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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Malamute on September 22, 2006, 01:15:00 PM

Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 22, 2006, 01:15:00 PM: Seeing the new Copplestone south American Indians and the John Jenkins Designs paddlesteamer. I am thinking of an expedition up the Amazon in search of a legendary giant Anaconda. Any suggestions for suitable model snakes that would fit in with 28mm figures?

I know most toy shops sell rubber toy snakes, but need one that would paint up well.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Poliorketes on September 22, 2006, 01:28:44 PM: I remember one snake winding around a tree stump from Ral Partha, Ironwind Metals would be the right place to look at. But that'll be real 25mm.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 22, 2006, 01:30:35 PM: Reaper has one, also RAFM Cthulhu Amazon expedition set contains a snake
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 22, 2006, 01:34:53 PM: Thanks guys, I know of those two, but I want a really big one! :twisted:
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 22, 2006, 01:46:49 PM: BTD has one too, it's a bit bigger then reaper and RAFM, this one is not really a beauty but its a snake :) I've got it and could make a pic afternoon after coming home
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 22, 2006, 02:59:04 PM: Thats Prof, I'll look forward to the photo.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 22, 2006, 07:30:42 PM: I thought , it was bigger :) not really huge and a bit ugly sculpt

(http://forum.backofbeyond.de/images/misc/06_09_22_snake.jpg)
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 23, 2006, 08:33:39 AM: Thanks for the photo.You are right, its not the best one around. I think I will probably get the RAFM Miskatonic Amazon expedition one.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Driscoles on September 23, 2006, 09:31:37 AM: Why not makin` one yourself with Greenstuff ?
Cant be that difficult.

Cheers
Björn
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Grimm on September 23, 2006, 10:26:41 AM: Hallo waht abaut that one ? It is from reaper .
The photo is bad because it look like the Snake has to long teeth.
But I have paint it and I must say that in reality the teeth are ok .
the snake is a little bigger than the RAFM one .
cheers Grimm

(http://www.reapermini.com/albums/2600s/2675_G.jpg)
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 23, 2006, 12:07:28 PM: Grimm, That one is pretty good, I'll check it out.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: matakishi on September 24, 2006, 03:29:38 PM: How about this one? 9I know it's a cobra but...)

http://www.ravensforgeminiatures.com/show_range.php?code=1008&range=con&start=
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Malamute on September 25, 2006, 06:07:03 PM: Nice snake, but I don't want a cobra. I am going to go with the Rafm miskatonic adventures amazon expedition one. Thanks for your responses folks. :)
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: 1ngram on September 26, 2006, 06:02:37 PM: Quote from: "matakishi"
How about this one? 9I know it's a cobra but...)

http://www.ravensforgeminiatures.com/show_range.php?code=1008&range=con&start=

Just right size for Nagini?
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: postal on April 16, 2008, 12:40:58 AM: ever thought about one of the plastic toy ones and just repaint it.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: wolfgangbrooks on April 16, 2008, 05:29:33 AM: http://moonlightmini.com/Miniatures.htm About halfway down there's a big snake. The rest of the figures in the line are 34's I think.
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Bullshott on April 16, 2008, 01:07:05 PM: I have the Rafm snake - its nice (I painted mine in white shades as an undergroud monster for a necromunda campaign a few years back - I must give it a jungle repaint some time).

Nick - you haven't got time to start another project - you should be painting Home Service troops, MIBBHs and landships to defend old Blighty against the Hun :lol:
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Admiral Benbow on April 18, 2008, 02:04:11 PM: Quote from: "Malamute"
Nice snake, but I don't want a cobra. I am going to go with the Rafm miskatonic adventures amazon expedition one. Thanks for your responses folks. :)

Yes, I think that's a very good decision! 8)

(http://www.mini-universe.de/Darkest%20Africa/slides/Explorer_snake2.jpg)

:lol:
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Post by: JollyBob on April 18, 2008, 02:27:51 PM: Jesus! Never mind the snake, look at the size of that guy's hands! :o

That's a lovely little scene there, mind, Admiral, is it your own?
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Post by: Admiral Benbow on April 18, 2008, 02:35:25 PM: Yes indeed, that's my own minis, my own terrain and my own photo :mrgreen:

Even the guy with the gun has been sculpted by myself years ago when working as a miniature designer for Metal Magic! But you're right, it's been one of my very first sculpted miniatures at all, and although the face came out quite ok, hands were much too large :(

But anyway, you only learn through experience ... :)
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Post by: Grimm on April 18, 2008, 05:24:12 PM: Admiral Benbow!!!! :o :o :love: [/quote]
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Post by: JollyBob on April 19, 2008, 11:16:05 AM: Admiral, I hope I didn't cause any offence with my comment, giant hands aside, that is a very nice sculpt and a very characterful diorama.

Sorry if I did, anyway. :oops:
Title: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Admiral Benbow on April 19, 2008, 05:46:55 PM: Hey, no problem at all, you just described a main feature of the figure :lol:

I'm not a fan of those "fantastic figure, exorbitant paint job" comments on each and every miniature shown at the forum, even when it's a real bad execution of painting a mini. You can only learn by trying to avoid your mistakes next time!

And thank you for your nice words on the complete scene; it's not a real diorama, but just part of my jungle terrain. I love to include small hidden scenes on the terrain pieces.
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Post by: Malamute on April 21, 2008, 08:44:38 AM: Spot on, Thats the snake for me :)
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Post by: Maenoferren on April 21, 2008, 01:18:07 PM: WOW :love:
Now that snake is just what I want for my Pygmy cult of the snake God!
You see the little chaps need to keep the snake God Appeased and of course a pygmy wont last as long as a tall person so cue sacrifice........
Title: Re: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: Puuka on December 30, 2009, 05:35:05 AM: Mage Knight Whirlwind set had the Serpent Invader
(http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/39/08/ad57_12.GIF)
Base is about 3 inches long. Draconian is on there with a small peg in his bottom (would need to fill hole in the snakes neck) and there is a sort of saddle horn and straps on it. It's all plastic, so would be easy to shave down and putty.
Title: Re: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: P_Clapham on December 31, 2009, 01:06:09 AM: There's that german company that makes high end animal figurines. I'm blanking on their name though...

Quote from: postal on April 16, 2008, 12:40:58 AM
ever thought about one of the plastic toy ones and just repaint it.
Title: Re: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: warrenss2 on December 31, 2009, 03:26:59 AM: look at the size of that guy's hands! - You know what they say about a guy with big hands.....

_{wait for it}....

They were big gloves.

That is an awesome snake, Admiral. Worthy of taking out a whole expedition! Jennifer Lopez wouldn't have stood a chance against that monster!
Title: Re: Giant Anaconda!
Post by: P_Clapham on December 31, 2009, 03:33:55 AM: I've got a few of those...... Need to go through my old Mage Knight stuff for pulp inspired conversions now.

Quote from: Puuka on December 30, 2009, 05:35:05 AM
Mage Knight Whirlwind set had the Serpent Invader
(http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/39/08/ad57_12.GIF)
Base is about 3 inches long. Draconian is on there with a small peg in his bottom (would need to fill hole in the snakes neck) and there is a sort of saddle horn and straps on it. It's all plastic, so would be easy to shave down and putty.