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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Deep One on July 07, 2011, 08:24:15 PM

Title: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 07, 2011, 08:24:15 PM: Here is the first miniature to my new project.

Fredome Lemonbelly a halfling adventurer.

(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1942/fredogarpanzalimn.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/691/fredogarpanzalimn.jpg/)

(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/7205/fredogarpanzalimnii.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/585/fredogarpanzalimnii.jpg/)

I hope you like it.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Calimero on July 07, 2011, 08:59:51 PM: I do like it. Really nice paintjob 8)
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Mason on July 07, 2011, 10:49:12 PM: Nice job!
The little fella has real character.
Never seen this miniature before.
What range is it from?
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Doomhippie on July 07, 2011, 10:49:54 PM: Oh, goody! A new fantasy project to distract me from mine! Let's see more!
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Longbottom Leaf on July 07, 2011, 10:52:28 PM: Very Nice!

There seems to be many a tale in those eyes.

:)
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 07, 2011, 11:47:52 PM: Thanks for the comments!

Quote from: Mason on July 07, 2011, 10:49:12 PM
What range is it from?

It's from Megaminis. ;)
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: digimortal on July 08, 2011, 06:28:49 AM: Wow, with a good paintjob the Megaminis stuff looks very good. Do you have any other Megaminis figures on the workbench?
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: phreedh on July 08, 2011, 07:38:50 AM: Quote from: digimortal on July 08, 2011, 06:28:49 AM
Wow, with a good paintjob the Megaminis stuff looks very good. Do you have any other Megaminis figures on the workbench?
I have this myself, and it's a great mini. Same goes for this one (http://freeboardgamesnow.com/halflingguard.aspx). At $1.89 they're bargains.

Great job, Deep One!
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Argonor on July 08, 2011, 09:06:53 AM: Quote from: digimortal on July 08, 2011, 06:28:49 AM
Wow, with a good paintjob the Megaminis stuff looks very good. Do you have any other Megaminis figures on the workbench?

As far as I know, most of the fantasy stuff is the old Metal Magic line, and most of that (if not all) sculpted by Bob Olley, and actually quite nice minis.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 08, 2011, 09:36:31 AM: Quote from: digimortal on July 08, 2011, 06:28:49 AM
Wow, with a good paintjob the Megaminis stuff looks very good. Do you have any other Megaminis figures on the workbench?

All my miniatures are from Megaminis. I will post more things this weekend.

Quote from: phreedh on July 08, 2011, 07:38:50 AM
I have this myself, and it's a great mini. Same goes for this one (http://freeboardgamesnow.com/halflingguard.aspx). At $1.89 they're bargains.

Great job, Deep One!

I have that one too. ;)

Quote from: Argonor on July 08, 2011, 09:06:53 AM
As far as I know, most of the fantasy stuff is the old Metal Magic line, and most of that (if not all) sculpted by Bob Olley, and actually quite nice minis.

Argonor is right but in megaminis you can find Julie Guthrie's Grenadier models too. Both are awesome and full of character miniatures.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: phreedh on July 08, 2011, 10:01:03 AM: Quote from: Argonor on July 08, 2011, 09:06:53 AM
As far as I know, most of the fantasy stuff is the old Metal Magic line, and most of that (if not all) sculpted by Bob Olley, and actually quite nice minis.
Sorry Niels, that's not right. =) Most of the old Metal Magic line is actually sculpted by Josef Ochmann. Michael Immig, our very own Admiral Benbow, did some chaos fighters, villagers and various other bits. I'm not sure the Olley dwarfs are actually part of the old Metal Magic line.

Details can be found here:
http://www.megaminis.com/MEGA/CATALOGS/Metal-Magic-CATALOG-1990.pdf
http://www.megaminis.com/MEGA/CATALOGS/Metal-Magic-CATALOG-1992.pdf

Bloody great catalogues, much froth! =)
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Argonor on July 08, 2011, 10:05:43 AM: OK, it's Ochmann, then. There was a lot of dwarfs in the Metal Magic line, though, very similar to Olley's.

But I do remember Ochmann as being credited for the line, now you mentioned it. It was German, after all, so it makes more sense.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 08, 2011, 10:12:20 AM: I didn't know. Thanks for the links!
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: phreedh on July 08, 2011, 10:31:29 AM: Quote from: Argonor on July 08, 2011, 10:05:43 AM
OK, it's Ochmann, then. There was a lot of dwarfs in the Metal Magic line, though, very similar to Olley's.
Yeah, the problem (if it is such a problem) is that Mega doesn't stock the whole Metal Magic back catalogue. They have a few (2 I think) of the old MM dwarfs by Ochmann, the rest in the "Other NPC" category are indeed Olley dwarfs, including the warmachines. Don't know if the molds were recently sold off (John is slowly selling off his molds) or if he never owned them. I know some of the old Metal Magic molds are with Dave at Splintered Lights since several years, so Mega doesn't own all of them.

Either way - there's no arguing who sculpted this fella, for instance. Quite Olley. =)
(http://freeboardgamesnow.com/images/products/thumb/DEAL0251.jpg)

Sorry about the threadjack Deep One - but these very important things need to be settled! ;D
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 08, 2011, 10:56:58 AM: Quote from: phreedh on July 08, 2011, 10:31:29 AM
Sorry about the threadjack Deep One - but these very important things need to be settled! ;D

Don't worry mate! I love this "behind the molds" story. ;)

New photo. Wip of the next ones on the workbench.

(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/6688/coladepintura.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/coladepintura.jpg/)

C&C.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: digimortal on July 08, 2011, 12:46:12 PM: You can't get more old school than the megaminis fantasy stuff. As has already been mentioned the prices are too good to resist. The fantasy scenery stuff is also worth considering.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Chaos Wolf on July 10, 2011, 02:45:15 PM: Nice job on Mr. Lemonbelly! I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Title: Re: Classic fantasy project.
Post by: Deep One on July 10, 2011, 08:40:24 PM: More. Here is the second miniature: Krastja Lorja, a female dwarf warrior.

(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/7818/krastjalorja.jpg)

(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/5194/krastjalorjaii.jpg)

C&C.