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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Lovejoy on September 24, 2015, 07:45:24 PM
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7 Done, way too many more to go... (shameless plug: Kickstarter now running! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-freelances-anthro-animal-minia))
(http://burrowsandbadgers.com/stuff/encounter.jpg)
(http://burrowsandbadgers.com/stuff/under-a-northymbran-sky.jpg)
cheers
Michael
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Lovely painting and that is one helluva good picture! :o
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Thanks! I was happy with it - I can't normally take good photos, but these came out pretty well. I want to paint the rest now, but it's a sculpting day today... :'(
cheers,
Michael
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Damn, those are good ;)
I have a nostalgic soft spot for these model types due to reading a book when I was circa 11 about warrior mice, badgers, sparrows etc facing off against Weasels, Crows etc cant remember the book name but it was a great read!
Cheers
Gary
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I like the sky background. Is it a printed backdrop? I'm looking for something similar myself.
Oh, the figures are great too! ;)
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Wow! That is some puritty painting. The pics worked out great too! :-*
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Damn, those are good ;)
I have a nostalgic soft spot for these model types due to reading a book when I was circa 11 about warrior mice, badgers, sparrows etc facing off against Weasels, Crows etc cant remember the book name but it was a great read!
Cheers
Gary
Sounds like the Redwall series of books by Brian Jacques to me!
Those were damn good books, there were a lot in the series, I read most of them as a kid.
I loved the portrayals of the different species. Mice were the 'vanilla' guys, hedgehogs were rustic and drank cider, moles were practical builder-types, otters were lively and cheerful, squirrels were agile, hares were swashbuckling soldier types with british accents, and badgers were huge, honourable, wise warrior types. There were also occasional appearances from owls, snakes, toads and other interesting things. On the 'bad guy' side, rats, ferrets, weasels and stoats were all collectively 'vermin' and generally bad sorts, though only ever really trouble when led by a charismatic leader (who were also sometimes wildcats, pine martins, and other more exotic things). Foxes were sly and cunning, distrusted, lone wanderer types, not necesarilly evil but usually found themselves on the 'vermin' side.
But yes, because of those books I also have a soft spot for this sort of thing! They look great!
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The Anthropomorphic Adventures certain have an ample amount of personality; AND they boast BEAUTIFUL paint jobs & a LOVELY setting to pose heroically. VERY WELL DONE!
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Sounds like the Redwall series of books by Brian Jacques to me!
YES!! Those are the books, thank you!! Been driving me nuts for a while now!
Cheers
Gary
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Amazing paint jobs and photography.
I'm currently reading the redwall series with my children so its great to see these...a perfect fit for those wonderful stories.
Cheers,
Blue
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Thank you, Charlie, for the run-down on the Redwall series. I've never read any of them, but now think perhaps I should--they sound great. Regarding the figures, they look absolutely beautiful! I hope they will come out with some villain types (weasels and stoats for starters), and are there any suitable owl figures for this scale? Anyway, superb stuff!
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Ah yes, Redwall! Those books were a big inspiration to me when sculpting these minis... although I'm looking forward to
The Builders by Daniel Polansky getting published in a couple of months; it looks like an adult version of Redwall.
Anyway, thank you everyone for the kind words! Much appreciated!
I like the sky background. Is it a printed backdrop? I'm looking for something similar myself.
It's a desktop wallpaper I downloaded HERE (http://www.desktopwallpapers4.me/nature/rusty-field-under-the-dusk-sky-22068/) and had printed out. Best to use an A3 printer if you can get access to one though, otherwise the smaller A4 size really limits your mini's position. Still works, just not as well. I get my kids to print them for me at college... :D
Regarding the figures, they look absolutely beautiful! I hope they will come out with some villain types (weasels and stoats for starters), and are there any suitable owl figures for this scale? Anyway, superb stuff!
We've already got lots of villainous types; rats, weasels, wildcats, foxes, toads etc. Check out our current KS HERE (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers-freelances-anthro-animal-minia) and our previous project HERE (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oathsworn/burrows-and-badgers).
cheers
Michael
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You're right, Michael. Should have looked at the KS more carefully...I'm not sure KS's are my thing, but I'll be watching your line with real interest and wish you the best of luck: I've always wanted to work on a Wind in the Willows project, but the medieval theme could be just as fun!
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Yeah, I quite fancy a Wind in the Willows set too! Must try not to get distracted... o_o
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Sheer brilliance :o :-* 8) 8) 8)
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That is one serious looking scary bunny :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
Great job on the paint job, photo and sculpting? A man of many talents
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Nice ensemble, Michael. :) I especially like the new otter guy. I think it's the hat...
Sounds like the Redwall series of books by Brian Jacques to me!
Those were damn good books, there were a lot in the series, I read most of them as a kid.
I loved the portrayals of the different species. Mice were the 'vanilla' guys, hedgehogs were rustic and drank cider, moles were practical builder-types, otters were lively and cheerful, squirrels were agile, hares were swashbuckling soldier types with british accents, and badgers were huge, honourable, wise warrior types. There were also occasional appearances from owls, snakes, toads and other interesting things. On the 'bad guy' side, rats, ferrets, weasels and stoats were all collectively 'vermin' and generally bad sorts
That's blatant speciesism and I'm terribly, terribly outraged!
lol ;)
Pine martens are bad guys, though? Lookit it's likkle face! (http://www.johnstonscashmere.com/media/upload/magazine/scottish-pine-marten.jpg) (Also one of the few things actually helping red squirrels to hang on in blighty.)
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I can't wait for this, I missed the Kickstarter but I'm keeping a keen eye on it, as is my daughter!
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Thanks richstrach!
I've got another 20-odd minis on my painting table now, hopefully I'll get one of them finished today...
And we'll get all the minis in the webstore as soon as the KS is delivered!
cheers,
Michael
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Thanks richstrach!
I've got another 20-odd minis on my painting table now, hopefully I'll get one of them finished today...
And we'll get all the minis in the webstore as soon as the KS is delivered!
cheers,
Michael
Do you have a rough idea yet for when they'll be available?
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Technically, we're not due to deliver the KS until next March, but in reality, we are hoping to get it done before Christmas. So with any luck we'll have the webstore back up sometime in December.