;)
And Thorbjørn, thankfully although I'm slow I'm still getting stuff done and bringing the lead mountain slower down.
The elves are old Grenadier sculpts which I got through Terrain Warhouse (http://www.terrainwarehouse.co.uk/category.aspx?CategoryID=157) (They're the two champions) Good minis to very reasonable prices, though some of them do need a little cleaning up.
Duncan
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Nice work on those Elves! 8)
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VERY NICELY DONE! Those Pointy Eared Ones bring back memories...their Dark Brethren are even cooler minis with frilly, Renaissance style neck pieces. That aside, you did a FINE job bringing them to life...I love the star burst on the shield.
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Been a while since I've done an update, but I've not been slacking.
First up a few heroes, including the necessary the barbarian.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0026-1.jpg)
Next some villians. A chaos dwarf lord (I think oneof best nmm to date, not brilliant, but better than earlier attempts), a chaos warrior and little demon.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0025-1.jpg)
The colours and highlights look a little flat unfortúnately in these pics.
C&C welcome as always.
Also a thankyou to the very kind Andrew Beasley who generously has supplied me with the next model sitting on my workbench.
Duncan
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I really like the forest floor on those tiles.
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Nice work! :-*
Who is the female miniature top far left?
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Thanks.
Nice work! :-*
Who is the female miniature top far left?
She's a Reaper mini:
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/rogue/latest/03266 (http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/rogue/latest/03266)
I've taken some better photos of the more recent additions, as they didn't appear all that great. I don't think my camera like strong sunshine ::) They're a bit better, but still not great.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0016-1.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0013copy.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0003-1.jpg)
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Thanks.
She's a Reaper mini:
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/rogue/latest/03266 (http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/rogue/latest/03266)
Thanks buddy! :)
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All are VERY WELL DONE! The Dwarf in Black is particularly cool/well painted. Thanks for the link to the Babe...I really like that mini.
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Great stuff, Dijit!
:-*
All very nice looking minis, but I must echo DeafNala and say that the Dwarf is my favourite of this bunch.
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Just to prove that this project isn't dead, I'm still working on it and have painted a few more minis (but unfortunately when I plugged the camera in, the pictures were bad, so they'll come later) and after our terrific pirate game last weekend (pictures here (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=36544.msg506053#msg506053)) I've started building a pirate ship. It's based on an barbary corsair, but rather freely interpreted, with a hint of influence from the Corsairs in the Lord of the Rings.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0034.jpg)
Oh, and we also had a game of Skulldred over the weekend with some new terrain I've almost (just needs flocking around the edges) finished:
The Orcs and Warriors close each other, the Orcs mission is to deface the holy shrine:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0030-2.jpg)
Combat starts and the mission is forgotten:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0029.jpg)
Meanwhile the dog, reaches the shrine, lifts it's hind leg and defaces the shrine:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0031.jpg)
Duncan
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Awesome!
Why on Earth didn't that ship make it to Åcon!!!!!!
Bloody fantastic ship.
You wouldn't at all be interested in going to see Doomshippie to have a game of LOTR!?
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Very cool photos. The minis look great! :-*
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I'm up for a trip to Kiel, if there's space.
And ship didn't make it mainly 'cause I couldn't be bothered, but then I had a great time playing pirates and was hooked! (pun intended)
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Wow, what a ship you have there!
It will be a pleasure to be sunk by it next time we meet on the high seas... lol
I really look forward to see this one painted!
I enjoy this thread very much because of your unique approach to fantasy gaming. Kudos!
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Look what I found:
(http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Wako_Pirates_files/IMG_3433_2.jpg)
The headline says:
WAKO Pirates
Originating from Japan, China and Korea, these bands of scrappy seamen pirated vessels traveling the Pacific, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The Wako also waged war against fortifications and villages in Japan, China and Korea during the 13th through 16th centuries.
...and there are even more!
http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Wako_Pirates.html
Just perfect, don't you think?
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That is one sexy, sexy ship. :-*
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Look what I found:
(http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Wako_Pirates_files/IMG_3433_2.jpg)
The headline says:
WAKO Pirates
Originating from Japan, China and Korea, these bands of scrappy seamen pirated vessels traveling the Pacific, the Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The Wako also waged war against fortifications and villages in Japan, China and Korea during the 13th through 16th centuries.
...and there are even more!
http://cavalcadewargames.com/cavalcade/Wako_Pirates.html
Just perfect, don't you think?
I think Duncan is going for Arabian fantasy... Dr. Zombie (Frede) is on the Chinese. lol
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Still, great find, Vikotnik.
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Wow, that is a beautiful ship. Now I feel really ashamed of the one I built together.... Can't wait to see it painted.
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Thanks for the comments as always and thanks for the link Carsten. I am, unfortunately as Thorbjørn said, going for a more Arabian/north African style. So much so that I'm now contemplating making a second set of sails that are more the traditional triangular dhow sails. However, the big problem is how the fasten the bottom corner without binding the whole ship up in rigging and making it unusable for wargaming.
Duncan
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That certainly is a cracking ship, dijit!
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I love the new scenery too, the Shrine looks great!
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That's great work D! Can't wait to see the ship finished. I've been contemplating making one, but have too much on my plate for now.
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Glad to see this project is still continuing, I really liked the early Labyrinth style Goblin pictures, hope to see more of them coming.
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Myself and Thorbjørn (Dr. the Viking) had a couple of games of Skulldred a while back (well over a month back now). My band of adventures were escorting an Arabian merchant and his caravan of dinosaur powered carts and were ambushed by Thorbjørns Hogs. I was well and truely beaten and the merchant and his men taken captive back to the Hog's sty. Here the poor unfortunate and well fed merchant and his men were to be slaughtered for evening dinner - no pork chops here!
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0017_zps2c7be99d.jpg)
(unfortunately I only took one picture worth showing)
A new band of adventurers took to task to rescue the merchant as one he stood last in line with his man being slaughter one a turn. However, the Hogs were hungry and didn't want to share their dinner and beat the adventurers back and gained a little more food for the larder in the bargain.
The meal line.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0026_zpsc53b424d.jpg)
The fighting starts
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0027_zpsda5cb037.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0023_zpsd250ea71.jpg)
Two would-be rescuers are hacked down and the Hog boss slays the Merchant
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0029_zpseb9f67ef.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0033_zps5441beb6.jpg)
In addition I've also painted a fair bit over the past month and a half:
A classic Bloodthirster, one of my oldest models, I got it for my 13th birthday making it 19 years old, together with a Dark Elf Lizard rider I got for my 30th, a Barbarian with a Frostfire blade and a few skeletons I nicked from my brother.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0038_zpsde6d30cb.jpg)
Here a couple fo wizards (and a big thanks to Steve who sent the Celtos one to me) with a few adventurers, a thrio of Elf swordsmen and a Celtos Horseman.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0037_zpsae77cc86.jpg)
I've now got two fairly big warbands. One based around the Celtos Gael minis (mainly painted in greens) with a few woodelves and a Dryad. The other based around a random collection of orcs painted mainly in reds. Then I've got the start of two other warbands one in black and the other in blues and white. I just need some rules for larger warbands as Skulldred seems to bog down a bit at 15+ minis. I'm really looking for something that allows warbands the sort of size seen in the old Realms of Chaos books with a rather random collection of minis allowed that represents my eclectic collection.
Duncan
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Nice additions Duncan! Regarding rule set, how about... Realms of Chaos? =) Or there's a retro clone in the making, attempting to catch the spirit of 3rd edition WHFB.
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OOOH COOL STUFF...NICE TERRAIN & GREAT MINIS! I love the Dino-Mobiles...VERY IMAGINATIVE & BEAUTIFULLY painted. The minis are all TERRIFIC & quite a few I've never seen before...love the Hogs & Goblins. VERY WELL DONE all around!
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Mental. And fun. And very nicely painted :D
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Beyond cool. Love the eclectic mix of minis.
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Great looking game. It looked like a lot of fun.
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Your a talented painter and terrain maker, Duncan. Impressive stuff
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Lovely work Duncan,love your brushwork :)
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Thanks for the comments. I have to confess that a certain amount of the insanity in the games was provided by Dr The Viking, but anyone who knows him will probably have guessed that! The Hogs, Arabs and Dino-carts are his, the rest is mine. The ability to mix totally random minis together is what really attracts me to fantasy at the moment.
Re. rules. Realms of Chaos is great, though a little too random for my tastes now and also doesn't really allow for for 'good' warbands. That said I'm very interested to hear more about the retro clone. Also Phoenikuz make round for a cup of tea the other day and we threw around a few ideas for something so lets see what happens with that.
Duncan
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Skulldred 3.3 has rules to solve the fifteen plus bog down.
It has squad rules for realm of chaos size bashes.
Basically a squad is several models in coherency- roll one action dice. Each action you play, move each squad member. If a member cannot perform that action, it is ignored for that action. The squad rolls its attack/spells/shooting once for each seperate target only.
A squad can break up into smaller bits, but each count as an activation.
Basically imagine a squad as a movement tray of six models, but without the tray, and all must be within 2base widths of another at start of activation.
An opponent in contact with more than 1 member from the squad can distribute wounds between them.
Each player gets 6 activations (action dice rolls) per turn, with a squad counting as one. Place a counter next to moved models or tap cards. Reset on new turn.
Aaaanyway, releasing that beta soon.
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Skulldred 3.3 has rules to solve the fifteen plus bog down.
It has squad rules for realm of chaos size bashes.
Basically a squad is several models in coherency- roll one action dice. Each action you play, move each squad member. If a member cannot perform that action, it is ignored for that action. The squad rolls its attack/spells/shooting once for each seperate target only.
A squad can break up into smaller bits, but each count as an activation.
Basically imagine a squad as a movement tray of six models, but without the tray, and all must be within 2base widths of another at start of activation.
An opponent in contact with more than 1 member from the squad can distribute wounds between them.
Each player gets 6 activations (action dice rolls) per turn, with a squad counting as one. Place a counter next to moved models or tap cards. Reset on new turn.
Aaaanyway, releasing that beta soon.
Sounds good Dave. I'll be looking forwards to the 3.3 beta then! It's good the squad rules have got re-worked again.
Duncan
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Very nice additions :)
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Love all the new stuff that you have added.
Very nice!
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Be careful, though, that Viking is one crazy fella and it may be contagious!
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Looks fun. Where are the humping dino's from?
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Great fun 8)
I need to play some Skulldred - been far too long...
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Well, it's been a while, as I've been mainly painting sci-fi, but the time has come to paint a bit more fantasy. I've got a crew for the corsair ship standing on my painting desk and a goblin warband ready to paint too. However, I found a piece of drain pipe just before Christmas, I saw it and thought that it'd make a perfect castle keep. So five months later and a few hours work it looks like this:
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0001-1_zps50c9b220.jpg)
It's still WIP, with greenery and detail to be added, and the corsair crew have to be ready for the start of July for Åcon. So plenty to do yet!
Duncan
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That looks like a pretty good stronghold :)
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Perfect!!! Very inspiring!
You could even bring it to our pirate game!
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Thanks
You could even bring it to our pirate game!
I had thought the same!
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I'm trying to use the word "cool" a bit less often, but that is COOL! I love the entrance; the path leading up to the walkway/gang plank is an EXCELLENT touch. GREAT WORK!
The only critique/suggestion is that you might consider adding some foliage or tall grass to mask the seam where the tower joins the base.
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Thanks for the comments, I'm pretty pleased with the planking too, probably the only part that's close to finished. Amazing what you can do with coffee stirrers and brown ink.
The only critique/suggestion is that you might consider adding some foliage or tall grass to mask the seam where the tower joins the base.
It's still WIP, with greenery and detail to be added...
;)
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Works for me, sir!
8)
Funny that you should post this as I 'claimed' a solid cardboard tube from work yesterday after seeing 'Bibbles new house with tower.
I think it does the same job as your drainpipe.
It may be harder to cut, though, as it is rock hard!
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very nice dijjit!
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It's nice seeing this project again!
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Thanks
I had thought the same!
Great idiots think alike, as they say. lol lol lol
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Did someone mention pirates?
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Did someone mention pirates?
Yup! Once every year someone mentions pirates. ;D ;)
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Did someone mention pirates?
No, mine are Corsairs, but same difference. ;)
@ Mason - Great minds think alike! (And fools seldom differ) A hacksaw ought to see through Cardboard just as well as it saw through plastic.
@ Janner - Has Thorbjørn not mentioned Random Adventures yet? Honestly, he's not up to the job is he? ;) But yes, pirates are very definately involved of all varieties and plague him about it next time you see him or before as you please.
@Thorbjørn - think we might have another convert ↑ ;)
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Janner has been adviced but is away horse riding during åcon
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Excellent example of scratch building. I don't know about you, but I can't afford to buy terrain pieces and something like this would cost a small fortune to buy. I like the way you've got the texturing on the sides done and once you've added your greenery this will be a knock out piece :-* :-*
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I can't afford terrain either, but this forum has inspired me to give it a good myself. I've learnt lots from people here and I feel my pieces a being to be decent enough. Still a way to top tier yet though!
I've spent a couple of hours glueing greenery to it, so now it's finished, but as we've just had a thunder storm, the lightings a bit dodgy, so pictures will have to wait until tomorrow.
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Cracking work Duncan :-*
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Nice work, can't wait to see the updated pics
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Thanks!
Well here's some quick pictures before the weather turned bad again! I must confess I'm right proper chuffed with this.
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0002-1_zps57fce2d0.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0003-3_zps84fc3c7e.jpg)
(http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad163/dijit80/IMG_0004-1_zps631aefdd.jpg)
I did try to take some pictures in the 'Blackwolf school og photography', but pretty much failed. I think I need a decent backdrop first.
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Loooking sooo good! :)
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Very nice tower, Duncan! This thread is highly inspirational, I must say. It's been a long time since I wandered through it. Worth it every time though.
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Janner has been adviced but is away horse riding during åcon
Yeah, a walloping donkey I go :D
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WONDERFUL! The addition of all the LOVELY foliage makes quite a positive difference. VERY WELL DONE!
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Fantastic! The foliage adds so much life. I like the texture you've achieved on the tower itself. And is the planking in front covering a secret subterranean entrance?
Jevenkah
looks like you all have a fun crew too!
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Thanks one and all! I'd first thought the planking would just shore up the ramp, but now, it could very well hide the secret entrance to the great wizards lair - that castle is just a distraction for the unwise!
Yeah, a walloping donkey I go :D
You might be riding, but my names Duncan, not Donkey, and I won't be walloped! ;)
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Thanks one and all! I'd first thought the planking would just shore up the ramp, but now, it could very well hide the secret entrance to the great wizards lair - that castle is just a distraction for the unwise!
You might be riding, but my names Duncan, not Donkey, and I won't be walloped! ;)
There's a world of difference between what you want to be called and what we choose to call you me ol' sparrow ;)
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The basing really puts this building over the top into the fantastic looking terrain. Great work! Very nice details. Also your Arabian dinosaur powerd carts are amazing! You got a great imagination!
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Also your Arabian dinosaur powerd carts are amazing! You got a great imagination!
Thanks! lol
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Also your Arabian dinosaur powerd carts are amazing! You got a great imagination!
Yeah, that wouldn't be me, but the mad Dr, but thanks all the same.
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I really do like your tower!
GS
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I really do like your tower!
GS
What he said and more so! Looks really nice and instantly has my mind coming up with lots of adventures around the keep.
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This thread is filled with excellent and inspiring stuff! Kudos!
n.
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Thanks again. I think the keep is going to be central to my adventures. I just can't decide whether its the good guys keep or the bad guys!
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Thanks again. I think the keep is going to be central to my adventures. I just can't decide whether its the good guys keep or the bad guys!
Have them fight over it :)
Jevenkah
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Are you going to give it a flag pole, Duncan?
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Are you going to give it a flag pole, Duncan?
I had considered it, a free standing wooden structure, so I could easily swop flags so yes they could fight over it.
"I claim this castle for Sir Bob!" The others reply "You can't claim it, we live here! Five hundred million of us!" "Do you have a flag …? "What? We don't need a flag, this is our home, you bastards" "No flag, No Country, You can't have one! Those are the rules... that I just made up!...and I'm backing it up with this gun, that was lent to me from the National Rifle Association."
:D
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I had considered it, a free standing wooden structure, so I could easily swop flags so yes they could fight over it.
"I claim this castle for Sir Bob!" The others reply "You can't claim it, we live here! Five hundred million of us!" "Do you have a flag …? "What? We don't need a flag, this is our home, you bastards" "No flag, No Country, You can't have one! Those are the rules... that I just made up!...and I'm backing it up with this gun, that was lent to me from the National Rifle Association."
:D
Exactly ;)
:D :D
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The finished article is indeed sublime.
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Although you do seem to be attracting every nutter on the forum to this thread.... ::)
;)
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Although you do seem to be attracting every nutter on the forum to this thread.... ::)
Someone rang?
The tower does look very cool.
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Thanks again one and all. And I can't help attracting nutters, it seems to be curse I've lived with for a long time!
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Well I've been painting away for the past few weeks and now have my Corsair Crew ready for Åcon. They'll never win any painting competition, but they're painted. They were quite crude sculpts, so I figured I could justify it a bit with that ;) and not mention they were a rush job.
Anyway here's Abdul Goldberg (of confused ancestry) captian of the البحر شيطان (Sea Demon) and his crew of theives, bandits, pirates and kidnappers. They'll double as both Barbary Corsairs and fantasy corsairs.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0029_zpsfc6a767d.jpg)
Now on to some more orcs. These orcs are some of the first minis I ever bought, roughly twenty years ago and are Marauder miniatures. They've been stripped down and repainted. They're ready to join the warband of the Mother Crone.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0026_zpsbcfec511.jpg)
A few more Elves to join the defenders of the Long Wood (no dirty comments please, they don't think those sort of jokes are very funny). These old Grenadier minis (apart from the one on the right, who's Citadel) and were a joy to paint.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0028_zpsf94f0781.jpg)
Lastly and leastly, we have some skeleton archers, again for the warband of the Mother Crone. These are some pretty old minis of my brothers that he's kindly given me, of the same vitage as the orcs. Not the greatest paintwork on these guys, I seemed to struggle a bit with them.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0025_zps3daa940a.jpg)
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Brilliant Digit!
I think I spot Old GLory miniatures with those barbary pirates?
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Brilliant Digit!
I think I spot Old GLory miniatures with those barbary pirates?
Thye could very well be Old Glory, but I bought them through Newline Designs, they might have bought the moulds from Old Glory.
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Cracking work. I'll need to ring fence a certain weekend next year ;)
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Great stuff as always! :-*
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Lovely additions, dijit.
Especially love the Sea Demon and crew!
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A trip down memory lane there, I have not seen any Grenadier Elves for a long time.
8)
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Thanks agin, Janer, Jonas and Mason!
A trip down memory lane there, I have not seen any Grenadier Elves for a long time.
You ought to get hold of some, they are some really lovely sculpts and as I said a joy to paint.
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Those old citadel archers are a pain to paint! I did a few some years ago and they sucked!
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Those old citadel archers are a pain to paint! I did a few some years ago and they sucked!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggled with them.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one that struggled with them.
Yours turned out nice enough though! =) And I really like the Grenadier woodies! Will be back for inspiration for mine, whenever that day comes. =D
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Well last night I met up with Torben for a game, and he brought along his newly painted warband. We've been slowly forging a ruleset that suits us and have been playing around with it. Here met Meglathon with his arch nemesis 'Rhinoman' (for wont of a better name).
Meglathon's stomach rumbled, it'd been a few days since he'd had anything decent to eat. His scout 'Watchit' came riding back 'There's a abandoned cottage over the way and there's a stack of food outside, unfortunately there's a Chaos warband just on the other side of the woods and I think they're seen it to and are on the way towards it.' Meglathon stood up 'Let's go get dinner lads!'
Both warbands started in corners along the same edge and where racing to get the supplies outside the woodsman's cottage at the other end of the table.
The warband of Meglathon line up ready for dinner.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0041_zps9e7acbfd.jpg) (http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Dijit1980/media/IMG_0041_zps9e7acbfd.jpg.html)
The glutinous warband of Rhinoman prepare for battle.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0042_zps4a49d6f6.jpg) (http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Dijit1980/media/IMG_0042_zps4a49d6f6.jpg.html)
The two warbands face each other accross the field
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0043_zpsd02ba4e5.jpg) (http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Dijit1980/media/IMG_0043_zpsd02ba4e5.jpg.html)
Watchit and the elf savages make for the cottage, while the rest of the warband try to hold Rhinoman off.
(http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o694/Dijit1980/IMG_0045_zps8bc0d918.jpg) (http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Dijit1980/media/IMG_0045_zps8bc0d918.jpg.html)
Unfortunately at this point the camera died. The battle ended with Meglathon's stomach still growling and a good part of his warband with severe cuts and bruises. The rules worked very well and with a bit a bit of tweeking we ought to have a ruleset that'll fit us nicely.
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Lots of nice brushwork. I had forgotten those Grenadier elves - they are just as nice as some of the old Goodwin wood elves from Citadel. :)
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I guess we just have to have a go at a rematch then, eh Duncan? I mean, so you can get yourself some pretty pictures, of course ;)
And yes, those Grenadier Elves are absolutely brilliant; Dijits brushwork does them good!
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Lovely dijit :)
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Thanks one and all!
I think the Woodelves are some of the nicest sculpts from the old Grenadier range and, really full of character and nicely sculpted. As I think I said elsewhere they just sort of paint themselves.
Torben: have you got a name for Rhinoman yet?
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Why yes I have, actually:
'Weit'loa of the Demon Marshes'
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Why yes I have, actually:
'Weit'loa of the Demon Marshes'
Also known by his friends as Wet-Lola:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixqbc7X2NQY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixqbc7X2NQY)
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lol
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Too bad the Camera punked out...Cameras are contrary creatures at best...the photos are WONDERFUL! Both War Bands look SPLENDID...GREAT WORK!
I agree: the Grenadier Elves are really a joy to paint as are most of their line. That might be why all the ones I had are painted & placed in nicer homes.
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Stunning stuff!!!
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Very cool!
Too bad your camera died.
I would have loved to have seen more pics!
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Thanks again, it was a good game. Torbens new warband really do look fantastic, so it's a pity there's not more pictures of them.
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Thanks again, it was a good game. Torbens new warband really do look fantastic, so it's a pity there's not more pictures of them.
No a pity's worth it is that you shan't be joining us at the festivities. I mean, really, France!? ;) lol
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No a pity's worth it is that you shan't be joining us at the festivities. I mean, really, France!? ;) lol
Last I heard it was very difficult to be in two places at once and she who must be obeyed, must well, be obeyed. ;)
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Great stuff :-*