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Offline Anselm van Helsing

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #45 on: October 11, 2021, 11:54:10 AM »
Nice!

Really like those Bronze Age Trolls.

Offline Olsson

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #46 on: September 06, 2022, 06:29:37 PM »
After another hiatus from the hobby, I have returned by one road or another to the world of miniature painting and gaming in time for another summer to reach its end. The return of the Horus Heresy gained some of my attention, but a friend and I recently came to play our second game of Saga after I near a year of putting it off for this and that reason.

Oncemore the Saxons were to defend against the menance of the vikings, this time in a game which had us control objectives which were worth varies points decided and concealed by the opponent. But I will be honest and say we both promptly forgot which objective we had given which values and it became more of a learning game as we charged into each other's shieldwalls. I was quite happy with how much I had retained of the rules, and a good time was had all around.

The vikings were soundly beaten, a truly fateful clash in the middle as my force of 8 Hearthguard charged 10 warriors, and slew two while losing six of their own. The dice were not with me in that skirmish. And in the wake of that, all things fell apart. But quite telling for the game was the fact I had a great time despite this rebuttal of my viking horde.

A few photos of that clash here.







Beyond this I recently also invested in a lightbox for my miniature photography, my understanding of cameras remains at the level of a neanderthal but the lesson that good light is key has managed to worm its way into my head. Today I played around with it for a bit and while I am sure the mysteries of camera settings will continue to elude me for awhile, I do think it made for some good photograhs. My Fellowship (which has wallowed with a half painted Boromir for two years now I am shameful to admit) were first to get the new treatment.



Then a go at my most recent painted fantastical miniature, both moody and shadowy and something more clear which is quite revealing! In both the good and the bad.




Next in line for me shall be another force for Saga, this time Ango-Danes. But with another eye on the horizon for a more fantastical host.
« Last Edit: September 06, 2022, 06:32:29 PM by Olsson »

Offline Knight-Captain Tyr

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #47 on: September 08, 2022, 12:09:16 PM »
Hey mate, I had no idea you had a bigger battles thread! This is awesome work. The new lightbox will show off your minis to great effect, you've got the perfect grimdark style for it.

Really nice to see you enjoying Saga as well. Vikings vs Anglo-Saxons is a pretty tough matchup for the Vikings, so props for giving the Saxon player a good fight. You'll definitely find Anglo-Danes have more tricks up their sleeves ("Intimidation" is particularly fun).

Keen to see more of your forays into bigger battles. Keep the pics coming, they're always an inspiration!

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Offline Olsson

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #48 on: September 08, 2022, 07:27:32 PM »
I got my Ango-Danes from Victrix today, together with the shield transfers so that project is a-go!

Thanks Tyr, you're always too kind.

I do suspect I will find great pleasure in using Intimidation, the Fatigue manipulation was a big part of me choosing them.

A few close ups of some Vikings today as I took a few home with me from the local gaming club when I fetched back my hobby box.



The force was initially intended to be played in 9th Age as an army of Åsklanders. But any force where each unit need be +30 men strong I have come to suspect is one that is beyond me, but that is why they are based up on square bases. Something I have come to regret a bit now (a feeling I know that you are familiar with Tyr!) which was also part of my reasoning to start a second force.

I am pretty happy with the basing on my vikings, and I am contemplating simply keeping that same scheme now. But for a more fantastical force in the future, I know I will be wanting a dark forest theme for the base so I may see this as a trial run to that effect. I have never been one that spends much time on basing, so that shall be an adventure in of itself. If anyone has any tips or tricks for a sort of dark germanic forest base I am all ears to hear it.

Offline Olsson

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #49 on: October 02, 2022, 08:54:39 PM »
Another battle between Viking and Saxon upon the British Isles, and as has become tradition in games of Saga here the vikings were vanquished by the fierce Saxons. Only two norse men were alive by the end of it all. A dark day for the gods.







Offline Lord Maedhros

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #50 on: October 04, 2022, 02:59:17 PM »
That fantasy archer looks amazing! May I ask where you got that miniature?

Offline Knight-Captain Tyr

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #51 on: October 05, 2022, 03:41:40 PM »
Love it. Those custom fatigue markers are a nice touch as well.

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #52 on: October 05, 2022, 07:17:05 PM »
Much to love in this thread! 👍
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Offline Olsson

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #53 on: January 26, 2023, 06:37:47 PM »
With the release of the new boxed set for Middle Earth Stratergy Battle Game a few people down at the local gaming club decided to dive into the game, and with (minimal) coaxing I too decided to try and collect an army. Like for many others it is a game that evokes true nostalgia for me, I have many fond memories of collecting the miniatures around the age of twelve, looking at the numbers in the big book which we could barely understanding with our more than lacking english skills, and rolling dice with our made up notions of how it works. In particular I remember building our own Minas Tirith out of styrofoam in a friend's living room.

As a game it has changed much since then, of course, but I do still have my little heap of baddies which have been in a box of neglect for the last decade and a half. I fear three of the nine ringwraiths were lost along the way but I've enough mordor orcs and dark lieutenants to amass a bit of a force. But while there is a charm in painting up these miniatures of my childhood I didn't revel at the idea of playing an orc horde with no special features, not for a first anyway.

Reading through my friend's army book I found to my delight that a whole army of the Dúnedain was possible! If perhaps not advisable, but I have long enjoyed the rangers of the north, with their doom and epic ancestry. But it also became very evident rather quickly that no miniatures for that force is currently in production. So this project that I've now settled on became a first for me on several fronts.

It'll be my first whole metal army, being on the (somewhat) younger end of the spectrum in the hobby, at the very least in my social groups, I never really did play in the era of metal. But as it has ended up, every single Dúnedain miniature made by Games Workshop that I've gotten my hands on had proven to be just so. It's also marked my first real forray into the world of the second hand market.

After a few months and perhaps a bit more spent on this than I would have liked, I've gathered up a bit north of the seven hundred point mark, which I am told is one of the standard sizes for the game. It also began with a very generous offer by a friend who sold me off three such rangers for about 3 euros each, a steal compared to what I ended up having to pay for the rest.

Those three are now ready to be played, even if not at quite the lofty ambitions I initially held to make this project an endeavour in improving my painting and spending much more time on each man in the force. So without more of a ramble from me, here's the three initial Men of Arnor as they stand.


Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #54 on: January 26, 2023, 06:51:31 PM »
Those look great! I don’t think I have seen those sculpts before ( no surprise if they’re not from a plastic boxed set, as the prices on specialist figs put me off buying any), but I like them a lot. Slightly more armor than the plastic rangers, but not the full plate that the Gondorians are decked out in. Kind of hits a happy medium for me, in terms of how fantasy human soldiers look, and your painting suits the figures well. I’m looking forward to hearing developments as your group dives into middle earth games!

Offline Steam Flunky

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #55 on: January 27, 2023, 03:53:09 PM »
Nice work!
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Offline Olsson

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #56 on: February 07, 2023, 08:02:58 PM »
I am yet to see a game with my rangers, indeed after that first initial trio got their finishing touches I appear to have stalled out. But on a whim after some blog reading of late I decided to try and go more ambitious with my miniature photography by setting a rudimentary scene of a kind. It reamains very simple, and I harbour no illusions as to its quality but there is a charm to it.

So here we have one of these brave rangers facing down the advancing orc-ish raiders.

« Last Edit: February 07, 2023, 08:04:55 PM by Olsson »

Offline Elk101

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #57 on: February 07, 2023, 08:29:53 PM »
I like it!

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #58 on: February 07, 2023, 08:53:20 PM »
Me too, that picture tells a story. To me it shows well that a highly complicated setup isn’t necessarily required to get good photos.

Offline Little Odo

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Re: Olsson's Fantasy Miniatures
« Reply #59 on: February 09, 2023, 02:05:39 PM »
Lovely picture - I can almost imagine the orcs to be just the first few of a warband incursion that the rangers have to stop. Good work!
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