Russian-themed Dwarves - new Figures

[AKULA]

Apologies for the doublepost on here, and the Weird WW1 board, but not sure which board (or both) it is suitable for, given its both Fantasy, and decidely Weird World War One....

 

First up, i've commissioned a bunch of new figures - WW1 Russian-themed Dwarves, sculpted by Bob Olley. I aim to produce a well-rounded force eventually - the first bunch made consists of a 10 man (sorry, Dwarf) Rifle Squad, and the second bunch of 5 Specialists.  Future figures will include Dwarf Cossack Cavalry, and some support units.







They are slightly smaller than Bob's Scrunts, and are approx 20mm to the eye.  The reason being, that they are designed to fit in with Hasslefree's Kindred (WW1 British-themed Halflings), and Goblin Garrisons German-themed Goblins.




I've set up a webpage to showcase the figures - please note that this is strictly a hobby for me, not a commercial venture - i'm not looking to make a profit, and all proceeds will be put back in, to make more figures.  If you'd like to get hold of some of them, email me on akulasarmies@hotmail.co.uk - include your full name, address, paypal address, and what you are after.

Secondly, the figures are designed to support the game i'm running at Salute 2012 - a WW1 Fantasy Trench game.

If you'd like to see the WIP, click on the icon below.

[DeafNala]

Those are REALLY COOL & VERY WELL DONE minis...nobody does Dwarfs quite as well as Bob Olley! I wish you much success with your project.

[rob_alderman]

Paaaanzerfaaaauuuuste!!!!

Yay stuff I might be able to use. How I can get dwarves, which are german, into Russian uniforms, I do not know... Conversion I should think!

Didn't know about those goblins though, cheers for the link. I've been wanting some Japanese for Panzerfauste!

[AKULA]

Yay stuff I might be able to use. How I can get dwarves, which are german, into Russian uniforms, I do not know... Conversion I should think!

If it helps the dwarves have separate heads, so you can play around with them - they are in greatcoats after all.

The rifle is a dwarfied version of the nagant, used by the Russians in both WW1 and WW2 - something like 16.5 million were made, so the Germans would have captured stocks as well......whatever fluff suits your game!

 

[rob_alderman]

At the end of the day it is fantasy. Panerfauste makes no attempt to say 'this IS THIS', it has rules for races and the guns are pretty generic, so you could use anything.

For example, I have far too many Gnomes (which are French/Belgian in PZF), so lots of them end up as 'Vichy' french. The goblins were on the dwarf side, so might have borrowed some of their gear! Who knows, I could make some russian dwarf zombies for the far north-eastern dead-lands!

Fantastic figures, a great project and you know me, historo-fantasy is my bag!!!

[Conquistador]

Any Dwarf is a good dwarf!

Okay, some are "better" than others.

And, yes, some appeal more (or less) to my tastes.

Still these look like they might be compatible with my Citadel/Der Kriegspieler Dwarf figures so they might work out very well!  I can always use another force of alternate reality dwarf fighters!

Gracias,

Glenn

[AKULA]

seeing as Dags' has put some photos of his excellent paintjobs on the weirdWW1 thread, thought i'd put some of my efforts on here.

What I lack in quality painting, I make up in numbers

 






As all of the heads are interchangeable, i'm going to have a play around with the next lot, to create even more variety.

[AKULA]

Should have probably mentioned - colour scheme.

The base coat for the greatcoats/peaked caps is GW Graveyard. 

The furry hats base coat is a light slate grey.  Then everything has had a GW Devlan Mud wash - brings out the detail on the beard, hats, back packs etc.

[VoodooInk]

Those are REALLY COOL & VERY WELL DONE minis...nobody does Dwarfs quite as well as Bob Olley! I wish you much success with your project.

Absolutely right on both counts. These are very cool, and Bob Olley's Dwarves are some of my favorites.

AKULA
I think the paint-jobs look good. They definitely suit the table and the setting. That's a fantastic project you have there, and I look forward to watching it develop.

[generulpoleaxe]

Yeah man 

Realy cool models bud and cracking paint job by Dags.

[AKULA]

Thanks guys, for the words of encouragement.

Have been pleasently surprised by the level of interest these have drawn so far - the good news is that this means that the next part of the project is already underway.

 

[Blackwolf]

They are very nice.....And too tempting (your painting is cracking as well Akula).

[AKULA]

They are very nice.....And too tempting (your painting is cracking as well Akula).

Feel free to be tempted!

 

Thanks for the kind words on my painting.  TBH, i'd describe my painting, as "tidy" - its nothing special, as I have lots of them to paint.

The good thing about the figures, is that they really are easy to paint - Bob Olley's style makes it easy to get an effective looking result - a simple wash of GW Devlan Mud, on top of the base coat, brought out the detail, of the creases in the greatcoat, and the beard etc,then just add a few highlights, and on to the next one.

 

[MajorTalon]

Paaaanzerfaaaauuuuste!!!!

Yay stuff I might be able to use. How I can get dwarves, which are german, into Russian uniforms, I do not know... Conversion I should think!

Didn't know about those goblins though, cheers for the link. I've been wanting some Japanese for Panzerfauste!

I need to know. What exactly is Panzerfauste?

[AKULA]

I need to know. What exactly is Panzerfauste?

There is a set of WWW2 Fantasy rules/figures

http://www.blease.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/WG.panzerfauste.html

I'll be writing a set of fast play WW1 Fantasy rules for Salute, as I'm putting a game on - the rules will be FREE to download after Salute.