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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Idle Doodler on October 06, 2022, 04:38:55 PM
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I've spent the last year getting to grips with sci fi 15mm, and now I've got a fantasy itch to scratch. Space is tight, and it's tricky to get out the 28mm stuff every time I want to try 5 Leagues from the Borderlands. With the sci fi stuff able to share a drawer with the board games, it's high time to try and do the same with fantasy.
Completely starting from scratch here, though, so first things first: a board.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3f5e5200b6d787e6a346204947d40a5/aeb188fce98eb892-45/s2048x3072/f6a85c47ce0d03685ed396a488ff7a8d60548747.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3f5e5200b6d787e6a346204947d40a5/aeb188fce98eb892-45/s2048x3072/f6a85c47ce0d03685ed396a488ff7a8d60548747.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/853d97bff0ca76c593e7b6449c14a298/aeb188fce98eb892-47/s2048x3072/ccb07e09f9718bf878e9a6f01d3e83f3c2ca16c4.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/853d97bff0ca76c593e7b6449c14a298/aeb188fce98eb892-47/s2048x3072/ccb07e09f9718bf878e9a6f01d3e83f3c2ca16c4.jpg)
Double-sided for storage purposes. A 40x30cm picture frame filled out with cardboard, and then a layer of cut up biscuit tins on either side to which magnetised minis and terrain might cling. Filler, sand and flock on one side, scrap piece of wallpaper found in a charity shop on the other. A few visible edges of biscuit tin beneath the texture mean I'll probably look to do another one later, but this will do for now.
Made some trees out of garden wire, milliput and scouring pads, but had to stop at five to ensure we could still scrub our dishes. A bit cartoony, but happily I've found that 15mm tends to lean that way anyhow. Magnets attached to the bottom to counter enthusiastic hand movements.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40d43b2149ce6b7708c078a8a201ee4/ee317c13ac8fee0c-c2/s2048x3072/aeecdb2d59a6cb985de885dada14638297fc36bd.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/c40d43b2149ce6b7708c078a8a201ee4/ee317c13ac8fee0c-c2/s2048x3072/aeecdb2d59a6cb985de885dada14638297fc36bd.jpg)
Also needed some good old corner ruins. Had some scrap bits of foam core to hand, though unfortunately the glue holding the paper to the foam is just too powerful for me to make use of its easily-textured reputation, so I covered them with grated cork. Going for a bit of an Eynsford Castle look (https://therecouldhavebeensnakes.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/eynsford-castle-richard-white-flickr.jpg?w=1400&h=). These too are all magnetised to offset how light each piece is.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/55c78a6672987973e31a24673d6a01e5/ebe79b8c0f52d868-e8/s2048x3072/c6a14006699ddbefdab6d027ccbcb24735d3089d.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/55c78a6672987973e31a24673d6a01e5/ebe79b8c0f52d868-e8/s2048x3072/c6a14006699ddbefdab6d027ccbcb24735d3089d.jpg)
Again, might be something to update further down the line, but it's good enough for scrapping around for the time being.
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Looking like a good start! 15mm is a very good scale to play with these days.
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Fantastic! The trees and ruins look great - and that's a very clever design for the baseboard.
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Those trees look darn good. Nice work on those.
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Those trees look great - like a proper fantasy forest. If you don't mix and match, they'll convey exactly what they are supposed to convey. Building in 15mm is definitely more of an exercise in impressionism rather than realism. If you lean into that aesthetic, you can make some really tight looking boards. Any chance of a picture of the whole battleboard assembled so we can see how it all ties together?
Have you decided on which figures you're going to throw down on it?
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Nice work. Those trees in particular are clever and effective.
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Cool start. I always like the use of magnets!
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Cheers, all. Always a little daunting starting from scratch after being used to years' worth of accumulated stuff to use in games, so handy to get the wheels in motion with the basics. And since painting terrain is not my favourite part of the hobby, it's nice that the scouring pads work as they are.
Those trees look great - like a proper fantasy forest. If you don't mix and match, they'll convey exactly what they are supposed to convey. Building in 15mm is definitely more of an exercise in impressionism rather than realism. If you lean into that aesthetic, you can make some really tight looking boards. Any chance of a picture of the whole battleboard assembled so we can see how it all ties together?
Have you decided on which figures you're going to throw down on it?
I came to appreciate this when embarking upon a sci fi collection - it was nice not to have to worry about decorating everything with rivets! - and just have to remind myself every so often after seeing all those exquisite dioramas internet folks are able to produce with larger scales! Suits my aesthetic preferences too; give me Asterix, Tin Tin and Calvin & Hobbes over photorealism any day.
Here's an unfortunately yellowed-by-lamplight view of things as they stand so far:
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Need to get a few more trees done, I think, but there are enough ruins that I probably won't need to put them all out each game.
I picked up an ebay lot of Alternative Armies celts, and rounded them out with some zombies and heroes from the same. A collection of raider-like humans and undead will cover a fair number of the possible enemies in 5 Leagues, and I've a few unpainted Caesar Miniatures ratmen, lizardmen and goblins which, being 1:72, shouldn't be too oversized, though I may need some larger washers.
Here are the minis so far:
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/d160b0e91ee196157d1df24e52bca026/5af33393d23578dc-29/s2048x3072/3ea3ee8b75be2c5e2064cb0ce4f57c9aa65470fd.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/d160b0e91ee196157d1df24e52bca026/5af33393d23578dc-29/s2048x3072/3ea3ee8b75be2c5e2064cb0ce4f57c9aa65470fd.jpg)
I enjoy basing about as much as painting terrain, so wanted to get it out the way quickly. Not going to go too intricate at this scale - just a sand/filler mix to hide the flat bits.
Quite happy that the magnets mean I've yet to lose a mini under a sofa!
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Terrain boards do look good. Alternative Armies do have quite a variety of stuff in 15mm fantasy so it is a good range to dip into.
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If you're still after more 15mm fantasy miniatures, and would like some suggestions, I can offer up the following for your consideration:
1) Ral Partha. As well as the 15mm fantasy Demonworld packs (which have a very "Warhammer Fantasy" styling), they also do 10-mini little variety packs for most of the factions under the "Blight Haven Warbands", which would likely suit you well I think. (Link (http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/blighthaven-15mm-warbands-c-119/warbands-c-119_120/))
2) Pendraken. Yes, I know their stuff is officially 10mm, but they have a moderately extensive Ratmen range that's actually about 12-13mm in scale. So, a bit too big for 10mm really, but they are spot-on for 15mm. Leon can cast up any minis in any quantity for you if you email him, and there are more model sculpts than shown on the website. These are the same ones as sold by Kallistra in their range, except that they are all loose models and not mounted on strips like Kallistra's (in fact, I understand that Kallistra ones were licensed from Pendraken). For pictures, have a look at the Kallistra site. (Link (https://www.pendraken.co.uk/league-of-ratsburg-791-c.asp))
3) Splintered light Miniatures. All sorts of 15mm fantasy miniatures, so you're bound to find almost anything you're looking for. The Little Corporal supply these figs in the UK. (Link (https://thelittlecorporal.co.uk/splintered-light-miniatures-40-c.asp))
4) Magister Militum. They have loads of 15mm fantasy models, and a fair few historicals too (where 11th Century figures would be good for Bretonnia type armies for example). (Link (https://www.magistermilitum.com/era/fantasy.html?cat%5B0%5D=59625&product_list_order=price&product_list_limit=48))
5) Copplestone Castings. A limited but beautifully-sculpted range of 15mm fantasy figures. These and his 10mm efforts are absolutely super, and many people (myself included) would love for these ranges to be extended. (Link (https://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/list.php?cat=18&page=1))
Also, I'm assuming that like your sci-fi adventures thread, you'll be playing these figs all as individual models. However, lots of fantasy games are based on ranked units, and many newer ones don't really deal with individual figures (like Kings of War for example). If you fancy giving these games a go, you can certainly play them at 15mm, but it might be easier and cheaper to do these in 6-10mm instead - and you can still keep the board and scenery you have to play on.
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Thanks, Major, those are very helpful! Do you have a quick overview on how they scale alongside each other? Even within Alternative Armies I'm finding a bit of discrepancy - these celts evidently ate their greens. Or maybe it was the adventurers on a poor diet, since even the walking dead tower over them!
The Splintered Light minis look particularly tempting, and pretty extensive.
Yeah, I'll be sticking with individual bases for these using variously sized washers. My preferred games - 5 Distances from Something, Pulp Alley and Lord of the Rings SBG - are all skirmish-orientated, and I'm an ambling painter at the best of times. I did grab some 6mm fantasy minis from Baccus with a view to playing skirmish games with them, but that ended up being a tad ambitious. Haven't given up on that yet, but for now I'm enjoying painting things I can actually see!
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No problem, and happy to help! :)
I forgot to mention that Blue Moon (Old Glory) also have a modest but nice range of "fantasy" models in their Night Horrors range (link (https://www.oldgloryuk.com/15mm-horror/50/209/500/518)). Some nice stuff in there for various themed skirmish games.
For miniature comparisons, I am quite limited myself; I have a small and eclectic selection of figures bought to be "big monsters" at 10mm scale, and as such I'm not sure that a Werewolf compared to a Wight would be terribly helpful unfortunately. :? However, here on LAF we are very fortunate to have many enthusiastic and prolific people with extensive 15mm collections that I'm sure will be better placed to help you out with some comparison photos. I did find this website (https://sites.google.com/site/15mmfantasy/Home) on my searches, which looks to not only have some helpful photos of many different figures, but also a list of many manufacturers and what they offer a 15mm fantasy player - hopefully it's useful to you! :)
As for the variation in figures, even within a single manufacturer... Well, that's pretty much most miniatures at any scale isn't it? ;) lol Jokes aside, I expect this is due to different sculptors working on ranges, as well as elapsed time between sculpts, and the general difficulty of sticking tightly to an exact overall size on very small figures. Some manufacturers are better at consistency than others, and also many figures listed as 15mm are only notionally so and can be up to 18mm in size (lots of Napoleonics fall to the larger/18mm size for example).
And finally, costs. Yeah, anything from outside the UK is quite expensive (especially right now...), and Splintered Light are an American company - hence the prices. However, getting a comprehensive range of figures for any faction can be tricky, especially of you're after more individual variety, so a couple of extra quid on the occasional pack might be worthwhile (for me, with my big fingers, it certainly is compared to trying to convert 15mm models myself!).
Costs and a lack of a UK supplier are also why I didn't mention Khurasan Miniatures - stunning models, prices are okay, then to get them shipped here... Oh dear! :? Real shame, as the odd model I have of theirs is just perfect, and I would love to buy more of their stuff.
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My skirmish collection mixes Splintered Light, Ral Partha, and Alternative Armies without missing a beat. The Irregular Miniatures are a little more chunky, and stand out for it, but I chalk that up to variations in form. Some people are just fatter or taller than others.
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Hello,
Here to help if I can. if you have specific miniature line questions please ask. I have collected/bought many of the 15mm lines. I will place them into 2 broad categories.
15mm
Splintered Light, Demon World, Essex, Legio Heorica, Old Glory (humans) and Mirliton all blend well together.
18mm - The Big ones
Battle Valor, Khurasan, and Eureka are closer to 18mm. The sculpts are great but look like 20mm next to the lines above. But some lines work. I blended Khurasan dwarfs with Splintered light and they too look bigger but not bad.
good luck
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Thanks all - very helpful. Cataloguing these and their accompanying notes in the Bookmarks bar. Scale is less a deal breaker and more a handy filter with which to first approach collecting miniatures, such is the range of options out there. Fantasy beasties are particularly flexible; the Caesar Miniature ratmen certainly don't conform to an idea of such creatures being smaller than their human victims. I'm not ruling out including some 1:72 historical minis as some invading race of giants. So lethal is 5 Leagues from the Borderlands that having the adventurers be dwarfed by pretty much everyone else might be a good reminder to not charge in willy-nilly.
Alas, another filter is the added cost to ordering anything not found in the British Isles. I'll have to start scouting round for a local gamer similarly interested in trying out 15mm to go halvesies with some of these larger packs. I really like the Splintered Light wood elves (especially the fact they've got sensibly-clothed female warriors) but not sure I need quite that many minis, especially with half being duplicates.
First miniatures done, a collection of ne'er do wells to serve as generic human opposition in 5 Leagues. All, I believe, from Alternative Armies, though I think one or two non-celts might have snuck in to join any fun on offer.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/4b6ffe98b663be8596becf1ad8a2578a/07fab21f39678c18-b4/s1280x1920/ba3090b699b7d12b1f1f5ba4b8455b713bd4515b.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/4b6ffe98b663be8596becf1ad8a2578a/07fab21f39678c18-b4/s1280x1920/ba3090b699b7d12b1f1f5ba4b8455b713bd4515b.jpg)
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Nice Celts! :)
Don't forget the wide range of 15mm Ancients and Medieval ranges too! Some nice stuff to be found there including camel riders, naked fanatics, heavily-armoured knights, horse archers, chariots, elephants, cannons and other sieges engines... Pretty much anything you could need that doesn't happen to be in one fantasy range or another. Historical figs can often be good value too, especially second-hand!
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Oh, it's a sore temptation. I'm trying to be and only look for historicals on ebay. Got a few Saxon peasants waiting their turn in the paint queue. Always nice to have some less explicitly military types - somehow I find it easier to pretend an unarmed figure has a particular weapon than an armed figure has a different weapon. There's some headology going on there, I'm sure.
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Well, I have about one pack of War & Empire Syrian Archers going spare that I was planning to stick up on the LAF Bazaar... They could work really well as high elf archers (tall pointy helms, chainmail, ankle-length robes), but then again I doubt you'd want a pack of 20-odd figures with only two variations?
[...]somehow I find it easier to pretend an unarmed figure has a particular weapon than an armed figure has a different weapon.
I see your point here, and to some extent I agree. However, I find that works best if I only have one unit like that, as trying to remember who has what during a game when no weapons are depicted can be quote hard!
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That's very kind, but I'm actually doing alright for archers - went down the rabbit hole of trawling through Alternative Armies' individual figures and ended up getting quite a few archers from across their range of eras. Just have to work out how to play with them and their very bendy bows...
I see your point here, and to some extent I agree. However, I find that works best if I only have one unit like that, as trying to remember who has what during a game when no weapons are depicted can be quote hard!
Ah, there's one difference between the mass army gamer and the skirmish gamer - much easier to remember who's who when one's side is in the single figures. Especially when we start getting overly attached to the blighters, dooming them to oblivion with the next dice roll!
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Got the first batch of dead 'uns done which should cover a decent number of the undead encounters in 5 Leagues from the Borderlands. I wasn't particularly fussed about doing an exquisite job on these, so they just got a good coating of inks and contrast paints, with a final brown wash over everything. Quantity over quality here.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/8917a33ad46e6fc852e5a589b04edc5b/183e34cb26f93ac1-ee/s2048x3072/cd4f68f9561320b66ff1e4405e76a03d59eb47cd.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/8917a33ad46e6fc852e5a589b04edc5b/183e34cb26f93ac1-ee/s2048x3072/cd4f68f9561320b66ff1e4405e76a03d59eb47cd.jpg)
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Still ambling along the path to working out how to take photos...
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Starting to work through a batch of adventurer minis, generic enough protagonists to represent an eclectic collection of fortune seekers. Seeing how rare and pricey armour is in 5 Leagues, I probably chose the wrong ones to paint first, but we are where we are. I like the fact that these ones have packs on so that they actually look like they're mid-expedition, and am pleased that there are some female minis amongst the Alternative Armies collections.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3bf911fa8fc6778dc27be33ec742cd56/27685a81b8bc8060-9a/s1280x1920/b864d839c2736b417beb70f14763b2e0694d4da2.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/3bf911fa8fc6778dc27be33ec742cd56/27685a81b8bc8060-9a/s1280x1920/b864d839c2736b417beb70f14763b2e0694d4da2.pnj)
I did try going down the inking/contrast paints route but wasn't getting the results I wanted, so redid them with a more familiar wash and highlight with just a contrast layer over the bags and belts. Perhaps not enough deep detail for the contrasts to sink into.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/de5f702fa72ff66c3bf0b8d08920f03d/27685a81b8bc8060-d5/s1280x1920/0e0f310a2ca82577b063936b66a6209db5db4915.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/de5f702fa72ff66c3bf0b8d08920f03d/27685a81b8bc8060-d5/s1280x1920/0e0f310a2ca82577b063936b66a6209db5db4915.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/7645d0a48d32888f42c08ddeb7e379be/27685a81b8bc8060-f7/s1280x1920/a7465dce81c8d6e01a5ff3a32602cddd2b172a05.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/7645d0a48d32888f42c08ddeb7e379be/27685a81b8bc8060-f7/s1280x1920/a7465dce81c8d6e01a5ff3a32602cddd2b172a05.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/a88a547288b95c168fae956e12fb3b83/27685a81b8bc8060-b0/s1280x1920/fcd1d85707776af21c7710757658d62bfe48c040.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/a88a547288b95c168fae956e12fb3b83/27685a81b8bc8060-b0/s1280x1920/fcd1d85707776af21c7710757658d62bfe48c040.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/5b3abcf0f9388edab7b558dbbfe2db88/27685a81b8bc8060-b5/s1280x1920/30b502c601127f1a07b594ac5a0092a5fcd39a01.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/5b3abcf0f9388edab7b558dbbfe2db88/27685a81b8bc8060-b5/s1280x1920/30b502c601127f1a07b594ac5a0092a5fcd39a01.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/dd77145798d0b8457a04c8b3a0ce0f8c/27685a81b8bc8060-62/s1280x1920/36a987140bb4b4256989dc82613b1cd7861ae779.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/dd77145798d0b8457a04c8b3a0ce0f8c/27685a81b8bc8060-62/s1280x1920/36a987140bb4b4256989dc82613b1cd7861ae779.pnj)
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Both zombies and adventurers look great! Those AA/TTG/Asgard adventurers are tiny and so particularly impressive!
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A nice party
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What a cool start! I love your board and the terrain. They look great. And those models are ace. Hope you enjoyed your start!
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Cheers, folks. Their diminutive statue did catch me out - at first I thought it was the zombies towering over them - but they have just the right amount of detail for my tastes. Enough to give character and distinguish between them (and big enough for my cheap paint brushes) but not enough to bog the painting process down. Especially the faces - much easier to treat paint marks as indicative when there's not that much detail to start with.
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A few more of the armoured adventurers from Alternative Armies, evidently fresh from the adventurer guild training grounds with equipment as bright and unsullied as that - won't last long, I'm sure.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/d5c9600367a6846381aabe002c31788b/274439758cd3bd51-08/s1280x1920/81d6adcc08120e4c1afe805d2d411b32abdd4ea4.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/d5c9600367a6846381aabe002c31788b/274439758cd3bd51-08/s1280x1920/81d6adcc08120e4c1afe805d2d411b32abdd4ea4.pnj)
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/1d366f6a9c653e3eb9543c56b926708f/274439758cd3bd51-c4/s1280x1920/e85e9d5cba9c92d7edcb70e2cb20eb1f824fc60a.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/1d366f6a9c653e3eb9543c56b926708f/274439758cd3bd51-c4/s1280x1920/e85e9d5cba9c92d7edcb70e2cb20eb1f824fc60a.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/821a072dafed147ea60f3ff3f4486ad8/274439758cd3bd51-26/s1280x1920/639a6b27d17b1b06b65fcf1a43fb571598e837a4.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/821a072dafed147ea60f3ff3f4486ad8/274439758cd3bd51-26/s1280x1920/639a6b27d17b1b06b65fcf1a43fb571598e837a4.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbd5e91800c2677dc02bc6e23437311c/274439758cd3bd51-08/s1280x1920/cbc9df1805abfa5e1377881494d3c66b2083c33f.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbd5e91800c2677dc02bc6e23437311c/274439758cd3bd51-08/s1280x1920/cbc9df1805abfa5e1377881494d3c66b2083c33f.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/025704e8427b93f8527a831aa8520cfc/274439758cd3bd51-0b/s1280x1920/5489588c4d626b27534c0f46e99d46f89396b529.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/025704e8427b93f8527a831aa8520cfc/274439758cd3bd51-0b/s1280x1920/5489588c4d626b27534c0f46e99d46f89396b529.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/424c20b8d815cb118aac390b7c601244/274439758cd3bd51-86/s1280x1920/6615d51e44b46796d00d91b6ac235b6f43c1676f.pnj) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/424c20b8d815cb118aac390b7c601244/274439758cd3bd51-86/s1280x1920/6615d51e44b46796d00d91b6ac235b6f43c1676f.pnj)
Next in the painting queue are some less well-protected characters.
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Don't necessarily be hidebound by selecting from only 15mm fantasy ranges... I've long used historical proxies in 25mm but I'd shout out for the 15mm Peter Pig Carolingians (Franks) that have just been released. Some excellent potential for Dark Age infantry and cavalry to expand on those fantasy contingemts/warbands...
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Don't necessarily be hidebound by selecting from only 15mm fantasy ranges... I've long used historical proxies in 25mm but I'd shout out for the 15mm Peter Pig Carolingians (Franks) that have just been released. Some excellent potential for Dark Age infantry and cavalry to expand on those fantasy contingemts/warbands...
If it’s fantasy, I would even go so far that you can use nearly any scale. 10mm demons become imps, 20mm barbarians are excellent frost giants, 32mm models can be gods or demons!
Ot: those Peter Pig carolingians look very good. Does anyone know how they are sizewise? I.e. would they fit with Dan Mersey‘s Dark Age models?
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Oh excellent, I've followed these in Instagram.
Are the figures magnetised?
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Lovely selection of Heroes.
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Thanks all. Yeah, I'm eyeing up some of my leftover LotR Goblin Town denizens to live a second life as ogres or trolls (though the king might be a bit too plus-sized for a 15mm battlefield). All these 28mm minis I've been hoarding for the last few years can surely serve double duty.
Are the figures magnetised?
Indeed they are, for storage purposes if nothing else - gives biscuits tins a new purpose. I've started making some geomorph tiles using table mats and flattened biscuit tins in the hope that they might keep minis secure, but I fear that the amount of terrain going over the top will render the magnetic force negligible. Still, we live and learn!
Finally painted up this prototype house built with leftover materials from various projects. Scraps of cork floor tile for the structure, some old business cards for the cardstock roof and assorted detail made up from matchsticks and coffee stirrers. Turns out cable ties make rather nice shutters at 15mm. Also magnetised in opposing corners to reduce the likelihood of the house tilting into the air on an uneven ground.
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In hindsight, I should have paid more attention to which way round the cork walls were being glued. The rougher side makes for some great texture for paint to cling on to, while the smooth side proved trickier to work with.
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Excellent. :) Can't beat a scratch-built building. And at 15mm it's even manageable to store that sorta stuff. Can't wait to see this all painted.
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Thanks all. Yeah, I'm eyeing up some of my leftover LotR Goblin Town denizens to live a second life as ogres or trolls (though the king might be a bit too plus-sized for a 15mm battlefield). All these 28mm minis I've been hoarding for the last few years can surely serve double duty.
That’s a pretty good idea! I gave most of mine away some time ago, but the not too large weapons and „realistic“ (i.e. not comically exaggerated) proportions make them ideal for smaller scale! 15mm would be the right scale to make them fearsome trolls!
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Doodler
Thanks so much for the photos of the cabin, including the underside pic. I have plans to make a small village for a raid* and was hesitant on how to proceed. Thanks for the inspiration!
Dan
* https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138326.0
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Glad they might be of use to someone else. I need some more cork tiles before trying again.
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Finally, in the aftermath of much teeth gnashing having doused the first paintjob in too heavy a black wash (those YouTube videos with everyone proclaiming that washes brighten when dry aren't always right...), I've got some underground cavern tiles done. The end result isn't quite what I'd pictured in the planning stages, but by the point of drybrushing everything again for the umpteenth time I just wanted to start playing on these.
The blog post (http://therecouldhavebeensnakes.wordpress.com/2022/12/16/cavern-geomorph-tiles/) goes into a bit more depth on the build process, but in essence these are a series of second-hand table mats with a biscuit tin layer in a failed attempt to make them magnetic-friendly (ended up texturing too much for the magnets on the mini bases to get any real purchase), cork strips for sturdy and relatively uniform walls, kitchen foil for the rocky texture and sand to distinguish the floor apart, all coated with several layers of gesso for some extra hardiness and painted with cheap craft paints and defunct Wickes paint sample pots.
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That is wonderfully creative. Well done on the execution of it.
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I agree, I really like the caves; shame the magnetic part didn't work as you hoped though. Still, a good result all-round I think? :)
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That’s really a clever idea! :o Love it.
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Cheers, folks. Just need to find a box to store them in now. Not found anything with a 17cm footprint yet.
Need to start thinking about some eqsy-to-makr scatter terrain so that not everything blocks line if sight as well as movements. I did play around with sawn-down matchsticks to make some crates, but they ended up being a bit too fiddly at this scale and too weirdly-proportioned. Frames too thick for their size and all that. Back to the drawing board.
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I did play around with sawn-down matchsticks to make some crates, but they ended up being a bit too fiddly at this scale and too weirdly-proportioned. Frames too thick for their size and all that. Back to the drawing board.
Aaaages ago, I tried making crates in 28mm from matchsticks too... They turned out to be way too fiddly and irregular to make them worth the bother.
For 10-15mm scale, you could try one of the following options instead:
1) Coffee stirrers/lollipop sticks. These are wider than matchsticks, so you can make each face one piece, and use offcuts to act as a packing "filler" to keep the faces of the boxes apart and sturdy. Still a bit fiddly though.
2) You can also just cut slices off some timber moulding purchased from your local DIY store. You may be a bit limited in terms of shape, but it's a reasonable option that's cheap for how many crates/barrels you could make! This is a good option for crates, but for barrels you may have to cut the moulding in half and glue it back-to-back before cutting off your slices. This is because such mouldings are normally designed to be affixed to flat surfaces, so for cylinders and similar, you will only get half-profiles. Note that for exact cylinders you can buy wooden dowelling in various sizes though, which is obviously easier than mucking about with mouldings!
3) Buy some wooden beads. Easiest option at 10-15mm honestly, and you can get all sorts of shapes to represent all types of weird containers. Cheap too! You could look in your local indoor market/haberdasher (if you still have any near you...), or try looking in places like online craft stores/haberdashers, various meeples/game pieces stores, eBay, and even Amazon. This would be my recommend option really - minimum effort for a nice outcome at budget prices. You can also get very small beads if you want to make smaller containers for things like finished goods for market stalls.
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Cheers, Major. I've now a bag of A****n-ordered beads to play around with - not so useful as crates, perhaps, but they should do nicely for some large ceramic jars with more intricate patterns than I could ever hope to craft. Just got to find the best way to fill some of the holes in the designs.
I'd tried the coffee stirrers with similar issues to the matchsticks. I think they'd be ideal, however, for the bands around the matchstick crates if I could just work out how to neatly cut them into thirds or quarters. Splitting them in half unfortunately just brings them to the same breadth as a single matchstick so it doesn't quite work for the bands laid parallel to the matches.
I've now made a start on repurposing some of this pile of unpainted 28mils. First up is the previously floated MESBG goblin as an ogre, or whatever 5 Leagues aberration might be needed. I played around a bit with contrast paints, mixing the bone colour with a dash of black and flesh, followed by highlights with a light dab of the flesh on the collection of boils which, frustratingly, I couldn't capture in the photo. It's effective enough to make one wince ever so slightly when picking the mini up.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/60b7d93c174424c6fa25ff214cb448ea/64c033593846e219-ea/s1280x1920/8a1cefbb2edd6c5a83c9852b4775b8dff3cd8f25.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/60b7d93c174424c6fa25ff214cb448ea/64c033593846e219-ea/s1280x1920/8a1cefbb2edd6c5a83c9852b4775b8dff3cd8f25.jpg)
Here's a companion to give an ideal of scale
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Defiantly some ugly monster to slay for your heroes. :-*
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That certainly looks like an ogre or troll to me!
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That goblin works brilliantly as a troll! Good choice!
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Unfortunately the Perry brothers did too good a job on the original LotR goblins - their poses suggest that they're small creatures, so they don't really work next to 15mm. I'm wondering if the various hobbits might pass for beefy humans with a dislike for shoes...
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Unfortunately the Perry brothers did too good a job on the original LotR goblins - their poses suggest that they're small creatures, so they don't really work next to 15mm. I'm wondering if the various hobbits might pass for beefy humans with a dislike for shoes...
Many halfling models do, but in my experience this is better reserved for heroic and slightly comical ranges.
Here is, for instance a Hasslefree halfling witchhunter, which imo works brilliantly for 15mm Warhammer:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=108985.75
Since the LotR hobbits are plastic, there is awesome conversion potential here. Don’t be afraid adding pieces from larger scales as long as they fit sizewise. Here is a 15mm fantasy orc sci-fied by adding arms from Mantic and old GW sprues:
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=101186.15
Maybe if they still look to much of a hobbit, a headswap might work?
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There are a few more visibly pointy ears than I remember so they may have to serve as some form of elven mutation. Unfortunately, most of the hobbits I've got are the older metal minis, and I'm not confident that I'd be able to make a head swap secure enough. There are three or four of the same mini, though, so there's room for trying it out. I do have some of the plastic fellowship set (and they're quite a lot more suitably proportioned relative to 15mm) which have snapped off at the ankles, so a pin vice might be in order anyway.
I wanted some more foes of indeterminate-but-probably-humanoid origin to serve as generic evil stand ins, so grabbed some Alternative Armies wraiths to act as cultists/bandits/assassins/ruffians/evil-what-have-yous.
A coat of black contrast paints and a quick round of final highlighting later:
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/feff571e8cfec8cf60c9006b0539ed36/d967e2bf6f0c2a42-7e/s2048x3072/c75925f886a73e111bc26541f5ba139b9c3eb36d.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/feff571e8cfec8cf60c9006b0539ed36/d967e2bf6f0c2a42-7e/s2048x3072/c75925f886a73e111bc26541f5ba139b9c3eb36d.jpg)
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These look remarkably good!
@ hobbits for 15mm wargaming: I just posted an Otherworld halfling used as a chaos warrior. Sometimes a little bit of experimentation is very helpful-it worked perfectly fine without any chopping!
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Great looking wraiths
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Very evil looking blankets :D
Do you have the mounted ones too?
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Cheers, folks
@ hobbits for 15mm wargaming: I just posted an Otherworld halfling used as a chaos warrior. Sometimes a little bit of experimentation is very helpful-it worked perfectly fine without any chopping!
Hah, it had completely slipped me by that one of those was a halfling - proof of it's suitability! I've smoothed over a plastic Frodo's feet, and am playing around with how to best do Sam's so that they fit on the washers I've been using. His feet snapped at the ankles ages ago and will need a bit of green stuff work anyhow, but he has a very splayed stance which sits right on the edges.
Do you have the mounted ones too?
I have to fess up as one generally disinclined to paint horses. No idea why, and it stood me in very poor stead having started my wargaming career with a Rohan army. Fortunately I haven't noticed any cavalry rules in 5 Leagues, so I might be able to get away with avoiding them for now
Another monster that's been lurking in my pile of shame for far too long, the troll from the Battle of Skull Pass box. Think this must have come from before the time I knew there was a whole world of minis beyond the walls of GW.
This is probably about as big as I feel able to go while still keeping the feel of a skirmishy scuffle - adventurer alongside for scale - but it is a relatively flat pose so the mini can be stored horizontally above everyone else (a biscuit tin storage container means even the walls work for magnetised figures).
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/487b0356edd8f55b603c7dbb1e4cbee5/2e0504782f67e277-5c/s2048x3072/024d5ce4f8175d77b8378e27537bc8bea26066a2.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/487b0356edd8f55b603c7dbb1e4cbee5/2e0504782f67e277-5c/s2048x3072/024d5ce4f8175d77b8378e27537bc8bea26066a2.jpg)
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I never liked that troll. He’s totally out of style with the rest of the GW trolls and I couldn’t understand why he had a dwarf head made of stone in his hand.
You, however, have shown what a change of scale can achieve: he’s now a huge beastie that has just demolished some kind of monumental statue that was erected by the people (dwarfs) of old and was still standing around.
Brillant!
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Yeah, when I got the box with 11 years and saw that troll I felt a bit underwhelmed. It looked nothing alike the previous stone trolls!
As a 15mm beastie it does the part. Nice job.
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I think the hobbit goblin is the ugly baby of that stone gray thing lol I think you need some slayers to get rid of that nasty infestation in your adventure land.
Cool addition!
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Considering he's been bulking out the unpainted pile for 15 years or so, I'm glad he's found his calling. We'll just have to assume it's an ogre skull dangling from his neck. I feel I spent more time green stuffing the gaps between plastic parts than painting him.
Mrs Doodler has told me that I err too often towards grubby fantasy of muted browns and greens, so in acquiescence to one with a better eye for style than me I set aside those colours (admittedly probably too great a portion of my paint set) and tried to give these casters a bit of flare.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/eda3a4c1ccab0dd767d27905b6116416/aa0cffe2c06111eb-9f/s2048x3072/ec2b88761973241adf7deaec5d1fd9069899fb23.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/eda3a4c1ccab0dd767d27905b6116416/aa0cffe2c06111eb-9f/s2048x3072/ec2b88761973241adf7deaec5d1fd9069899fb23.jpg)
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Great additions! Bright highlights work exceptionally well on 14s. Very nice models.
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Sorcerers always must wear the flashiest colours.
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Bah, give me grubby fantasy over high fantasy any day!
Back to the sensible colours:
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/ca8404bea609472b363e313bb7549e16/e995c461ff53bb9d-06/s2048x3072/c242e395278589db1c78f0a757a772cc963885cc.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/ca8404bea609472b363e313bb7549e16/e995c461ff53bb9d-06/s2048x3072/c242e395278589db1c78f0a757a772cc963885cc.jpg)
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Nice bandits, just finished the one with the hat yesterday;) which company makes the one on the right?
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Thanks! That mini's also from Alternative Armies, but hiding away in their Sengoku range (https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/sengoku-15mm-japanese-fantasy/products/sgf172-barbaric-henge-daimyo-with-katana).
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Thanks! That mini's also from Alternative Armies, but hiding away in their Sengoku range (https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/sengoku-15mm-japanese-fantasy/products/sgf172-barbaric-henge-daimyo-with-katana).
Thanks! I was also interested inthat model.
The Sengoku range is really nice and definitely has some gems in it. And it’s ideal for Warhammer in Nippon (a.k.a. the never published Tetsubo expansion)!
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Thanks! That mini's also from Alternative Armies, but hiding away in their Sengoku range (https://www.alternative-armies.com/collections/sengoku-15mm-japanese-fantasy/products/sgf172-barbaric-henge-daimyo-with-katana).
The moment I wrote it, I thought it could be the sengoku range. Thank you for confirming!
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Ah, the tiny rogues from AA. Your versions are better than mine.
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Stuff and nonsense, if your other 15mm pieces are anything to go by - I mean, they even had eyes!
They are tiny though. This eclectic collection certainly covers the broad range of human heights
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Closing in on the point at which I'll feel comfortable having a 'Proper' game of 5 Leagues from the Borderlands (after all, we know nothing's official when unpainted). Now it's the archers' turn to get some paint on them - and here we see the benefits of having many historical ranges open to us.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1be9b9e1862aa53c5ffccdcbc464d82/5bcf56c6102bb5f3-b2/s2048x3072/e017e325b1d7233ced6d5f92cbf2783b5d44b72a.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1be9b9e1862aa53c5ffccdcbc464d82/5bcf56c6102bb5f3-b2/s2048x3072/e017e325b1d7233ced6d5f92cbf2783b5d44b72a.jpg)
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Nice group! And yeah, using historical minis for humans is a great way to get some variety into a collection.
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Those are solid.
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Got these as part of a job lot on ebay a while ago - pretty sure they were labled saxon peasants - and I have no idea who the manufacturer is (or are?). They scale well with the smaller Alternative Armies figures, though there were some minis amongst them who tower over everyone, so I'm not sure everything is even technically 15mm. I suspect this fantasy world might need a race of humans with traces of giant blood running though their veins because we've very much entered the area of significant height disparity. Then I might even be able to slip in some 1/72s as well.
I'd be very keen to see if anyone here knows more about any of these minis' origins, because they're nice sculpts to paint.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e2b03d1701f94a85803806dc04ee3a7b/d994fb89be85df37-6f/s2048x3072/dee2fc733ef1ff9fb82387ce683a7078bceec613.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/e2b03d1701f94a85803806dc04ee3a7b/d994fb89be85df37-6f/s2048x3072/dee2fc733ef1ff9fb82387ce683a7078bceec613.jpg)
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Nice to see these. The woman on the left is from the Two Dragons Dark Age peasants range, currently sold by Caliver Books/Miniature Figurines. I've a feeling that the guy with the adze and the other woman are also from Two Dragons, but I cannot find them in the list on the site. The guy with the sack over his shoulder looks familiar too, but I cannot place him at the moment.
ETA: I've checked and can confirm that both women and the guy with the adze are Two Dragons Dark Ages peasants. By a huge coincidence all three are currently on my painting table!
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The one with the sack looks like an Essex sculpt, perhaps from this pack.
https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/15mm-medieval-equipment-artillery-baggage-war-machines-etc/products/mfpe13 (https://www.essexminiatures.co.uk/collections/15mm-medieval-equipment-artillery-baggage-war-machines-etc/products/mfpe13)
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Can’t identify them, but the painting is very good :-!
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Brilliant, thanks folks. Always handy for future reference, and it's helped identify a few others I've nearly finished. According to a comment on Instagram the fellow on the right is another one from Essex Miniatures. Need to get my head around websites selling products without any demonstrative pictures!
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A few more minis from Two Dragons (nos. 1, 3 & 5) and one from Essex Miniatures (no. 2). I can't find the precise mini, but I'd guess that no. 4 is also from Essex Miniatures judging by scale and style - felt pretty similar to no. 5 from a few days ago.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/ffd415ed112e15d1737fb5f95962dcd5/0637111c339bd3f9-14/s2048x3072/56057daf5a56d9ded2411a761cd8c314e459b4ad.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/ffd415ed112e15d1737fb5f95962dcd5/0637111c339bd3f9-14/s2048x3072/56057daf5a56d9ded2411a761cd8c314e459b4ad.jpg)
I'm still struggling to find this mini (https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a5e2f190a0c72b106461ad1f0f383fe/0637111c339bd3f9-5d/s1280x1920/3c257680995692975db71be45debd8b919de19c5.jpg)amongst the Two Dragons catalogue but she does feel like she fits in with the others. I suspect it's a case of there being some new elements of the Miniature Figurines website I've missed - I only realised this morning that there was a section for them down the left-hand side of links, rather than having to work my way there from the Caliver Books website.
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I'm still struggling to find this mini (https://64.media.tumblr.com/2a5e2f190a0c72b106461ad1f0f383fe/0637111c339bd3f9-5d/s1280x1920/3c257680995692975db71be45debd8b919de19c5.jpg)amongst the Two Dragons catalogue
She is definitely Two Dragons, as I have her on my painting table at the moment from the massive pile of Two Dragons stuff I bought in the 90s and am now getting around to painting. If I recall correctly, which may well not be the case, there were two sets of Dark Age peasants, basic peasants and wealthier peasants. The miniature figurines website only lists the former, not the latter, so she may not be listed there.
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There is never enough town folk, villagers and militia :-*
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Looking good.
I just got my five leagues from the border lands book.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about scale issues. You have the Alternative Armies adventurers, and the difference between some of them is noticeable. For instance, many of the rogues looked like children.
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A tio of possible adventurers or followers, origins unknown. Pretty sure the two on the sides are from the same source, and with the blond in blue probably haaving lost whatever he was gripping in his left hand. Not sure about the fellow in the middle, but he scales up better with these two than with the others.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/e6eac3c8ed40ff2cd7b5feaf4be8c755/b64e5589f5c49877-5e/s1280x1920/c5b5be62c93df26e88b9f9076d09e2d66aae471a.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/e6eac3c8ed40ff2cd7b5feaf4be8c755/b64e5589f5c49877-5e/s1280x1920/c5b5be62c93df26e88b9f9076d09e2d66aae471a.jpg)
She is definitely Two Dragons, as I have her on my painting table at the moment from the massive pile of Two Dragons stuff I bought in the 90s and am now getting around to painting. If I recall correctly, which may well not be the case, there were two sets of Dark Age peasants, basic peasants and wealthier peasants. The miniature figurines website only lists the former, not the latter, so she may not be listed there.
Ack, does that mean the latter range is lost to the winds of time? That would be a shame; while quite small in comparison to others, they have plenty of character packed in.
There is never enough town folk, villagers and militia :-*
I quite agree. I'd love to see more 'open to interpretation' models, rather than everyone appearing to be on the front line. Unfortunately it seems mostly limited to RPG-focused minis, which in general haven't yet seen the wisdom of 15mm...
Looking good.
I just got my five leagues from the border lands book.
Nice! I've just splashed out on a Doxzoo-printed version with chapter dividers. Ring-bound for an easy lie-flat use at the table, and normal paper so that I don't feel so guilty about scrawling errata and house rules in the margins.
I wouldn’t worry too much about scale issues. You have the Alternative Armies adventurers, and the difference between some of them is noticeable. For instance, many of the rogues looked like children.
Hah, very true. I'm just finishing off a MESBG hobbit who compares quite nicely with this trio. Once he's done, I'll do a side-by-side photoshoot to celebrate the variety of heights!
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The thing about height, I always find a bit funny. This weekend I was on the Boarder between Germany and the Netherlands. Visiting two towns 30 min apart. I’m taller then average, but not tall/huge (2meters is huge for me) I would say. In the German town I’m for sure tall, in the Netherlands I feel much more like a average joe. Last summer in north Italy I was always able to spot my girlfriend and Italian friend in the crowed, because I had nobody who hindered my view ;)
People are very different in size and shape, so I’m definitely more relaxed in scale. Especially in 15mm. But somehow we tabletop players tend to get some kind of size fetish like Friedrich Wilhelm I… lol
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The thing about height, I always find a bit funny. This weekend I was on the Boarder between Germany and the Netherlands. Visiting two towns 30 min apart. I’m taller then average, but not tall/huge (2meters is huge for me) I would say. In the German town I’m for sure tall, in the Netherlands I feel much more like a average joe. Last summer in north Italy I was always able to spot my girlfriend and Italian friend in the crowed, because I had nobody who hindered my view ;)
People are very different in size and shape, so I’m definitely more relaxed in scale. Especially in 15mm. But somehow we tabletop players tend to get some kind of size fetish like Friedrich Wilhelm I… lol
Oh indeed, one just needs to watch a few episodes of Taskmaster to see the wondrous variety in heights humanity can produce. And I fondly remember at two friends' wedding the photographer coming up with ever more inventive ways to get pictures of the happy couple's faces in the same frame, struggling to work around the near two-foot difference in heights.
I still think a fantasy world will need some giant bloodline explanation of some sort to account for quite so many Andre the Giants walking around, though!
Anyhow, got the plastic hobbit done. Scraped off and greenstuffed over his toes and foot hair, and now he makes for a decent well-off and well-fed adventurer.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/0c2c0439e4433ae25b11faeba004a448/b0ba0579651e596c-49/s1280x1920/c8f061a7df47e00d6233b0f197c4c6468c652cb6.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/0c2c0439e4433ae25b11faeba004a448/b0ba0579651e596c-49/s1280x1920/c8f061a7df47e00d6233b0f197c4c6468c652cb6.jpg)
He's the only mini in this line up not described as a 15miller (well, apart from the chap in light blue, but he was advertised as being part of a 15mm job lot) but seems to fit in well enough; at least he doesn't broaden the range any further.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/9d340a08c5ec9662d1b702cbc4a93774/b0ba0579651e596c-e6/s2048x3072/cce21d5bb7acf1f0884287dba5a47e136a80b989.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/9d340a08c5ec9662d1b702cbc4a93774/b0ba0579651e596c-e6/s2048x3072/cce21d5bb7acf1f0884287dba5a47e136a80b989.jpg)
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People are very different in size and shape, so I’m definitely more relaxed in scale. Especially in 15mm. But somehow we tabletop players tend to get some kind of size fetish like Friedrich Wilhelm I… lol
So true! 🤣
The „hobbit“ looks excellent! I hadn’t dreamt about just how well he would fit in with 15s. Awesome model and great painting!
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Looks like a well prepared adventurer. Great Idea!
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Huh, I didn’ realise the GW Hobbits were THAT tiny.
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I'm not sure the metal hobbits work quite so well at this scale - they're chunkier than their plastic counterparts - but I've got enough duplicates to see how some of them fair as humans.
Got some more plastic hobbits to add to the adventuring party, once they've had some surgery to remedy the issues they face from having a careless owner.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3874dbd7b35577c3185541cc85898bb2/429ffd3291228720-5b/s2048x3072/91c26e1f0038af18b45abd6819b85d92a7f35804.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/3874dbd7b35577c3185541cc85898bb2/429ffd3291228720-5b/s2048x3072/91c26e1f0038af18b45abd6819b85d92a7f35804.jpg)
Keeping my fingers crossed that the frying pan survives - not sure I trust my hand enough to dry drilling through a 15mm fist...
Also had this figure lying around from an Alternative Armies purchase - I think from their 2000AD range, if memory serves - when going through a sci fi phase, and felt he could serve some time in a fantasy cast. He has a sword, after all.
(https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3b3535d61f265d3e7e2fb5d2270e38c/429ffd3291228720-34/s1280x1920/e1d56d72e3efd3c9c3fb5b16869e374b4285ae24.jpg) (https://64.media.tumblr.com/f3b3535d61f265d3e7e2fb5d2270e38c/429ffd3291228720-34/s1280x1920/e1d56d72e3efd3c9c3fb5b16869e374b4285ae24.jpg)
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Keeping my fingers crossed that the frying pan survives - not sure I trust my hand enough to dry drilling through a 15mm fist...
Also had this figure lying around from an Alternative Armies purchase - I think from their 2000AD range, if memory serves - when going through a sci fi phase, and felt he could serve some time in a fantasy cast. He has a sword, after all.
I think I need adventurers with frying pans and other improvised weapons. Feeling inspired by your work here.
The sci-fi figure is from the Laserburn range that Alternative Armies took over from Tabletop Games.
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The sci-fi figure is from the Laserburn range that Alternative Armies took over from Tabletop Games.
Ah, yes - that's the range. Something not strictly swords & sorcery, anyhow!
Finally got the stage where I feel I've got enough of a collection for a 5 Leagues campaign to be Proper, so I grabbed a fresh notebook and rolled up an adventuring area and warband:
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Starting with the Laserburn chap in red and going clockwise:
Agoztio – noble hero
Duhin – frontier hero
Erlea – yeoman follower
Fede – servant follower
Caraile – mystic hero
Boluaga – zealot hero
Had them go to an unexplored location in the north of the map, and they immediately found themselves set upon by a pack of wild zombies. I've gone into a bit more detail on my blog (https://therecouldhavebeensnakes.com/2023/03/06/5-leagues-from-the-borderlands-campaign-turn-1/), but for those who'd rather not click through here are the in-game thumbnails:
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The adventurers' careers got off to a shaky start with all the melee-inclined characters going down with barely a whimper, the archers both running out of arrows in short order, the mystic struggling to get any spells off until he was finally able to refill one of the empty quivers. The lack of any serious firepower meant that while it was easy enough to hit the shambling dead (and if the number of 1s and 2s rolled were anything to go by, it wasn't actually easy enough), taking out tough targets immune to stuns and morale was decidedly harder. It boiled down to the last two characters running full circle around the playing area, magically eluding the shamblers and hoping that the last archer's arrows didn't run out. They did, but thankfully just after the undead had been brought down to half their starting number. Technically a success.
Still, the post-battle rolls were relatively kind, Agoztio having to use his Luck point to avoid death aside, and the warband found the entrance to a monster lair. I rolled up a wraith which seemed fitting for a zombie-infested area.
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They sent in Duhin to have a scout around, which he managed - spotted and avoided the wraith inhabitant, and rescued a captive. He then ushered in the rest of the party to take the big baddie out, which went a lot more smoothly than anticipated until Agoztio took a counter attack to the vitals, leaving Boluaga to finish the undead monster off. The loot was a bit underwhelming, and the warband leader died from his wounds, but the captive-turned-follower promoted herself to hero status, so we're just one Luck point down after the first campaign turn.
Could have been worse.
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This project looks great. I really like the terrain for the first game: small but perfectly formed!
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Totally in love with what you did! Just great to see such a dedication to the background and scenery. :o
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Brilliant stuff and a lovely set-up. Sounds like your archers are getting their arrows from the same place mine does. He always seems to get one shot off and then run out!
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It's been a handy project for remembering that 'fine and done' beats incomplete perfection. Better to have scouring pad trees than none at all, though after some extended gameplay I do think there's a need for trees better suited to clumsy fingers - doesn't take much of a nudge for these to tumble.
Sounds like your archers are getting their arrows from the same place mine does. He always seems to get one shot off and then run out!
It certainly forces one to remember that a single attack role doesn't necessarily equate to a single attack - not sure even the bumblingest of henchmen would surely think to bring more than two arrows with them!
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Found this Makita case in a charity shop a few months back and, having done something similar with an art box for my sci fi collection, looked to turn it into an efficiently-stored gaming tool.
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Little (admittedly sci fi) 15mm figure included inside for scale. Each interior side measures roughly 51cm by 27cm which up to 5cm in depth so, treating 28mm's inches as centimetres for 15mm games, it has space for a few different 2'-equivalent boards.
There's a bit more in the way of detail on the blog (https://therecouldhavebeensnakes.com/2023/03/08/a-case-for-fantasy-gaming/) but here are the pictures I remembered to take to chart the progress of the project.
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Still closes now that it's done, and while I spent quite a bit of time up to halfway through ensuring that it remained functionally playable the project did fall either side of a house move, so I'm relieved that all the surfaces appear to have remained usable by minis after the extra coats of paint and texture.
It is, however, not really as travel-friendly as the sci fi art box - it's rather heavy to carry by hand, and too deep a case to fit in amongst the supposedly necessary clothing and toiletries in regular luggage, so for now I'll enjoy having something that comfortable slips under the desk when not in use and will start dreaming up some plans for a proper fantasy travel case.
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That is most interesting. Clever
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That portable tabletop is a most brilliant idea!
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Cheers. Currently storing away two cheap square baking trays for something similar - need something which takes advantage of all the minis having magnetic bases.
Got some more shadowy figures done in time for the next 5 Leagues campaign turn. Got them through ebay, and have learned that they're available from CP Models.
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Brilliant! I love how those black robes make them the perfect baddies!
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Very nice progress! I admit that I was a little sceptical about the Makita case in the first pic, but it turned out really well. 8)
I especially like the scouring pad trees on the previous page BTW, and the new cultists posted today would work well with the wraiths you did earlier this year. :)
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ID
Perfect choice in figures. They definitely look the part.
Dan
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Great looking cultist
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Nice work , terrain & minis both.
You just gave me an idea.
If one were to build hills, walls etc. like yours out of papier mache or something similar then the " terrain sheet" can be
Used on the reverse side also, as caves , tunnels etc..
Thanks for sharing
Z
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These were originally from Crom’s Anvil I think it was the name of the company. The dude that ran it had a very exhaustive thread on a forum (The Wargames Website, perhaps?) with all the games he played and all the scenery he created.
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Nice work , terrain & minis both.
You just gave me an idea.
If one were to build hills, walls etc. like yours out of papier mache or something similar then the " terrain sheet" can be
Used on the reverse side also, as caves , tunnels etc..
Thanks for sharing
Z
That’s actually a brilliant idea, Z, worth of an evil genius!
These were originally from Crom’s Anvil I think it was the name of the company. The dude that ran it had a very exhaustive thread on a forum (The Wargames Website, perhaps?) with all the games he played and all the scenery he created.
Yes, indeed. Angel Barracks was his name. He did some great stuff for the gamer with a budget, like 6mm sci-fi characters or Crom’s Anvil, which started as a mod from Matakishi‘s excellent Crom rules.
I like both rule sets, but Crom’s Anvil was accompanied by a shiny line of models. Angel Barracks and I were discussing new entries, as he was commissioning the models, and I nearly had a not-Subotai and a Cerebus the Aardvark commissioned in 15mm. Sadly I don’t remember anymore why we didn’t do it…
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Those very 6mm minis have led me down another red herring hole as I strive for an even more travel-friendly 5 Parsecs collection.
But I must not allow myself to be too distracted from other projects. Still got a fair few things on my 15mm painting desk, and some Blue Moon minis have just arrived to join them (big thanks to Old Glory's Andy, replacing a batch which Royal Mail have managed to lose somewhere).
I'd wanted to paint up a mini to represent Gorane's armoured state, but got too impatient and wanted to finally get another round of 5 Leagues in, and so:
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While the rest of the warband went savenging for food, Boluaga spent her time in silent meditation and prayer, beseeching her gods for protection in her new role as warband leader. Confident that this would be granted, she had the group pack up and head for the small nearby hamlet of Murutegi. Along the way they picked up Amets, a travelling bard who took a keen interest in their tale of undead bashing, and who promised to keep his ear to the ground for rumours of further shambling activity.
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Gorane’s contact in Murutegi, a priest who served the spiritual needs of the little trading hub, welcomed them in and, over a cheap ale, mentioned a nearby warren of tunnels which had recently become home to an unsavoury dabbler in dark arts and which, oh, most definitely held some ill-gained treasures needing rescuing.
Nodding solemnly, the party readied their gear and set off.
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Duhin once again crept ahead of the party as a scout, and warned his comrades of the sound of many-limbed scuttling coming from the east. Warily the adventurers advanced and spotted a large hymenopteran creature disappearing into a narrow tunnel up ahead. Spotting a chance to prevent the beasts swarming anyone, Boluaga charged forward and hacked at the creature in the bottleneck.
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Slicing her way through three of the creatures with surprising ease she found herself in a dead end with nothing of interest but a dusty old tome lying on the floor. As she picked it up, a cry from behind indicated the sudden presence of another trio of crawlers.
She, Gorane and Fede rounded upon them while the two archers took pot shots. Together they finished the beasts off in short order.
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Buoyed by their clean sweep so far, the party started searching the tunnels in earnest. To the east they found the fallen body of an lightly-armed warrior surrounded by yet more cave crawlers, and the beasts leapt to defend their lunch. They knocked the heavily armoured Boluaga to the ground and ripped the unarmoured Erlea apart.
Adding to the adventurers’ problems came the sinister voice somewhere in the darkness beyond chanting some foul spell…
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With Fede also being knocked out and the situation desperate, Caraile leapt into the fray, managing to clobber one of the beasts with his staff and charging towards the source of the chanting. The two spellcasters, unused to such exertions, proceeded to spend far too much time slapping each other ineffectually while Gorane and Duhin fought off the rampaging crawlers.
Eventually they slew the last of them and turned their attention to the slap-a-thon just as the cultist was able to deliver a eye-watering blow between Caraile’s legs, and he turned his sinister grin to the last of the adventurers only to find it disintegrating beneath Gorane’s warhammer.
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The last pair choose to push their luck in searching the rest of the cave and, barring the odd physical obstacle, return bearing some more crafting materials, battle gear and a divine icon amongst a few other items they might be able to sell off.
Well-administered silvertree dressings ensured that Boluaga and Caraile would only require a week or so to recover. Fede had managed to damage the dagger given to her to replace her original damaged staff, and Erlea had already expired. The party returned to Murutegi battered, but with the potential for better equipping themselves for future excursions.
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Finally got round to finishing off the replacement mini for the 5 Leagues' Gorane, suitably decked out with a warhammer and full plate armour. She's a 3D print from Etsy, and thus feels more detailed and slight than a much of the rest of the collection so far. Probably scales best next to the plastic Frodo figure.
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Nice addition like always!
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Thanks!
Finished off some more lesser-armoured adventurers ahead of an upcoming holiday. Some of Xyston Miniatures' Scythian warriors from Scotia Grendel, finally adding some bow-armed women to the 5 Leagues roster. Glad I didn't start my collection with these minis as their eyes are so clearly sculpted that I would have felt compelled to paint them and laboured under that yoke with all other 15mm minis, which would not have been a pleasant experience!
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That said, I am taking some 6mm minis with me to try painting on the holiday, so evidently I'm a glutton for punishment.
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Just finished some slightly more travel-friendly gameable pieces than the Makita case, in that I can confirm that there is space for some socks around the box if crammed into a suitcase. The same charity shop had a box which, it turns out, is just the right size to snugly contain some A**zon-ordered trays.
The trays have a bigger playing area than the double-sided picture frame board featured in this thread's first post, and this time round I put more care into not putting too thick a layer of texture so that magnets work a bit better.
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The turf tray didn't turn as well as I'd intended, but I'm pretty happy with the paved one. Good to put some scrap Magic The Gathering cards to good use.
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Space to fit at least two more trays in there, or some clever way of storing terrain less than 3cm tall.
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Had a chance to give the Makita case a proper run on a recent holiday. The warband opted to Ride Patrol to bulk out their coffers, and found themselves tasked with investigating an area infested with petty robbers.
For those interested, there's more detail on the game itself on the blog (https://therecouldhavebeensnakes.com/2023/06/20/5-leagues-from-the-borderlands-campaign-turn-3/). Otherwise, here are the pictures:
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That looks great! The figures and terrain all look good together.
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Excellent work. Following with interest as we are also in a FLftB campaign (although in 28mm).
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Thanks, both
Following with interest as we are also in a FLftB campaign (although in 28mm).
Indeed - I'm enjoying it a lot as I amble slowly through it (have it bookmarked so I can take it a session at a time, and there's enough effort put into the inter-game elements to make them worth a session in their own right!)