Any ideas for 1/72 cold-one riders (or similar)? First experiments added!

[MysteryMachine]

The Deinonychus models from HLBS arrived swiftly and well-packed - great service from Richard at HLBS.

The models are an excellent match in terms of scale for the raptors from the Dark Alliance Mounted Amazons set. I've tried to capture this in a picture.

I also picked up some really nice velociraptors (DI01) which work very well with 1/72 scale. It's really helpful that HLBS have included pictures with a 28mm figure for scale.

[Hobgoblin]

Wow - those work really well together! Is the top one HLBS and the bottom D101? Or are both of those HLBS?

[DivisMal]

Brillant! I can see these also as monstrous mounts for 15mm models. Great find 👍!

[MysteryMachine]

Hi Hobgoblin - the two metal dinosaurs pictured are the HLBS Deinonychus models, which come in a set of two:

https://www.hlbs-redux.co.uk/store/p64/Deinonychus_x2_-DI54.html#/

The velolicraptors I mentioned are also from HLBS - I thought I would suggest them as they are a very good size for smaller (yet still significant) lizardy creatures in 1/72 scale:

https://www.hlbs-redux.co.uk/store/p51/Velociraptors_x3_-DI01.html#/

I also had a delivery from Tumbling Dice (some Normans, Frankish Crusader and Wars of the Roses figures) and am very pleased with the quality and sculpting of these:

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1066-dark-ages-normans

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1250-the-crusades-frankish-crusaders

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1480-renaissance-wars-of-the-roses

I'll try and post some pictures at some stage.

[102-year-old-man]

oh, i really like those HLBS dinosaurs, didnt know them until now!

Also, pictures of those Tumbling Dice chaps are always welcome

[Hobgoblin]

Hi Hobgoblin - the two metal dinosaurs pictured are the HLBS Deinonychus models, which come in a set of two:

https://www.hlbs-redux.co.uk/store/p64/Deinonychus_x2_-DI54.html#/

The velolicraptors I mentioned are also from HLBS - I thought I would suggest them as they are a very good size for smaller (yet still significant) lizardy creatures in 1/72 scale:

https://www.hlbs-redux.co.uk/store/p51/Velociraptors_x3_-DI01.html#/

I also had a delivery from Tumbling Dice (some Normans, Frankish Crusader and Wars of the Roses figures) and am very pleased with the quality and sculpting of these:

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1066-dark-ages-normans

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1250-the-crusades-frankish-crusaders

https://tumblingdiceuk.com/collections/25mm-1-72-c1480-renaissance-wars-of-the-roses

I'll try and post some pictures at some stage.

Thanks very much for this! (Sorry - meant to post at the time!)

I'll be having a close look at the HLBS dinosaurs shortly. Quite apart from the cold-one question, I've been putting together units of lizardmen to act as salamanders in KoW. It's occurred to me that dinosaurs make great 'unit fillers' for both cavalry (i.e. cold ones) and infantry units (the salamanders are 'heavy infantry', and so on 25mm squares).

As my lizardmen are so disparate, ranging from the sinuous Tom Meier 'lesser troglodytes' to the burly Essex nudists to the various types of Rafm reptiliad, I've given up on organising them into like-with-like units and am instead going to go for an utterly motley look in both physiques and colour schemes. I reckon a few dinosaurs will be great for beefing out the ranks and - in the case of the infantry - keeping the units more coherent on the tabletop (the longer bases should make them easier to move).

I might even base some of the Tom Meier 'greater troglodytes' on 25 x 50s to act as unit fillers in the same way, as I've got some of the great Trish Carden C24 trogs to act as 'tyrants'/kroxigors/troglodytes. But that might be a step too far!