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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: evand on October 08, 2012, 06:42:52 PM
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Starting up a classic D&D game is the perfect rationale for painting up a group of foolhardy heroes and the foes that will beat the snot out of them. And if that isn't enough reason, there's the D&D adventure system games that are great fun, and each come with their own catalogue to fill in.
LAF has certainly inspired many forays into dangerous places, including mine. I thought I'd share some pictures of the (often paltry) struggle against evil in the realm of Argeld:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8176/8069068823_a8cb1406f9_b.jpg)
Bandits of the Irondrake Forest - neutrally aligned plunderers if ever there were some. The gang was slain to a man by none other than the Vampire of Barovia himself.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8179/8069088051_5707007e3f.jpg)
Squire Banflower and his porter, Sopwith - fortunate survivors of an expedition to the Dwimmermount. Sopwith drank his earnings away promptly, and Banflower's charitable donations made him a quick mark for the thieves guild.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8039/8069120177_ffeb26ea6e.jpg)
Frances Do'Urden* and Alfredo Mousebeak, unstable runaway Underdark heiress and low-statured illusionist from the grim city of Dimspur. A remarkably lucky pair, vanquishers of the fell beast Cindergloss.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8032/8069029625_deb85cdfba_b.jpg)
It's rumoured that they were aided in this exploit by the Old Wizard Oxo and the Froodian Wizard / Therapist Mandeltraum.
The miniatures are a diverse lot. Old citadels and grenadiers with a few recent D&D plastic repaints thrown in. An opened copy of Ratspike provides the backdrop in the last picture.
Thanks for looking - hope you enjoy.
-EW
*edited when my girlfriend corrected me on the correct spelling of Frances's name. I should know better... ::)
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That is a FINE LOOKING Band of Rogues...VERY WELL painted & based. FINE WORK!
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Some lovely and very characterful minis with some great stories. So, I call 'more, more!'
Duncan
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:-* Greed...these are something special!
Well done!
Blue
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Beautiful - love that muted colour pallete and bravo for the Blanche backdrop 8)
I'm also very taken with your background and the names you've come up with - especially Sopwith.
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Lovely paintjobs on a great selection of characterful miniature.
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One question:
Which range is Squire Banflower from?
I dont think that I recognise him.
:)
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Oooh, those are well nice! What's that critter in the first photo? Great paintjob on it!
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Wow: I really like your painting style. Very earthy colours and great detailing. I'd love to see more of your stuffs :)
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Ohh this is nice. :-*
I love the dark, down to earth color tones.
The miniatures are a really unique collection to.
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Nice miniatures with a good paint job, and presented in a pleasant way! Thanks for sharing :)
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that SHOT! holy SHIT!
:o :-* o_o
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Great miniatures, great painting and very nice "historic" facts ...
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What make is the Squire Banfold figure? Has a nice fantasy renaissance look to him.
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Very meaningful praise from many illustrious leadheads - thanks! Never really taken pictures of miniatures before - it's a challenging art form itself.
@Phreedh: The critter is a wolf from WOTC's Castle Ravenloft boardgame that I tried to turn into a lynx with a little greeenstuff around the mouth. Looked at a lot of pictures for reference, something I hardly ever do. But it made the rest of the work a lot faster and the result better. It's a good lesson I will probably not learn from at all. lol
@Mason and Franz_Josef: The squire is actually a C-series halfling called Hugo. It's lead heresy, I know, but I chopped off the feet and built new legs from milliput. I have a couple of other citadel halflings getting the same treatment now. They're some of the best sculpts, that range, but I wanted to bring them into proportion a little better. The sword resting in his hand is attached magnetically, so it can be swapped for a lantern.
I'll try to get some more pictures done when the natural light is more plentiful.
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Nice paintjobs. I love the muted earth tones!
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Great work and colour selection.
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Love your figures.
Great mix of color combos.
What set of rules are you planning to use?
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Oh yes, those earthy colors are great, I especial love your work on that Sword of the halfing!
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This is one of those threads I look at time and again and each time I notice something new. It's about time to say that I really enjoy looking at the minis and the presentation. Well done.
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I like them a lot, very well done. Particularly the way the pallette and painting style make the group cohesive, something I wouldn't have thought possible given the age and style differences in the sculpts.
Cheers!
Joe Thomlinson
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Not pleased with the photos at all - but here's a few more that made some kind of cut - a blunt, rusty one.
A Dimspur Gambler, always more dangerous than meets the eye:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8081393398_ba9f038a1b_n.jpg)
Squire Branflower, Sopwith (in the rear as usual), and the mendicant of the White Lady, Lavender:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8081385523_4502ecdffa_z.jpg)
The gambler is another C-series halfling that got a little taller. The pants could use more work, I realize, but it demonstrates the principle. Lavender is great old citadel cleric, painted almost in monotone, something I'm drawn towards more and more.
You'll have to stay tuned for most of "The Doom" part of this thread, I'm afraid. But here's a couple tidbits.
Thugs of the Irondrake forest, worshippers of dark forces:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8081423032_b2248e305a_c.jpg)
And some of their "changed" allies:
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8326/8081421738_158c082080_c.jpg)
@Marine0846: The impetus for this project was the start of an old-school d&d game. But I picked up the new D&D boardgames shortly after (now three of them!), and that provided a lot of new plastic to experiment on, as well as a measurable goal - get satisfactory versions of all the monsters needed for the game. I've almost succeeded!
If I had more time and the right opponents, I might use Dave King's Skulldred rules - top notch.
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Ha, that's great! =) Really like the chaos thugs and their unhealthy looking skin.
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Everything shown here is pure gold!
It's as if I've gone back in time to the early days of citadel....
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Lovely stuff. I really like your painting style.
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Beyond cool.
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I'm really loving these miniatures. It's only in the last two years that I've been painting miniatures for a classic D&D style game. Whenever I see these old Citadel minis it's the first time, because I didn't collect fantasy miniatures before. Now I'm insanely jealous of all of you who have them. I'm also impressed with the great results you get out of them. My hat is off to you sir.
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Lovely thread! And beautiful painting
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Woah those Thugs are brilliant - love the red noses and stubble.
Their friends are looking great too - love your style 8)