Ducks of War - sculpting a 28mm duck army

[fastolfrus]

there is a Donald Duck magazine that is popular in Holland, a couple of months ago they had an issue with DD and his three nephews at the siege of Grolle.

[Legionnaire]

I literally pushed a button blindly and ended up on this thread  !

I really enjoyed perusing your creations and they looked so characterful. I especially liked those Weird Egg Cultists  .

[lilljonas]

I literally pushed a button blindly and ended up on this thread  !

I really enjoyed perusing your creations and they looked so characterful. I especially liked those Weird Egg Cultists  .

Haha yeah that’s a very random page I guess. I’m happy you enjoyed them!

there is a Donald Duck magazine that is popular in Holland, a couple of months ago they had an issue with DD and his three nephews at the siege of Grolle.

We have those Donald magazines in Sweden too! Here he’s wayyy more popular than Mickey Mouse. Grolle is a tad later than what I’m aiming for, but maybe an ancestor of him fought at Pavia?

[pixelgeek]

What an amazing project.

I think you made the right decision to stick with horses. They look more 'proper' that way

[Easy E]

I fear that this will be a Vampire Counts army led by Count Duckula!

This whole project is great, and I am envious of your skill with the GS!  A real feather in your cap. 

[Inkpaduta]

Okay, first, I love the project. I have a bunch of "historical" animal figures for various conflicts.
Second, just curious, who will be this army's opponents?

[Mellal]

Woha, impressive work !

Ducks aren't my favourites beasts but they look really cool together.

[lilljonas]

What an amazing project.

I think you made the right decision to stick with horses. They look more 'proper' that way

Thank you! I agree, looking back I think ponies were a good option to match the smaller size but still keep it looking similar to their historical inspiration. Might do alternative mounts later one, but keep ponies as the "regular" option.

I fear that this will be a Vampire Counts army led by Count Duckula!

This whole project is great, and I am envious of your skill with the GS!  A real feather in your cap. 

Thank you! I'm also working on a set of HeroQuest alternative duck sculpts as a later set, so might end up working in some spooky undead Ducks!

Okay, first, I love the project. I have a bunch of "historical" animal figures for various conflicts.
Second, just curious, who will be this army's opponents?

Thanks! We have had a few suitable armies on a slooooow backburner at the club, aiming at a "low fantasy Italian Wars" setting.

We have an undead Renaissance army that is mostly painted and need some basing, using the excellent Triump of Death range from Skull & Crown: https://www.skullncrown.com/collections/triumph-of-death
We also have a landsknecht greenskin army in the works, using the old Foundry and now currently Warmonger Orcs.
On top of that we have a growing set of Renaissance Ogres from various brands and some converted halflings that can fill out as mercenaries.
Finally we have regular humans, either straight up historical or Renaissance/late Medieval style fantasy.

So in a distant future we might have a big ol' Fantasy Italian Wars going.

Woha, impressive work !

Ducks aren't my favourites beasts but they look really cool together.

Thank you! Yeah I kinda grew into loving them as I sculpted them, I didn't set out to be "that Duck Guy", I thought I'd mainly sculpt goblins and halflings.

[Spinal Tap]

What a fabulous collection of sculpts, really characterful.

With you sending them for casting, is that so you can look to selling them or is it just for your own use?

If the latter, couldn't you just paint the ones you sculpted?

[lilljonas]

What a fabulous collection of sculpts, really characterful.

With you sending them for casting, is that so you can look to selling them or is it just for your own use?

If the latter, couldn't you just paint the ones you sculpted?

Thank you! The plan is to make them available for sale. First through a kickstarter later this year (to afford the production molds) and then through my caster's website, like my first set of duck miniatures:

https://www.hagen-miniatures.de/Testkategorie-17/figuren-20/fantasy-und-sf/

I'll also want a bunch of copies myself, to make bigger units than just these.

[DeafNala]

OUTSTANDING! Your creations are beautifully crafted & very imaginative. GREAT WORK!
Who their opponents might be is an interesting question. Elmer Fudd & ergo humans was my first thought. As  far as anthropomorphic foes, Wikipedia suggested alligators, snapping turtle, & peregrine falcons.

[aircav]

Brilliant

[lilljonas]

OUTSTANDING! Your creations are beautifully crafted & very imaginative. GREAT WORK!
Who their opponents might be is an interesting question. Elmer Fudd & ergo humans was my first thought. As  far as anthropomorphic foes, Wikipedia suggested alligators, snapping turtle, & peregrine falcons.

Thank you! Maybe some noble French ferrets coming to cause problems for the ducks?

Brilliant

Thank you

[lilljonas]

So the sculpts are away at the caster, so I've been fiddling with a sidequest, so to speak. My entry point to miniature wargames as a wee lad in the 90's was, like for many, board games like HeroQuest and Siege of the Citadel. So it was fun to revisit some old memories:



Now I'm not sure what would be more fun - to remake the monsters "properly".... or reinterpret them as ducks! Maybe an evil duck necromancer and its cult minions need to be weeded out?

[lilljonas]

Got the master molds from the caster, so now I?m working on painting a set for pics before releasing them. It?s nice to paint something really colourful!