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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: pixelgeek on May 04, 2019, 01:25:41 AM
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I don't want to say that we are in a 'Golden Age' of fantasy rules but we certainly are spoiled for choice. I have, like a lot of people, a sizeable cache of fantasy miniatures that have been waiting for the light of day and a paint brush. So with the release of Warlords of Erehwon I decided to dust off some of those miniatures and get them ready for some games.
Part of the appeal with these new rulesets is that it is easy to build a single force and then modify the unit sizes to fit the rules. Dragon Rampant units resize nicely for WoE and Age of Magic. So its not much of a chore to build units for one system, in this case DR, and then use them in the other systems when the mood hits.
Since there are many people in the same situation as I am, namely lots of minis being unused, I thought that I would publicize my efforts with the intent to inspire other people to either dust off their old armies and play some games or use some of those old minis to build a new force and get gaming with it.
You can follow all of the posts about the Project on my blog
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/category/fantasy/the-fantasy-project/
and I will also be posting here as well as work continues.
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So the first unit done for the Project are some Dwarf Riflemen. These are some GEM/CP Models figures that I picked up years and years ago and finally got around to painting. My Dwarf army will be a mix of these, some GW plastics for the heavy armoured warriors and perhaps some Mantic figures.
More comments on my blog
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/first-dwarves-finished/
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These are some great-looking exotic little fellas! Nice cohesive look to the unit.
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Those Dwarves look like a lot of fun!
:)
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Cor, what a treat for the eyes.
I have to ask - the bases, are they pre-made or have you used a crack-effect paint?
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Cor, what a treat for the eyes.
I have to ask - the bases, are they pre-made or have you used a crack-effect paint?
The bases use the GW texture paint. In this case it is Agrelllan Earth.
Those Dwarves look like a lot of fun!
They were a lot of fun to paint. Fairly quick to do and still a nice level of detail
These are some great-looking exotic little fellas! Nice cohesive look to the unit.
They are really quite charming. Nice ‘old school’ look without the fear of lead rot :-) I may need to pick up some more of these if I want to do another unit
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The bases use the GW texture paint. In this case it is Agrelllan Earth.
Thanks, I'll keep an eye out next time I'm in Firestorm.
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Thanks, I'll keep an eye out next time I'm in Firestorm.
It needs to be applied in a thin coat. The more of the paint you add the more of the chemical agent there is present in the paint and the more intensive the crackle effect will be. A thick coat will almost totally lift off of a base.
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While waiting for some bases to show up I wrote some articles about adapting a WFB army for use in the rulesets that I am using for the project. The first one, dealing with Age of Magic, is up
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2019/05/06/converting-a-wfb-army-part-1-age-of-magic/
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Some more dwarves done
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2019/05/11/more-dwarves-completed/
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The middle guy has a touch of Oliver Reed about him!
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The middle guy has a touch of Oliver Reed about him!
That is really odd. And yet I totally see it
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So resurrecting this old thread.
I just took some photos of the entire dwarven force I built and painted.
More photos on my blog
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/dwarf-army-group-shot/
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Nice work!
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Thanks. I was quite pleased, and surprised, by how well the battle for Skull Pass dwarves turned out.
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We had another game of Saga: Age of Magic. My Great Kingdome Dwarves took on my friend's Goblin Horde.
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2020/01/30/age-of-magic-dwarves-v-goblins/
Oddly my Halfling mercenary cavalry were the stars of the game
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That picture just makes me Lol. Those hafling cavalry look like they are just going to get killed in the most brutal way by that giant. The charge of the fat brigade.
Looks like fun though! Thanks for sharing.
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That picture just makes me Lol. Those hafling cavalry look like they are just going to get killed in the most brutal way by that giant.
Well that is certainly what I thought was going to happen. :-) It was entirely unreasonable that they would not only kill the Giant but walk away unscratched. We'll certainly not underestimate them in the future :D
To be fair, the attack wouldn't have gone through in a regular game but Palmer was so far ahead that w did it as a lark.
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The Goblin army expands.
I still need to do some highlights on it but the Doom Diver is mostly done except for the base. I also have the three crew as well as the flying Doom Diver done.
Sadly there are no silly rules for this war machine in Age of Magic but it will still look fun on the table and I can use the flying model to mark the target.
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I finished the Doom Diver as well as another cannon for my Dwarves and two crew for a Goblin trebuchet.
I need to add a Monster for my Goblins so it will be a bit before I finish the trebuchet. Despite having a full Goblin force for Age of Magic I haven't played them yet as all my friends have Horde forces. :-(
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More riflemen for my dwarven force. I will be testing them out in Age of Magic this weekend. I thought I had more of these Battle of Skull Pass models but in the end, I had to reuse a few previously painted models (not painted by me) so there are two figures where the details are a bit soft.
I'm not really a good enough painter that it was necessary to clean the figs up before painting them.
If I can find four more of these fellows then I will expand it to a unit of 12 so I can use them as Levy in the Great Kingdoms list.
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Photos and comments from my game today. My Masters of the Underearth Dwarves get schooled by a viking Horde with some Minotaurs.
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/age-of-magic-horde-v-underearth/
I may need someone to rock me to sleep after that beating
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Good stuff! Your painting looks excellent to me,great metallics :-*
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Thanks. Its all due to the magic of Nuln Oil
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Another fantastic game of Age of Magic.
https://zacgaming.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/age-of-magic-dwarves-v-undead-2/
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I didn't use them in this most recent game but I also finished off two new heroes for my Dwarves. Almost did them by accident as I painted small bits on them as I was working on other models and then the next thing I know they were done.
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A slightly better picture of my Doom Diver and crew