Damien's big thread of OOP and old school miniatures (Good bye for now)

[Damien]

Hello everyone, I am back again after a year of lurking but not posting. Back in 2010 I had a thread going about old school minis but that fizzled out as life got complicated. Lately I have started painting again and could not wait to be a part of this fantastic forum again.

This thread is going to be all about old school and OOP minis from Ral Partha, Grenadier, Citadel, Heratige, Chronopia, Celtos and many more. I just love the character of all old school miniatures and the heft of a metal mini vs. a plastic one.

Enough talk, I present to you all my first pictures of some Chronopia dwarves that I painted recently. I really like these guys, they are heavily armoured and grim (just look at their constipated faces!).





















These are great sculpts and I would recommend them to anyone that loves painting dwarves.

Comments always welcome!

Cheers all
 Damien

[manic _miner]

 Nice to see the Chronopia Dwarves amking an appearance.Bloodbones and Darktusks.

[m4jumbo]

Nice work on the dwarves and welcome back!  Will be following your posts as I enjoyed the work from your previous thread. 

Unless you are going to repost your previous work here, I would consider editing in a link to your old thread in your above post so folks can check out the earlier stuff.

[Thantsants]

Never seen these guys before but I like 'em - particularly the boar helmets and constipated expressions.

Very dour and dwarvish! 

[Commander Vyper]

Nice paints and all but some of those barehead sculpts were anatomically suspect to say the least. 

[aggro84]

Nice work. 
There were some real gems in that Chronopia line.

[once]

@Chronopia dwarves

dwarves without beards...

that's cruel...

[Damien]

Hello again, it is good to see so many old and new people here in the fantasy forum, there are so many great threads going. I am really excited to get in on the action again.

@manic, all the Chronopia minis are fantastic aren't they? Big heavy chunks of metal. Are you sculpting some Chronopia themed minis? I remember seeing some somewhere.

@m4jumbo, it is great to see you are still here, that old thread was fun, if anyone wants to take a look at it, it is here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=25154.0

Thantsants: your Sven thread is pure eye candy, especially the Slann! They are one of my favourite races.

Hey Commander, yeah they have big heads and no necks, but they look mean, I may even use them as Chaos Dwarves.

aggro84, I have been following your fantasy thread since its beginning, there are a lot of great minis there and some superb painting; thanks for the comments.

@once, beardless dwarves is the new "it", its not cruel, its avant garde 

For anyone that wants to buy any Chronopia dwarves here is a comparison pic.

 

Here we have a Reaper dwarf, Chronopia, Citadel and a Ral Partha dwarf.

Thanks for all the comments all, I really appreciate it.

 Damien

[dijit]

Lovely work and great skin tones. Looking forwards to seeing how this project comes along.
Duncan

[Lowtardog]

Lovely I had an army of these but flogged them off to paleskin, I only painted a few but they are lovely to slap paint on, a nice twisted take on dwarves, very much hunch backed evil critters

[DeafNala]

WELCOME BACK, Damien! The new old minis look FANTASTIC. I'm not familiar with the Chronopia thingies; so they're brand new to moi. Following your progress will be cool...KEEP 'EM COMING!

[Damien]

Thanks for all the positive comments; I hope my next post will be better than the first. Some OOP goodness will be coming soon.

Hi DeafNala, it is good to be back and good to see that you are still here; your infectious enthusiasm (and your thread) are inspiring.

Thanks again
 Damien 

[phreedh]

Great to see you back Damien! Nice job on some anatomically suspect fellows! =)

[Faust23]

Love it Damien!

I'm secretly awaiting my latest acquisition of Ral Partha and Grenadier figs.  Then I'm going on an Old School painting spree for our fantasy playtesting.

You now have me supercharged to get busy!  Thanks!

[Mister Rab]

Nice brushwork! Good to see you back in the saddle, even if it is with the oddest proportioned figures I've seen in a long while. Having said that, the boar's head helmet is brilliant.