Runequest, fantasy Bronze Age and D&D

[Muddypaw]

In March I decided to finally start the Glorantha miniatures project I’d been assembling and thinking about for years. It’s still going strong, so I think I’m far enough now to finally start posting about it here.

The miniatures are all by David Soderquist, either from his own company or sculpted for others. He has a vast range, so almost all of it is by David. Where I can’t find one by him, I’ll try to use something from other manufacturers, mostly Fenris Games and old Citadel. First up were the Sun Dome temple, along the Zola Fel river south of Pavis. I went for a colour scheme that evoked the classic cover artwork of Sun Dome County, by Avalon Hill. The griffin is from the old Citadel Runequest range, the flying creatures box. The shields and banner are all freehand.
Edit. I forgot to add, the bases are all by Ian at Fenris games, the rubble city range, as are the miniatures, by Bronze Age and stocked in the UK and EU by Fenris.

[Muddypaw]

Here’s a close up off the hoplite shields, all dedicated to Yelmalio (little sun and son)

[Pattus Magnus]

Beautiful work on those figures! I don’t know anything about the Runequest setting but the figures are great. The blue and yellow palette is striking.

[Tom Dulski]

 Great use of Blue, the shields look amazing

[v_lazy_dragon]

Stunning work on them!

[zrunelord]

Lovely work.
Brings back a lot of nostalgia as I played a lot of RQ using the 1st & 2nd editions. back when they came out. The hoplites fit the bill perfectly. I quite like the standard bearer.
Thanks for sharing.
Z

[Chief Lackey Rich]

Lovely work, especially the freehand iconography.  Yelmalio would be proud.

[JollyBob]

These are glorious! 

I have some of those Amazons in my queue but they are now shuffling further back...

[Muddypaw]

Aww thanks everybody. It helps that I find David’s sculpts really easy to work with, and the blue and yellow was such fun to paint! I need to do some more.

As a treat between factions, I painted something just because I liked it. This is an Amazon from Bronze Age, one of my favourites. She’s meant to be a Babeester Gor bounty hunter (max axe maidens with a grudge).

[Little Odo]

Excellent choice of miniatures - they fit the Runequest vibe really well. Your painting really brings them to life - great work. As per one or two of the commenters above, I also used to play 1st and 2nd Edition RQ back in the day and I have literally just bought the latest version in the hope it might prompt me to do some Bronze Age style gaming, so these are a great inspiration for me at the moment.

[Muddypaw]

They are perfect for RQ aren’t they?  I’ve been collecting miniatures for this project for probably a decade or more, and it was the re-release of Runequest, and some personal stuff, that finally got me off my arse and painting! “Do it now” is now my motto.

Here’s another adventurer type, a Zola Fel river guide, by Dragon Bait miniatures. As ever, bases by Ian at Fenris Games.

[Muddypaw]

Here’s another adventurer to join the river guide and tracker. She’s a follower of Yelorna, stars and unicorns and stuff. After this are the Orlanthi, mix of Celt/Anglo Saxon types with some fantasy touches here and there. It’s a nice change of pace to paint adventurers who aren’t members of one of the larger factions.
 

[Muddypaw]

Excellent choice of miniatures - they fit the Runequest vibe really well. Your painting really brings them to life - great work. As per one or two of the commenters above, I also used to play 1st and 2nd Edition RQ back in the day and I have literally just bought the latest version in the hope it might prompt me to do some Bronze Age style gaming, so these are a great inspiration for me at the moment.

T
Thanks. It’s nice to know there are other Runequest fans out there, 1st and 2nd edition here too. It was seeing another fans painting that motivated me to finally start this project after probably more than a decade(!!!)

[Blackwolf]

T
Thanks. It’s nice to know there are other Runequest fans out there, 1st and 2nd edition here too. It was seeing another fans painting that motivated me to finally start this project after probably more than a decade(!!!)

There is one in Oz too! Ever since RQ first came out,and I wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t have one of the bigger collections in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cracking work Muddypaw

[Elk101]

Very nice work on those miniatures.