The everything miniatures wargaming thread

[The Brain]

Unfortunately, generic D&D style plastic figs isn't my area of expertise. Obviously Games Workshop has a lot of plastic fantasy stuff but they may or may not suit your taste.

[Jacob]

OK you've got my interest, recommend me some plastic* generic dungeon/D&D/fantasy figure to have a go at painting ! :gasp:

* I have a load of acrylic paints and no enamel ones, plus I don't want to breath in thinners whilst painting.

People use acrylic paints for metal figurines these days - they just prime the models first with gesso or expensive primer or simple white interior latex spray paint.

Anyhow, for plastics and D&D you should probably look at Reaper miniature's recent Bones series. They have a bunch more coming out after the successful kickstarter, but they've already released some: http://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/bones - I think they're the only ones doing single figures.

[mongers]

OK you've got my interest, recommend me some plastic* generic dungeon/D&D/fantasy figure to have a go at painting ! :gasp:

* I have a load of acrylic paints and no enamel ones, plus I don't want to breath in thinners whilst painting.

People use acrylic paints for metal figurines these days - they just prime the models first with gesso or expensive primer or simple white interior latex spray paint.

Anyhow, for plastics and D&D you should probably look at Reaper miniature's recent Bones series. They have a bunch more coming out after the successful kickstarter, but they've already released some: http://www.reapermini.com/miniatures/bones - I think they're the only ones doing single figures.

Jacob thanks for that.

[Sophie Scholl]

There is also eBay as an option.  You can get figures significantly cheaper than retail and typically find as many or as few as you want in addition to whatever type.

[The Brain]

Prickers are done. I'm fairly pleased with how the horses came out, I used very simple techniques.



So what should I paint next? See list in earlier post.

[sbr]

Very nice.

[Jacob]

How are you basing them?

[The Brain]

How are you basing them?

Likely individually ("WAB style") to keep maximum flexibility. If you mean aesthetically no final decision yet, but some of the earlier WotR models are almost based (some stuff left to do), see earlier pics. I may or may not change the basing on those.

[Jacob]

WAB style - so 25 x 50mm for the horses, and 20 x 20 mm for the infantry?

And yeah, that's what I meant.

[The Brain]

WAB style - so 25 x 50mm for the horses, and 20 x 20 mm for the infantry?

And yeah, that's what I meant.

Yeah, basically.

[Jacob]

Article on miniatures wargaming in Sports Illustrated: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1076773/index.htm

... from 1965

[The Brain]

No swimsuit pics.

[The Brain]

Finished mercenary handgunners. I only show one pavise in the pic, the rest are still under construction. They will likely be put on their own bases, the one in the pic is just there to show you what they look like.



What's next? Hmm...

[Admiral Yi]

Can you explain the deal with the two-tone pantaloons? 

BTW, the horses look really ossum.

The armor on the handgunners looks totally ossum too.  The handgunners themselves look like a bunch of inbred chimps, but their armor is ossum.

[The Brain]

Can you explain the deal with the two-tone pantaloons? 

BTW, the horses look really ossum.

The armor on the handgunners looks totally ossum too.  The handgunners themselves look like a bunch of inbred chimps, but their armor is ossum.

Well medieval pants often came in two parts and having them in different colors were something medieval folks seems to have liked.

Armor is really simple to paint. I paint it all in a metallic color, then apply a black wash (which is essentially thinned black paint that settles in recesses and provides nice shading with minimum work), and finally paint some highlights with a lighter metallic color. Dead easy.