15mm Copplestone Barbarica range

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

I was going to say "for 15mm miniatures those are incredible", but perhaps it is better just to say "those are incredible".  The quality of the sculpt on the faces is better than some 28mm models.

[Maceface]

Please, make them available. Quick!

That’s another ace sculpt.

Thankyou! Hopefully will have them available in May :-)

For those of you able to get to salute, I will have some freebies there with my mates at Eureka Miniatures.

[Maceface]

Those look very good and definitely in the style of the Maestro himself. Well done 

Oh man that is high praise, I have tried to keep them as compatible as possible, and hope to bridge a few gaps into various fantasy tropes. Nothing can beat a real Copplestone sculpt, so this is just a homage out of love for his models.

[Maceface]

Excellent. Very Copplestonesque. I’m glad somebody's picked up that dropped baton.

Will your Beastmen all be goat-headed or are you aiming for a variety of different types?

Thankyou! His style is so effective at small scales, especially the faces and eyes.

At the moment I'm most nostalgic to the goat-heads, but I'm quite tempted to do other beasties, such as Birdmen, Gnolls or Tigermen (feels like these could all be different cultures though..and not as ramshackle?)
Did you have any in mind?

[Maceface]

Apologies for the many replies, I'm still learning how to use a forum again...haha been a few years.

Thanks for all the nice comments, it feels good to know people are keen after working on this for some time.
Aim is to release 4-6 armies this year, with first batch coming in May.
So far the proposed ranges I have picked at are:

- Barrow Undead
- Beastmen (not chaos, but mixed looted equipment from other cultures)
- Knights/Rangers (knightswatch vibe)
- Fantasy Norse
- Savage Norse / Wildlings
- Orcs (lotr style)
- Arabic/Haradrim/Conanesque faction?
- Ents / Dark forest

I might start a new thread when I've got nicer images and more castings back from the forges :-)

Did you guys want to do some wishlisting here? I can't promise anything, but happy to see if it fits with the overall themes I had in mind...

Whilst some factions are expanding on the Hyborean idea, others will bring it into lotr fantasy, game of thrones etc.

[Citizen Sade]

At the moment I'm most nostalgic to the goat-heads, but I'm quite tempted to do other beasties, such as Birdmen, Gnolls or Tigermen (feels like these could all be different cultures though..and not as ramshackle?)
Did you have any in mind?

Not really, I’m just curious.

Am I right to assume that you’ll be creating tribes of beastmen (i.e. ones that look similar) to allow for the use of dollies or conversions to existing models? If so, some of the following might be of interest: dogmen, bullmen, pigmen.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice figures, but a bit off topic:

15mm Copplestone Barbarica range

A [Commercial] thread of their own might be more suitable.

[DivisMal]

Apologies for the many replies, I'm still learning how to use a forum again...haha been a few years.

Thanks for all the nice comments, it feels good to know people are keen after working on this for some time.
Aim is to release 4-6 armies this year, with first batch coming in May.
So far the proposed ranges I have picked at are:

- Barrow Undead
- Beastmen (not chaos, but mixed looted equipment from other cultures)
- Knights/Rangers (knightswatch vibe)
- Fantasy Norse
- Savage Norse / Wildlings
- Orcs (lotr style)
- Arabic/Haradrim/Conanesque faction?
- Ents / Dark forest

I might start a new thread when I've got nicer images and more castings back from the forges :-)

Did you guys want to do some wishlisting here? I can't promise anything, but happy to see if it fits with the overall themes I had in mind...

Whilst some factions are expanding on the Hyborean idea, others will bring it into lotr fantasy, game of thrones etc.

That sounds awesome!

[Kikuchiyo]

I particularly like the idea of Rangers, we need more at this scale

[Maceface]

Nice figures, but a bit off topic:A [Commercial] thread of their own might be more suitable.

Agreed will start own thread soon. Early on in the thread there was chatter about what people wanted from the copplestone range

[DivisMal]

I particularly like the idea of Rangers, we need more at this scale

Indeed! But please not Robin Hood and his merry men, but rather late Roman guys still defending the frontier a century after the empire has collapsed!

[Pattus Magnus]

I like the sound of everything on the list. I’m especially interested in the orcs, barrow wights/ undead, and savage Norse due to them lining up with projects that I have on the go. Oh, and a much sought addition would be dwarf archers with bows…

[DivisMal]

I like the sound of everything on the list. I’m especially interested in the orcs, barrow wights/ undead, and savage Norse due to them lining up with projects that I have on the go. Oh, and a much sought addition would be dwarf archers with bows…

Oh yes! These are really much missed!