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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Westfalia Chris on March 06, 2019, 11:38:34 AM
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Hi all,
for a project I'm focusing on this year, I am looking to add a handful of savages with a bit of "Cavepeople" flair.
Unfortunately, I haven't found figures that met my preferences so far:
- 28mm, preferably comparable to Foundry, but smaller ones wouldn't be an issue (see below).
- Preferably figures of "lanky physique", that is, not the more stocky variant. Therefore, the Copplestone figures are more or less out, as are the forthcoming North Star plastics.
- Preferably not too "fuzzy/hairy", that is, less beard and animal skins instead of proper furs, so that they don't look too out-of-place for a svelte, "tropical" environment.
- Not too elaborately-attired, I'd prefer a proper primitive appearance.
My ideal choice would be figures that resembled the savage Kali cultists from "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad". I don't have a pic to hand, but I'll upload a screenshot tonight, for those who don't know the film (shame! ;)). For this, I've also checked a variety of Plains Indians ranges (including the Copplestone South American Indians), but no luck so far.
My fallback option right now would be the Pulp Figures South Sea Melanesians. Those are very close to what I am imagining, and fine per se, but a bit on the stocky side and not too good a match, I think, with the other figures for the project (Antediluvian and similar). If nothing else comes up, though, I'll take those and make them work and probably be happy with them (they're Pulp Figures, after all).
I'm sure there are ranges out there I don't have the slightest knowledge of, so if anybody knows of a range that would match the above, I'd be grateful for any pointers.
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Hasslefree have a lot of naked/"skyclad" miniatures and dollies in their fantasy resin masters range. They are of slender proportions and usually not too big. Perhaps you could use a little greenstuff for hair and whatever your savages need to cover their nudity.
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BlackTree design make savage Germans, who are naked or in furs
https://eoeorbisuk.com/collections/ancient/products/ia1019-savage-germans-with-spears-i-4?variant=4539214979
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For my "Lost World" cave-types I have some ESAIR TROGS from Baueda.
http://www.esair.baueda.com/shoptrog.html
Mine, still in bags, look better than the painted ones on the website. ::) They are much slimmer than my Copplestone cave people. Although marketed as Fantasy figures, they fit I think with early humanoids.
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Eureka Denisovans should do it:
http://www.eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_126_866_867
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A screenshot or 2 would be usefull.
There may be ranges close enough that you can do some conversions. ;)
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Thanks all to the answers so far, and the Denisovans are extremely close already.
That said, I am not too fixed on any historical ranges, but fantasy savages or "primitive" barbarians might be okay, too, provided they are not too tall.
I'm sorry I forgot to add the screenshot yesterday, long day made longer after I came home and then forgot about it.
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you mean these ones :
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9_iMNcLAXpg/TKc90AVHWlI/AAAAAAAAAsM/ty1TwjRNi1Y/s1600/golden+voyage+12.jpg)
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May be some Dark Africa warrior from Foundry (for the loincloth and haircut).
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1505/0474/products/da103_1024x1024.jpg?v=1496188824)
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Eureka 16ths C Tupi?
https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/tupi-762-c.asp
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you mean these ones :
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9_iMNcLAXpg/TKc90AVHWlI/AAAAAAAAAsM/ty1TwjRNi1Y/s1600/golden+voyage+12.jpg
Those are the ones, precisely. Looking for a more or less tropical theme, so the less furs, the better.
I've already got a number of the Azande (painted up for Darkest Africa), so I would prefer something a bit less recognizable; additionally, they fall on the bulky side of the spectrum, as outlined above.
The Eureka Tupi are rather good, too, but less of a match to what I had imagined and a bit too uniform with the haircut and those fronds.
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Hmmm
Maori? (Eureka? Or Emperess?)
Eureka miniatures Powhatans?
https://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/100pow0103-powhatan-raiding-party-1675-p.asp
Black cat bases Tribals?
https://blackcatbases.com/product-category/figures/figures-pirates-of-the-skeleton-seas/page/2/
Old Glory Cannibals?
https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=OGP-22
https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=OGP-23
Brigade Pacific Islanders?
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/BG-PCD301-Pacific-Island-Native-Infantry--bows-spears-hatchet-4_p_837.html
Brigade Bone Island Warriors?
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/Bone-Island-Warriors-5_p_312.html
Brigade Javaro Head hunters?
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/BG-CEN041-South-American-Javaro-Headhunters-5_p_327.html
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/BG-CEN042-South-American-Javaro-Archers-5_p_328.html
http://brigadegames.3dcartstores.com/BG-CEN043-South-American-Javaro-Blowpipers-5_p_329.html
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Foundry azteks perhaps.
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Or check the Black Tree Designs ancient germans or some of the berserker vikings.
The only problem is the hair and beards.
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Or check the Black Tree Designs ancient germans or some of the berserker vikings.
The only problem is the hair and beards.
that's why i didn't suggested them. ;)
The best nude figurines but not the good heads !
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or the Footsore indian Skraelings, but only bowmen available
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0657/9717/products/03SKR101.jpg?v=1527809475)
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Footsore do spearmen (well open handed melee men technically)
https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/skraelings
CP models also do some Skraelings:
https://cpmodels.co.uk/product-category/28mm-ranges/28mm-dark-ages/skraelings/
And if we are going down that route... Then there are the Flint and Feather early American Indians... but I think they might be too identifiable as Woodland indians?
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Pontoonier Caribe Indians?
https://shop.badgergames.com/category.sc?categoryId=251
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I was going to say Esair Frogs. Copplestone indians are quite tall too