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Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #75 on: August 18, 2014, 08:33:21 PM »
Com, those are some great suggestions - I'm digging the Gamezone guy.  The Wendigo looks good, but I'll need one without a base.  Excellent suggestions though - I'd almost bet that Chaos Sorcerer was inspired by the Horned King.  I'll be looking into that quite seriously.

Also, finished up "The White Lizard" (snicker snicker).  He'll be the leader for the lizardmen, or can serve as an NPC or a Lizardman character if it comes to that.



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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #76 on: August 18, 2014, 08:34:26 PM »
Funny you should say that - I'm not a particularly large fan of Lizardmen myself.  I'm just trying to cover all my bases.  While we're on the subject - anyone suggest any non-GW ratmen?  I also need to replace a Minotaur I didn't like... lol

The Rat Scum minis from Grenadier now Mirliton are really very nice & a different take on the Beasties than G.W.:

http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-ratscum
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Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #77 on: August 18, 2014, 08:41:20 PM »
Ooohh, I quite like those.  Are they of reasonable scale?  I know rats should be much smaller, but where do they fall on the 25-32 range?  I like them very much though.  I had looked at Black Tree Design as well - a little old school, cheap, but I've heard bad things about their order system in the past.

I quite like those Mirliton ones though.  May go that direction.

Offline Comsquare

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #78 on: August 18, 2014, 08:42:50 PM »
Com, those are some great suggestions - I'm digging the Gamezone guy.  The Wendigo looks good, but I'll need one without a base.  Excellent suggestions though - I'd almost bet that Chaos Sorcerer was inspired by the Horned King.  I'll be looking into that quite seriously.


I think the Chaos Sorcerer was inspired by Feg from the "Slaine" comics ;)
And, by the way, the Wendigo comes without a base, just a simple tab...might have a spare one for you :)

Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #79 on: August 18, 2014, 08:48:40 PM »
Hmmm, I'd definitely like to see a pic of the Wendigo sans-base then...I'll get a googlin'.  Never seen the "Slaine" comics, so I'll take the low road and immediately say "well, OBVIOUSLY the comics ripped off of..."  lol

PS: Just found him - the mini looks really good.  I'll probably look into acquiring one.  Thanks!
« Last Edit: August 18, 2014, 08:56:01 PM by Elbows »

Offline Comsquare

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #80 on: August 18, 2014, 08:50:44 PM »
Maybe  ;)  lol
Will make you a pic

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #81 on: August 18, 2014, 09:05:04 PM »
Ooohh, I quite like those.  Are they of reasonable scale?  I know rats should be much smaller, but where do they fall on the 25-32 range?  I like them very much though.  I had looked at Black Tree Design as well - a little old school, cheap, but I've heard bad things about their order system in the past.

I quite like those Mirliton ones though.  May go that direction.

Here's a Group Portrait of my friend floedebolle's Rat Guys. The Mirliton/Grenadier is second from the left in the back row:



...I'd say he's roughly the same size as a G.W..

Offline Comsquare

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #82 on: August 18, 2014, 09:08:24 PM »
Guess the pic has to wait until tomorrow, can't find the small guy right now  :?

Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #83 on: August 18, 2014, 09:31:01 PM »
Com, I found pics online - he looks good.  I'll snatch one up for cheap on ebay soon.  Thanks for the suggestion!  Deaf - I think I'll probably give those a swing when I get a few other things painted.  Excellent help guys.

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #84 on: August 18, 2014, 10:28:56 PM »
Great thread this. Have alot of those plastic d&d miniatures. Nice to see them repainted.

Here's a rather nice wyvern!

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Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #85 on: August 18, 2014, 10:36:07 PM »
Black, that's a tasty morsel right there.  I ordered some Pathfinder pre-paint Wyverns, so I'll see what I think of them.  Thanks for the heads up!

Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #86 on: August 20, 2014, 07:51:33 PM »
(grumble grumble) so I received two Pathfinder pre-paint Wyverns.  I like the sculpts and the size is perfect.  However, unlike my other pre-paints, these are freakin' terrible.  Chalky, chunky paint --- really obscuring the already minimal detail on the figures.  What is the best method for stripping off some paint?  Anyone have suggestions for pre-paint stripping?  Does Simple Green melt plastic miniatures?

Thanks for any advice - I'd like to salvage the minis.


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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #87 on: August 20, 2014, 08:04:35 PM »
I haven't tried Simple Green on soft plastic, but it works great on the hard stuff.

Offline Elbows

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #88 on: August 20, 2014, 08:23:52 PM »
Hmmm...well I have two.  Which means I can try one.  lol

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Re: Elbows' Fantasy Thread (Lizardmen!)
« Reply #89 on: August 20, 2014, 09:53:54 PM »
You could try doing a quick dip & then brush & rinse. Once the paint starts coming off soaking isn't really necessary.

 

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