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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: colin_baillie on September 28, 2011, 11:22:36 AM
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The next edition of Doctor Who Adventures has a large set of Weeping Angel figures. These are in two poses, moulded in grey ahrd plastic and are 38mm tall. There's 8 "weeping" and 8 attacking - the attacking seems to have a rather stumpy arm for some reason. They're a bit tall but will look okay I think, and not bad for £2.50 for 16 figures.
Next weeks issue has a dalek/sontaran/cybermen Monster pack, but the daleks are the only decent figures in this set.
All I need to do is convince my kid that she doesn't want the figures o_o
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Interesting to see how detailed they are, could impact on Crooked dice's sales of statuesque ladies with tears and screams in their eyes if they're any good.
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They're actually quite good, apart from the dodgy reaching arm on the screaming angels. Height wize, they probably just need the base sanded down. I can't open them until our kid gives the okay and she's on a school trip until Friday, otherwise I'd post some pics.
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can't find the pics! My google foo has failed me again :(
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Thanks for that - I'll have to look in Smiths for the magazine on my way to the bus.
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We have a subscription so not sure when that issue actually hits the shops.
I also have to admit that our packet accidently fell open ::) and the figures are actually a soft rubberish kind of material. Not sure how they'll handle a paint job. :?
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Boo ;)
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We have a subscription so not sure when that issue actually hits the shops.
I also have to admit that our packet accidently fell open ::) and the figures are actually a soft rubberish kind of material. Not sure how they'll handle a paint job. :?
I've painted the Sontarans and they seem OK. I did spray prime and have varnished them too. I'll take a pic soon. Despite being weaponless they actually don't look too bad with washes and drybrushes.
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We have a subscription so not sure when that issue actually hits the shops.
Thursdays, usually.
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Thursdays, usually.
Yep, just looked on the DWA website, issue is due out Thurs 29th.
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hi
just bought mine. Very nice figures , especially the eight that are covering their eyes ,the eight thst are advancing have very and i do mean very stubby fore arms.
they are grey in colour and might only need a little dry brushing to make them look ok
will try and post a pic later
cheers
dex
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photo taken with mobile phone so sorry for quality
figures used for scale are Westwind Nazi Zombies
dex
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I really like the weeping figures, but that pick makes the screamers look ok though. It doesn't show how bad that stubby arm is.
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the stubby arm angel looks as if it only has a fore arm on its outstretched arm. The arm from shoulder to finger tips is aprox 10mm . Its bent arm is 10mm too
The weeping angel's arms are 5mm from shoulder to elbow and 9mm from elbow to tips
hope this helps
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dex
PS forgot to say , next weeks mag contains a mixed battle pack of DALEKS CYBERMEN and SONTARANS
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Cut the arms off and replace with mantic zombie arms, (the outstretched ones)???
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Next to the Crooked Dice version...........rubbery plastic which isn't good news :-[ and the stumpy arm is...well, really stumpy. £2.50 for 16 is certainly good news though :)
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I've painted the Sontarans and they seem OK. I did spray prime and have varnished them too. I'll take a pic soon. Despite being weaponless they actually don't look too bad with washes and drybrushes.
Here's a pic of the DWA giveaway Sontarans painted up:
(http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/onebigriver_bucket/100_1230.jpg)
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That's the best pics I've seen of those Sontarans. Very good paint job, Sir! 8) 8) 8) 8)
So, are you going to go with some Weeping Angels then? ;) ::)
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That's the best pics I've seen of those Sontarans. Very good paint job, Sir! 8) 8) 8) 8)
So, are you going to go with some Weeping Angels then? ;) ::)
Thank you kindly.
Yep I will be painting some of the angels soon.
Next week the DWA magazine is giving away 6 Sontarans, 6 Cybermen and.....5 Daleks. At least it looks that way in the "Next Issue" section.
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The weeping version does look pretty good, the attacking one looks a little wonky. I'm thinking if I score some, I could use these to make the atrophied versions from The Time of Angels. I was tempted to make some from scratch a while back because it seemed a shame to destroy a bunch of the lovely crooked dice figures to do it.
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I can't help thinking "Stumpy arms" looks like a small child standing on a box in her mums dress .
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I can't help thinking "Stumpy arms" looks like a small child standing on a box in her mums dress .
lol lol spot on!
Stumpy arms aside, they are still very good and cheap figures which can be used as scenery if nothing else.
I might cut the arms and maybe even a head of the stumpy angel and use them as a damaged statue
give them that Venus De Milo look , lol
dex
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Cheap and cheerful. Handy if you need loads :)
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Got a pack just because they were cheap. Still want the crooked dice ones though.
Cant wait to get my spacemen from them, they look great but Royal Mail are playing up.
:-[
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Thanks for starting this thread Colin!
Grabbed these earlier for scenery. Mounted up on plinths and 'damaged' in various ways, these will be great, cheap scenery for my Mordheim project.
Being slightly small and rubbery does not matter when you are only 'window dressing'!
Good spot!
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Tried a couple of these with a greengrey base, fortress drybrush and a black wash.
Not bad for rubber!
15 mins work for a dozen....
Still waiting for my Blacktree cybermen though...(mumble,mutter,moan)
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Nice. Those look great. I've only just managed to get a couple from my kid, so not anywhere near painted yet. Did you varnish them to make them a bit more rigid?
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Got a set but I don't know why................... lol
Answers on a postcard to........ :D :D
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I got two sets.Like you Joras I dont know why o_o.Just getting carried along on the wave I suppose.
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Well, £2.50 for all those figures............. Just had to be done. lol
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Nice. Those look great. I've only just managed to get a couple from my kid, so not anywhere near painted yet. Did you varnish them to make them a bit more rigid?
Tried that but it doesnt make them any more rigid at all. I just sprayed them black, scrubbed with vmc grey green, drybrushed vmc basalt (gw fortress) and then gave 'em a black wash.
Later i gave them a blast of army painter matt varnish and a bog simple scorched brown base with a bit of javis grass.
Literaly 15 min work but you could take time especialy on the weeping one and make it nice!
Btw, even after painting they are still rubbery but if you havent been too heavy on the paint it doesnt crack.
I have two packs too.......
Just in case I ever need them for......
Ummmm....
They were cheap!
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They were cheap. They may also sit beside a pile of cheap plastic daleks for a few years.
I need to get my Black Tree stuff painted. I have one Doctor painted out of the eight BT ones.
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I have nine and have almost started Mr Smith.......
Bad me.
3 packs of BTD daleks, 2 packs cybermen on order, 51 plastic i-daleks etc etc
and all I have done is a speedpaint on a rubber angel.
We need a head hung in shame emoticon...
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We need a head hung in shame emoticon...
Let's not go there.
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I have over 50 Black Tree Who figures sitting with probably 4 or 5 painted to a standard I'd post on here. Not a good ratio.
Lets start a new thread with our Dr Who figures? Who's up for it? Could be inspiration to get these all painted.
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I'm pleased to say I've practically ran out figures to paint for my DWMG collection. All I've got left is 6 Assault Group modern Brits with bazookas in need of head swaps, a Dalek Sec hybrid on the painting table, and Winnie Churchill and two Tanker Daleks to use in a planned diorama.
I do have nearly 50 iDaleks to paint, but they don't count as I'm planning to use them for larger, platoon-sized games using the No Limits rules and set in the 26th Century Who universe.
I'm not great at taking photo's but I'm happy to take some for a Who thread. I do use a lot of proxies though.
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I picked up a pack and think they're great for the price. Next week it's a multi pack. 6 each of sontarans, daleks and cybermen.
And what's an i~dalek?
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I picked up a pack and think they're great for the price. Next week it's a multi pack. 6 each of sontarans, daleks and cybermen.
And what's an i~dalek?
apparently the new model of dalek. My fave is the old Tom Baker style Dalek. But that just dates me....
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As JP shows, an iDalek is the type introduced in the 11th Doc story Victory of the Daleks. My personal preference are the Tanker (bronze) Daleks, and when they were replaced by the iDaleks I despised the new design. The fact that DWA has given away iDaleks that are the right size for 28mm games has softened my attitude towards them. :D
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Yeah, its amazing how 17 for two quid as opposed to 7 for £20(BTD) made me like them too.
Still, the oldies were better.
Dont get me started on the new theme music... >:(
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....actualy, you would have got 136 plastic ones for the price of 7 metal!
Wow.
It shows that they arent a wargaming mag.....
Btw some of the battle packs are still available, issue 230 DWA.
In case anybody missed it.
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I have over 50 Black Tree Who figures sitting with probably 4 or 5 painted to a standard I'd post on here. Not a good ratio.
Lets start a new thread with our Dr Who figures? Who's up for it? Could be inspiration to get these all painted.
I would be well up for that Mr Baillie!
I was going to add Dr Who to my zed blog in order to galvanise me. Peer pressure drives painting in my experience. :D
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Okay then. I'll get the camera out and get the thread started. First up will be two old school Daleks and a Dalek Emperor - all Black Tree. Not sure if the Emperor is still available (or even if Black Tree are still able to supply figures at all)!!
Keep an eye out for the new thread!!
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Good stuff!
BTD are still going. I ordered a pack of invasion earth Daleks recently and got them within 7 days!
Wow. o_o
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That is a WOW!! I order some Zulu war figures a while back and they took 3 months. With no reply from BTD.
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I think they like to..............................
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.....procrastinate.
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Ok, Chaps, dragging this back to the Weeping Angels for a bit, Here is what I did with mine;
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/Shrine007.jpg)
(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j478/themason73/Shrine013.jpg)
Thanks for the heads-up, Colin!
I had been looking for some cheap angel statues for ages and these were perfect!
There are a few more pics here in this thread (Page 16, if you want to skip the rest of it!)
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=30667.0
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That looks great!!!
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Lets have some better pictures of the angels then? ;)
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A superb piece of work.
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Lets have some better pictures of the angels then? ;)
There are a couple more pics in the link, not sure if they are 'good' enough for you.
;)
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There are a couple more pics in the link, not sure if they are 'good' enough for you.
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Missed the link you cheeky arse ;D... very nice scenery all round.