Author Topic: WW1 French Halflings - Test Sculpt (Read 6057 times)

rob_alderman · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2012, 08:10:23 PM »

Quote from: workerBee on October 26, 2012, 07:33:22 PM

Doesn't Brigade Games do ethnic flavored gun toting gnomes?

Gracias,

Glenn

Those Gnomes are huge and based on the 'garden gnome' rather than the 'fantasy gnome'. In their own game, they are quite fun, but in another, they would dwarf normal models!!!

Conquistador · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2012, 09:56:24 PM »

Quote from: rob_alderman on October 26, 2012, 08:10:23 PM

Those Gnomes are huge and based on the 'garden gnome' rather than the 'fantasy gnome'. In their own game, they are quite fun, but in another, they would dwarf normal models!!!

Never seen one live.

Interesting.

Gracias,

GLENN

Calimero · « **Reply #17 on:** October 26, 2012, 10:00:53 PM »

They are huge indeed... and can't really be used with other ranges. That's also the reason why I would like to see pictures of these Halfling and Goblins WWI figures with some "historical" figures

rob_alderman · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2012, 11:34:41 PM »

They come in at around 22mm tall I'd say. They scale up to around the same size as Hasslefree's halflings, which are teeny weeny!

But yeah, some photos would be handy!!!

bollix · « **Reply #19 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:40:19 PM »

I love these. I'd purchase, though only the early war version (for both Goblins and Halflings).

rob_alderman · « **Reply #20 on:** October 28, 2012, 05:54:12 PM »

When can we expect to see some of the Halflings released? I'd rather like some...

black hat miniatures · « **Reply #21 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:42:17 PM »

Hi

Many thanks for the comments and apologies for the delay in replying - my PC Motherboard died on Friday morning so I've been offline for a while. Currently using a borrowed laptop to catch up...

I am still looking at the range of French and talking to another sculptor about a test sculpt to see what he comes up with. I am still a little uncertain of the market for these so want to test the waters before I commit.

It is a possible project for Kickstarter to raise the funds to cover the sculpting costs....

I don't expect to release the range of French until the start of next year (probably) - there is only one test sculpt at the moment!

thanks

Mike

rob_alderman · « **Reply #22 on:** October 28, 2012, 07:48:24 PM »

I would imagine the impetus for a range such as this would be rules. Being able to play games with the miniatures you buy is always a bonus. Minis on their own sell well enough to Lead Adventurers and the like, but otherwise, people look for games to play I think. I especially think this is the case because WW1 Fantasy is quite specialist!!!

black hat miniatures · « **Reply #23 on:** October 28, 2012, 08:00:39 PM »

Perhaps - thought it wouldn't be too difficult to add rules for fantasy twists to the Great War rules, or others like it such as the Qaur rulesets.

I'm already thinking about a tall military advisor with a beard and a staff...

Mike

rob_alderman · « **Reply #24 on:** October 28, 2012, 08:22:26 PM »

That would be awesome Mike!!!

Just thinking factions:

Dwarves - Ereborovich
Halflings (Brit) - Greater Kindred (The Shires)
Halflings (French) - Brande Burque
Goblins - Der Meinen aus Muria (ACHTUNG! CAVE TROLL!)

I would still love to see larger beings mixed in, perhaps as minor nations too. Orcs, Ogres or Trolls could be Austo-Hungarian. You could have Ottoman Undead, Polish Centaurs. There's no reason I guess why you couldn't have mixed races wearing the same uniforms?

As for the Halfling (or gnome!) French, you could have them riding dogs! The Belgians used Mastiffs to pull Machine Guns in real history...

Twists to the great war rules would be great, if they weren't out of print.

Akula made some nice simple rules, but some of it you have to kind of 'make up on the fly', which I have no problem with, but some may...

The Gray Ghost · « **Reply #25 on:** October 28, 2012, 10:10:56 PM »

Conquistador · « **Reply #26 on:** October 28, 2012, 10:43:24 PM »

Quote from: The Gray Ghost on October 28, 2012, 10:10:56 PM

I don't know the size of the other figures (I don't own any GW products due to personal choice/prejudice) but that aside those gnomes are rather tall!

Thank you for the picture!

Gracias,

Glenn

rob_alderman · « **Reply #27 on:** October 28, 2012, 11:11:28 PM »

As I said, great models in their own right, but they aren't any good for range crossovers really.

Cheers for the pic.

Calimero · « **Reply #28 on:** October 28, 2012, 11:47:55 PM »

Brigade Games Gnomes are huge indeed but what I really would like to see is pictures of these WWI Goblins with some historical figures...

rob_alderman · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2012, 07:40:54 AM »

You know what though, with the right conversion, I'm thinking ogres...

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