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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: blacksmith on July 27, 2022, 09:45:39 PM
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Hi,
I'm just in the middle of a project for LOTR in 1/72 mainly thanks to the fantastic miniatures from Dark Alliance. This scale brings me memories when I was a child so I'm having a lot of fun with it lately now that I'm getting old!
I decided to start with Orcs and Rohirrims but Rohirrims on foot do not exist so I picked a box of Zvezda Vikings.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WiMe8SQpm60/YTyoAo4DtOI/AAAAAAAAMxw/hZiJLiY0eywOOAXjgMNsbfwaOirvMTOJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s3276/IMG_9062_Fotor.jpg)
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Dark Alliance has Rohirrim on horse:
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Now Orcs, all of them from Dark Alliance as well
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Some Warg riders
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A couple of Trolls. They come four in a box and there are several different boxes.
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A comparative shot
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I've also started to paint some characters; these are from Caesar:
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Now some pics of them in action
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Cheers,
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These are all fantastic my favourite would have to be the Zvezda Vikings but then their miniatures are incredible and a joy to paint.
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Great looking game. Excellent painting :)
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Wonderful paintwork there.
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Those Zvezda Vikings match perfectly! It’s awesome to see others working with 1/72. Cheers!
What ruleset are you using here?
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Great idea and super execution, both armies look great!
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These are all fantastic my favourite would have to be the Zvezda Vikings but then their miniatures are incredible and a joy to paint.
Yes, I love Zvezda minis, I think they are the best in the market but the Rohirrim cavalry by Dark Alliance is an excellent box too.
Cheers,
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Great looking game. Excellent painting :)
Thank you! Appreciated.
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Wonderful paintwork there.
The minis are a pleasure to paint, thank you.
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Those Zvezda Vikings match perfectly! It’s awesome to see others working with 1/72. Cheers!
What ruleset are you using here?
Yes, I've rediscovered this scale and I think I'm going to stick to it for a while because I love it. I'm using a solo battle rulebook called Warrior Heroes Warbands by Two Hour Wargames, now being sold by Rebel Minis, but with some add ons on my own.
You can see a few reports in my blog: https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/02/orcs-invasion.html (https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/02/orcs-invasion.html)
Cheers,
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Great idea and super execution, both armies look great!
I'm glad you like it, thank you very much for your words.
cheers,
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Great looking armies - 1:72nd seems to be becoming quite popular for large scale battles
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Tremendous! Really great paintwork - especially on the Vikings, as others have said. I really like the colour scheme on those trolls too.
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Tremendous! Really great paintwork - especially on the Vikings, as others have said. I really like the colour scheme on those trolls too.
Yes, the Orc rabble was black spray painted and then drybrushed but the vikings got much love and effort. Thank for your kind words; I publish these pictures after seeing your magnificent painted Orcs in another thread.
Cheers,
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Great looking armies - 1:72nd seems to be becoming quite popular for large scale battles
Thank you. I think it has always been popular but maybe it's a new thing in Fantasy as there weren't figures for that before.
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@blacksmith - what size bases do you have on your rohan cavalry and warg riders? it looks to fit perfectly.
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@blacksmith - what size bases do you have on your rohan cavalry and warg riders? it looks to fit perfectly.
They are 30mm washers but I had to cut off the ends of some of the bases, especially the horses' to fit them into the washers.
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They all look really good. My only problem with the plastic fantasy range is that they are too "Peter Jacksonesque" for my taste.
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They all look really good. My only problem with the plastic fantasy range is that they are too "Peter Jacksonesque" for my taste.
Well, Dark Alliance figures are a Peter Jackson's LOTR rip off, but if you like something different you can have a look at Caesar/Miniknight miniatures. They have boxes of 1/72 Orcs, Goblins, Dwarves, Wood Elves, Lizardmen, Ratmen (Skaven), undead and adventurers. Then, there is also the historic lines that you can use for humans, like for example the Gothic cavalry for Rohirrims.
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Having seen the direction mainstream fantasy has trended in the past few decades, I’ve come to appreciate the Peter Jackson LotR aesthetic. It’s grounded in a bit more realism with hints of dark ages. I’ll take that over world of Warcraft/age of sigmar/warmachine/kings of war/Terrinoth every time, all day.
But yeah, there are lots of options at 1/72 now. Even within the Dark Alliance line: Minotaurs, cyclops, mummies, nomads, centaurs, cimmerians, amazons, Anubis, etc.
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Having seen the direction mainstream fantasy has trended in the past few decades, I’ve come to appreciate the Peter Jackson LotR aesthetic. It’s grounded in a bit more realism with hints of dark ages. I’ll take that over world of Warcraft/age of sigmar/warmachine/kings of war/Terrinoth every time, all day.
But yeah, there are lots of options at 1/72 now. Even within the Dark Alliance line: Minotaurs, cyclops, mummies, nomads, centaurs, cimmerians, amazons, Anubis, etc.
Totally agree with you.
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Totally agree with you.
Indeed. I don't much like the films (they're good in parts ...), but a lot of the designs are interesting in themselves (e.g. the Uruk-hai - nothing like the book descriptions, but a cool look in its own right). And yes: they're generally far superior to the stuff that Jack cites above.
Also, some of the Dark Alliance Orc designs don't owe very much to Peter Jackson/Weta other than the fact that they wouldn't look out of place with stuff that was. The archer on the right below, for example, is just a perfect Orc from the hints that Tolkien drops - a monstrous, demonic version of the Steppe peoples that struck such fear into civilisations in both the East and the West:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ukRI9LAebnE/X-4m4fkOcDI/AAAAAAAAB3E/pf2yA2xi32wHy9FybWEA5cCO-BfGgNJJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Penny%2Borcs.JPG)
I could be wrong, but I don't think any of those five are derived directly from the films. And the mythological stuff (Minotaurs, Cyclopes and Anubis creatures) are great original designs - along with the other stuff that Jack mentions.
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Maybe in Mordor there were some like those but yes, you're right. They are not like the ones in the film.
Lovely painting BTW :)
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I’ll just echo how great that all looks! (And I’ve painted a bunch of 1/72s myself, so I know what they are like to do.)
The only current problem with 1/72 fantasy, IMHO, is that a lot of the sets are out of production, especially the Caesar sets. (And we could generally do with a few more poses of magicians—I’ve extended mine with things like druids from the HaT Celtic Command set and figures from odd sets like Strelets Crusader Transport.)
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The only current problem with 1/72 fantasy, IMHO, is that a lot of the sets are out of production, especially the Caesar sets. (And we could generally do with a few more poses of magicians—I’ve extended mine with things like druids from the HaT Celtic Command set and figures from odd sets like Strelets Crusader Transport.)
The Elheim metal range (https://www.elhiem.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1678863-FANTASY-20mm-RPG.html) is quite good for wizards - and (more convenient if you're in the US) some old Ral Partha stuff scales pretty well with 1/72. There are lots of 1979ish Tom Meier character figures that are fine height and build-wise with 1/72, though they have somewhat bigger faces. I'd say that the slight difference is well worth putting up with as a kind of 'hierarchical scale' for heroes and wizards. But yes, it's a shame that Caesar hasn't brought its adventurers back into production.
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Elhiem is bloody expensive when you include P&P, a shame as I want them really bad.
Adventurers set from Caesar is OOP but the rest of their Fantasy range has been re-released by Miniknight.
Another thing I do when I can't find the minis I want in 1/72 is to 3d print 28mm figures down into 20mm. I did it with the whole Fellowship of the Ring plus Saruman and Gollum.
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Tbh, the limited availability is one of the things I appreciate about 1/72 hobbying. I like the thrill of the scavenger hunt for models that might work. Also the somewhat limited options at this scale means I’m not drowning in countless sprues of unpainted plastic. The scarcity of options helps me control my spending.
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Tbh, the limited availability is one of the things I appreciate about 1/72 hobbying. I like the thrill of the scavenger hunt for models that might work. Also the somewhat limited options at this scale means I’m not drowning in countless sprues of unpainted plastic. The scarcity of options helps me control my spending.
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Speaking of which, can you suggest me a good proxy for Gondor soldier? They don't have to look like the ones in the film. I was thinking that maybe byzantines could work.
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Speaking of which, can you suggest me a good proxy for Gondor soldier? They don't have to look like the ones in the film. I was thinking that maybe byzantines could work.
The Caesar dismounted Crusaders (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2298) would give you some reasonable options - and would very broadly fit Tolkien's description of a Bayeux Tapestry look for Middle Earth. Some of the armour might be a bit much, but I think they'd come alive with black surcoats and white-tree heraldry.
I think the HaT El Cid infantry (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1440)would be a good fit too. They're unusual among 1/72 figures in that they really seem to be designed for wargames - lots of spear-armed infantry who rank up well! And you get loads in a box for not very much. The Andalusians and Almoravids would give you some decent Haradrim options too!.
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The Caesar dismounted Crusaders (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2298) would give you some reasonable options - and would very broadly fit Tolkien's description of a Bayeux Tapestry look for Middle Earth. Some of the armour might be a bit much, but I think they'd come alive with black surcoats and white-tree heraldry.
I think the HaT El Cid infantry (http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1440)would be a good fit too. They're unusual among 1/72 figures in that they really seem to be designed for wargames - lots of spear-armed infantry who rank up well! And you get loads in a box for not very much. The Andalusians and Almoravids would give you some decent Haradrim options too!.
I'd already eyed the Caesar's Crusaders on foot and I love them but I'd like more uniformity. I'll check the Hat ones. Thank you!
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The only real negative I've found with 1/72 is that it seems to be a small subset of us into this scale (a niche within a niche) that trying to sell anything on the aftermarket is almost impossible. It may be that the models are so cheap to buy new it's not worth selling used. Or even that the market for painted minis has dropped in recent years. Either way, I had some 1/72 up on the 'Bay for a few months and they collected so few views and practically no watchers.
I fear when I do decide to get out of minis, anything 1/72 will probably just get tossed in the waste bin....
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The only real negative I've found with 1/72 is that it seems to be a small subset of us into this scale (a niche within a niche) that trying to sell anything on the aftermarket is almost impossible. It may be that the models are so cheap to buy new it's not worth selling used. Or even that the market for painted minis has dropped in recent years. Either way, I had some 1/72 up on the 'Bay for a few months and they collected so few views and practically no watchers.
I fear when I do decide to get out of minis, anything 1/72 will probably just get toss in the waste bin....
My exact feelings. Actually, I'm pretty much sure about that. I've tried to sell some painted 1/72 in the past without success but I don't care. In fact, I'm seeling all my 28 and 10mm stuff and sticking to 1/72 plastics.
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I know what you m) ean. I'd love to see some sort of 'sprue exhange' mechanism (the boxes tend to come with about twicw as many figures as I need). I have bought the odd additional sprue of Dark Alliance minis from ebay (so I didn't need to pick up a whole box of centaurs or Anubians), but it's probably not making the seller much money.
I am sure I will have spare sprues left over from boxes, and will probably try to find a good source to donate them too ('Here, kid, have a crack at painting these'). Maybe it will spread the word re the good things about the scale?
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I have just twigged that you're talking about selling painted minis. Apologies! Well, at least 1:72s don't take up too much space, and they are pretty versatile,
being so generic. I'd hang on to them. Someone will love them someday. Grandkids?
Also, I appreciate Jack's comment re the advantages re 'scavenger hunt'/collector's syndrome/gotta' catch them all for 1.:72 / 20mm (as there is less of the scale around for anything other than WW2). Having less out there does provide some kind of limit to purchases (although the historical stuff doesn't help!)
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I know what you m) ean. I'd love to see some sort of 'sprue exhange' mechanism (the boxes tend to come with about twicw as many figures as I need). I have bought the odd additional sprue of Dark Alliance minis from ebay (so I didn't need to pick up a whole box of centaurs or Anubians), but it's probably not making the seller much money.
I am sure I will have spare sprues left over from boxes, and will probably try to find a good source to donate them too ('Here, kid, have a crack at painting these'). Maybe it will spread the word re the good things about the scale?
It's a good idea, it could work. Anyway, I recommend you to visit the forum Benno's miniatures as it is all about 1/72 and exchange some sprues with other members there: http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewforum.php?f=172 (http://bennosfiguresforum.com/viewforum.php?f=172)
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I'm also curious what the long term impact of the invasion of Ukraine is going to wreck on 1/72. Near as I can tell, the Ukraine was the source of a lot of 1/72 companies not just RedBox/Dark Alliance.
Will these boxes increase in value? Will there be even less available at this scale in the future making the scale even less attractive? It's kinda lame to think of hobbying in relation to this needless conflict, but it is relevant to this forum and thread.
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Thanks, Blacksmith. By the way, I have to say that I love your stuff, particularly the use of Zvezda vikings as Rohirrim on foot. Fantastic painting!
There is some amazing stuff out there on Benno's, or from folks who've linked to it. There is a gentleman called Philotep (I think he's French) who has done Old World-style Empire, Orc and Undead warbands (if not quire full armies) in 1/72, which completely blows my mind: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/search/label/Empire
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Hopefully Red Box / Dark Alliance will do fine. I think availability of Zvezda and similar Russian Federation located manufacturers may become more scarce...
(I'm based in the UK). I used to buy the odd bit of 1/72 resin material from sellers in Russia (pre-war), so it seems a shame for them, but them's the breaks.
Boo to Putin!
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I can see why you're referring to the Ukraine situation regarding availability of products, etc. but don't let this slip into any form of political commentary please. Thank you.
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There is some amazing stuff out there on Benno's, or from folks who've linked to it. There is a gentleman called Philotep (I think he's French) who has done Old World-style Empire, Orc and Undead warbands (if not quire full armies) in 1/72, which completely blows my mind: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/search/label/Empire
Indeed. His work is incredible. I always forget the url though, so I'm glad you reposted it.
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@blacksmith - I know you mentioned selling off other scales for 1/72, but I’m curious why you’ve gone 1/72 in the first place for LotR. The Citadel line is far more robust with some great sculpts as well. What put you off that for this project?
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I'm also curious what the long term impact of the invasion of Ukraine is going to wreck on 1/72. Near as I can tell, the Ukraine was the source of a lot of 1/72 companies not just RedBox/Dark Alliance.
Will these boxes increase in value? Will there be even less available at this scale in the future making the scale even less attractive? It's kinda lame to think of hobbying in relation to this needless conflict, but it is relevant to this forum and thread.
There's been a lot of discussion on Benno's forum about this and it seems it's going to be a great shortage.
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Thanks, Blacksmith. By the way, I have to say that I love your stuff, particularly the use of Zvezda vikings as Rohirrim on foot. Fantastic painting!
There is some amazing stuff out there on Benno's, or from folks who've linked to it. There is a gentleman called Philotep (I think he's French) who has done Old World-style Empire, Orc and Undead warbands (if not quire full armies) in 1/72, which completely blows my mind: https://philotepsfigures.blogspot.com/search/label/Empire
You're welcome and thanks for your kind comment. Yes, I know Philotep's work as I follow his blog and also because he posts them all on Benno's. He is really good.
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@blacksmith - I know you mentioned selling off other scales for 1/72, but I’m curious why you’ve gone 1/72 in the first place for LotR. The Citadel line is far more robust with some great sculpts as well. What put you off that for this project?
For many reasons:
Dark Alliance LOTR range is quite good.
Figures are very cheap.
Space is an issue in my case so 20mm is better than 28mm.
They are also easier and faster to paint and store than 28mm.
Terrain is also easier to get and store; so now I have a whole village, forests, hills, rivers, walls, hedges, etc. all stored in a few shoe boxes.
As I play mostly solo I have to bring both sides on the table, so I am not scale dependant to play with other people and I can do it all in 1/72 as I'll be the only one providing the miniatures.
I did all this once but with 10mm and I got almost 500 single miniatures painted, but then I sold them all. They were too small for RPG or skirmishes, so 1/72 is something between 28mm and 10mm, the perfect size as it can be used for skirmish and battles alike.
Here you have some examples in 10mm:
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Fantastic photos. Sorry to hear the scale ultimately didn't work out for you after all that nice work. And are those a Warmaster dragon ogre and giant I see?
This thread has me seriously considering that Zvezda Viking set. I've got the Zvezda Hundred Years War boxes for England and France, but these vikings look perfect for a fantasy human Dragon Rampant warband. Also, I think these HYW 1/72 minis are actually a little bigger than standard so they're larger than some of my Dark Alliance models. According to PSR, these vikings are smaller than the HYW and probably closer to scale with my Dark Alliance.
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Yes, they are from Warmaster range.
yes, the Zvezda vikings are slightly smaller. Here's a pic:
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Looks perfect! of course, I'll need some cavalry to go with them. And here I was thinking I had all the russian/ukrainian plastic I needed....
I've also got an ebay cart with like 8 boxes of Dark Alliance in it, concerned about future availability.
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Looks perfect! of course, I'll need some cavalry to go with them. And here I was thinking I had all the russian/ukrainian plastic I needed....
I've also got an ebay cart with like 8 boxes of Dark Alliance in it, concerned about future availability.
I think the Gothic Cavalry from Italeri fits with the Vikings.
Yep, I'm also considering ordering some DA and Strelets boxes just in case.
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I think the Gothic Cavalry from Italeri fits with the Vikings.
oh, good catch!
I wonder if they'll look too big next to the vikings though? According to PSR, the Cavalry set is about 25mm (with the light brown shaded scale model) whereas the vikings are 23mm. maybe it won't matter too much.
http://plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=1737
EDIT: they might also be oop at the moment as i don't see them for sale
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As they are all on horses I think they will be fine next to Vikings on foot. If not, you can just get the Dark Alliance Steppes Warriors cavalry.
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If it's any help, the Emhar Vikings are slightly bigger than the Zvezda ones and are also a great set (barring one ahistorical mace!). In the UK, they appear to be much more widely available (they're always in stock in my local model shop). They also have the advantage of taking both plastic cement and paint very easily.
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If it's any help, the Emhar Vikings are slightly bigger than the Zvezda ones and are also a great set (barring one ahistorical mace!). In the UK, they appear to be much more widely available (they're always in stock in my local model shop). They also have the advantage of taking both plastic cement and paint very easily.
Yes, I have the Saxons and they are good quality though the single spears are a pain in the neck.
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BTW, I'm using them next to Zvezda Vikings and yers, they are taller but I don't care. Below you have a picture of them facing each other and as you can see the difference in height is insignificant.
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They look terrific!
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That's great painting, Blacksmith!
I've painted a few of the Emhar vikings so far and they've come out very nicely. They are a bit larger than the Zvezda vikings, but I think they should mix pretty well.
I am thinking of using / converting the Emhar Saxons for peasants / brigands, alongside the Zvezda (revolting) peasants.
Your 10mm stuff is also fantastic. I am hoping to use 15mm for sci fi skirmishing - was the 10mm really so fiddly? The paintjobs look amazing!
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I did all this once but with 10mm and I got almost 500 single miniatures painted, but then I sold them all. They were too small for RPG or skirmishes, so 1/72 is something between 28mm and 10mm, the perfect size as it can be used for skirmish and battles alike.
oh yeah, i totally agree. 1/72 (aka 20mm) is an awesome scale that combines the advantages of smaller (10-15mm) and larger scales (28mm+).
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Regarding additional appropriately scaled goblinoids for 1:72:
They're a bit smaller than the Dark Alliance options, but Splintered Light has some great Bob Olley sculpted goblins that were originally designed for 20mm - they have big heads so fit well with the larger DA models:
They're now sold as 28mm 'lesser goblins": http://www.splinteredlightminis.com/legoarandun.html
For folks in the UK, you can find them here: https://thelittlecorporal.co.uk/28mm-hedgerows-and-heroes-46-c.asp
I was never a fan of Bob Olley's sculpting when he used to do figures for GW back in the late 80s / early 90s, but I love these.
His bugbears and satyrs are also good, if a little short ('for a stormtrooper'!). The bugbears (now available at CP Models) will make awesome (regular-sized) savage goblinoids (orcs). I'm planning to use the satyrs (Splintered Light) as missile support for larger beastmen. NB, does anyone have any good suggestions for goatmen in 20mm / 1:72? I can find lots of minotaurs, and the odd boarman (Ral Parth Europe Demonworld giant beastman), but 1:72 scale goatmen seem tricky. The Magister Militum ones look a bit too small.
I was also really excited to find Alternative Armies doing Kev Adams sculpted goblins in 20mm size - I used to have a number of Kev-designed goblin figures when I was still a schoolboy in the 80s!
https://www.alternative-armies.com/products/kc1-coblynau-lesser-goblins
Next on the painting table re Battle Valor orcs, then some Caesar 'brute'-sized gits, then it's goblins, baby!
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That's great painting, Blacksmith!
I've painted a few of the Emhar vikings so far and they've come out very nicely. They are a bit larger than the Zvezda vikings, but I think they should mix pretty well.
I am thinking of using / converting the Emhar Saxons for peasants / brigands, alongside the Zvezda (revolting) peasants.
Your 10mm stuff is also fantastic. I am hoping to use 15mm for sci fi skirmishing - was the 10mm really so fiddly? The paintjobs look amazing!
I also have those Zvezda peasants and they are excellent and I think they mix perfectly well with Emhar Saxons without armour.
My problem with 10mm is that I cannot see as well as I used to.
In my opinion 15mm is the best scale for sci-fi, either skirmish or big battles with vehicles. If you visit my blog you can see there many khurasan miniatues painted by me. Here's one
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Sorry
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Thanks for sharing. Blacksmith.
You have an awesome collection!
I've seen so many great Khurasan figures, but they're so difficult/expensive to get hold of here in the UK after the nightmare that is Brexit. We are blessed with some good UK alternatives, but I really wish it was easier to get hold of them - they are fantastic.
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I was also really excited to find Alternative Armies doing Kev Adams sculpted goblins in 20mm size - I used to have a number of Kev-designed goblin figures when I was still a schoolboy in the 80s!
https://www.alternative-armies.com/products/kc1-coblynau-lesser-goblins
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I cannot see in their page those Goblins are 20mm. Are you sure they are 20mm?
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@blacksmith- Interesting that you find 1/72 best for fantasy and 15mm for sci-fi. I'm doing both fantasy and sci-fi in 1/72....well maybe not true sci-fi, but post apocalypse.
I've got a thread on this mess over in the post-apocalypse forum.
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Hi Blacksmith - they definitely fit with 20mm / 1:72.
You can see them (measured) here: https://72-multiverse.blogspot.com/search?q=goblins
See the 2 pictures immediately below the text:
"Alternative Armies makes some Lesser Goblins (KC1) that are suitable as goblins. To me they seem rather influenced by the appearance of GW goblins."
They are a bit shorter than Caesar platic goblins, or Dark Alliance Goblins, but the head sizes fit well with the Splintered Light goblins (if you are happy to have Kev Adams-style grinning/leering gobbo's, which I am).
Sadly, like the SL miniatures, because they've been (in my view) retrospectively classed as 28mm, they cost more :(
If you're keen for some slightly cheaper ones, I do recommend these: https://cpmodels.co.uk/shop/tqd-fs10-greater-goblin-warriors/
(although the axe/spear optional weapon combo did require quite a lot of filing - I wouldn't buy more than one set of them. They do fit very nicely with Dark Alliance orcs. I will share pictures once I get over my camera shyness!).
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Jack, that 20mm post-apocalypse stuff is awesome, and reminds me of when I saw and admired the original (Perry twins?) Dark Future 20mm sculpts 30 plus years ago.
My challenge is that I'm looking to do 5 Parsecs from Home, and I think that requires more flexibility (in terms of minis) than 20mm can manage. Also, vehicles aren't a major thing (apart from scenery). Whereas SF buildings in 15mm can be bought and/or get quite creative, without taking up crazy amounts of (very limited) space.
Finally, with SF (ranged ) combat, I've never quite got over the stage where someone pointed out quite how short the suggested ranges for 40k weapons were, given it was supposed to be the future. At least smaller scales make one's riflemen feel slightly less ridiculous when they're taking pot-shots at each other!
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Just to be clear, I'd paint forces / join you any time on your 20mm table if I had the opportunity. It looks like Gaslands (or other systems) heaven! I remember fiddling about with Car Wars paper counters (a bunch of whom seemed to feature flared trousers) and it never had quite the same effect!
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For folks in the UK, you can find them here: https://thelittlecorporal.co.uk/28mm-hedgerows-and-heroes-46-c.asp
I was never a fan of Bob Olley's sculpting when he used to do figures for GW back in the late 80s / early 90s, but I love these.
Good to know those are available here - thanks!
Every so often, I'm tempted to use Bob Olley's Essex orcs as particularly hideous ogres in 1/72. They're great miniatures with huge, fairy-taleish heads. What puts me off is the fact that the leader has a huge severed head (big even for 28mm!) in one hand. But I have a spare of him that I might convert ...
His bugbears and satyrs are also good, if a little short ('for a stormtrooper'!). The bugbears (now available at CP Models) will make awesome (regular-sized) savage goblinoids (orcs).
Yes, the bugbears are great - very large orcs or rather short bugbears in 20mm, as you say. Like all that Olley Splintered Light range, they were apparently sculpted as 15mm but turned out a bit overscaled.
I'm planning to use the satyrs (Splintered Light) as missile support for larger beastmen. NB, does anyone have any good suggestions for goatmen in 20mm / 1:72? I can find lots of minotaurs, and the odd boarman (Ral Parth Europe Demonworld giant beastman), but 1:72 scale goatmen seem tricky. The Magister Militum ones look a bit too small.
Yes, they are, alas. One option is the hard-plastic faun sprue from RDG Gaming/Wargames Atlantic. They're very delicately proportioned, though tall, and fit in well with 1/72 (as spindly creatures of the wild - like the Slavonic leshy, perhaps). I can post a photo of one tomorrow.
Next on the painting table re Battle Valor orcs, then some Caesar 'brute'-sized gits, then it's goblins, baby!
I'm currently trying to work out whether to base my Battle Valor orcs for HOTT or KOW. Decisions, decisions ...
Blacksmith - that sci-fi stuff looks great (as does Jack's post-apocalypse stuff)!
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@MysteryMachine - The comment on sci-fi weapon ranges makes sense to me as does the availability of sci-fi vehicles and terrain.
Thanks (and @hobgoblin too) for the kind words!
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I have some of the Alternative Armies Coblynau Lesser Goblins (code KC1) and they’re similar size, or slightly smaller, than Dark Alliance plastic goblins. On the website it says they’re between 13 and 16mm tall, and that seems about right to me. (Going out on a limb here, but they seem like they might have been intended as not-snotlings when they were originally released…)
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Hi Blacksmith - they definitely fit with 20mm / 1:72.
You can see them (measured) here: https://72-multiverse.blogspot.com/search?q=goblins
See the 2 pictures immediately below the text:
"Alternative Armies makes some Lesser Goblins (KC1) that are suitable as goblins. To me they seem rather influenced by the appearance of GW goblins."
They are a bit shorter than Caesar platic goblins, or Dark Alliance Goblins, but the head sizes fit well with the Splintered Light goblins (if you are happy to have Kev Adams-style grinning/leering gobbo's, which I am).
Sadly, like the SL miniatures, because they've been (in my view) retrospectively classed as 28mm, they cost more :(
If you're keen for some slightly cheaper ones, I do recommend these: https://cpmodels.co.uk/shop/tqd-fs10-greater-goblin-warriors/
(although the axe/spear optional weapon combo did require quite a lot of filing - I wouldn't buy more than one set of them. They do fit very nicely with Dark Alliance orcs. I will share pictures once I get over my camera shyness!).
There is a lot of useful information on that article, thank you very much!
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I have some of the Alternative Armies Coblynau Lesser Goblins (code KC1) and they’re similar size, or slightly smaller, than Dark Alliance plastic goblins. On the website it says they’re between 13 and 16mm tall, and that seems about right to me. (Going out on a limb here, but they seem like they might have been intended as not-snotlings when they were originally released…)
Good to know, thank you!
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@blacksmith- Interesting that you find 1/72 best for fantasy and 15mm for sci-fi. I'm doing both fantasy and sci-fi in 1/72....well maybe not true sci-fi, but post apocalypse.
I've got a thread on this mess over in the post-apocalypse forum.
Yes I know that thread and it has really good stuff but I can't see how 1/72 can be done for hard sci-fi at the moment
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Some reinforcements. I painted another Troll and the rest of the Uruks.
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Great paint job on these minis! Your Uruk-hai look just as good as the 25mm citadel ones. Love it.
Also, I prefer this set of Dark Alliance trolls over the other more armoured one. Fine choice!
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Great paint job on these minis! Your Uruk-hai look just as good as the 25mm citadel ones. Love it.
Also, I prefer this set of Dark Alliance trolls over the other more armoires one. Fine choice!
Thanks Jack. The Uruks are quick to paint as they just need spray black paint and a few lights.
Yes, I bought these Trolls instead of the ones clad in armour as I felt they wear too much armour for a Troll.
Cheers
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They look fantastic - great work!
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They look superb!
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They look fantastic - great work!
Thank you!
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They look superb!
Thank you, wishing to try them on battle.
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Awesome isengard army :).
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Thanks!
A few more adventurers. The Goblin is from Dark Alliance and the rest from Caesar miniatures. I hope the woman can pass for Eowyn.
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They look excellent. I think the female adventurer is a great choice for Eowyn. There aren’t many suitable figures out there in 1/72 but this one has the required features (sword, round shield, armour).
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Very effective! I also think that figure makes an excellent Eowyn.
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They look excellent. I think the female adventurer is a great choice for Eowyn. There aren’t many suitable figures out there in 1/72 but this one has the required features (sword, round shield, armour).
Her armour and sword are wrong but not too much I'd say, and I can see a resemblance in her face. As you say, there aren't may options out there. Thanks!
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Very effective! I also think that figure makes an excellent Eowyn.
Thank you, I like how she turned out :)
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The only quibble you might make is that she looks obviously feminine from her armour and equipment (so less of a convincing 'Dernhelm' with her helmet on). But at 1/72 scale, you might consider that a feature, not a bug! And Frazetta wasn't too bothered about it either!
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They all look fantastic! I'm particularly impressed by the dwarves.
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The only quibble you might make is that she looks obviously feminine from her armour and equipment (so less of a convincing 'Dernhelm' with her helmet on). But at 1/72 scale, you might consider that a feature, not a bug! And Frazetta wasn't too bothered about it either!
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They all look fantastic! I'm particularly impressed by the dwarves.
Exactly! I consider it a feature. I thought that I could have used any Viking without beard from the Zvezda box but at that scale nobody would know it was a woman and this figure clearly shows that.
Thank you Hobgoblin :)
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This thread has me seriously considering that Zvezda Viking set. I've got the Zvezda Hundred Years War boxes for England and France, but these vikings look perfect for a fantasy human Dragon Rampant warband. Also, I think these HYW 1/72 minis are actually a little bigger than standard so they're larger than some of my Dark Alliance models. According to PSR, these vikings are smaller than the HYW and probably closer to scale with my Dark Alliance.
Jack, I've found another picture in which you can compare height of zvezda Vikings. Here you can see two of their archers next to one Caesar Adventuer.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBMMP2xZksj0gdZM51SmjDqcvgnmbybFijVBnGdQ47ClQ60Qgp7A5qU3pLYlKznqA9L9vhnLdA-i1KJvsEbONdet1lqvRWYwSoDG9TkwjfxonGWKTW2X_Z7WJJZt54Wh24PmTgieIWd2vJ2XWhsemd10fFESS4SYvlLeoYYiXr04QoYdJy3lpRQNWY=s3610)
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Elheim (www.elhiem.co.uk) have a small range of metal 20mm fantasy figures. The adventurers set includes these two. The female cleric might do as Eowyn at a pinch. File the shield flat and swap her hammer for a sword? Just a thought.
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Elheim (www.elhiem.co.uk) have a small range of metal 20mm fantasy figures. The adventurers set includes these two. The female cleric might do as Eowyn at a pinch. File the shield flat and swap her hammer for a sword? Just a thought.
(https://sites.create-cdn.net/siteimages/34/1/1/341115/19/4/9/19491346/668x574.jpg)
Wonderful figures I'd love to buy and fantastic painting (is it yours?). The problem with Elhiem is that I have to pay more for the shipping than for the miniatures, which makes more than 100% of the stuff value in P&P, but thanks for the tip! ;-)
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Not my painting, alas. It's from their website.
As to shipping, I have the same problem in reverse. Some cracking figures available in the USA but I'd need a second mortgage for the postage. :)
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Jack, I've found another picture in which you can compare height of zvezda Vikings. Here you can see two of their archers next to one Caesar Adventuer.
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That's a great shot. Thank you. I do have that Caesar Adventurer and it's looking like an order for a box of vikings will be in my near future. Thanks again!
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My pleasure ;)
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Some more Dwarves from Caesar, lovely figures.
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I have this group and you've done a wonderful paint job on them!
As I bought them for Dragon Rampant, I kind of wish they had a few more poses, but you're right, great sculpts.
I've considered adding a ral partha dwarven cannon to the unit. I think it should scale right.
EDIT: Here's the range...Chaos Wars. I think it's 1/64? Maybe that's close enough to work? I like these bear riders too.
https://ralparthalegacy.com/collections/chaos-wars/dwarves?page=2
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1/64 is the scale of Tom Meier's Arthur knigths so if you finally get that cannon please show a picture of it next to 1/72 :)
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They look great, I especially like those not-slayers :).
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They look great, I especially like those not-slayers :).
Yes, I was thinking about slayers when I painted them ;-) Thanks!
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Your painting on the Caesar dwarves (as well as your other minis on the thread) looks great, with a really nice choice of colours!
The Caesar dwarves were one of the very few 1/72 sets that I was completely unable to find on my various trawls around ebay etc.
I am going to base my dwarf contingent primarily on the larger sets of 15mm miniatures from Blood Dawn (Magister Militum) and Eureka (where they're marketed as 15mm). As ever, 1/72 Multiverse is an amazing resource for comparing sizes:
https://72-multiverse.blogspot.com/2010/08/kingdom-of-dwarfs.html
I also picked up some of the 20mm dwarves sculpted by Bob Olley for Splintered Light. They're lovely miniatures, very characterful and beautifully sculpted, but have much larger heads proportionally in comparison to the plastic 1/72 alternatives, or the ones mentioned above. Still, it is fantasy!
I was never much of a fan of Mr Olley's work when he was producing Iron Claw ranges for GW back in the mid-late '80s, but his stuff for Splintered Light is just brilliant.
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Thanks MM.
I've always being a fan of Bob Olley's sculpts but you're right about the Dwarf's heads size.
I got the Caesar Dwarves in a trade with other fellow and only have the one you see here painted, but I'm digging those Eureka Dwarves.
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If you like the Eureka miniatures, a number of their Wood Elves work okay with 1/72 (at least with the Caesar elf set, not the Dark Alliance elves, which are quire a bit taller).
The Eureka 'regular' (non-Wood Elf) elves look to be a bit smaller.
https://72-multiverse.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-elves.html
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If you like the Eureka miniatures, a number of their Wood Elves work okay with 1/72 (at least with the Caesar elf set, not the Dark Alliance elves, which are quire a bit taller).
The Eureka 'regular' (non-Wood Elf) elves look to be a bit smaller.
https://72-multiverse.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-elves.html
Thanks but I'm painting Caesar Wood Elves at the moment and I'm quite happy with them. DA Elves and Dwarves are awful.
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I am also not very keen on the DA dwarves. The third set of DA elves are okay, but they're massive. I think I will use them as spooky 'fey' for the version of 5 Leagues from the Borderlands. I prefer regular elves not to be giants (although I understand Tolkein suggests that they are pretty tall).
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i really like your painting style with those intensive colors
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i really like your painting style with those intensive colors
Cheers mate. These figures are slim and I think they need to be bright to pop out to be seen from tabletop distance, though now I'm painting some Wood Elves with more muted colours.
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Really lovely stuff. You make the scale very tempting indeed.
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Really lovely stuff. You make the scale very tempting indeed.
Thanks Bob. This scale has now what it didn't when we were children, and I'm being a child again at the moment with it :)
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Some Wood Elves from Caesar.
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good stuff!
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Those are lovely do like the way you did the bows looks very Elven.
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Those are lovely do like the way you did the bows looks very Elven.
Cheers guys.
The bows are based beig and then drybrushed bone and finally white. I think pale colours are better for small or slim things as you can easily see them from distance.
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wow, these look great. I wasn't too impressed with the Caesar elves from the pictures of them in the grey unpainted plastic i saw online, and opted for Dark Alliances Elves Set 3, but your paint job makes them look incredible. i've changed my opinion on these elves and think I actually prefer them now.
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wow, these look great. I wasn't too impressed with the Caesar elves from the pictures of them in the grey unpainted plastic i saw online, and opted for Dark Alliances Elves Set 3, but your paint job makes them look incredible. i've changed my opinion on these elves and think I actually prefer them now.
Jack, I also have some Elves from DA and they very poor when compared to Caesar's. These are top quality in sculpting IMHO, very nice to paint them.
Here are closer pics of them:
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These are fantastic!
I agree about the quality of Caesar stuff - they often look even better in the 'flesh' than on Plastic Soldier Review, etc. And the elves are very good.
The third box of Dark Alliance elves is very good, though - I'd say that they're actually even better figures than the Caesar ones. But they're very much in the LotR movie style and are very large - true 25mm, effectively.
I have a box of the Caesar elves and am currently debating whether to paint them up as normal elves or dark elves ('Twilight Kin') for Kings of War.
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Great paintjobs :)
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These are fantastic!
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I have a box of the Caesar elves and am currently debating whether to paint them up as normal elves or dark elves ('Twilight Kin') for Kings of War.
Hey, hey! Now that's a very good idea. I'll paint my DA Elves as Dark Elves. Thank you!
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Nicely done :-*
When I was looking for ispiration about painted 1:72 Dark Alliance miniatures I saw your miniatures too.
These fantasy miniatures done from Dark Dream Studio are really nice, I hope they will continue to produce them and some news in the future.
I've found than a miniature I own, the FAC28 Amazon Priestess from Citadel, about early 1980, has the same scale of the Rohirrim Knights. I think I will use her as a Balchotch Witch/Shamaness/Sorceress or maybe an half orc Shamaness.
(http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/a/af/Citadel-FAC28.jpg)
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That amazon rider is gorgeous and it's an excellent find!
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Hello, I've just finished another units of Elves. This time I painted swordmen, standar bearer, a civilian and a not Tauriel from the Adventurers' box:
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This would be a guard unit:
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And this all the units I painted so far from the same box:
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Now I think I'll paint some more Orcs for Orctober!
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All your elves look brilliant - coherent without being identical, and I really like the way you've done their armour. The thief from the Caesar Adventurers set is particularly nice. I've got a copy of her sitting in the painting queue and was not quite sure how to approach her. The colours you've chosen suit her perfectly.
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All your elves look brilliant - coherent without being identical, and I really like the way you've done their armour. The thief from the Caesar Adventurers set is particularly nice. I've got a copy of her sitting in the painting queue and was not quite sure how to approach her. The colours you've chosen suit her perfectly.
Thank you very much for your kind comment. These figures are an absolute pleasure to paint as they are very detailed and sharp. I tried to paint them as Wood Elves and give them some coherence as an army. Cheers,
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They look great :). What rules are you using?
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They look great :). What rules are you using?
Thanks. For role play - skirmishes I'm using this: https://www.twohourwargames.com/waheadinta.html (https://www.twohourwargames.com/waheadinta.html) They have got their own universe but it can be used in any other quite easily. Actually, once I've got all my LOTR figures painted, I'll be starting a campaing in the Middle Earth with this same ruleset.
Here you have a BATREP of my lastest game with this ruleset: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/08/road-to-lothgolin.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/08/road-to-lothgolin.html)
Cheers,
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Great looking bunch of elves. Looking forward to seeing them in action in your LotR games.
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Thanks. For role play - skirmishes I'm using this: https://www.twohourwargames.com/waheadinta.html (https://www.twohourwargames.com/waheadinta.html) They have got their own universe but it can be used in any other quite easily. Actually, once I've got all my LOTR figures painted, I'll be starting a campaing in the Middle Earth with this same ruleset.
Here you have a BATREP of my lastest game with this ruleset: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/08/road-to-lothgolin.html (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2022/08/road-to-lothgolin.html)
Cheers,
Thank you. I have to check those rules, although I'm quite familiar with other 2hwg games.
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Thank you. I have to check those rules, although I'm quite familiar with other 2hwg games.
I must say I co-wrote that ruleset so my opinion is biased ;) But if you play it, I'd love to hear some feedback. Also, you can ask me any doubt you may have :)
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The only quibble you might make is that she looks obviously feminine from her armour and equipment (so less of a convincing 'Dernhelm' with her helmet on). But at 1/72 scale, you might consider that a feature, not a bug! And Frazetta wasn't too bothered about it either!
(https://www.muddycolors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/e8a65-frank_frazetta_bw_lordoftherings.jpg)
They all look fantastic! I'm particularly impressed by the dwarves.
Agreed. Frazetta knew full well which features to accentuate and which ones to fudge or leave out altogether.
Dan
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Happy Orctober!
Orctober is as good as any other excuse to splash some paint on some Orcs. Below you can see the ten different poses contained in the box, with four sprues like that.
In my view, this is the best box of Orcs from the three sets delivered so far as they have special characters like the female or the chieftain, as well as more dynamic and colourful poses. Regretfully, there are not any musician or standard bearer in the box, nor anything that could be used as a magician.
This time I decided to give them a darker skin tone, more akin to Tolkien's description.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtw-qWQgOpPaHl4FmVJujfLW8RdRfwnDCJN_I0d3wUB0l-uU7CWE9qexqnH8U5jj4Q_48jdbbA_ux1Rfulh5AE5znfQPkSfAdw8TZyYcfvwfvO96GeOkcxk7Kt7H1cq6BefZoqSSjjkn5IQNajzr6P3AzlQTeQmlJlGiEezAe_-_QMJUPXZdQP_Nb/s4126/IMG_9465_Fotor.jpg)
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Cheers,
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Those are some fine orcs!
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You have certainly done a great job getting them to look their best! I like your choice of colours. It seems like the spearman could be converted into a standard bearers fairly easily, but making a shaman would be challenging.
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Agree. These are also fantastic!
I can't believe people out here have the skill and patience to paint eyes for 1/72.... incredible.
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I made a quick mock up in photopea of how you could make a banner bearer & a shaman, not sure if it's of any help.
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Great work on those orcs!
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Thank you for those kind comments guys. I complained about the lack of standard and musician in this set but I have other sets that include them, so I don't have to make any conversions ;)
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Ok, it is a Frost Giant from Reaper Bones for 28mm miniatures, but on one hand it is a bit short for being a Giant at that scale, and on the other hand I did not want a Frost Giant painted like a Smurf and with a hard-to-believe ice sword.
I wanted a "Norse" Giant like the ones you can see in Games of Thrones, and I wanted it in leather, wood, stone and bones and without any metal, to give it some prehistoric flavour. I also saw it perfect for 1/72 scale.
So this is how it turned out; a real king in the North.
I'm not quite happy with the "bone" sword but I didn't want one made of ice or stone, so there you go, some spine taken from a long-ago dead leviathan.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiPADihtXN3tvkeT4yND_Wc0PJDSQ9rDYorMq62aI2dcpQsy_M5ICk9AXBn5ep13y4Sq5dE4PqJ9FGP95r5xqUZYjC-cTGuQONgZoS3AYmOMFaVBU_8lPKyQ0T62TCY-b0sotVBzflXnnGNi5qT0ksUkQVNZnrmndwZ7ZBAThmg5S-Cudta42f0fZ/s2621/IMG_9490_Fotor.jpg)
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Close up of the face. I 'm happy with the eyes as I could not see them very well with my poor eyesight.
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As you can see, it is just perfect for 1/72 scale.
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Cheers,
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That worked very well! I think your decisions on the colour palette look great. He certainly is imposing next to 1:72 figures.
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That worked very well! I think your decisions on the colour palette look great. He certainly is imposing next to 1:72 figures.
Thank you! It's exactly how I envision a Giant when compared to humans :)
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That's a tremendous giant - great work, especially the face!
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That's a tremendous giant - great work, especially the face!
Thank you! :)
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That is a very impressive paint job on the giant - and very well re-imagined to fit with 1/72nd
Wasn’t quite sure what you meant by Smurf and frost giant, then I looked to my left and saw my blue reaper frost giant….
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That is a very impressive paint job on the giant - and very well re-imagined to fit with 1/72nd
Wasn’t quite sure what you meant by Smurf and frost giant, then I looked to my left and saw my blue reaper frost giant….
Thanks! It took me an effort to paint again a big miniature after being painting only 1/72 models. And yes, as a proper Frost Gian he should be blue and wield an ice sword, but I didn't like it like that as I said.
Here's how he should be, painted by a true artist:
(https://images.reapermini.com/4/14599_p_1_mp.jpg)
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I’m not sure there really is a definition of ‘proper’ when it comes to frost giants. The blue one is good, but I think I like the colour choices on yours more!
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I’m not sure there really is a definition of ‘proper’ when it comes to frost giants. The blue one is good, but I think I like the colour choices on yours more!
Thank you Ben. I'd say that Frost Giants are blue, and normal, or in my case Norse, Giants are flesh tone.
Cheers,
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I got distracted by other shiny things but I keep doing things in 1/72 for my LOTR project. This time it's some peasants that will suffer attacks from Orcs. I took this box of Crusader's transport from Strelets. I like their characteristic sculpting and unique poses.
wagons and mules
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Love the guy poking his nose
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These bases got a bit of frost from the varnish spray
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(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFfjWm1tpcxYbj1txKJKDL1F4rtbyiF5Qy_Vpamw7AgkAeIi0RGRN9srSoiLgVgn6MDzU8e8Fxw3Oe-vN4dSqKe3W-Y7E34c0wVPL1r0c71z9cDue9PIfmfJWYfqsXHTGQXxh4nm6VXX-gbXtJLHMe8uRNn6sYHMmFPrr1YJp_JQZusI0cMPN14S7/s4150/IMG_9620_Fotor.jpg)
These are interesting figures to have in different situations
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(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiRcohT1vUumGjgYHFPJJh9HG0s_muSAIu89I84PxutgcPf1YFP6JbQxZd7eO83K9GMBv-65S_yvZ4Ioj__JJChhbaczgSkPujt22uaT9YYZ1dguQhRtyqlqK_HdXgrDBmdFwbRFu3VYnAmun6JtEIJGr9dg5VzuM2ouQjn-7ZIy4Zy-rf0ejxeMs/s3994/IMG_9627_Fotor.jpg)
Rare to see and useful wounded and dead people
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Cheers,
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That is a lovely set and I do like Strelets - you have certainly doen them justice must look into getting this set myself looks very useful for what could become a number of scenarios.
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Very cool additions. The nose picking guy is perfect
You can hit the varnish frost with another layer of the same varnish and it should be gone.
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All of those look absolutely top-hole.
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These Strelets travellers look brilliant (with your usual great painting), and I'm sure you'll be able to come up with some great scenarios and uses for them.
I'm very tempted to pick some up myself to add to the pile!
It looks as though the frosting only affected the base, so maybe you can paint over it again. The one time I had serious frosting problems on some miniatures (sprayed varnish too much and too close), I followed some advice on the internet and rubbed olive oil into the frosting with a cotton bud. This went quite a long way towards rescuing the paint jobs, and I've always been much more careful since then when varnishing.
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Thank guys for your kind messages. I haven't get rid of the frost yest because I'm such a lazy ass :)
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And after another long hiatus, because I've bought a gaming PC, here it is some much needed staff of any inn or tavern. They are 1/72 resin from Nikolai.
(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hegoTfOvL1FUHoiM3OnVu9idAIg88lghGAVBoJxIeMXFj-Am5y09-_wH6wPwDM4Xs7OM_p4xRo5DzQG1M5e3DGznlclJpPTAH1zAPR_FKyLwLJyhgO90Ik6lgbzR5qDMlHNnMwQjDIPRSj4uyXv5Z9YJoXK1oaJk3_GbJOb9fkHAgW9E4wF4DJpf/s4120/IMG_9728_Fotor.jpg)
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These are just brilliant, and I love the wooden floor basing to go with them. Very characterful!
I understand and sympathise with the distractions that a gaming PC can bring, though I have recently picked up my brushes again and hope to be able to share some more 1/72 figures soon.
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These are just brilliant, and I love the wooden floor basing to go with them. Very characterful!
I understand and sympathise with the distractions that a gaming PC can bring, though I have recently picked up my brushes again and hope to be able to share some more 1/72 figures soon.
Thank you my friend. I hope to see soon some of your new works.
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Hobittses are sure going to meet some wolves sooner than later ;D
There are 1/72 resin from Nikolai. Excellent miniatures though fragile and without base.
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I wouldn't want to be on the wolfwatch with those things prowling around!
They look superb :-*
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I love these wolves - such realistic proportions, and you've painted them so well!
Great photography too - I'd forgotten how tricky it is to take good pictures.
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I wouldn't want to be on the wolfwatch with those things prowling around!
They look superb :-*
Yes, they're scary :D
Cheers
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I love these wolves - such realistic proportions, and you've painted them so well!
Great photography too - I'd forgotten how tricky it is to take good pictures.
Thank you Tom. Actually, I'm using a standard pocket digital camera and then I edit the pictures with Fotor. BTW, I answered to your PM :)
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Those are some great sculpts with superb paintjobs!
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Those are some great sculpts with superb paintjobs!
yes, the sculpts are really good. Thank you!
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Those wolves are awesome great painting look very natural the sheep is very realistic-looking too well done.
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Those wolves are awesome great painting look very natural the sheep is very realistic-looking too well done.
Wolves are resin, sheep soft plastic from Pegasus Hobbies. Thank you!
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Now some bears. These two bears are 3D sculpts I downloaded for free time ago and had them printed at 1/72 scale. They are not as sharp as the resin wolves but they are OK.
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Next to a 1/72 Hät soldier
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These bears look great, blacksmith - really big and savage!
I like the facial expressions very much, and the natural tones you've used on the fur are very convincing.
Your bestial menagerie grows!
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These bears look great, blacksmith - really big and savage!
I like the facial expressions very much, and the natural tones you've used on the fur are very convincing.
Your bestial menagerie grows!
Thank you! I did a few drybrushes on them and then several washes. It is fun painting furs :)
But now I'm finally starting with the Fellowship of the Ring, so no more animals at the moment.
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i love those bears and also this guy with the axe :-*
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i love those bears and also this guy with the axe :-*
Thanks! :)
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As there are not Hobbits or Halflings in 1/72 scale I printed these ones to make the Fellowship of the Rings. The detail is a little too much for me to paint as I cannot see well.
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A comparative shot next to a 1/72 Zvezda Viking
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These are fantastic miniatures!
They are so tiny, but have come out so well, and your painting is really effective, especially considering their size.
I think you have a very good idea for colours.
I am planning to use 15mm human figures for halflings, but I don't think they will look nearly as good as this.
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The scale looks just right and your painting is good. I think they’re a great way to do the fellowship in a under-served scale!
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These are fantastic miniatures!
They are so tiny, but have come out so well, and your painting is really effective, especially considering their size.
I think you have a very good idea for colours.
I am planning to use 15mm human figures for halflings, but I don't think they will look nearly as good as this.
Thank you Tom! As you know, I was also about ordering some 15mm humans from Ral Parth but 13.50 GBP for shipping has put me down as I my order was for just 6 GBP! So 3D printing for me I'm afraid.
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The scale looks just right and your painting is good. I think they’re a great way to do the fellowship in a under-served scale!
Yes, 3D printing is perfect for getting those models you couldn't get otherwise, and not only in 1/72 scale; right now there are a lot of people making 10mm fantasy armies for Warmaster or 15mm for WH40K and Epic for example.
Cheers!
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Well, keeping painting the Felowship of the Ring now I've painted Aragorn and Boromir. Next it will be Legolas and Gimli.
The tunics are Vallejo US Dark Green and the Elven cloaks Vallejo Field Grey. They cannnot be distinguished well in the pictures but they do in real.
These pictures have more light than the ones with the Hobbits as the sun was shining when I took them. Remember they are 1/72 scale and not 28 mm.
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Superb! Not only do you have great painting skills, but also you can manage to run a 3D printer effectively!
Your Aragorn and Boromir look amazing. The Vallejo military colours have some great uses in fantasy - I have been trying various uniform colours as skin tones for orcs and goblins.
I am looking forward to seeing the completed Fellowship very much.
3D printers are a bit of a game-changer. I hope to share some of the figures printed for me by Marcin in Poland when I have finished painting them.
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Superb! Not only do you have great painting skills, but also you can manage to run a 3D printer effectively!
Your Aragorn and Boromir look amazing. The Vallejo military colours have some great uses in fantasy - I have been trying various uniform colours as skin tones for orcs and goblins.
I am looking forward to seeing the completed Fellowship very much.
3D printers are a bit of a game-changer. I hope to share some of the figures printed for me by Marcin in Poland when I have finished painting them.
Thank you Tom. I'm looking forward to seeing your painted printed figures.
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That's great! It could almost convince me to buy a 3Dprinter... if I could forget about the thousands of 1/72 soft plastic figures already waiting in the cellar :?
The result is so good that your figures could easily be seen as 28mm. Congratulations!
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That's great! It could almost convince me to buy a 3Dprinter... if I could forget about the thousands of 1/72 soft plastic figures already waiting in the cellar :?
The result is so good that your figures could easily be seen as 28mm. Congratulations!
Do not buy a 3d printer or you'll get hundreds of minis to paint! Just order a few printed figures from time to time as I do.
Cheers Phil
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Two more for the Fellowship of the Ring in 1/72; next Gandalf and Gollum. I love these figures but especially Legolas as he is very dynamic
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I'm happy how he turned out. I used Vallejo paints. He's got Russian uniform for his trousers, Reflective green for his tunic and German Fieldgrey for his cloak. Then flat brown for boots, flat Earth for bow and Mahoganey for leather straps and belt.
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Here it is a comparative shot with one 1/72 soft plastic Caesar Elf. Legolas is slightly less taller than the Caesar's one because he has no integrated base.
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Nice figures, once again! Legolas is my favourite too.
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Great work on these.
Have you seen the next sets of figures coming from Dark Alliance?I think you will like them.
https://www.drumandflag.co.uk/collections/future-releases/products/dark-alliance-future-releases?variant=44216076239070
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Great work on these.
Have you seen the next sets of figures coming from Dark Alliance?I think you will like them.
https://www.drumandflag.co.uk/collections/future-releases/products/dark-alliance-future-releases?variant=44216076239070
Thank you.
Yes, I have seen them. If they release a Mumakil then I'll make a full army of Haradrim. The same goes for Gondor, when they release Gondor infantry.
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Looking mighty sharp!
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Looking mighty sharp!
Thank you! That's quite a compliment coming from from you :)
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Finally. Here there are the last two painted figures for the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf and Gollum. I am quite happy I finished this little project. I may someday paint Gondorians or Easterlings, but for now this is over.
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That's a marvelous Gollum!
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That's a marvelous Gollum!
Thank you! I think it turned out OK though I cannot say the same about the fish, which is the first one I paint and a total disaster. :)
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Painting other 1/72 adventurers for other games I realised the knight in blue and white winged helm could be a knight of Dol Amroth, so I painted his shield with a swan in it.
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I said I was done with LOTR but I had this Troll unpainted and it is the most similar to the one in Moria, so I finally painted it.
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And here you have the four Trolls that come in the Dark Alliance box, finally painted and ready to roll.
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Cheers,
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Nice(?)
Cute(?)
?????? Great paint job. :D
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Tom, Burt and William and the other one. You know, the Moria guy. What was it now? Dave? Jeff?
The paint jobs are exemplary, btw. Lovely stuff.
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I would go with Dave for the 4th troll’s name, his expression reminds me of a Dave I knew in college.
Great job on all four! They will intimidate the heck out of 1:72 figures (I use mine with my 28mm collection).
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Tom, Burt and William and the other one. You know, the Moria guy. What was it now? Dave? Jeff?
The paint jobs are exemplary, btw. Lovely stuff.
Oh! I didn't think they could be the trio from the Hobbit. :)
Cheers,
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I would go with Dave for the 4th troll’s name, his expression reminds me of a Dave I knew in college.
Great job on all four! They will intimidate the heck out of 1:72 figures (I use mine with my 28mm collection).
Dave it is! :D
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Nice(?)
Cute(?)
?????? Great paint job. :D
Thank you!
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finally painted and ready to roll.
you probably meant ready to Troll
They look great!
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you probably meant ready to Troll
They look great!
lol
Cheers,
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Damn, this is a nice thread, I’m tossing up between 10mm, 15mm, 1/72 or 28mm fantasy, I have a large collection of them all, 1/72 is such a nice scale.
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Damn, this is a nice thread, I’m tossing up between 10mm, 15mm, 1/72 or 28mm fantasy, I have a large collection of them all, 1/72 is such a nice scale.
It is, realistic proportion and very affordable and easy to store.
If you are intersted, in my blog you can see Fantasy skirmish in 10mm, 15mm, 1/72 and 28mm: http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/ (http://javieratwar.blogspot.com/)
Cheers,
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yes, 1/72 being easy to store is a very good point!
This barbarian is from the manufacturer Elhiem, right? Do you know of any other fantasy releases by Elhiem?
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yes, 1/72 being easy to store is a very good point!
This barbarian is from the manufacturer Elhiem, right? Do you know of any other fantasy releases by Elhiem?
AFAIK, they only released a few characters, less than ten I think.
Cheers,
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I did not know how to call it. What I am planning to do is playing solo encounters with the members of the Fellowship through their journey from The Shire up to Gondor or even farther. But it is not going to be exactly as in the books or in the movies as I am going to skip big events and battles, as well as powerful, almost unbeatable characters from the skirmishes such as Tom Bombadil, the Ring Wraiths, the Balrog, the Undead from the Dark Door or Sauron to name a few. My idea is to play skirmishes with everyday monsters so to speak, and see if the members of the Fellowship survive or not; in a fashion to the old PC game Lord of the Rings from 1990 from Interplay, which alsot had that fantastic soundtrack. I mean, it is quite probably that some of them won't make it, and that the One Ring passes from one bearer to another on its way to its final destination. We shall see.
In my mind, I thought about playing two encounters with the Hobbits going from The Shire to Bree, then one with Aragorn before Bree. After that, the survivors will have two more encounters before reaching Rivendell. There, the Fellowship will be formed (I won't play encounters of Gandalf, Gimli and Boromir reaching Rivendell as I cannot remember there were any information about them). The Fellowship will depart from Rivendell and will have one encounter in Moria, maybe another encounter in their way to Lórien. Later, the ambush of the Uruk Hai and then one mission with Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli to rescue Pippin and Merry if they still live. After Helms Deep and the meeting with Saruman, the surviving members of the Fellowship will go to Minas Tirith, but before that I will surely play at least one encounter with Frodo, Sam and Gollum, maybe with Shelob and Cirith Ungol, and probably, if I reach that far, I will think and play some more encounters like Ithilien and who knows? maybe a few more up to Mordor.
I'll be using home made solo skirmish rules for the fighting, and the beautiful book Jouneys of Frodo by Barbara Strachey to get a general idea of the journey and its surroundings when deploying terrain. The miniatures to play are all 1/72 soft plastic soldiers, mostly from Dark Alliance and Caesar, plus the Fellowship of the Ring that it is 3D printed.
This copy belonged to my best buddy who sadly passed away on 2020, and I am going to share this adventure with him as well as with you, dear readers.
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Our little adventurers coming out from their world for the first time.
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As it is too much hassle to copy and paste the encounters here, I'm just going to leave a link to my blog for those interested in reading them. the first two encounters so far:
Woody End: https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-lord-of-rings-parallel-adventure.html (https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-lord-of-rings-parallel-adventure.html)
The Old Forest: https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-old-forest.html (https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-old-forest.html)
Cheers,
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Third encounter. Aragorn in the Chetwood, cleaning the forest from lurking creatures: https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-chetwood.html (https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-chetwood.html)
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Fourth Encounter. Escaping from the Prancing Pony: https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/10/escape-from-prancing-pony.html (https://javieratwar.blogspot.com/2023/10/escape-from-prancing-pony.html)
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Cheeers,
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beautiful! :-*
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beautiful! :-*
Thank you! :)
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Fantastic!
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Fantastic!
Thank you! Glad you like it :)
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Taking advantage of Xmas holidays I've hastily painted one pose of each Ranger from this Dark Alliance box. I've painted them with just block paint and wash except the wolf fur on the captain. The white parts you can see is from paint off by me grazing the miniatures with my fingers.
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Happy New Year!
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Those look excellent! Your painting approach certainly worked well on them.
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Those look excellent! Your painting approach certainly worked well on them.
Thank you! They are painted fast and with good results IMHO, so I think I'm going to paint some more this way :)
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Very nice.