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Title: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 30 May 2014, 01:08:46 PM

Possibly due to cheese induced dreams but I wondered has anyone done Martians with converted historical miniatures?
I have googled and came across vintage wood elves etc ,but I was thinking of ancient roman or Greeks with perhaps a colour change to their flesh.
Marvin the Martian influence??  o_o

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: The_Beast on 30 May 2014, 05:04:06 PM

Haven't seen any, but if it's Marvin you're doing, maybe a head made from a black bead?  ;)

Doug

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 30 May 2014, 06:36:02 PM

Not marvin as such,but was thinking of his dress/headgear and ray gun.
I have now found scifi Spartans , but am thinking ancient Greeks with eldar style weaponry,
I suppose I am thinking Flash Gordon style really.

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: fastolfrus on 30 May 2014, 07:10:48 PM

Not at all silly.

Look for "Tales of the Trigan Empire". Stylistically you get a mix but mainly 1960s style Roman/Greek themed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trigan_Empire

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 30 May 2014, 08:00:56 PM

Quote from: fastolfrus on 30 May 2014, 07:10:48 PM

Not at all silly.

Look for "Tales of the Trigan Empire". Stylistically you get a mix but mainly 1960s style Roman/Greek themed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trigan_Empire

Brilliant thank you just what I visualised
http://www.martinpaul.co.uk/reading/comics/images/trigan_2.jpg
 ;)

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: fastolfrus on 30 May 2014, 10:00:19 PM

If you are really lucky you can sometimes pick up annuals in second hand book shops. Even if it's just old issues/annuals of "Look and Learn".

Last copy I saw was in Hay on Wye in a shop that also had "The Man Who Drew Tomorrow" (a book about Frank Hampson, the artist behind Dan Dare)
 
http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/info-TMWDT.html

plus a variety of Dan Dare reprints.

Look and Learn is worth looking at anyway - Angus McBride was a regular artist.

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 30 May 2014, 10:51:13 PM

I keep meaning to go to hay on Wye,was within 20 mile of it other day.
And don't live that far ,I live in the wye valley.

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: The_Beast on 01 June 2014, 01:32:57 PM

I wish I had found the Trigan empire when I was fair amount younger; would have enjoyed the style.

Some of the book covers of Weis' Star of the Guardians series might be good; haven't read more than a few pages, but some of the cover artists did Roman-esque as well.

Doug

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: Skrapwelder on 01 June 2014, 04:29:50 PM

As soon as my Trojan Peltasts show up from the Wargods of Olympus kickstarter I'll be converting them into Red Martian Panthans.

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/000/633/399/2018d7b0422b86258d719fbce0e111f3_large.jpg?1369962617)

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 02 June 2014, 07:24:17 AM

Good idea  :)

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: DLIinVSF on 13 June 2014, 01:31:12 PM

Here are some Romans and Greek types a gentleman has formed a Martian army from.

http://www.buildingabetterwargame.com/2013/03/army-complete-free-martian.html

Is this the sort of thing you were thinking about?

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: fastolfrus on 13 June 2014, 07:03:28 PM

Or you could look at the "Stargate" tv series.

Mainly Egyptian themed but there are a couple of Greek episides, also Norse, Babylonian, Chinese & Indian.

I think someone did a Victorian version on here a couple of years ago (Svenn?)

Title: Re: Another possibly silly question,sorry in advance.
Post by: 3 fingers on 14 June 2014, 09:38:55 PM

Quote from: DLIinVSF on 13 June 2014, 01:31:12 PM

Here are some Romans and Greek types a gentleman has formed a Martian army from.

http://www.buildingabetterwargame.com/2013/03/army-complete-free-martian.html

Is this the sort of thing you were thinking about?

Yes that's similar thank you .