Mister Rab's chivalry project - updated 27/06/2013

[Mister Rab]

With a working camera again, I can prove that (admittedly slow) progress has been made towards my little project.

The rhoninstorm goblins were great fun to paint once I'd got a warm enought tone to the skin colour, and the mantic skeletons came out better than I feared - I spent so long hunting for just the right boney-boys (cost vs. appearance) and they were the least unsatisfactory option to begin with but I'd recommend them now.

[Thantsants]

Those Kev Adams gobbos are nice - skellies too!

[Powered Armored Stooge]

I always wondered where'd you got that dragonhead picture.

[phreedh]

Very nice, especially like the gobbos but the skellingtons are nicely painted. Not that fond of the models. They aren't much fun, just big old (albeit well sculpted) skeleton warriors. Not a lot of soul in them, eh?

[Doomhippie]

Very nice, especially like the gobbos but the skellingtons are nicely painted. Not that fond of the models. They aren't much fun, just big old (albeit well sculpted) skeleton warriors. Not a lot of soul in them, eh?

... which is the idea of the undead, I guess. They look good enough to me on the picture. Then again I don't have any skeletons in my closset apart from the old GW plastics.

[Mister Rab]

Thanks all - it's always nice to know that others think I've done a reasonable job, too, and I'm not just suffering from a sort of "creator's myopia" 

Not a lot of soul in them, eh?

Yup, that's what I wanted - the delightful 80s skellies that I often admire on LAF have just a bit too much character. I wanted shamblers dragged untimely from their rest, not wicked bones with will and personality.

[Little Odo]

Wow! That dragon is fantastic. The skellies' eyes are also really scary. Excellent work. I have an old Citadel Red Dragon to paint up, so I think I will steal your paint scheme - it is very nicely done. I doubt mine will turn out even half as good. I really like the giant too - not the sort of giant I was expecting to see. He's more bestial than just being a big human. Your paint job has brought out the raw brute force of the sculpt.

[Mister Rab]

Thanks, Little Odo, very kind of you 

The dragon was painted in Foundry 'British red coat' shades, with regular washes of GW's 'Baal red'. The bit that made it look good, in my opinion, was to drybrush the painted red dragon with a mid shade of Foundry's 'Boneyard' and then hit it with another wash or two of 'Baal Red'.

I'd love to see your dragon when you get a chance to slap some paint on it.

[Funghy-Fipps]

Wonderful combination of manufacturers and first rate painting.  Traditional fantasy themes always make me feel warm and fuzzy inside: I suppose it must be something to do with my misspent youth!  I look forward to more pictures.

[Chaos Wolf]

Nice work!

[DeafNala]

The skeletons & the Oh-So-Cool Goblins look TERRIFIC...VERY WELL DONE!
Now you need some suitably-in-distress Damsels for rescuing purposes...etc...in keeping with the "chivalry" theme.

[Mister Rab]

Cheers, DeafNala, your enthusiastic endorsement of fellow LAFers' efforts always puts a smile on my face.

I'm having trouble hunting down damsels (perhaps the dragons have already eaten them?) - any suggestions, anyone?

[phreedh]

I'm having trouble hunting down damsels (perhaps the dragons have already eaten them?) - any suggestions, anyone?

Plenty. =)

My favourite, from Mega Miniature's Guthrie Grenadier range (25mm but wonderful figs!):


Some more from the same range:
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/enchantress.aspx
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/ladymage.aspx
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/whitewitch.aspx

This one fits well, from the Human NPC range. They're a tad larger than the Guthrie Grenadier and fits better with vintage Citadel.


In their Townfolk range, there are some other candidates:






And a few more:
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/duchess.aspx
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/elegantlady.aspx
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/maidofhonor.aspx
http://freeboardgamesnow.com/queen.aspx

[Mister Rab]

  That's perfect, phreedh 

There's no UK/Europe distributor, is there? I want the first and third of the pics you posted for definite, and may grab a couple of other NPC types (every adventure needs a friendly monk/hermit) while I'm at it...

[phreedh]

There's no UK/Europe distributor, is there? I want the first and third of the pics you posted for definite, and may grab a couple of other NPC types (every adventure needs a friendly monk/hermit) while I'm at it...

Nah, there's no european distributor that I know of but ordering from Mega is super quick and postage is super cheap. John always charge much lower than actual postage, for instance my latest order was stamped $16 or so. I paid $7 for postage. For just a few figs, expect to pay $3 shipping. Orders are dispatched very quickly and arrive in a matter of days usually. Customs nabbed my package this time, but as John is such a smashing bloke he ofcourse marks packages with a nominal value instead of actual value.

Regarding monks, I ordered the monk a while ago from the townsfolk range, and he was a tiny fellow (25mm). All models from the human (and other) npc line have been fine though (rather true 28mm). I have a comparison somewhere.