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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Glenbrook Games Painting on 24 October 2013, 09:19:19 AM

Title: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: Glenbrook Games Painting on 24 October 2013, 09:19:19 AM
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bb6lcmfDb7k/UmTWm52mg6I/AAAAAAAAGMY/NFG3GKS0IgY/s1600/photo%2B2-750444.JPG)

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Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: white knight on 24 October 2013, 01:40:53 PM
Very nice indeed. It's amazing how good some of those models can look with a present day paintjob.
Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: DeafNala on 24 October 2013, 03:25:10 PM
EXCELLENT LOOKING Flora & Fungus Fellows...your brushwork has worked wonders with the old pieces. GREAT WORK!
Grenadier was my favorite minis back when I was am active AD&Der..that was SO long ago.
Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: eilif on 24 October 2013, 10:52:54 PM
Nice work on those minis.  I'd not seen most of them before.

I agree that many Grenadier minis have aged well. Some of the really early figs are a bit soft and chunky, but their human medieval figures from the 90's still hold up great.
Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: sundayhero on 25 October 2013, 01:13:46 PM
Definitly !

Same thing for ral partha minis. Even today, there are really good looking.
Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: Momotaro on 25 October 2013, 02:40:17 PM
Painting those mi-go as plants really brings them out - good job!

I still love the Grenadier range from the 80s.  The Cthulhu monsters are my favourites - although outmatched technically by lines like RAFM, they still have so much character to them.
Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: LotB on 02 November 2013, 05:05:38 PM
Quote from: Momotaro on 25 October 2013, 02:40:17 PM
Painting those mi-go as plants really brings them out - good job!

I still love the Grenadier range from the 80s.  The Cthulhu monsters are my favourites - although outmatched technically by lines like RAFM, they still have so much character to them.

Grenadier's Cthulhu monsters are now produced and sold by italian firm MIRLITON:
http://www.mirliton.it/

The Cthulhu monsters are in the page NIGHTMARES 28mm:
 http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=nightmares-28mm

(http://www.mirliton.it/images/catalog/NM001.jpg)

 :)

Title: Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
Post by: Vermis on 09 November 2013, 10:29:53 AM
Quote from: LotB on 02 November 2013, 05:05:38 PM
(http://www.mirliton.it/images/catalog/NM001.jpg)

Looks like a John Dennett. :)

If there are two sculptors I could knock over the head, bundle into an unmarked van, and drag back to mini-sculpting, it'd be him and Nick Bibby. Some of John's old Grenadier dragons are still some of the best miniature gaming dragons ever produced. Posed and detailed with a great knowledge of animal anatomy, without having to resort to too many spikez and teef and humanoid muscles bulging like pumpkins to create a superficial 'wow' factor.

Ahem. So I can well agree with the topic title. Mushrooms and Mi-go look great too. :) Great use of colour.