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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: pauld on April 04, 2010, 03:43:31 PM
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Don't you just love 'em ....... they are so cool.
Harryhausen has a lot to answer for. Jason and the Argonauts was my favourite film as a kid ( in the early 60's :o )
Here are some pics - hope you enjoy (sorry about the date stamp)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4489271715_85f954a937_o.png)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4489916068_8be223855a_o.png)
Old GW skeletons and an old Alternative Armies Wraith
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The old plastic skellies always makes me think of Harryhausen films. =) That wraith is cool, but what's he doing with his left arm? Supporting the blade?
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Maybe a bad angle
He has two hands on the sword hilt, his sleeve is billowing out and connects to the sword
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Jason and the Argonauts was my favourite film as a kid
And Immortal Miniatures is bringing out plastic multi-part hoplites. Hmmm, the possibilities.
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Lovely work - like the simple shield design - very effective.
Will definitely have to resurrect my Citadel Skeleton horde now!
or what's left of it...
so is it the neck bone that connects to the head bone... ;D
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more old school goodness. Those plastic skellies were perhaps the best deal GW ever did.
You've given each of them some good attention, much more than I can muster for my undead. They look great.
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This box set had a whole army inside (almost)
I can't remember exactly but I have cavalry and chariots as well and I think they all came in the same box !!!
Great value and GW - you don't see that phrase too often nowdays :)
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I love that old AA wraith.
Good job AA are rereleasing a lot of their fantasy line. Which is an AWESOME line of models.
Paintjobs look brilliant. :)
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I remeber looking at the box set fondly as a kid, shortly before I got the money together it was discontinued :(
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Yeah my brother bought that box, whilst I bought the fantasy warriors box with 10 of each:Wood elves, drawves, Dark Elves, Orcs, Goblins and Skaven. Another great deal from GW, though the minis weren't as good.
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Yeah I got one box of each of those and yes the chariots and cavalry were included. I've since got a few more boxes of each.
I have a few pics of some of the fantasy warriors on my old minis thread. Have you any pictures of the cavalry and chariots pauld?
On the Alternative armies front I have seen stuff from them in the passed that I really like but I can rarely find it on their web site. The Folio works stuff and the celtic elves spring to mind.
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Straight from the back of a dusty drawer that has not seen the light for many a year
My camera doesn't like non-natural light ... or is that bad workmen and tools talk? ... but the background is a bit jaundiced
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4500818370_24f4a12592_o.png)
unadulterated horsey man
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4500183283_216a2370e4_o.png)
and Chariot with a metal mini added (he's lost an arm but the delicate plastic is all there - go figure)
I must update these - a quick wash, drybrush and better basing will make them look much more acceptable
Proof that even mediocre painters get better over time :)
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Looking good for having been painted, what, well over 10 years ago? I like the repositioned horse, not just rearing but you've titled the head.
I never got round to painting any chariots but perhaps I need to post some of my skellies and riders from the same set..
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I remeber looking at the box set fondly as a kid, shortly before I got the money together it was discontinued :(
Give them an email, I'm sure they can cast you a set. ;) A lot of what they used to sell, they can still do on special orders.
On the Alternative armies front I have seen stuff from them in the passed that I really like but I can rarely find it on their web site. The Folio works stuff and the celtic elves spring to mind.
Again, send them an email. As for Celtic Elves, I think you mean the Celtic Myth range under 'Erin'. The paintjobs often hide just how wonderful these models are. They are beautiful Bob Olley sculpts. :)
It's worth a quick look under their 3 for £3 fantasy range as well, there's all sorts of wonderful minis to be had there! :)
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It warms the cockles to see old undead stuff on here. I'll be watching this thread with interest. :)
Will definitely have to resurrect my Citadel Skeleton horde now!
or what's left of it...
Haha, ditto. So many shattered bits of plastic under the pile of lead!
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Give them an email, I'm sure they can cast you a set. ;) A lot of what they used to sell, they can still do on special orders.
I meant AA, I thought you meant the box of wraiths, silly me, never mind! :)
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I agree those skeletons are among the best things GW has ever produced...
Like your photos.
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I agree those skeletons are among the best things GW has ever produced...
Like your photos.
Can't say I like them compared to more modern Skellies.
Cool models, great for scenery, but there's something I don't like about them.
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Whilst a big fan of the skellies and can confess to owning a fair few of the first skeleton horde box set there are some really nice skellies recently produced by Mantic, got my box set through yesterday 20 including command for £12.50!
(http://gry-bitewne.pl/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Mantic-Skeletons.jpg)
(http://admin.thearmypainter.com/files/news/mantic_skeleton_regiment.jpg)
Have a really nice characterised 'deadite' look to them and are correctly proportioned, (ie you could believe that they are an endo skeleton and that a body fitted around them, the GW ones are huge!!).
Anyway, back to this thread I've found the skelllie box set which had the chariot, skull thrower and a few other odds and sods, also the regiment of reknown nightmare legion and my plague cart amongst other things.
Time to raise the dead....again. ;)
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Good stuff Vyper. The Mantic ones do look an improvement, as do the recent Skellies from GW. Yeah I always found the old ones too bulky, I tried a Tomb Kings army once and just gave up as they looked so wrong!!! :(
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The skeleton hoard/army skellies were about right. GWs later plastics were huge I'll give you that.
The box set with the chariot and the skull chucker was a lead cast not plastic, they are a bit bulkier but acceptable.
I do have my eye on the mantic ones.
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Ok, I'm really impressed with the mantic ones. I was a little underwhelmed by the first mantic elves I saw (a little too skinny), but those skeletons look great!
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Like the new-ish GW skellies, the Mantic ones are too specific to their setting for my uses.
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The Mantic Skeletons do look good but a little overdressed for my taste (remember Jason and the Argonauts was my touchstone)
but I will no doubt buy some soon for some variety ... the price is very appealing
I was a little undewhelmed by their ghouls though - nice sculpting but only a couple of basic poses to play round with and a bit too dynamic (someone, somewhere referred to them as extras from Michael Jackson's Thriller, which made me laugh)
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lol