Bob & Drew's Epic Heroes Fantasy Project - New Pics Jan 6th 2015 Pg 12

[Faust23]

We are progressing apace!  Here are some shots of our primed cohorts.  I've added some nekkid harem girls that we'll use for 'objective' markers (tongue firmly in cheek here).  Drew's Vikings come Marauders are ready to go as well.









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[Faust23]

Been on vacation, and after spending the day watching Legend of the Seeker while typing up new fantasy rules for BoB, I decided to head down to my basement and slap a little more paint on these guys.  I also took one of the Ral Partha thieves and added a bow to his left hand to turn him into a ranger. 

Here are some snaps from my phone:


Those are the first of the True-Bolds.  They are my adventuring band for tomorrow night.



  Here's the thief I added a bow to for a ranger conversion.

Here's the rangers of Ramsgate



More pics to come as they get more paint on 'em.

[Grimmnar]

Been on vacation, and after spending the day watching Legend of the Seeker while typing up new fantasy rules for BoB, I decided to head down to my basement and slap a little more paint on these guys.  I also took one of the Ral Partha thieves and added a bow to his left hand to turn him into a ranger. 

Here are some snaps from my phone:

In this pic i recognize the middle guy but the left and right models i dont. Can you share their source please?

Also i know the figs you have been using. Had em all through the years. Infact, i had the majority of the 3 stage figs up till a couple of years ago.
Looking forward to your project completion. :-)

Grimm

[Faust23]

The one on the left is a Mega Minis figure sculpted by Werner Klocke.  The one on the right is a Greanadier Chaos Warrior from their Fantasy Lords range. Looks like a possible Mark Copplestone sculpt.

Tom Meier's 3 Stage Player Characters were badass. It's a joy to slap paint on these.

[Grimmnar]

Tom Meier's 3 Stage Player Characters were badass. It's a joy to slap paint on these.

Yes they are. My fav's are the Cleric w/ BFM and the plated warrior with the BFA in his hands and sword and board on his back.
I have wanted to do updated versions of those two figs to the "current" scale used to keep em in line. The original models are fantastic but underscaled for nowadays.
Thoughts on parts to use?

Grimm

[Faust23]

I don't think there is much around these days that would be of comparable scale.  I decided just to buy a bunch of Grenadier, Ral Partha, and early Citadel/Foundry figs that all scaled well together.

Happy hunting for bits!

[phreedh]

So many fine old figs to paint, and so little time. =( I've been eyeing that Klocke chap from Mega. I really would like to put in a mega Mega order before John closes shop all together. Too much allready pulled from the shop though... =(

[FramFramson]

In this pic i recognize the middle guy but the left and right models i dont. Can you share their source please?

Also i know the figs you have been using. Had em all through the years. Infact, i had the majority of the 3 stage figs up till a couple of years ago.
Looking forward to your project completion. :-)

Grimm

I don't actually recognize the middle chap myself - who's he?

[Faust23]

@Phreed - Yeah, I was surprised to find that fig when looking through the Mega Minis shop.  Thankfully, Drew turned me on to them and I picked him up and some very small Dwarves. The last time I checked the range was a bit thinned out.

@Fram- The guy in the middle is a Ral Partha 3 Stage Player Character model from Tom Meier.  It was a definitive series that really set up some iconic sculpts that carried the PC through three phases of their careers.  I'm using them all at the same time for my True-Bolds Fighting Company.

[Funghy-Fipps]

Great and eclectic mix of venerable miniatures you have there. It will be very cool to see 'em all painted.

[Golgotha]

Great to see older minis like these again and many are still available. For European buyers especially see
old Grenadier minis at http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm
and old Ral Partha minis at http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/
a great source for Grenadier is also www.forlornhopegames.co.uk and they give you free mini vouchers when you buy.

[Faust23]

Those are great links.  I know Iron Wind is producing some of the Ral Partha line.

Here's a couple of snaps from today's work on the five fully armored fighters.





Should be done with these guys tomorrow.  I have decided to make my Rangers from the Ramsgate Lodge, so I'll be using a stylized ram's head for their shield motifs.  Gonna test drive some of these guys tonight for our Epic Heroes playtesting.  Should be fun.

[Damien]

Hi Faust, man these guys are great! You have inspired me to paint up some knights (after seeing yours), I have three on the table at the moment; two Grenadier and one Partha (actually I'm painting the Partha knight you have with the big two handed sword). I can't wait to see yours painted up.

Keep 'em coming
 Damien

[Faust23]

Cool Damien, I can't wait to see your's too!

We played tonight and I used my True-Bolds as our control group to guage how they would fare with normal traits, etc. with the BoB main rules.  The other guys played different groupings of Inborn and Prestige Traits, with some special race specific Gear thrown in as well.

Here's my Fighting Company getting their asses kicked in by Cody's Undead force.  He had a Wraith Commander, 2 Vampyre Veterans with Great Cleavers, and some meat shield Zombies.  He used Pathfinder's prepainted figures:



Here's a couple of in game shots of them stomping the yard with my boys:







Here are Brian's Extraplanar (Diabolic) Ex Illis figures as Fallen Angesl





Great time tonight!

[Faust23]

So many fine old figs to paint, and so little time. =( I've been eyeing that Klocke chap from Mega. I really would like to put in a mega Mega order before John closes shop all together. Too much allready pulled from the shop though... =(

I forgot to mention that the Klocke foot knight has the word HONOR engraved into the back side of that two-handed sword.  Pretty neat.