Bob Olley to do Steampunk / VSF Dwarves

[Svennn]

Posted on Frothers, an upcoming crowdfunder
http://frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=45275



I may just break my KS imbargo for some of these, especially if he does do civvies as mentioned

Svennn

[Vern]

  Very nice, think I'll be backing it. I agree with Gi6ers on Frothers though, the shoulder pads need some work

[Mason]

I am certainly having some of this.
 


Thanks for the tip-off, Svennn!
 

[Red Orc]

I am certainly having some of this.
 


Thanks for the tip-off, Svennn!
 

Well exactly. My Morlock Allied Native Infantry Corps deffo needs some 'advisors'/specialists/general-purpose crazy dudes to hang around with. 11 dwarves in pith-helmets just isn't enough!

[Craig]

I do believe someone did a steampunk dwarf list for IHMN called 'Dweorg'. Maybe he was channelling Bob Olley?

Figures are bloody gorgeous mind. I wish Bob would do some taller ones, I just love his sculpting style.

[Red Orc]

I do believe someone did a steampunk dwarf list for IHMN called 'Dweorg'...

Oh, I'd be v. interested in that. Do you know if it's around somewhere?

[Conquistador]

I do believe someone did a steampunk dwarf list for IHMN called 'Dweorg'. Maybe he was channelling Bob Olley?

Figures are bloody gorgeous mind. I wish Bob would do some taller ones, I just love his sculpting style.

I know I should, for my budget's sake, just assume they are "too tall."  Any idea how tall (top of head w/o hat) this might be in final form?

Gracias,

Glenn

[The_Beast]

Oh, crickies, I'll have to resurrect my old covert dwarven project?

If not too big (my old stuff wouldst be 'dwarfed' by too severe scale creep), these have the style to get caught between my red-coated, pith-helmeted 'regular' Brit stunties, and the psuedo-Germans of Death in the Dark.

Oh, the nefarious plots those dastardly British are attempting in the wilds of central Europe!

Doug

[Colonel O Truth]

I've always been a fan of Bob Olley's Dwarves, since about a million years ago. And these sculpts are lovely...

BUT...

Why shoulder pads?

Is the Space Marine/GW/40K virus so virulent that it inevitably infects every aspect of science-fiction wargaming, with no exceptions?

Come on, Bob! Some of us are trying hard to break the mould here! How far back do we have to time-travel to find something new?

Or is it just that he doesn't do shoulders?

[The_Beast]

You know, I saw, I objected (in my mind), and dismissed same. So tired of fighting them, I just went into denial. Kinda creepy.

Anyway, I thought hands were the tricky part. "Or is it just that he doesn't do shoulders?" REALLY creepy!

Doug

[Colonel O Truth]

I know, Doug...

It just annoys me when I see VSF turning into yet another GW-esque spin-off. And these sculpts are far from being the only culprits.

Don't get me wrong. I have friends at GW. But we have seen this hobby of ours bloom and blossom since the internet and online purchasing and so on... There are so many other options, so many possibilities, and simply being a good sculptor (and Mr. Olley is good) is not justification for jumping on the VSF bandwagon with a fistful of green stuff and a lack of originality.
Let GW do GW. The rest of us can strive to do something that we haven't all seen a thousand times over for the last twenty-something years.

[Ramshackle_Curtis]

I know, Doug...

It just annoys me when I see VSF turning into yet another GW-esque spin-off. And these sculpts are far from being the only culprits.

Don't get me wrong. I have friends at GW. But we have seen this hobby of ours bloom and blossom since the internet and online purchasing and so on... There are so many other options, so many possibilities, and simply being a good sculptor (and Mr. Olley is good) is not justification for jumping on the VSF bandwagon with a fistful of green stuff and a lack of originality.
Let GW do GW. The rest of us can strive to do something that we haven't all seen a thousand times over for the last twenty-something years.

Er, what? Victorian styled models is games workshop? Or Bob making VSF styled scrunts is unoriginal? I dont understand. If you could point me to the other vsf dawarves that are flooding the market then maybe I could see your point. BUt Bob makes MANY scrunts with MANY themes. This is just the latest.

[workerBee]

Er, what? Victorian styled models is games workshop? Or Bob making VSF styled scrunts is unoriginal? I dont understand. If you could point me to the other vsf dawarves that are flooding the market then maybe I could see your point. BUt Bob makes MANY scrunts with MANY themes. This is just the latest.

And the fucking shoulder pads are still stupid!

Not do I often or lightly use the F-word but we are not talking American Football or medieval pauldrons.  This is Victorian SCIENCE Fiction - and I don't think it is very Victorian or very Science Fiction. 

Graciasa,

Glenn

[white knight]

The shoulderpads are probably a design choice to hide the shoulder joints.

[Varangian]

Since the arms look to be armored it makes sense to have pauldrons of some sort in the shoulders. Since it also has the benefit of hiding the shoulder seams as white knight pointed out, it all makes total sense.

I like these.