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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Sir Rodney Ffing on September 21, 2016, 09:03:47 AM
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Encouraged by the helpful responses to the questions on another thread about 28mm muskets, I thought I would ask whether anyone knows a source of human skulls and arrows in the same scale.
Cardboard counters are one of my pet hates on the wargames table - they are great to get you going with the game, but spoil the look IMHO and I try to replace them with something that blends in better as soon as I can. So, a few arrows stuck into a textured base could do for a -1 shooting modifier. Great theory, but my google-fu has come up short and I haven't managed to find either anyone selling either skulls or arrows. Does anyone sell them or am I barking up the wrong acacia tree?
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I've been using these for bits and pieces.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28mm-scale-Bag-of-100-resin-skulls-For-wargame-basing-d-d-cthulhu-pulp-chaos-/162199912423?hash=item25c3de3fe7:g:g2cAAOSwNSxVJCe1 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28mm-scale-Bag-of-100-resin-skulls-For-wargame-basing-d-d-cthulhu-pulp-chaos-/162199912423?hash=item25c3de3fe7:g:g2cAAOSwNSxVJCe1)
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For skulls, you can take a look on ral partha europe store. They are selling packs of 12 (metal) skulls. Not sur if they are more 25 or 28mm scale (and don't know if it makes a big diference).
You can also find some wargames factory skeletons boxset, maybe ?
For arrows, I think you will have to scratch build them ;)
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Scratch building arrows should be really easy. Just stick a couple of pieces of wire into the base then a little of glue and paper scrap for fletching.
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I got some packs of skull charm from ebay:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/Hot-20Pcs-White-Acrylic-Skull-Head-Howlite-Spacer-Loose-Beads-Charms-12x10mm-/381607174489?hash=item58d98f6159:g:DTUAAOSwBahVN1vP
http://www.ebay.it/itm/10-50-100X-Turquoise-Carved-Skull-Head-Loose-Beads-Jewelry-Charms-Beads-12x10mm-/401130351818?var=&hash=item5d653b6cca:m:mo7HN-b3K3Z0URfA8walnwg
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Thanks to all who replied; 4x bags of skulls ordered from Ral Partha lol
I will have a go at making arrows out of wire, and thanks to those who gave the tip. Surprised there aren't any available commercially, so cut hands and gluey fingers for me!
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The Perry Plastic Wars of the Roses Bill and Bow set comes with lots of clumps of arrows stuck into the ground.
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I bought lots of plastic arrows on ebay, think they were Games Workshop
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If there's one thing for which Games Workshop can be counted on, it is skulls, which you can scarcely miss, even on their terrain boards. Forge World used to make a set of slightly larger than 28mm resin skulls, though I don't know if it's still available.
Irregular Miniatures sell packs in their Pirate range, which are actually made by Eureka. There's also a pile of skulls, and a circular skull and crossbones motif, though these may be a little unrealistic for your purposes.
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The helpful suggestions just keep coming, thanks.
What a lot of good chaps there are on this forum :D
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One is of course only too delighted to be of service, in however modest a fashion.
I've just searched on eBay and found further possibilities, which I may well pursue myself. A seller called greenstuffworld sells packs of 100 resin skulls for £8.95, while another seller has sprues of metal ones which he sculpted himself. There may well be more, but if you need variety, it's certainly available.