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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: DivisMal on August 04, 2017, 07:16:25 AM
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Hello fellow LAFers,
In this thread I'll present you some of my poorly painted VSF collection. 15mm is rather hard to collect in this scale and I'm often envious at all the shiny lines of 28-32mm VSF available, yet in 15mm it is not only cheaper, though you still spend a lot on postage, but is much better compatible with my time budget.
Gentlemen, here they come, I hope, you like it!
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First of all some of my favorites: four-armed Martians, totally unrelated, of course, to a certain ERB novel. The minis are lovely, but especially he infantry requires a lot of preparation like drilling open the hands. I still have a whole army on the lead-pile.
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Steam-powered walker and tank. These are normally used by my Prussian baddies, but do also fit into nearly all European factions.
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Steampunk robot and a model that was originally produced for a 10mm (!) Fantasy Football (!!) Lizardmen team (!!!).
I think he/she/it makes a good stand as a Pellucidar baddy. What do you think?
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Great stuff. Who makes the robot?
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Great stuff. Who makes the robot?
Thank you! It's the HLpR Bot from Bombshell. They gave a lot of stuff for the 15mm games in their shop, "camouflaged" as familiars and pets :)
I got mine from a Berlin based tabletop store.
Here's the link from the Bombshell homepage
http://store.bombshellminis.com/robots-vehicles/
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Nice work!
Thanks for sharing. It's always great to see another 15mm VSF collection.
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Nice work!
Thanks for sharing. It's always great to see another 15mm VSF collection.
Thank you! I'll post some more once I find the time for taking pictures. Do you also collect 15mm VSF? Then it must be God's way of telling us that he hates this combination by putting you to the place the most far away from my home lol lol
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Some time ago, I was able to get my hands on a set of the magnificent Obelisk great apes. Now oop, sadly. I really like the apes, and they are probably perfect for playing Congo & Co. in 28mm, but where they really shin is 15mm.
They are absolutely beautifully sculpted and make fantastic giant apes ready to battle dinosaurs and steal damsels from their tents!
Third picture shows the ape in comparison to some pieces of my collection.
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Some rubber dinosaurs I picked up at a British shop selling books, pens and well...stuff on my holiday last year on Guernsey.
Added some army painter shade, painted details, added some colors (on the back of the T-Rex) and voila: 15mm VSF dinosaurs!
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Here is a picture showing you how well my giant ape works with the dinosaurs. He's truly the king pf the jungle!
15mm American dinosaur hunter and 15mm Mahar added for scale.
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One of my favorites: my vision of John Carter in 15mm.
I used a Copplestone barbarian and gave him an 28mm plastic sword from the Mantic elves sprue - John's superior physique allows him to use Tharg weapons in the atmosphere of Mars!
The stone man is a 28mm Rackham familiar, which I use as a Martian native, a species not described by ERB. He's the last of his kind and acts as a monster, hero or NPC.
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Nice work! I particularly like the dinosaurs.
Thank you! I'll post some more once I find the time for taking pictures. Do you also collect 15mm VSF? Then it must be God's way of telling us that he hates this combination by putting you to the place the most far away from my home lol lol
Yes, I also have a VSF collection with the addition of a few Pulp characters in 15mm. Except for the occasional miniature or vehicle and a unit or three for In Her Majesty's Name, I haven't worked on it a great deal for quite some years.
I originally started my adventure after converting one miniature after returning home from the cinema in 1999 after watching 'The Mummy'. The miniature was an adventuring archaeologist by the name of Montana Browne.
Unfortunately, photos of my collection are currently stored in my Photobucket album. If you can be bothered putting up with the pop-ups, my stuff can be viewed here - http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/library/15mm%20VSF?sort=2&page=1 (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/library/15mm%20VSF?sort=2&page=1)
Most of my collection consist of ACW-VSF inspired units to use with my ACW forces with G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.
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Nice work! I particularly like the dinosaurs.
Yes, I also have a VSF collection with the addition of a few Pulp characters in 15mm. Except for the occasional miniature or vehicle and a unit or three for In Her Majesty's Name, I haven't worked on it a great deal for quite some years.
I originally started my adventure after converting one miniature after returning home from the cinema in 1999 after watching 'The Mummy'. The miniature was an adventuring archaeologist by the name of Montana Browne.
Unfortunately, photos of my collection are currently stored in my Photobucket album. If you can be bothered putting up with the pop-ups, my stuff can be viewed here - http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/library/15mm%20VSF?sort=2&page=1 (http://s92.photobucket.com/user/LeadBear/library/15mm%20VSF?sort=2&page=1)
Most of my collection consist of ACW-VSF inspired units to use with my ACW forces with G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.
Well that's pretry awesome! I'm just back from work and after dinner, I'll check your collection.
Meanwhile I'll show post some new photos I took!
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The Lord of the Apes and Jane.
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A giant snake to eat Victorian adventurers and some apes for Tarzan.
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Martian predators. When I first saw them I was reminded of the great DOS game World of Ultima: Martian Dreams. One of the best games from the good old era when games still were fun. :) (even better though was the other ultima worlds episode: The Savage Empire).
They are dangerous beasts and can easily overwhelm a man.
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Two more pictures showing the sizes of all my little uglies.
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You show one can get a lot of mileage out of painting 15mm, and you obviously can use comparatively 'larger spaces'.
My own interest was naval and aerial, but I've some Martian Empires from Black Hat that I hope will see table in not TOO distant future.
Thanks!
Doug
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You show one can get a lot of mileage out of painting 15mm, and you obviously can use comparatively 'larger spaces'.
My own interest was naval and aerial, but I've some Martian Empires from Black Hat that I hope will see table in not TOO distant future.
Thanks!
Doug
Thank you for the kind words.
Actually, I like 15mm for a number of reasons, and have my own collections for VSF, Pulp, Fantasy and SF.
For VSF my idea was that 15mm was ideal to incorporate small-scale aerial action with ground troops. There are some awesome 15mm Flying ships (very much John Carter inspired) available in the US and I'm saving money to get one of those ...someday.
What VSF still is lacking is the right amount of heroic individuals. After all VSF novels are character-driven to the extreme, and I always get envious when I see the myriads of Sherlock Holmes, Tarzans, Draculas etc. available. The land of plenty, so to say, while in 15mm it's a lot more prehistoric times, namely hunting and gathering...
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I have just seen an email from Modiphius regarding expansions to their John Carter range. If it had been in 28mm, I might have bought in as I could have used with Tin Man too. What I would really like is a comparable range in 20mm or 15mm. I wish. I would like to scratch build some flyers in that scale.
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Dis Mal
Those figures look incredible! I am so jealous.
Dan
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A giant snake to eat Victorian adventurers and some apes for Tarzan.
Who produces those apes?
Thanks
Dan
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Who produces those apes?
Thanks
Dan
Dan, iirc they were sold by Highlander Miniatures in the US. Sadly the brilliant line of VSF wasn’t continued for ages (he had a Space 1889 license!) and the shop seems to be down by now.
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Too bad. They look really nice. Thanks so much.
Dan
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Too bad. They look really nice. Thanks so much.
Dan
Jon @ Khurasan has started a nice range recently and I am tempted to buy in there; he has also some great apes there and has teased a not-Tarzan and a not-Indy!
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Excellent, thanks! I have a short shopping list there that needs finishing up.
Dan
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Excellent, thanks! I have a short shopping list there that needs finishing up.
Dan
Have you seen Dan, that the models have been released? I’m very tempted to make a Christmas order now…
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Well, the sooner we can finish all the holiday shopping, the sooner I can get to spend my gaming fund. :)
Dan
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Glad this thread was brought to my attention, great stuff mate!
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Glad this thread was brought to my attention, great stuff mate!
Thank you, my friend! Sadly I somehow have had a far too long hiatus in doing something here. Dan Mersey’s The Men who would be Kong as well as various pulp sets have by now given me ample opportunities to do decent gaming.
Alas, maybe in the new year!
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have started to continue my VSF/pulp thread. Let’s start with two older models which afaik I haven’t shown here. They’re from Rebel Minis excellent range of Steampunk adventurers.
A venturous young lady certainly not educated at Ms Coote‘s and a brilliant scientist from Humbold university.
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Those are full of character. good work.
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Lovely
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Those are full of character. good work.
Lovely
Thank you, Louie & LoxIslay!
While going through my stuff, I found this one. It’s from Rebel Miniature‘s excellent VSF/Pulp range and meant to represent Captain Nemo‘s armed crew. I should have some more somewhere semi-finished and will post them when I found and finished them. Together with an Elite troop of deep sea divers these are meant to represent the forces on board the Nautilus.
Now where can I get a good model for the Nautilus in 15mm…?🤔
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Thank you, Louie & LoxIslay!
While going through my stuff, I found this one. It’s from Rebel Miniature‘s excellent VSF/Pulp range and meant to represent Captain Nemo‘s armed crew. I should have some more somewhere semi-finished and will post them when I found and finished them. Together with an Elite troop of deep sea divers these are meant to represent the forces on board the Nautilus.
Now where can I get a good model for the Nautilus in 15mm…?🤔
Here are some Disney inspired models listed: http://www.julesverne.ca/jvnautilus.html
Then there is this one https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/revell-07613-nautilus--202908
Maybe the easiest way to get one in scale: https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/1015864389/1100-nautilus-submarine-paper-model?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=nautilus+u+boot&ref=sr_gallery-1-14&pro=1&organic_search_click=1
Not so easy as it seems.
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Here are some Disney inspired models listed: http://www.julesverne.ca/jvnautilus.html
Then there is this one https://www.scalemates.com/de/kits/revell-07613-nautilus--202908
Maybe the easiest way to get one in scale: https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/1015864389/1100-nautilus-submarine-paper-model?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=nautilus+u+boot&ref=sr_gallery-1-14&pro=1&organic_search_click=1
Not so easy as it seems.
Wow! An awesome collection of links!!
Naturally I first saw the one which was an individual model after the Disney version. The Revell kit is nice, but doesn’t seem to be a Nautilus to me. The paper model seems pretty good, though.
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The Rebel minis are, indeed very good, but they use different sculptors so some packs can be 18mm and some true 15mm scale. I purchased both packs of Steampunk Adventurers, the excellent Egyptian digging crew, and the Cairo Adventurers which are all compatible with my Martian Empires minis. Also bought the Pulp Heroes and Villains pack -beautifully sculpted but true 15mm size. I would suggest looking at the sculptors to get compatibly sized figures. I got great service from Rebel and would definitely recommend them. Cheers, Jeff
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The Rebel minis are, indeed very good, but they use different sculptors so some packs can be 18mm and some true 15mm scale. I purchased both packs of Steampunk Adventurers, the excellent Egyptian digging crew, and the Cairo Adventurers which are all compatible with my Martian Empires minis. Also bought the Pulp Heroes and Villains pack -beautifully sculpted but true 15mm size. I would suggest looking at the sculptors to get compatibly sized figures. I got great service from Rebel and would definitely recommend them. Cheers, Jeff
Hi Jeff, that’s sad but true and I had the same disappointment. One thing is gaming where from the distance I usually look at my troops, I can ignore the few mm difference. But when I want to admire my collection, I agree, that’s a serious disappointment.
Thank goodness *most* of the 15mm Pulp/VSF producers are on the big side, so I have a veritable collection by now. Have you seen that Khurasan has also released a new range? I’m very keen to find out how these compare sizewise to the rest of my stuff.
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Lot's of nice stuff here.
By the way, Highlander Studios is still operating - just bought stuff from him last fall. Google and you can see a list. Not sure about photos, though. Have many figures from him - and the Cape buffalo set was a commission I did with him, seven unique sculpts, his version includes a human rider - or did - for the eighth item (mine was a lion killed animal).
And for a Jules Verne Nautilus, check out this very thoughtful link about that submarine: http://www.westernexplorers.us/Jules_Vernes_submarine_Nautilus.pdf
That is a good guide but you won't be happy if you want a Disneyesque version - which would likely sink straight away or at lease be no better than a plow horse for making steerage way. Remember, the origins of VSF was in "SCIENCE" fiction which meant extrapolating real science, not flights of fancy. Well, okay, and adapting fiction - but proper science fiction, again, was pushing real science at the time of writing. ERB, of course, also wrote fantasy books that had nothing to do with science, just pure creative license.
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Lot's of nice stuff here.
By the way, Highlander Studios is still operating - just bought stuff from him last fall. Google and you can see a list. Not sure about photos, though. Have many figures from him - and the Cape buffalo set was a commission I did with him, seven unique sculpts, his version includes a human rider - or did - for the eighth item (mine was a lion killed animal).
And for a Jules Verne Nautilus, check out this very thoughtful link about that submarine: http://www.westernexplorers.us/Jules_Vernes_submarine_Nautilus.pdf
That is a good guide but you won't be happy if you want a Disneyesque version - which would likely sink straight away or at lease be no better than a plow horse for making steerage way. Remember, the origins of VSF was in "SCIENCE" fiction which meant extrapolating real science, not flights of fancy. Well, okay, and adapting fiction - but proper science fiction, again, was pushing real science at the time of writing. ERB, of course, also wrote fantasy books that had nothing to do with science, just pure creative license.
Thanks! My VSF projects have currently stalled a little, but that link is great reading material. The Disney Nautilus is stuck in my mind since I saw 20,000 Leagues as a kid, but, hey, that’s the beauty of our hobby, that you are actually reading and learning a lot.
I’m still looking for a suitable model and might just change my plans. And you’re certainly right with your emphasis on the S in VSF (even Barsoom tries to explain a lot of things using (late) Victorian research). That’s probably also the main difference to Steampunk and it’s many tentacles.
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Nice work :)
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Nice work :)
Thanks, James!
I’m currently stuck in 28mm The Silver Bayonet, but sooner or later the world’s of the late 19th century will be explored again. Be it with the Nautilus or a giant cannon propelling men into space! I did finish enough dinosaurs for the lost world, but need to make some scenery (both for the Lost World and for Barsoom), though.
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Looking forward to it :)
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Looking forward to it :)
Alas, I need time! give me more hours/day.
Or, remembering a certain Black Adder episode: maybe I should start my terrain with building a Time Machine hoping it works…;)
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Only just caught up on this thread, missed it first time around. Great stuff :-*
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This thread is pushing me to paint my Nemo crew. I’ve kept them unpainted for far too long:
https://www.rebelminis.com/caneandelgu.html
(https://s.turbifycdn.com/aah/yhst-51356505839231/capt-nemo-and-elite-guard-12.gif)
Dan