Runequest, fantasy Bronze Age and D&D

[Muddypaw]

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.

Thanks Plisken! I’m a big fan of his work too, his minis feels very Frazetta to me. I’m looking forward to the new minis arriving from the US, but it’s going to be a tight race to get here before everything shuts down! This Rubble City stuff has me pretty excited, along with all that’s going on with Chaosium and the new Runequest it’s a heady time to be a fan.

Here’s the first of a new faction, the theme is the queen of one of the smaller Esrolian cities and her retinue, guards, priestesses etc. He’s a conversion from a Forge of Ice Cyclops cultist, a really nice range. It also gives me an opportunity to paint something more sword & sorcery rather than pseudo historical.

[Frugalmax]

Great work! I've never heard of that range before, will check them out!

[Plisken]

He’s a conversion from a Forge of Ice Cyclops cultist, a really nice range. It also gives me an opportunity to paint something more sword & sorcery rather than pseudo historical.

The Forge of Ice range is great and the snake priestesses are such superb miniatures.

[Muddypaw]

The Forge of Ice range is great and the snake priestesses are such superb miniatures.

I have them too, and you’re right, they’re great sculpts. I’m hoping to do a centrepiece using other models in the range.

This is another cult guard. I love the look on his face, so I modelled his helm with visor partly raised. He’s got a grin like he’s up to no good!

[Philotep]

Very interesting topic! I know very little about Runequest, yet I admire your choice of figures and your excellent painting (your style is really shinny, if I may say so)! Not very far from Mythologic Greece.

[Muddypaw]

Very interesting topic! I know very little about Runequest, yet I admire your choice of figures and your excellent painting (your style is really shinny, if I may say so)! Not very far from Mythologic Greece.

Thanks Philotep! Runequest is our Bronze Age mashed up with magic., so yes, very close to mythological Greece.

Another guard, this time an archer. Snakes figure a lot, but (for a change) don’t signify bad guys. More in a wisdom and healing kind of vibe.

[Frugalmax]

Another great paint job! I dig these guys!

[DalyDR]

These cult guard figures are really great.  Excellent work.  Those poleaxe weapons look a bit like they're from GW Lizardmen . . . are they?

[Muddypaw]

These cult guard figures are really great.  Excellent work.  Those poleaxe weapons look a bit like they're from GW Lizardmen . . . are they?

Well spotted! They are indeed from a lizardman kit, the old metal temple guard. The dinosaur skulls too, which was a very nerve-wracking task, cutting and filing the head skull just right to fit like a helmet. One of the melee guardsman has a fantastic face, an evil hencheman style leer, so I modelled it as a visor pushed up. I’m planning on making a priestess riding in a palanquin, using the at ease guard as bearers.

[Muddypaw]

This is the last of the guards, next up is a guard captain and friend. I’m really happy with how the guards came out. I wanted a definite S&S vibe, with the feathers, skulls and turtle shells suggesting a rich, sub tropical coastal location. I was considering using turtle shells with the archers, but in the end decided not to, as they had details on the back the spearmen lacked, and also to suggest light skirmishers.

After the captain, a few more adventurers then a queen and her advisors and priestesses. After that, a complete faction change to Lunars, so lots of red!

[Muddypaw]

And a pic of the guards altogether. I’m tempted to have the turtle shelled guards power up their armouring matrix by raising their spears and yelling “Turtle power!” 

[Rick]

Great stuff! Love the painting and the figures - I'll have to look at the range and see if some might be suitable for the Osprey 'Jackals' rpg.

[Muddypaw]

Great stuff! Love the painting and the figures - I'll have to look at the range and see if some might be suitable for the Osprey 'Jackals' rpg.

Thanks Rick! The generic guards and the snake priestesses would fit really well I think. They’re made by the Bronze Age sculptor, and he does loads of Greek style soldiers and amazons. I have Jackals but I’ve not yet had the chance to play. It looks good, Openquest is probably my favourite flavour of d100.

[Oddsod]

What a great topic, I’m always a sucker for Runequest posts.

I didn’t know the work of this sculptor, how well do his miniatures scale against the old citadel Runequest adventurers?

Have you decided on what rules you will use to get these figures on to the table, are they for a RPG or a skirmish wargame?

When ever I have thought about collecting and painting up some Runequest themed miniatures I get stuck on how to portray the Uz.  You mentioned you had plans for them, are you prepared to let a spoiler out and say what figures you are going to use?

I should mention of course that I’ve been greatly impressed by what you’ve done here and perhaps, just perhaps, I might dig out some of my old citadel figures and have a go myself!

[anevilgiraffe]

where are the cats from?