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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Alxbates on December 01, 2016, 10:47:47 AM
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I'm thinking about adding a palanquin to my range of figures, but planning out the construction is proving to be complex!
I'd like to see what's out there already, maybe I can take some cues from what works (and what doesn't work!) about currently extant models on the market.
So... what's your favorite/least favorite palanquin model? What do you like (or dislike!) about it?
-Alex in Alaska
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The old Citadel Realms of Chaos Nurgle Palanquin.
A lovely hefty bit of lead, a characterful sculpt with a choice of riders, and of course held aloft by swarms of Nurglings when they were still mischievous imps.
EDIT For picture lifted off Google Images...
(http://www.sodemons.com/rhnstuff/palanquin/_07A1879-01.jpg)
I will paint mine one day.. o_o
Other than that, there was a great Aztec or Inca one whose manufacturer eludes me for the moment - Outpost maybe? It was really nicely sculpted but the it basically looked like four big lads taking an old guy for a walk in his bath. Made me laugh, anyway.
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The Outpost one is a dead ancestor, isn't it? Thus the old guy! ;)
Personally, I like the old Ral Partha wizard palanquin with the monster bearers.
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Yeah, "Evil Lord on Litter with Bearers". I wish I still had that one; it was great. The thing that must have been a corpse with its arms tied to the bat-wings on the chair back was extremely creepy, and the pose of the lord was perfect. The monsters reminded me of the muppet "Sweetums".
The most recent palanquin miniature I have is the Mirliton version of the Grenadier "U.L. Skeleton Master", with the pot-bellied skeleton and four of two different bearers. Those Andrew Chernak Fantasy-Lords-era skeletons are favourites of mine, except this palanquin has a big skull chair-back on it, which I think is pretty silly. I always imagined skeletons would just use the same implements they would have used when they were alive, not that they would ever spend time making new ones, especially putting skeleton-designs on them to show off how skeletony they are.
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The Dozing Dragon painted this from my Tekumel range...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QBkz6NZpPy4/Uqnz9AYNxII/AAAAAAAABns/1yLPsxSijCo/s1600/DSC02194.JPG)
Here are the parts...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Re1EjTC1-sA/VeHt3hT3wZI/AAAAAAAACkE/BhG7QeGYY6Y/s1600/Qol_Palanquin.jpg)
One has to drill out the base to hold the 100mm wire spears I supply as poles.
The Dark Fable Senet players make good palanquin riders.
http://heroesoftheage.blogspot.ca/2015/06/girls-und-palanquin.html
I did have a scheme to get some palanquins made but am currently too low on funds to pursue it. :-(
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Other than that, there was a great Aztec or Inca one whose manufacturer eludes me for the moment - Outpost maybe? It was really nicely sculpted but the it basically looked like four big lads taking an old guy for a walk in his bath. Made me laugh, anyway.
Did it look something like this Incan mummy litter?
(http://mavcor.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/fig_18_poma0258_1.jpg?itok=CUu8zzPA)
http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/258/en/text/
There was also the Incan Pillcu Ranpa ("Scarlet Litter" - it was for battle so it didn't have a canopy):
http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/335/en/text/
And the Incan Quispu Ranpa ("Crystal Litter"):
http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/333/en/text/
http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/379/en/text/
Other Andean and Meso-American cultures had litters for their great leaders, both living and dead. The Chimu/Sican people of the Peruvian coast took their kings to their final resting place in this fashion:
(http://www.natgeocreative.com/comp/01/853/620534.jpg)
I started making one for Agueybana (a Cacique from Puerto Rico - in the Caribbean) a long time ago. I have no idea which of my countless bins in the attic has that unfinished project:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/73/48/f8/7348f80abdc2c18c7eddb66eb5742968.jpg)
PS. I did find the link to the Outpost Pillcu Ranpa litters again, among others:
(http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk/images/Web%20Photos/inca/inc5.jpg)
(http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk/images/Web%20Photos/inca/inc5a.jpg)
http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk/inca.html
http://ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3658
http://grapevine.com.au/~platypus01/safant/figures/sa_figures.html
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Lots of good stuff here folks - thank you! Keep it coming!
The old Necromancer being carried by beast men (demons, maybe?) is one that I just picked up off of Ebay. It was nicely painted, but sadly arrived a bit beat up. I'm gonna have to repaint parts of it:
(http://i.imgur.com/KSnPbfL.jpg)
But I love it. It's exactly the sort of thing I'm thinking of having made.
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Naismith...care of Dear Tony Blair... ;-)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RZXMVkw9bbs/U33dqJUA2zI/AAAAAAAAGVA/VUfdOmVTRnw/s1600/DSC03698.JPG)
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Eureka, of course. :)
(http://miniset.net/files/set/eu-100frg13_0.jpg)
100FRG13 (http://eurekamin.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=87_126_191&products_id=9679)
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(http://gutenberg.readingroo.ms/3/9/3/4/39347/39347-h/images/img025.jpg)
from...
http://gutenberg.readingroo.ms/3/9/3/4/39347/39347-h/39347-h.htm
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Sanderson Greenwood & Ball...
(http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/3/3b/Greenwood%26Ball-Sanderson54mmSSN.jpg)
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I'll admit to a weakness for the Slann Mage Priest models, whether carried by Suarus Temple Guards:
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCDFq7LkIWndFaIoz3lM-AL3EQgCLpwIQ-KJsgZ5Hnxt0ADL_t7A)
Or the more recent levitating version (which is maybe not a palanquin technically - do they need bearers?)
(http://www.coolminiornot.com/pics/pics12/img480cebd0a3663.jpg)
I even like the mummified Lord Kroak sculpt:
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-slHClFW6rR8/Vt2lok8G-VI/AAAAAAAAC4g/2jlgRfSOqW4/s1600/Lord%2BKroak.jpg)
There's also these monstrosities from GW, again only sort of a palanquin:
(http://buypainted.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mortis-engine-2.jpg)
(http://buypainted.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/coven-5.jpg)
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(http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/2/2e/Garrison-SwordSorc-SSS3.jpg)
Garrison Swords and Sorcery
(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd516/arjenpilon/throneofsouls01.jpg) (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/arjenpilon/media/throneofsouls01.jpg.html)
As seen on this thread...
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=34030.0
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(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e6/d8/8f/e6d88f6c27db390bd2e07b934755c7d7.jpg)
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYUOLsgWY_k/VypClKzPlhI/AAAAAAAAFmM/y5tVYTxoGZYd7wvuo_SiBMhtF7l5q8FeQCLcB/s1600/Palanquin.jpg)
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lOfwegW-j9M/VKcD7-dIJuI/AAAAAAAAHeA/iTS3ePaKPBk/s1600/slann1.jpg)
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No pic sorry but iron wine's throne of bone is great
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(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/grenadier/images/6002.jpg)
I'm pretty partial to this old Grenadier one. I'm not sure if it counts as a palanquin, though.
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Aw, yeah ^^^^^ - those big-headed skeletons are so good. I have some sitting on my desk as I type.
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I quite like the grenadier barbarian chief on a shield (not really a palanquin either).
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0KNn43Rowo4/VQLNhM0EVMI/AAAAAAAAJmc/1436tisDUTM/s1600/Vitalstatistix.PNG)
:D ;)
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lol. That's what I was thinking as I typed it.
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The Dozing Dragon painted this from my Tekumel range...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QBkz6NZpPy4/Uqnz9AYNxII/AAAAAAAABns/1yLPsxSijCo/s1600/DSC02194.JPG)
That's cool.
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lOfwegW-j9M/VKcD7-dIJuI/AAAAAAAAHeA/iTS3ePaKPBk/s1600/slann1.jpg)
That is a stunning piece of artwork, Sir Barnaby.