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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: numbat on June 20, 2011, 02:58:21 AM

Title: Polar Adventurers
Post by: numbat on June 20, 2011, 02:58:21 AM: I've been lurking for a while and I love collecting and painting Pulp miniatures - especially the Copplestone ones. Rob Jedi suggested I should post some here. I don't have a game system to use these with, they're just for fun right now.

So I recently finished Polar Adventurers from Copplestone:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8WgHfsZINwU/Tfd9H0HuO-I/AAAAAAAABQ4/FWSZ-5RpZGk/s640/copplestone-polar-front.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zXCqVPsoxpA/Tfd9G5bz2tI/AAAAAAAABQw/y0HHBG1BETs/s640/copplestone-polar-back.jpg)

This is a display base I made for them:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JYUMYvipcCw/Tfd9IVhzoJI/AAAAAAAABQ8/YNAz0XgT4Rk/s640/copplestone-polar-tray.jpg)

This is with my friend's borrowed Polar Bear (I was doing the base up for him):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7bOzVbQ49rE/Tfd9HbaDFBI/AAAAAAAABQ0/NOAKoqc-YzM/s640/copplestone-polar-bear.jpg)

There are some work and progress and tutorials in my blog if you are interested. For other polar stuff I have a Walrus and some sled teams to paint. It is a shame that Copplestone has discontinued a lot of his animal range now.

Edit: I almost forgot... here is the link where you can see some more of my painting: http://arrch.blogspot.com/search/label/pulp
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: Heldrak on June 20, 2011, 03:33:30 AM: Very nicely done!

Welcome to the forum.
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Post by: Timotl on June 20, 2011, 04:01:49 AM: These are great! You should add some of the Pulp Miniatures sculpts with them, they go great together!
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Post by: Harwood Hobbies on June 20, 2011, 04:07:37 AM: They look awesome! I like the snow effect on the base. :D
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Post by: Bravo Six on June 20, 2011, 05:07:51 AM: Oh man those look amazing! :o Certainly a little inspirational nudge to get cracking on mine in the near future.

-Todd
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: numbat on June 20, 2011, 07:40:41 AM: Thanks for the comments - yes I would like to get some Pulp Miniatures to go with them, though with the postage overseas I want to make sure I put in a big enough order to make it worthwhile as I am in Australia, so I keep putting it off.

Right now I have 4 Germans carrying an Ark to finish. :)
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Post by: Hammers on June 20, 2011, 08:36:05 AM: A very nice paintjob. Welcome!
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Post by: Steve F on June 20, 2011, 11:04:55 AM: That painting is appropriately Deep and Crisp and Even.
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Post by: Boggler on June 20, 2011, 11:13:19 AM: Oooh.

Nice.

They'd be perfect for Tooth and Claw or Saurian Safari (ice age, of course)

;D
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Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on June 20, 2011, 11:22:26 AM: awesome, good start!
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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on June 20, 2011, 05:21:04 PM: Excellent PJs and great photo - what is your set up? My pics always let my PJs down :'(
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: numbat on June 21, 2011, 05:35:01 AM: Thanks for the comments - sounds like I'd need to add some pre-historic creatures for Saurian Safari!

Dozing Dragon - For the photography setup, it's a sheet of blue gradient printed on a desktop colour printer. The figures were positioned on it and the photography was with a cheap Canon (non-DSLR) camera using the macro mode and flash turned off. The lighting was provided by my lamp which as a daylight globe in it. The trick is to get the lighting pointing towards the front of the models rather than directly overhead.

I did an auto-levels correction and cropped the photos afterwards on my computer after importing them.
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Post by: The Breaker on June 21, 2011, 06:10:46 AM: They look good. Maybe they're searching the Himilaya's for an ancient artifact of great power.
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Post by: Centaur_Seducer on June 21, 2011, 07:41:27 AM: Good start, Numbat!

And eight packs from Pulp figures will yield in free postage, world wide (and a free pack) :)
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Post by: Blackwolf on June 21, 2011, 08:21:35 AM: Cracking stuff Numbat :-* And welcome.With a name like Numbat,could you be from the antipodes?
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Post by: Axebreaker on June 21, 2011, 07:08:11 PM: Very nice painting and really like your mini display stand! 8) 8)

Christopher
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Post by: Hammers on June 21, 2011, 07:19:25 PM: It's a bit shit that Copplestone made the only half decent polar bear around and now they do not any more.
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Post by: Funghy-Fipps on June 21, 2011, 09:26:01 PM: Beautiful brush-work there! Would do very nicely for a At the Mountains of Madness type game. Consider your blog bookmarked!
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Post by: Hammers on June 21, 2011, 10:04:37 PM: Quote from: Funghy-Fipps on June 21, 2011, 09:26:01 PM
Beautiful brush-work there! Would do very nicely for a At the Mountains of Madness type game. Consider your blog bookmarked!

Um... Polar bears in the Antarctic...? ;)
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Post by: Steve F on June 21, 2011, 11:48:00 PM: Quote from: Hammers on June 21, 2011, 10:04:37 PM
Um... Polar bears in the Antarctic...? ;)

That was our first hint that there was something uncanny going on.
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: numbat on June 22, 2011, 06:01:18 AM: Thanks everyone.

@Blackwolf1666 Yes I am from the antipodes. :)

@Silverslxx Thanks for the tip - I'll have to go find at least 8 packs then. Shame Dr. Koo is out of production at the moment!

@Hammers I also have the Copplestone Penguins, so I guess they could work in the Antarctic. I guess the Polar Bear will have to just stay put with the Walrus miniature I got if I was to do a At the Mountains of Madness type game! On a related note, I really should try and get miniatures to replace the cardboard cutouts for Arkham Horror. I've heard the plastic minis from Mansions of Madness paint up quite well.
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on June 22, 2011, 08:22:45 AM: Quote
@Silverslxx Thanks for the tip - I'll have to go find at least 8 packs then. Shame Dr. Koo is out of production at the moment!
It's you and me (and antother 100 people) both ;)

@Hammers:
Button counter... ;)
Title: Re: Polar Adventurers
Post by: tom q vaxy on April 30, 2019, 12:04:27 AM: this is quite an inspirational thread: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235052025-at-the-mountains-of-madness/&tab=comments#comment-3302240

I also believe there is a build thread which preceded it. you may have to join to see the pictures, but it's a great forum with wonderful craftsmanship.