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Offline Glenbrook Games Painting

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Offline white knight

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #1 on: 24 October 2013, 01:40:53 PM »
Very nice indeed. It's amazing how good some of those models can look with a present day paintjob.

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #2 on: 24 October 2013, 03:25:10 PM »
EXCELLENT LOOKING Flora & Fungus Fellows...your brushwork has worked wonders with the old pieces. GREAT WORK!
Grenadier was my favorite minis back when I was am active AD&Der..that was SO long ago.
I'd NEVER join a club that would have me as a member.  G.Marx

Offline eilif

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #3 on: 24 October 2013, 10:52:54 PM »
Nice work on those minis.  I'd not seen most of them before.

I agree that many Grenadier minis have aged well. Some of the really early figs are a bit soft and chunky, but their human medieval figures from the 90's still hold up great.

Offline sundayhero

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #4 on: 25 October 2013, 01:13:46 PM »
Definitly !

Same thing for ral partha minis. Even today, there are really good looking.

Offline Momotaro

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #5 on: 25 October 2013, 02:40:17 PM »
Painting those mi-go as plants really brings them out - good job!

I still love the Grenadier range from the 80s.  The Cthulhu monsters are my favourites - although outmatched technically by lines like RAFM, they still have so much character to them.

Offline LotB

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #6 on: 02 November 2013, 05:05:38 PM »
Painting those mi-go as plants really brings them out - good job!

I still love the Grenadier range from the 80s.  The Cthulhu monsters are my favourites - although outmatched technically by lines like RAFM, they still have so much character to them.

Grenadier's Cthulhu monsters are now produced and sold by italian firm MIRLITON:
http://www.mirliton.it/

The Cthulhu monsters are in the page NIGHTMARES 28mm:
 http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=nightmares-28mm



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Offline Vermis

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Re: Grenadier miniatures - still good quality after all these years
« Reply #7 on: 09 November 2013, 10:29:53 AM »


Looks like a John Dennett. :)

If there are two sculptors I could knock over the head, bundle into an unmarked van, and drag back to mini-sculpting, it'd be him and Nick Bibby. Some of John's old Grenadier dragons are still some of the best miniature gaming dragons ever produced. Posed and detailed with a great knowledge of animal anatomy, without having to resort to too many spikez and teef and humanoid muscles bulging like pumpkins to create a superficial 'wow' factor.

Ahem. So I can well agree with the topic title. Mushrooms and Mi-go look great too. :) Great use of colour.

 

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