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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: JollyBob on May 13, 2009, 12:37:51 PM
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Hi all.
After painting the 24th Regiment of (Hairy) Foot the other month, I'm giving serious consideration to trying to finish my Halfling army.
But...
I was looking at getting some bits from Mirliton to bulk it out (the chariot, cannon and maybe the mounted scouts) and wondered how they would stack up next to my other figs, which are mainly Citadel.
The ones I already have cover everything from the old C-series, through the early-nineties Empire types and up to Lumpin Croop's regiment, bolstered by the Black Hat regiment, and a couple from Heresy and Hasslfree so there is a fair bit of variety already.
The Mirliton ones look taller and slimmer, but will most likely be used in seperate regiments etc so shouldn't pose too much of a problem (I hope) but if they are significantly larger, they may tower over the others too much and look proper stupid.
So, as I eventually get to the point - too big to mix, or not that different? Anybody know?
Cheers all!
JB
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Maybe some of the halflings are two-thirdlings? Or three-eigthlings?
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Yeah, possibly.
Was it Tolkein who had some of his hobbits described as "Tallfellows"? A few of them were big enough to ride ponies, anyway. (I may be thinking of some terrible bastardised version of hobits and halflings that I read in White Dwarf or a bloody awful Forgotten Realms book once over.)
I don't mind if the ones on the horses look a little taller, as that would make sense, but if I decide to mix some in with my militia regiment, will they look out of place?
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(http://www.fiatstrada.co.uk/images/caine.gif)
Hold on boys, I've just had an idea.... ;)
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You're gonna blow off the bloody doors, Bob?
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No it just struck me that I can order a couple of singles off Doug at em4 and see if they match up before I decide to spring for the specialist packs from Mirliton.
So I just did, one halfling prince on a pony and a sword wielding adventurer on their way.
Sometimes you've just got to love the options disputed copyright gives you... :D
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Shrewd move
are these Halflings for Flintloque? I hear alot about this game though I don't own it nor have I read the rules
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I've never really been interested in Flintloque, these are just for my own nefarious purposes.
I always just liked the idea that in times of trouble, all the villages of the Moot would send out their militias and watchmen and any adventurous souls who cared to join them to fight off any aggressors. The idea of massed ranks of halflings, all equiped differently, no group looking the same just appealed. A real rag-tag, last ditch defensive measure from otherwise peaceful people. The sort of thing that the Shire would have fielded against Sharkey if they'd had a bit more warning....
Of course, this means that I will have to also complete my Snotling army to re-enact the ferocious Battle of Proudfoot's Five Acre Orchard. ;)
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Or maybe a punch-up between the East(-end) Farthing and the West Farthing...
After one too many in the Green Dragon. A Very Shire Civil War? Or have I just gone off on one of my tangents again?
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I can see this escalating if one of us doesn't calm down soon... lol
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LOL Its ok I had a pill and a lie down - I feel better now
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Arrived today, excellent service from Doug as usual. :)
And they look like they'd work just fine. I don't know whether to laugh or cry now.
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Oh well that sounds like good news. I'd open a bottle of wine if I was you Bob, and think about it.
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I see you have the same approach to project design as I do, Mr Carew. lol
That explains why I never finish anything.
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Ah, well I do spend alot of time thinking about doing stuff, though sadly not much time actually doing, uh, stuff. Many of my best ideas were seen through the bottom of a glass. That is, I think that they were good ideas - you get the picture
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The Mirliton Halflings are old Grenadier Copplestone miniatures - the cannon looks very good.
If you are interested I have a couple of sets of Halflings (various manufacturers) that are for sale. If you are looking to increase your regiments, PM me and I'll get some more information.
Tony
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/
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Augh Tony, you've gone and interrupted their own little thread where the two of them were amusing each other lol lol
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LOL This isn't a private thread, though it is usual for my comments to stop a conversation in its tracks
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What? It ain't our fault no bugger else wanted to play, is it?
@ Dampfpanzerwagon: PM on its way. :)
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Over the last couple of days I have so nearly posted on this thread but didnt as I was just amused by the fact it was just the two of you.
JB. If you buy s/h lead, where do you buy it? Shame on you :D ;D lol
I didnt want to sell you any midgets with hairy feet anyway ;D Keep an eye on the postman ::)
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Svennn, you know I am your little crack monkey.
(http://www.advrider.com/forums/image.php?u=89071&dateline=1212497591)
If you had more shineys to palm off on me you should have said! lol
Its probably about time time I returned the many favours you've done me, tbh.
EDIT:
Postie's just arrived with three more little fellas for the cause, kindly donated by Svennn. I swear, the man must have bought a hundred packs of everything released from every Nottingham based firm in the nineties.
Top bloke. :)
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Where is the picture of all these halflings to encourage the rest of us will go a hobbit buying spree (I already own about 50, from 80's and earlier 90's).
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And a package from dampfpanzerwagen turns up today with a bunch of Copplestone's reworkings of his old Grenadier sculpts.
Which coincidentally are almost exactly the same size as the Alternative Armies ones Svennn donated. Excellent. This now gives me a nice little group of Greenwood scouts, led by Robbing Hud and Little Jim.
@ Tim: There will be pictures as and when the buggers get painted. This may actually never happen. Although when I get a few different types together, I may compile a comparison shot for other people's reference.
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You should become the Worlds Authority on Hobbits and do a web-site - though that does all sound far too much like hard-work. Scratch that idea.
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You should become the Worlds Authority on Hobbits and do a web-site - though that does all sound far too much like hard-work. Scratch that idea.
Yeah collect hobbits is a dangerous slippery slope...its....
(wait for it....)
Hobbitual!!!!
:D
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I would have said it's hobbitforming. ;)
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For anybody who still might give a hoot, here's the comparison between all the different halflings I currently own:
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb155/GrunterPulpit/Halflings/Halfcomp.jpg)
Left to right they are:
Citadel C-series; Late 90's Citadel; Black Hat; Black Tree/Harlequin; Grenadier/Mirliton; Copplestone reworking of previous; Alternative Armies; Hasslefree; Heresy (l'il bit drunk).
Please ignore the ropey painting on the first two, the touch-up goblin will be making an appearance with them sooner or later.
All in all, I don't think they all square up too badly. There are some I wouldn't necessarily mix within a unit, but others that complement each other. (I did not include the mid 90s Citadel Empire halflings as they are pretty much a midpoint between the first two, and its easy to judge the comparative size from that. And I had no more room in my light tent.)
Also, there is no consistency of size in the C-series ones I have, so I chose one that seemed average, but be aware of the variation.
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Nobody actually cares but me, do they...? :'(
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I care a little. ;)
The Black Hat one seems to be a good (perfect) match for the later GW ones, while the BTD look like they'd mix well with the citadel C-series. For the purists.
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Yep, my thoughts exactly. And the AA ones will fit with Copplestone's.
They are all close enough to make a sizeable army, as Mad Carew Sr said, they could represent different villages in the Shire/Moot to allow for variation while still all being halflings.
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Did I suggest that? A moment of clarity? Or was it the claret talking? Whatever, thats a pretty good line-up there Bob; keep us posted on the progress of your short-ass army.
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Yep, my thoughts exactly. And the AA ones will fit with Copplestone's.
They are all close enough to make a sizeable army, as Mad Carew Sr said, they could represent different villages in the Shire/Moot to allow for variation while still all being halflings.
I care,
I have the same thing going with old skool chaos dwarves, (plate armour not the high hats) though have sensibly reframed from buying up every single marauder mini that appears on ebay but I have around 20 or so from GW, twisted tales etc...
Anyway:
Differences in height, bodyform would be natural in any population, even short hairy footed buggers like these.
End of the day it's not like they're all cloned from the same mould is it? ;)
Get painting!