A Fantasy Miscellany (2016-01-24): Great minotaur and resin buildings

[phreedh]

That crystal ball  Top notch!

[Chaos Wolf]

Great looking goblins!

[manic _miner]

 Great work Chris.I have saved the pictures too.

 These will go well with the floor tiles which you got.

[Bloodysword]

You did a nice job in bringing out the malice in their faces. Well done.

[Westfalia Chris]

I know, it's been ages since I posted in this thread, but over the last few weeks, I managed to dig out, strip and finally repaint a bunch of Fantasy figures which had been lingering in my lead mountain for years - indeed, the skeletons are actually the very first 28mm figures I bought back in 1995. Painted them up to go with the rest of the fantasy figures, and maybe will play some skirmish games using the Showdown rules (as the local gaming group really likes those, any I am quite comfortable with the rules mechanisms myself).

First, a little bestiary - some you may have seen before.

A bear by Steve Barber miniatures, originally painted for Old West and Gothic Horror games:



A RAFM metal snake and a Fenryll resin hydra, painted to match the big Hydra I painted in early 2010:



Said large Hydra (took a new photo today):



Some warhounds from the Chronopia range:



An old "Iron Drake" by Grenadier, which I painted a bit more "lizardy":



Moving on to characters, two adventurers - don't know where the archer's from, but the dwarf is from the "Shattered Isles" range currently sold by Black Hat minis:



A bunch of Skeleton warriors, by Heartbreaker. As mentioned, the first figures I bought in 1995, crudely painted then in enamel paint - actually, I didn't manage to strip all the old paint, but enough to make them re-paintable. Went for a very reduced paint scheme of black cloth, with strongly verdigrised bronze armour and arms to make them look a bit more archaic than the steel-weapon-armed adventurers and barbarians.



I also have another warrior and a Necromancer lined up for painting, and an ancient Grenadier figure wearing a lizardskin.

Finally, some terrain. First, a mixed bunch of Grendel fantasy huts which I bought for a ridiculously low price at a convention (less than a Euro apiece):



Wonderful models, those. Very nostalgic in their appeal, and I'd really like to have more of the "barbarian" hut in the centre - I love the stone and tusk construction. Very compact, so they won't take too much tablespace, but still imposing enough to work well with 28s.

And finally, some megaliths made from the resin "coals" I got from Jolly Bob - thanks again, marvellous stuff, easily wetsanded to provide a good footing, then mounted on 2p coins and a 40mm washer (depending on size), and a 4" beer coaster for the sacrificial stone assembly. I've got some more left over and will probably build a large "chieftain's hut" from some, and use the rest to make more megaliths.



Thanks for looking!

[Prof.Witchheimer]

some great stuff, Chris, nice to see your touch on fantasy.

[phreedh]

I like the randomness of it all! =D

[manic _miner]

 Great update Chris.Love the Fantasy Forge Hydra and the Iron Drake miniature is one which I have not seen before.Really nice model.

 The resin Grendel hut's are very nice pieces.

[Funghy-Fipps]

Excellent and eclectic collection you have there!  Thanks very much for sharing.

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff Chris, I really like the large hydra   

cheers

James

[DeafNala]

VERY COOL collection! I really like the Iron Drake; part of the attraction may be due to having never seen that mini before. All are VERY WELL DONE!

[Steve F]

Nice.  I like the reptilian stuff, in particular.

Moving on to characters, two adventurers - don't know where the archer's from, but the dwarf is from the Shifting Lands range currently sold by Black Hat minis:

The archer has a Copplestoney feel to him.  A few years back there was a British company, best known for selling military books (Chelifer perhaps?) which briefly ran a miniatures arm.  They did packs of modified versions of old Grenadier fantasy.  I wonder if this is one of theirs.  Edit: I'm wrong.  See WK's identification below.

I'd really like to have more of the "barbarian" hut in the centre

Mammoth tusks and bones really were used in architecture in stone age Ukraine, so a few companies make similar models, as well as Grendel.  Steve Barber has some in his "Prehistoric Settlement" range.  There's at least one other manufacturer, too, but my memory isn't working well today.  Edit: Gale Force 9 "Battlefield in a Box".

[white knight]

The archer has a Copplestoney feel to him.  A few years back there was a British company, best known for selling military books (Chelifer perhaps?) which briefly ran a miniatures arm.  They did packs of modified versions of old Grenadier fantasy.  I wonder if this is one of theirs.

It's a Wargames Foundry Robin Hood, by John Pickford.

[Steve F]

It's a Wargames Foundry Robin Hood, by John Pickford.

I sit corrected.  But I'm still trying to remember who that other manufacturer was.  Can anyone put me out of my misery?

[phreedh]

the dwarf is from the Shifting Lands range currently sold by Black Hat minis

That would be Shattered Isles, no? Anyways, I'm pretty sure the dwarf in question is from Foundry. =)