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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Warren Abox on 08 November 2016, 01:02:10 AM
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My big project for 2016 has been converting my fantasy skirmish collection over to 15mm. I've built a decent set of dungeon tiles, dungeon dressing, and collected enough figures to choke a very small horse. At this rate, I might just get that first delve into the depths of the dungeon in before 2017. Cross your fingers.
Let's start with the heroes/looters:
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Human mercenary warband by Ral Partha Europe, suitable for player characters.
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Dwarven warband by Ral Parth Europe, again painted for warband skirmishes, but suitable for D&D characters.
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A trio of 15mm.co.uk wizards. I have a pair of their character packs which give you 12 figures each. I've been painting them up one class at a time, and this is what I've got so far.
Give me a second and I'll show you what these poor, greedy bastards are up against.
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And now for a few of the villains of the piece:
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Splintered Light Toadmen
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Cave apes by 15mm.co.uk
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Skeletons by 15mm.co.uk
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Demons by Reaper - these are actually 28mm familiar figures, but they work great in 15mm, too.
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Cult of the Dungeongod. This is a mix of Ral Partha Europe and 15mm.co.uk figures. They work really well together.
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Just to close out, here's what the terrain tiles look like:
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In keeping with my name, it all fits into a box about the size of two reams of paper:
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And there are a couple dozen terrain set-pieces ready to go as well:
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It wouldn't be a proper funhouse dungeon without a few traps ready for the unwary:
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(I've shown a few of these off in the Workbench forum, but figured its worth a repost for the Fantasy crowd.)
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You have amassed some BEAUTIFULLY painted & WONDERFULLY IMAGINATIVE Dungeon Folk. OUTSTANDING WORK...keep it going!
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very nice start indeed :-*
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8). :-*
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Great project - really like the tiles!
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Awesome, love this! What rules will you be using?
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A nice selection and something that one doesn't see every day :) Ral Partha europe is truly a great resource for 15mm fantasy stuff. Maybe you can get hold of some Demonworld miniatures, they had some cool models as well, such as their orcs.
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A very nice selection of miniatures and i love the scenery.
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Awesome, love this! What rules will you be using?
Moldvay Basic D&D, trying to hew as close as possible to the rules as written. Maybe even to the point of measuring movement with a ruler.
Thanks for the positive response. I've been trying to keep my lead pile as small as possible, so I've been ordering figures in little batches. I do have securing more RPE figures on my wish list, but I'd also like to pick up some of the Battle Valor figures as well. Some of their skirmish packs are great, and I like to spread my dollars around to encourage as many of the 15mm manufacturers as possible - specifically, the ones that sell packs suitable for us D&D types.
I'll try and update this thread as I add more items to the dungeon. And of course, once I bring these out and use them in an actual game, I'll throw a recap up here, too.
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These are the things that make me doubt between 15mm and 28mm...Well, I can always have both
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I agree with everyone else - great start!
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Next on the docket, clerics and warriors. These are all from 15mm.co.uk's line of adventurers. You get a dozen randos in a pack, so my collection has a few duplicate figures. You'll see in the last photo that I tried to mix up the paint schemes to make them look a little different from each other.
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Shields are rapidly becoming my favorite things to paint. That clear palette begs to be filled and pushes my creativity hard:
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The one on the left is only a little shorter than the other two. She is actually striding forward in a dramatic pose that isn't obvious from this angle:
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A pretty collection of lovely dressed murder-hobos that will drove away some poor goblins out of their caves.
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Great stuff, just shows how much good 15mm fantasy stuff is out there. :)
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Cracking stuff 15mm fantasy is the way! :D
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Why Sir, you're in danger of turning my head.
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That all looks superb. I'm currently mulling over how to approach this scale of dungeoneering. The models are available but what I'm most unsure of is basing, how it would match to the dungeon tiles in terms of shape and size etc. How have you worked this? I'm not even sure if Ral Partha's models, for example even come with bases or have ample moulded bases. 15mm is something I'm unfamiliar with generally so any advice appreciated.
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Ral Partha's minis come with small round integral bases. I reckon you could get away with just using them as they are, but I'd prefer a slightly bigger base, so I've placed mine on 12mm washers. Don't know quite how you'd do dungeon bases, other than greenstuffing some over the tops of the integral bases.
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Washers - good shout. I have ordered the models so will be able to better judge their stance on seeing them.
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Washers - good shout. I have ordered the models so will be able to better judge their stance on seeing them.
Washers work great - paint them the same color as your dungeon floor and they practically disappear.
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Washers work great - paint them the same color as your dungeon floor and they practically disappear.
Washers are great, but I recently tried some acrylic transparent bases - they work on 15mm too! Probably a good option is you're changing terrain locations a lot. Got mine from Sally 4th - 15mm rounds.
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Washers work great - paint them the same color as your dungeon floor and they practically disappear.
Washers are great, but I recently tried some acrylic transparent bases - they work on 15mm too! Probably a good option is you're changing terrain locations a lot. Got mine from Sally 4th - 15mm rounds.
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Nice miniatures Warren. I'm happy to see people going D&D 15 mm ! ;)
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Washers are great, but I recently tried some acrylic transparent bases - they work on 15mm too! Probably a good option is you're changing terrain locations a lot. Got mine from Sally 4th - 15mm rounds.
I have decided to go for Perspex transparent bases. They work out a lot cheaper than washers, the cost of which surprised me when I looked.
The biggest obstacle so far is the tiles themselves - I think I might settle for an unsatisfactory measure in the short term, unless I can find what I am looking for easily. 28mm is extremely well catered for but 15mm requires some effort - the horror!
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The biggest obstacle so far is the tiles themselves - I think I might settle for an unsatisfactory measure in the short term, unless I can find what I am looking for easily. 28mm is extremely well catered for but 15mm requires some effort - the horror!
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You are right. I did have choosing to use some "depron (https://www.leroymerlin.fr/v3/p/produits/carton-de-10-plaques-mur-depron-l-2500-x-l-800-mm-ep-6-mm-e189556)" ( very easy to sculpt, cut, cheap and very light (it's very important if you need to move it in convention or club).
As exemple :
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Doors come from Ral Partha Europe 15mm range (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/blighthaven-15mm-c-119/accessories-c-119_121/).
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One option for Dungeon Tiles that works rather well is to get some laser cut squares of nicer plywood (While I'm working in the 25-32mm range, I've ordered from the Woodcrafter since I tend to use the 1.25" grid), it's rather easy to just use a woodburner/pyrography stylus to burn the grid into the tiles, then just prime and paint it however you want followed by some adhesive backed felt sheets I cut to size and attach to the underside to protect the table I play on.
All you need to do differently than I do is use a smaller grid...
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Doors come from Ral Partha Europe 15mm range (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/blighthaven-15mm-c-119/accessories-c-119_121/).
Those are some damn fine painted figures. Those doors look pretty snazzy too. Might have to pick up a few with the next warband order.
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That's a beautiful and characterful collection!
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So awesome! 8)
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So jealous! o_o
JK. Sort of... ;)
lol
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Long, boring work trip over, it's time for some painting!
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The Ogre Brothers with Barbarian Princess for scale
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A DemonWorld Isthak demon and a dark knight complete with vile faceless minion insignia
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Been a long time, gentlemen. My 2019 made 2020 look like a cakewalk, but I'm back in the painting saddle, and Castle Meatgrinder has a few new denizens to plague would-be murderhobos.
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Nice work you have going on there, there is a lot of fantasy 15mm to choose from and my shopping list just keeps getting longer!
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What a great collection!