Dragon Rampant in 1:72 (Clan of Cyclopes)

[MysteryMachine]

NB I say 'fantasy' because I have picked up a fair whack of historical miniatures (mostly medieval), so have vikings and 15th century Caesar knights alongside the Dark Alliance rangers, Cimmerians and  Amazons. Obviously there is a whole bunch of other stuff in the boxes waiting for painting / conversions!

[Mr. White]

Hi Jack - glad to hear you're thinking about changing your mind re 1:72 / 20mm. It felt like such a shame after seeing those beautifully painted DR warbands. I don't know anyone else who paints / wargames with miniatures, so I figure I'm going to have to provide all miniatures for any gaming with friends or family, which is where the size / price point of this scale comes in handy.

I am a very slow painter (so have only finished 45 or 50 'fantasy' minis to date in this scale (though more are on the painting table). I'd like to be able to share them on the forum, because I know how encouraging it is to see other people's efforts, particularly in less popular scales. Do you have any hints / suggestions on photography techniques, especially for those without any skills/background in this particular area?

As for the intended aim/use of the collection, I am looking forward to skirmish wargaming using (Advanced) Song of Blades and Heroes, and Thud and Blunder, and co-op / solo wargaming with Five Leagues from the Borderlands, Sellswords and Spellslingers, Nightwatch, and Rangers of Shadow Deep. Lots more painting and scenery making needs to take place first!

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I'm also glad it looks like I'll be continuing with this scale.

Regarding taking photos...I don't know any real tricks. I don't own a lightbox or anything fancy and just use my iphone. The two things i keep in mind are 1) use natural light only - so photo when my table is getting decent, but not harsh, lighting and 2) try to make the backgrounds of the the models a little interesting so they look to be standing in their own little world and not on my painting desk. Those are my two guidelines, but I think others will have better advice.

I do hope you share as you're right, seeing the work of others is encouraging. Oddly enough there does seem to be a healthy amount of 1/72 posting here in the fantasy forum lately.

[MysteryMachine]

Thanks for the helpful words of encouragement, Jack, and it's good to know that you're not having to rely on too much specialist equipment. I have some quite well lit space in the house, so will have a crack at taking picture of what I've produced so far. People seem to be very encouraging on LAF re everyone's efforts. which is great.

[Mr. White]

Sure thing. LAF is a _great_ community in so far as my experience has been.

I'm not sure if this sort of cross posting is allowed, but if you're really getting keen on 1/72, I've got a long thread on another project at this scale over in the Post Apocalyptic forum: https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=129236.0

[Hummster]

1:72 is a great scale and for fantasy it makes a lot of sense to use historical ranges to get other types of humans.

[Sunjester]

If I was starting to collect fantasy minis today I'd probably go for 1/72, there is so much choice in fantasy and historical sets, plus it's so much cheaper. However, as I already have several thousand 25/28mm little fantasy men, I'm not going to start again now!