neandertal question, lucid eye vs acheson creations.

[former user]

the Lucid Eye sapients are as Neanderthal as You can get, they come pretts close to the museum reconstructions. They are not perfect, especially concerning the gear, but the physique is pretty good.
The Copplestone ones are generic "cavemen" could be used for everything, they are broad enough to be neanderthals

[Timbor]

I see... well, I guess it depends on how picky you want to be on the little details 

[former user]

of course - which are the details that bother You?

[Col.Stone]

order placed, will uåpdate with comp-pic when they arrive..
Acheson also had a set of stone age weapons, good for if i want to rearm some lucid eye i think..
bauda wargames has some for their fantasy orcs aswell..

[Captain Blood]

All a bit odd. i picked up the first Lucid Eye neanderthal packs at Salute, and was looking forward to getting the next releases... Weren't they included in a North Star news email just a few weeks ago? A second pack of neanderthals plus the cro-magnon chief?
Now they're not carrying them any more?
And yet they're done by Steve Saleh, who does much of North Star's own brand sculpting for them? I thought Lucid Eye was introduced as Steve Saleh's own little sideline range? Where he could indulge his interests...
What gives? Has there been a falling out?
I think we should be told (please)
 

[Mindenbrush]

I looked at the Acheson neanderthals a number of times during Historicon 2012 and walked away each time without purchasing them - not sure if it is the 'neanderthal heavy brow' or just the sculpting that did not grab me.

[Lowtardog]

The chap who did the deadlands figures used to have a small clan of neanderthals they were a bit cartoony but quite nice.

Strange deal at present with the Lucid eye, noticed the range was on sale (Huaxtecs) on North Star site a couple of weeks ago!

[Lowtardog]

Oh I also had the Pulp fiction ones, a little cartoony too but nice figures

[nervisfr]

The lucid ones are very statics.
i prefer a base of savage german from Foundry and Black Tree to feature a good neenderthal :


like mine :





cheers
Eric

[Muddypaw]

The Lucid Eye Neanderthals and Cro-magnon chief are back up at North Star, under 'bargains', though who knows for how long? If you want em, grab em!

[Timbor]

Interesting to note is that the 'discounted' price for those packs is the regular price I paid at arcane scenery for those lucid eye neanderthals...

[axabrax]

I picked them up, but sheesh they are expensive, even at the "bargain" price. No wonder they didn't sell well. It's too bad as I would like to see the range expanded. This would also be a good niche for Osprey to create a rules set.

[Col.Stone]

Unpainted Acheson with the lucid eye ones

[mcfonz]

I picked them up, but sheesh they are expensive, even at the "bargain" price. No wonder they didn't sell well. It's too bad as I would like to see the range expanded. This would also be a good niche for Osprey to create a rules set.

Just over £2 a model isn't that expensive unless you are wanting to build units of 20-30 of them! I bought a pack of each type. Pretty reasonable price - not Copplestone or historicals cheap - but I envisaged these as being a bit 'fantasy' and very much of the skirmish game type of miniature.

[former user]

the 7 men available is just about the number of adult men you will have in a typical extended family. The rest will be children, women and old people
if you want to stay authentic of course