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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Warren Abox on 21 March 2012, 06:10:08 PM
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After months of wavering, I finally determined that my next big project would be a return to my roots. Having sold off an extensive collection of 25mm fantasy figures when the stork started his visits to the Abox house, I decided to rebuild my collection. With the anklebiters consuming much of my time, the only rational thing to do was step down in scale to 10mm. Faster to paint, easier to store, the only downside is having to order from the UK, and in this modern world, that's not such a hurdle.
Okay, enough with the backstory, let's see those miniatures. Well, so far all I've got to show is an initial test batch of Copplestone's orcs. My first experience with GW's magic bottle of Devlan Mud turned out very well:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4NGDkMYplo/T2VIOqwg6AI/AAAAAAAAAU0/qx1OZcCAeH8/s320/GEDC1234.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OxcYBjwPRnE/T2VISVZg3fI/AAAAAAAAAU8/xG1ugRh9o-g/s320/GEDC1236.JPG)
While waiting for the long shipping time from the UK (7 whole days, how did I manage?), I banged out a few terrain tiles slash dungeon halls for the collection of monsters to call home. A small sewer scape and forgotten tomb were the first order of business:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JNVDngSbOCs/T1270mjgudI/AAAAAAAAASU/06nHPa76TuU/s320/GEDC1520.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rEszFV-x5Z8/T2VDt46wQUI/AAAAAAAAAUk/LGs4ZPViCx8/s320/GEDC1232.JPG)
I'll just keep adding pictures to this thread as I add to the collection. Thanks for checking in.
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Looking very nice.
I considered doing the same thing for the same reasons but never got around to it.
I look forward to seeing more.
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I will be following your thread. I've been thinking of doing a similar project myself to go with Warrior Heroes Armies & Adventurers, as inspired by BlackSmith's campaign :D
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Have you gotten the bad guys 'hero' set? There's some more fun figures in there. ;)
That's looking pretty good otherwsie!
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Not yet. A lot of those figures are mounted or big monster, and I'm starting out strictly dimounted skirmish for now. I did order a bunch of figs from Pendraken and Irregular, though. Oh, and I did get the good guys set:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k672GE-zmgo/T2aqqz7AX2I/AAAAAAAAAVM/xpInqC1eHlg/s1600/GEDC1244.JPG)
The guy on the right is a Faramir analog, but I converted him into a fire wizard by cutting his sword into a torch and glueing a 'gem' onto the end of his straightened bow.
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I'm really impressed by the sculpting and painting. They looks more like heroic 15mm. I didn't know that such details can be done on this scale.
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Nice start. It's good to see an increase in WHAA in 10mm.
I'll be following your blog too.
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Lovely minis!
I'd also recommend you to have a look at Eureka's 10mm Fantasy line. You can buy them in UK at http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/fantasy-144-c.asp (http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/fantasy-144-c.asp)
10mm is good and with WHAA double good. I'll also be following your blog.
*Edited: what are you using as bases?
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I bought a box of steel washers approximately 12mm in diameter and glue the minis directly onto them. That way I can store them in a box lined with magnetic paper. I'm also using a 15mm grid for the games, so they fit perfectly inside.
I love the look of the Eureka miniatures, but I'm planning to hold off on them until I get everything I need from places that will sell figs in lots of less than a dozen. Since I'm planning on skirmish gaming, a bag of 30 figures is just overkill for the table, to say nothing of my wallet.
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I love the look of the Eureka miniatures, but I'm planning to hold off on them until I get everything I need from places that will sell figs in lots of less than a dozen. Since I'm planning on skirmish gaming, a bag of 30 figures is just overkill for the table, to say nothing of my wallet.
I'm with you there. I do like the look of some of the Eureka figures but I'm not spending out that much when I only need four or five.
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10mm is a very nice scale because it is very easy to store large amounts of terrain and miniatures while also having good enough detail to differentiate between different models. I think your dungeon needs some of the monsters from the Pendraken 10mm dungeon range :)
Also, washers are definitely the way to go. I used 10mm diameter/ 1mm high ones for some modern soldiers.
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I think your dungeon needs some of the monsters from the Pendraken 10mm dungeon range :)
I think so too, that's why I've got two separate orders headed my way: one with ratmen and heroes, and the other with skellies, anubis guards, and more heroes. I feel like the kid in A Christmas Story, checking the mailbox every day waiting for his decoder ring.
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I love the look of the Eureka miniatures, but I'm planning to hold off on them until I get everything I need from places that will sell figs in lots of less than a dozen. Since I'm planning on skirmish gaming, a bag of 30 figures is just overkill for the table, to say nothing of my wallet.
You're right but Eureka has a lot of variety of poses in each blister, almost a third part of the figures are different. Therefore, if you manage to buy a blister, pick up the figures you want and then sell the rest (I did that) it won't be so expensive and you can have great warbands for skirmish like these mine: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com.es/2010/07/painted-10mm-eurekas-chaos-dwarfs.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com.es/2010/07/painted-10mm-eurekas-chaos-dwarfs.html)
Another possibility that I commented on your blog is buying GW's Warmaster Command blisters. They can be found on Ebay at cheaper prices than new, and all of them include heroes, generals and wizards; so you can have characterful figures from every race: dwarfs, humans (Empire and Bretonnian), skellies, Orcs and gobbos, Elves, etc.
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At this point it seems like a cliches to say that Irregular Miniatures don't look like much, but they paint up nice. I thought a demonstration might be in order. So here are a couple of before and after shots of their dwarves:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NHRlcNNUb4/T2mE508ao6I/AAAAAAAAAWk/ZL9QgofYpTs/s320/TFAN7.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FAkbFtB22dw/T2wak2RUh1I/AAAAAAAAAXE/ccxwxZdyC2g/s320/GEDC1283.JPG)
(I cut the pointy bit off the guy on the left. He's labelled as a king, but he's just another mercenary dungeon plunderer in my games.)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JSYVFSeY2PE/T2mE7QRf4hI/AAAAAAAAAWs/I4AqQtiZYss/s320/TFAN9.JPG)
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And here's a comparison of their Crusader/Feudal Dismounted Knights:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkQ6Ixx1t6E/T2mE0jVcD5I/AAAAAAAAAWE/vmdjaE6EpME/s320/TC27.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7cIc3jBiuA/T2wajhyXFOI/AAAAAAAAAW8/7TyUY-V_Tqk/s320/GEDC1282.JPG)
Honestly, the knights don't have enough of a 'face' for me to use them as heroes in a skirmish game, but as mooks or even line troops in a massed battle, they'd work great.
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Nice painting on those dwarves!
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Nice painting on those dwarves!
Thanks, and now that my Pendraken order has come in, they have some more shorties to keep them company (along with a dapper halfling with a big old club):
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQuHw-4sl-c/T3_o3VHoUBI/AAAAAAAAAcw/8HNGC_jvpFU/s320/GEDC1228.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d1DRvu0MR_k/T3_o4ug9gRI/AAAAAAAAAc4/AxR2WPZwBEA/s320/GEDC1231+(2).JPG)
I've also got some elves and a firepit painted up:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cPaexhOEEQM/T3_pKqke2zI/AAAAAAAAAdA/9oFwsfxr9z8/s320/GEDC1229.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaRKZ_Jq1L0/T3_pMIyiz0I/AAAAAAAAAdI/sRqwFr6MnLU/s320/GEDC1230.JPG)
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A Pendraken Sewer Beast:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hp_NBs2XyRY/T42qb7-_nlI/AAAAAAAAAg4/XgrwVAAZY4g/s320/GEDC1364.JPG)
I've got a pantload of ratmen painted up as well. I'll post them here once I get a chance to snap some pictures of them.
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Nice work - love that sewer beast 8)
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The ranger dude is excellent. He lloks like Darth Vader from behind ;)
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...or Doctor Doom maybe! More lovely paintwork
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A few more Pendraken figures ready to post:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pQhct8tD8Ms/T4fkghnB3fI/AAAAAAAAAfI/NtzYLB9939M/s1600/GEDC1327.JPG)
Ratmen, but I don't know which ones these are, as I got them in a set called the Rat King's Lair dungeon pack. I think they are FR1 - Rats with polearms - but could be wrong.
Also have a couple of pack mules done:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ozsf0ao7Wqw/T4fkfpup0AI/AAAAAAAAAfA/G8QIRXarOjo/s320/GEDC1326.JPG)
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The level of detail on the minis & the skilled brushwork necessary to bring it out is TRULY AMAZING...VERY WELL DONE!
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Extremely nice painting for small scale minis :)
Lovely redwall feeling to those ratmen.
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Great faces on the ratmen 8)
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Thanks for all the encouragement, guys. These Pendraken figures are so well carved, it's a real pleasure to paint them. Love these face shields.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BNMxmUtBkkw/T42rns8whoI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/XW-OKdQp6Ok/s320/GEDC1369.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GFvFnMpwOo4/T42ro4jgcvI/AAAAAAAAAhY/bgEFIy3_YGo/s320/GEDC1371.JPG)
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I'd really like to see one of those ratmen next to a Pendraken human figure...
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Your wish is my command, and I'll even do you one better. Here is a comparison of multiple manufacturers, too:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lpJFCYAOQZo/T517PRlRQFI/AAAAAAAAAk0/csQbsdy2xw4/s400/GEDC1416.JPG)
From left to right: Copplestone Castings warrior, Irregular Miniatures dismounted knight, and three Pendraken figures, an elf, large rat with sword, and small rat with spear. The Irregular figures would work great as line troops, but they just don't have enough personality for skirmish. This also shows that Pendraken's small rats aren't shorter than their cousins, they're just a lot thinner. They look like mice to me. Redwall indeed.
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New troops ready for the table. This time around it's a Harryhausen special:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xQ4juXse4DQ/T5OCeFYwAuI/AAAAAAAAAik/XYTTwQKmsdQ/s1600/GEDC1392.JPG)
And their fearless leader with full head of blonde hair:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1KqQU7Mpgg/T5OBGC7P-8I/AAAAAAAAAiM/ZVGE0vGaMx0/s320/GEDC1383.JPG)
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Love these Egyptian style undeads:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gdDr48hO18E/T5-dJOPR_JI/AAAAAAAAAmk/B6C39BYyJ08/s1600/GEDC1435.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5z2FCuKdhJE/T5-dKEJfiFI/AAAAAAAAAms/tsubL8HyZAA/s1600/GEDC1437.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WxuXrG3OL3A/T5-bwW_5y6I/AAAAAAAAAmE/LDLRj1m8cdU/s1600/GEDC1433.JPG)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IrX90v-YBAM/T5-bxS_lBUI/AAAAAAAAAmM/oa1dZ9NEM3Y/s1600/GEDC1434.JPG)
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Really nice. Again I'm very impressed about the details of the sculpting and painting in 10mm. Some kind of revelation :o
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Thanks for the kind words, folks. I've got more of the big boys ready to pulp my players:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SQMmKD_8s50/T7nj6DpzEQI/AAAAAAAAAqM/R9pNjtjQqj8/s1600/GEDC1471.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-doimCxxSmsk/T8CPlN9BxGI/AAAAAAAAArs/o1HiEEYV3_E/s1600/GEDC1196.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zA8MuugL4hU/T7nj9EXeLdI/AAAAAAAAAqc/b4JWlLdT4Jc/s1600/GEDC1473.JPG)
These minotaurs are roughly the same size as the trolls. Sorry about the lack of scale on them.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fRsU3ngl_fk/T8CPmrsTfuI/AAAAAAAAAr0/iHvDYDm5HWo/s1600/GEDC1199.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R31m5wzo6Sg/T8CPnrih5FI/AAAAAAAAAr8/OKvlwCM0rY8/s1600/GEDC1200.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v7ruGCT_Q7g/T8CPo1p-esI/AAAAAAAAAsE/6Jf6eSvK2-Y/s1600/GEDC1201.JPG)
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At this point it seems like a cliches to say that Irregular Miniatures don't look like much, but they paint up nice. I thought a demonstration might be in order. So here are a couple of before and after shots of their dwarves:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0NHRlcNNUb4/T2mE508ao6I/AAAAAAAAAWk/ZL9QgofYpTs/s320/TFAN7.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FAkbFtB22dw/T2wak2RUh1I/AAAAAAAAAXE/ccxwxZdyC2g/s320/GEDC1283.JPG)
(I cut the pointy bit off the guy on the left. He's labelled as a king, but he's just another mercenary dungeon plunderer in my games.)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JSYVFSeY2PE/T2mE7QRf4hI/AAAAAAAAAWs/I4AqQtiZYss/s320/TFAN9.JPG)
Hi!
Great pics, could you post a comparison of the Irregular dwarfes and some Copplestone figs?
I´m doing a War of the Ring project and the Pendraken dwarfes I ordered were a bit too big for my taste.
//David
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More 10mm goodness - been trying to ignore this thread so I can concentrate on my 28's! ;)
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The new additions are WONDERFULLY DONE! However, I'm now suffering fro sympathetic eye strain.
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Hi!
Great pics, could you post a comparison of the Irregular dwarfes and some Copplestone figs?
Yeah, Pendraken's demi-humans are all a big on the large size, relatively speaking. Here's a series of shots with the same Copplestone human for scale:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EkDjR2xtZ70/T-q5RlfAdSI/AAAAAAAAA2I/06_dH1-L6pU/s1600/GEDC1624.JPG)
That's Irregular, Pendraken, and Copplestone.
Elves too, but you don't notice it so much with them:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSq9Kl73A3k/T-q5TMfiPkI/AAAAAAAAA2Y/BMWe5NpidY0/s1600/GEDC1626.JPG)
That's Pendraken and Copplestone.
Halflings, though, Pendraken's are beasts:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BvKuO7GjTf0/T-q5SQ3UPfI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/4_uNZq4tEIM/s1600/GEDC1625.JPG)
That's Copplestone and Pendraken.
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Thanks! I like those Irregular dwarves, both the size and pose, that decides it.
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Added a bit to the fantasy collection this week:
Pendraken spearlizards
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hTLxluOyJQE/T-_4tpm2JNI/AAAAAAAAA7o/x6V_oBsfUjU/s1600/GEDC1676.JPG)
With a hero to lead them:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0FaAtczAND8/T-_4s_NBBFI/AAAAAAAAA7g/gs_qnb8rOQc/s1600/GEDC1675.JPG)
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very nice again :-*
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Thanks, Doc! I've added a couple of manticores to the menagerie, too:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaFLgyipyKc/T-_4qy4WJzI/AAAAAAAAA7I/qGsikOGlnZk/s320/GEDC1670.JPG)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rd58WpNEJ4Q/T-_9IcSYJsI/AAAAAAAAA8E/v9Vb0cEXY0c/s320/GEDC1679.JPG)
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Great looking collection you have developing. Those Copplestone sculpts look fantastic.
I picked up a few packs of the Pendraken fantasy figures to have a go at. The lack of variety in poses is disappointing, but the scale creep between basic troops and characters is ridiculous. One of the hero figures I have is leaning over slightly but if upright would be 15mm tall. A bit too big for a supposed 10mm range.
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I dig this topic to see if you painted anything new...I'm currently making the big turn to 10mm, after buying Rally Round The King, massbattle ruleset, and I'm currently searching for infos and pics ;)
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wow Warren! love the painting on those 10's. and how tall are those Halflings! funny!
i agree it seems Irregular are trying to put us off with those pics! my 10mm Lizards came out quite well, if a bit camp... and the photoless Goblin riding Pig is quite a nice figure.
this is very inspiring stuff. saw your pics on searches and theyhave helped me partially move from 6mm to 10mm
anything new on your workbench in 10mm you want to share? get it off your mind...