Runequest, fantasy Bronze Age and D&D

[Muddypaw]

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

Thanks! The big gap in my collection is the box sets, which I *kind* of have, with the yellow spine book reprints.
 

Very nice work on those miniatures.

Thanks, they’re a joy to paint.

[Freddy]

Great job on those ladies!

[Muddypaw]

The second faction is the Orlanthi. Saxon/Celt/Bronze age mash up with many varying depictions in Runequest art. These are all Bronze Age, from Fenris Games in the UK/EU and Bronze Age in the US. Colours are muddy but sticking mostly with green and blue. The visual hook will be the shield design. Not as much fun to paint as the bold yellow and blue of the Sun Dome/Greek faction. As a treat I gave a couple of them bright hair, possibly dyed for various cult reasons.

I think the chap with the spiked hair and poisoned weapons is a bit too high fantasy for this bunch so I might spin him off into another project, with a more D&D feel. The rest are nicely rough looking compared to  the Sun Dome.

[Pattus Magnus]

More beautiful painting! I agree about the fellow with the spiked hair, he doesn’t fit the ancients-inspired style as well as the others.

[Muddypaw]

Great job on those ladies!

Thank you Freddy. Modern Bronze Age female faces are such a joy to paint, it almost feels like cheating as they almost paint themselves!

More beautiful painting! I agree about the fellow with the spiked hair, he doesn’t fit the ancients-inspired style as well as the others.

Thanks! I have a bunch more of more typical adventurer types, which I’m hoping to alternate with the Runequest project so he might gets friends soon.

[mikedemana]

I think the cowhide shields are very effective. I also like the varying sizes in the range. They look like good human variation in height and not simply out of scale.

Mike Demana

[Muddypaw]

I think the cowhide shields are very effective. I also like the varying sizes in the range. They look like good human variation in height and not simply out of scale.

Mike Demana

I was looking for a pattern for the big figure of 8 shield, and of course almost all of the images are from Minoan wall art,so I thought ‘that looks fun’ and it was! And I hadn’t really noticed before about the height, but you’re absolutely right , there is a lot of (natural looking) variation. Huh, cool.

[tjgreenway]

Wonderful work here, I've admired Runequest from afar for a long time and have a soft spot for the early Citadel minis in particular. Love seeing painted examples and these are particularly glorious - especially that Griffon, oh my! 

[Muddypaw]

Wonderful work here, I've admired Runequest from afar for a long time and have a soft spot for the early Citadel minis in particular. Love seeing painted examples and these are particularly glorious - especially that Griffon, oh my! 

Thank you! I was wary at first of the bright plumage, bit I think it goes nicely with the others, The griffin is the only ‘designed for Runequest’ miniature I’ve painted so far for this project. I might add the Citadel manticore and wyrm too, both from Citadel RQ flyers box. They’re certainly the most old school miniature I’ve painted in a long while.

Here are two more Orlanthi, a warrior showing off his abs and an archer with a cloak to match the shields. The aim for all this is to paint up at least 10 or so if each major faction or race, so Lunars for sure, Prax nomads, Esrolian, Uz, and so on, and also a growing pile of factionless adventurer types added as the mood takes me.

[Koyote]

Beautiful work. Love the clean painting style and color selection. Top notch.

I have fond memories of playing 1st edition Runequest as a teenager back in the 80s.  I was very fond of the strike rank system, so much so, that I carried it into other RPGs that I GM'd in the 90s.

This is what my rulebook looked like.

[Muddypaw]

Beautiful work. Love the clean painting style and color selection. Top notch.

I have fond memories of playing 1st edition Runequest as a teenager back in the 80s.  I was very fond of the strike rank system, so much so, that I carried it into other RPGs that I GM'd in the 90s.

This is what my rulebook looked like.

Thanks Koyote, this is very much a nostalgia trip for me. I think like most of us on here, we’re rapidly hurtling back towards childhood!

This is another Orlanthi. She’s not a dwarf (even though the miniature is), rather, she’s a person of limited height. Anyone can do anything with a high POW stat and a head full of Rune magic! She’s a tracker with her hunting cats, who have caught breakfast.

[Ockius]

Love these models and the bright, light way you’ve painted them!

[Muddypaw]

Love these models and the bright, light way you’ve painted them!

Thanks Ockius. I’ve tried painting grim n gritty but it’d just not me!

As of March next year I will have been painting (for this project) for a whole year. After the Orlanthi I’ll have a bit of a change. I’ve been working on some slightly sword & sorcery style stuff, still set in Glorantha, with my Esrolian faction, a nice change from pseudo historical. Hopefully by March I’ll be putting paint to the Big Bad (or enlightened saviour), of the setting,  those guys you love the hate, the Lunars. I’ve been picking out miniatures and have a few nice centrepiece conversions planned once I’ve wrapped up the Esrolian earth cult.

[Muddypaw]

 I think 9 or 10 minis for each group is a good number, not too much to potentially get burned out, and enough for many of the skirmish games out there.

2 more. I’ve added a Storm Lord another warrior woman, with the groovy figure of 8 shield, which I love. The second pic to show the complete Orlanth group. The dodgy looking bloke with the poisoned daggers, who seems to be trying to work out the best angle for kidney stabbing Blondie, is being transferred a more dungeons & taverns kind of world. He sneaked into shot.

Edit. I must work out how to up the file size a bit. I’m shrinking them too much.

[Plisken]

You've done a fantastic job on all of these Bronze Age minis. I've been a fan of David Soderquist's work for years and have many of these same miniatures in my own Runequest miniatures collection (you have a lot more talent than I though). He has very recently started a direct collaboration with Fenris and has completed work on some Greek Adventurers to be a part of the Rubble City range and they are really great for Runequest adventurers.