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Miniatures Adventure => Weird Wars => Topic started by: AKULA on December 30, 2011, 02:17:53 PM
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Apologies for the doublepost on here, and the Fantasy board, but not sure which board (or both) it is suitable for, given its both Fantasy, and decidely Weird World War One....
:D
First up, i've commissioned a bunch of new figures - WW1 Russian-themed Dwarves, sculpted by Bob Olley. I aim to produce a well-rounded force eventually - the first bunch made consists of a 10 man (sorry, Dwarf) Rifle Squad, and the second bunch of 5 Specialists. Future figures will include Dwarf Cossack Cavalry, and some support units.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060272-1-1-1-1-2-1-2-1.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060263-1-1-1-1-1-1.jpg)
They are slightly smaller than Bob's Scrunts, and are approx 20mm to the eye. The reason being, that they are designed to fit in with Hasslefree's Kindred (WW1 British-themed Halflings), and Goblin Garrisons German-themed Goblins.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060280-1-1.jpg)
I've set up a webpage to showcase the figures - please note that this is strictly a hobby for me, not a commercial venture - i'm not looking to make a profit, and all proceeds will be put back in, to make more figures. If you'd like to get hold of some of them, email me on akulasarmies@hotmail.co.uk - include your full name, address, paypal address, and what you are after.
Secondly, the figures are designed to support the game i'm running at Salute 2012 - a WW1 Fantasy Trench game.
If you'd like to see the WIP, click on the icon below.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060255-1-1.jpg) (http://akulasfww1.blogspot.com/)
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First painted example.
:)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060292.jpg)
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060293.jpg)
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Not my particular cup of tea (call me when you get some Elves ;) ) but nonetheless impressive...! The three variant lines/races seem to match very well.
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Thanks Akula. I think these would work well with the Brigade Games Gnomes.
Good luck with this adventure.
Cheers,
Helen
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WIP....
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z174/Dagenhameast/01.jpg)
They're an absolute joy to slap paint on and the casting's top notch too 8)
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WIP....
They're an absolute joy to slap paint on and the casting's top notch too 8)
Cheers mate - Mr Olley (and Griffin Moulds) have done me proud.
Lovely WIP paint jobs as well Jon
8)
Just tried a wash on one of the furry hatted ones i've got sitting on my desk, and it worked a treat, picking out all the detail.
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Lovely looking little chaps there.
Very well done all.
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Rubbish photo...
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z174/Dagenhameast/Akkydwarf1.jpg)
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Rubbish photo...
I don't get the joke- that's a great pic of very nice painting, on wonderful miniatures!
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seen these on Frothers etc. and they are delightful. quite fancy painting a couple but I have absolutely no use for them :'(
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I don't get the joke- that's a great pic of very nice painting, on wonderful miniatures!
Not a joke - I'm not at home at the moment so don't have my usual photo set-up and am definitely having to blag it to get even half-decent pictures.... figures are too dark, not properly lit and slightly out of focus :-I
Will try again if I ever get some daylight
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Very nice Matt, not my thing at all but can't fault Bob's sculpting there and Dag's WIP shots look great. Good luck with the venture.
P.S. Frother's account not allowing me to change password so I've not been in my profile there for ages, hope the salute plans are going well. There might me a goblin red baron biplane kicking around if I get chance to do it for April so make sure there's space amongst the kangaroos! ;)
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I agree with Heldrak, Elves are needed here. ;)
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hope the salute plans are going well. There might me a goblin red baron biplane kicking around if I get chance to do it for April
Cheers Mark.
There might be a few Dwarf aircraft circling overhead, waiting to shoot you down....
lol
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These are cool.
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Rest of 'em....
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z174/Dagenhameast/Akkydwarf2.jpg)
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Lovely job mate!
8)
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Rest of 'em....
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z174/Dagenhameast/Akkydwarf2.jpg)
Bloody fantastic :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Very cool concept!
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Very cool concept!
Thanks!
Bob is already working upon the next batch of figures for me - Dwarf Cossacks, mounted on ponies
:D
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A few "in game" shots of the first 30 minis i've painted - hopefully gives an idea of the different head options.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Fantasy%20WW1/P1060327-1-1.jpg)
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Thought some of you might be interested in the latest progress.
Some photos of the first stage greens for the Mounted Cossacks. These are the dollies, from which the final figures will be made - each dolly is a combined rider/pony, as I don't like minis where the riders never seem to sit quite right.
The plan is for the right arm, and the riders head to be interchangable, to give additional variety (please note the heads are attached for the purposes of the photos with a blob of bluetack, so aren't sitting flush with the figures). I'm still working out numbers but there will probably be at least 5 variants, armed with a combination of pistols/swords/spear/rifle (plus possibly a sprue with bugle/standard options).
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/matt20parlour20007-1-1.jpg)
The dollies will be going off to Griffin this week, so i'd hope to have the finished castings ready before Salute.
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I love this project. So much imagination and creativity. Thumbs up, Akula, I'm looking forward to see what the future of WW1 fantasy will bring :)
Dags' Painting on the bunch is totally impressive.
Great job, guys!
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I've asked the accountant at work to pay my salary directly into your account; saves me some work... lol
Tops! I look forward to them!
Rudi
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Man I would love to drop these into a game with some of the serious historical war gamers (I am more historical than many - aircraft and 17th Century Spanish Colonial) but love all three genres (Hx, SF, Fx) myself.)
Gracias,
Glenn
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Those Cossacks are superb :-* :-* :-* :-*
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those are awesome! :-*
will we see a dwarftchanka in the future?
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Better and better... HURRAH!
or should that be YPA! ?
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Thanks for all the kind words chaps!
:D
will we see a dwarftchanka in the future?
It really depends upon how things go - never say never.
;)
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Couple more pieces off to Griffin for moulding.
A sprue of 5 heads wearing budenovka felt hats, as an alternative option to make an "evil" dwarf army - I hope that these will be available at the same time as the cavalry (ie before Salute, in April).
The budenovka was popular with followers of Lenny, a malcontent who held radical views that gold from the King's mines should be divided equally for the "common good".
Many dwarves believe that these so-called "commonists" are sick, or in some way possessed by dark spirits - whatever the reason, they are a small but increasingly vocal group amongst dwarves.....no good will come of this.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/matt20parlour20009-1-1-1.jpg)
Lenny himself, will be part of a future release.
Dwarf pilot half-figure - for the Dwarf plane i'm having made.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/matt20parlour20017-1-1-1.jpg)
Not sure yet on timescale for this one.
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Akula, you know, dwarves wearig budenovka...this is totally crazy..
but also kinda brilliant :)
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Akula, you know, dwarves wearig budenovka...this is totally crazy..
but also kinda brilliant :)
Thanks Alex - from one meglomanic to another.
lol
I know budenovka's sound a bit mad, but I wanted a way to provide another force for my existing dwarves to fight, and a simple headswop seemed like a logical move. Eventually I hope to make an Ottoman Turk Undead Army to fight them (with a decaying empire vibe) but the head sprue, plus "Lenny" is a quick win.
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oooohhhhhhhh I shouldn't have come over here!!!
Now I really, really, really want them! Right now!!! >:(
Can't wait until payday. :)
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anyone else having trouble with the site? tried to send an inquiry and it got bounced back twice... :o :'(
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More Briliant stuff :-* :-* :-* :-*
Those half pilots :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Never mind, I figured it out. Was getting the wrong email address when I clicked the contact link on the site.
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Never mind, I figured it out. Was getting the wrong email address when I clicked the contact link on the site.
Thanks for the headsup - no idea why it was autocorrecting, when it was spelt correctly. have retyped it, and saved, and it seems to work fine now.
:)
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Those half pilots :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
One half pilot mate - from two angles.
:D
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One half pilot mate - from two angles.
:D
Sorry i was dazzled by the brilliance :D
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Lovely stuff Matt, if I werent up to my eyes in Quar I would be onto these lads :-*
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Lovely stuff Matt, if I werent up to my eyes in Quar I would be onto these lads :-*
Maybe I'll be able to push you over the edge later on - I know what a fan you are of the Quar, so it would be great to see you pitching them against each other.
:)
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I just ordered a bunch of them specifically for that reason... a game of SOA with two different races to show off the rules while simultaneously removing the argument that sci-fi type games need different species to be enjoyable.
That, and they're darn fine minis too.
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The Arms Race Continues!
These will be off to Griffin for casting very shortly, and with luck i might have some in time for Salute.
First up, the Dwarven Cossacks:
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/mattparlourcossacks20009.jpg)
There will be a bunch of 5 of them together (my own cavalry units will probably be 10 figures strong) - as with the infantry the heads are interchangeable - in the case of the cavalry, there will be different arm options, with a selection of swords, lance, rifles, a pistol, and even a bugle option.
I'll also have a separate "Senior Command" - these two from the photo above.
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/mattparlourcossacks20007.jpg)
The Cossack Dwarf General has got a top knot, but you could alway trim this off, if you want him to be bald.
Bob has also made the first of the support weapons - a HMG team:
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh72/AKULADEEP/Commission/mattparlourcossacks20014.jpg)
Needless to say, I'll confirm when I've got some spare castings of these, for anyone that is interested.
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I'm interested, and well done! I love the option to vary the cavalry a bit- I like units of twelve.
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I'm interested, and well done! I love the option to vary the cavalry a bit- I like units of twelve.
Cheers - if you like units of 12 you could get 2 of the 5 figure bunch, and add the 2 figure command....
....of course you could always buy a dozen of the 5 figure set, and field 5 units of 12 figures each.... :D
In addition to the extra weapon options, the heads are separate as well, as with the infantry, so you can mix in some peaked caps etc.
I also hope to have some of the budenovka heads cast up shortly, so I can start working on my "evil" Red Faction of Dwarves.
Griffin have confirmed they've made the moulds, so once i've got a figure for the casting costs, I'll be able to work out what price I can make these available at (as I mentioned before, this is just a personal project, not a business venture, so the aim is to not lose money on them rather than make a profit).
:)
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Wow! Somehow I've missed these!! Really cool! I don't what I'd use them for but they're great!
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Really cool! I don't what I'd use them for but they're great!
Fight against though nasty goblins of course! ;)
I've also got plans to bring out some other Fantasy WW1-themed forces to fight aginst them. Goblin Garrison make German Goblins, and Hasslefree have British Halflings already.
As an aside I know of at least one guy that is using them for a Squat Imperial Guard force, as Bob Olley also sculpted them originally (along with his excellent Scrunts).
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Akula, when these become available are you going to send us a PM like last time, or should we contact you? Thanks!
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Akula, when these become available are you going to send us a PM like last time, or should we contact you? Thanks!
I'll post up on this thread, when I have castings, and will also directly contact people that bought the last lot, or who have expressed an interest on here.
:)