Glorantha Miniatures

[Sir_Godspeed 1,034]

https://www.crocodilegames.com/ has models based on Egyptian and Greek bronze age mythology.

For example, they have Mycaenean models which would fit well as Kethaelan Orlanthi. They also have Amazons which could make Yelornans for example, or Lunar cavalry.

EDIT: Went back to the first page of this thread and just realized I've linked to this site before. Oops! 😅

Edited November 8, 2019 by Sir_Godspeed

[borbetomagnus 54]

13 hours ago, Sir_Godspeed said:

https://www.crocodilegames.com/ has models based on Egyptian and Greek bronze age mythology.

For example, they have Mycaenean models which would fit well as Kethaelan Orlanthi. They also have Amazons which could make Yelornans for example, or Lunar cavalry.

EDIT: Went back to the first page of this thread and just realized I've linked to this site before. Oops! 😅

Thanks for sharing again, @Sir_Godspeed. I've bookmarked the link. I like the Crocodile Games Amazon Outriders and Raiders. I ordered Amazons from Bad Squid, but could use some mounted infantry.

Do you know if the Crocodile Games miniatures are 28mm or 30mm?

[Sir_Godspeed 1,034]

38 minutes ago, borbetomagnus said:

Do you know if the Crocodile Games miniatures are 28mm or 30mm?

I couldn't find measurements on the newer models (only that the square bases are 20mm), but when going back to their older Egyptian mythology line, it says 28mm for those, and I haven't seen anything to suggest it's changed.

[borbetomagnus 54]

6 hours ago, Sir_Godspeed said:

I couldn't find measurements on the newer models (only that the square bases are 20mm), but when going back to their older Egyptian mythology line, it says 28mm for those, and I haven't seen anything to suggest it's changed.

That's good to know that the Egyptian mythology line is 28mm and it's probably true that the Amazons are at the same scale. I sent a message to Crocodile Games via their "Contact Us" web form and I'll let you know their answer when I receive it. I'd like to get their official word on the miniatures' scale.

Edited November 8, 2019 by borbetomagnus
added last sentence

[pachristian 200]

After much looking for decent for a bison miniature, I found this on Acheson Creations:( https://www.achesoncreations.com)

https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=779&virtuemart_category_id=52

 

They also have some excellent Zebras:

https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=53&limitstart=20

 

[Dissolv 100]

I used the Old Glory figures with one or two exceptions for the leader types (I am no longer sure where I found them).  The riders are Sarmatians, the armor meant to bone, and the Buffalo themselves are from the West Wind Cowboy line up.  In retrospect I might have made the bases more Praxian, but the whole campaign was being run in Dragon Pass at the time.  The bases also need more vegetation, but I got photo-happy before I finished them.

https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ZCW-53

 

[borbetomagnus 54]

21 hours ago, pachristian said:

After much looking for decent for a bison miniature, I found this on Acheson Creations:( https://www.achesoncreations.com)

https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=productdetails&virtuemart_product_id=779&virtuemart_category_id=52

 

They also have some excellent Zebras:

https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=53&limitstart=20

 

Thanks, @pachristian I have some bison from Iron Wind Metals that I'm in the process of painting, but they're just standing still. I like the Acheson Creations bison's pose and will be getting some of those. I've also been on the hunt for zebras. Thanks for sharing!

[borbetomagnus 54]

20 hours ago, Dissolv said:

I used the Old Glory figures with one or two exceptions for the leader types (I am no longer sure where I found them).  The riders are Sarmatians, the armor meant to bone, and the Buffalo themselves are from the West Wind Cowboy line up.  In retrospect I might have made the bases more Praxian, but the whole campaign was being run in Dragon Pass at the time.  The bases also need more vegetation, but I got photo-happy before I finished them.

https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ZCW-53

 

@Dissolv Your painting skills are superb!

Edited November 11, 2019 by borbetomagnus
corrected "You're" to "Your"

[borbetomagnus 54]

Here are a few more figures that I've completed.

Here's a Great Troll from Infinity Engine's RuneQuest Sampler Set. There's a very faint Man rune on the shield.

 

 

"Claw" with necklace of severed hands, and Big Rhino from MadKnight's Broo Pack. I still have a few more of the Broo Pack to paint.

Edited November 11, 2019 by borbetomagnus
Added hyperlink to MadKnight's webpage.

[borbetomagnus 54]

Here are the two Rock Lizards from Infinity Engine's Adversaries set.

And the Dream Weft. I attempted to make it appear that blue-white light was emanating from between the wraps under the hood and from the open sleeves of the figure. It didn't turn out as I intended however.

[borbetomagnus 54]

Another from MadKnight's Broo Warband, Kickstarter "Enemies of Sartar."

[borbetomagnus 54]

These miniatures are from WizKids unpainted line of figures for (mostly) D&D games, but I think they're perfectly usable for Glorantha. Especially for Rune spells such as Summon Cult Spirit (RQG p. 342).

Air Cult Spirits. I used real leaves cut to size and glued them on the miniatures for added effect. Sealed with clear matte spray. Hopefully the matte spray will prevent the leaves from decomposing further. Also, I didn't use the small black bases that were included in the package and replaced the bases with clear ones. That way you can put an air spirit on a clear "flight" base to show that it's hovering above the ground (see second image below).

 

 

 Here are WizKids' medium earth elementals, which can be used for Gloranthan Earth Spirits.

 

These WizKids' Oxen can be used for Sartar cattle.

 

And here's a Reaper Miniatures pack mule that's always useful for adventurers.

Edited November 11, 2019 by borbetomagnus
added links to WizKids and Reaper.

[Sir_Godspeed 1,034]

30 minutes ago, borbetomagnus said:

These WizKids' Oxen can be used for Sartar cattle.

 

UM THOSE ARENT ACCURATE TO THE BREEDS FOUND IN DRAGON PASS AS PER RUNEQUEST GLORANTHA haha just kidding but could you imagine though? 😁

Great models! ^^

[borbetomagnus 54]

12 hours ago, Sir_Godspeed said:

UM THOSE ARENT ACCURATE TO THE BREEDS FOUND IN DRAGON PASS AS PER RUNEQUEST GLORANTHA haha just kidding but could you imagine though? 😁
 

I know, but they were inexpensive (US$4.99 for a pack of two). They can also work for my western frontier games.

[seneschal 645]

Reaper Bones line also has a nice pack mule model, a companion for their suitably laden pack rat figure!  I couldn't resist.

[Sir_Godspeed 1,034]

20 minutes ago, borbetomagnus said:

I know, but they were inexpensive (US$4.99 for a pack of two). They can also work for my western frontier games.

Oh, don't worry, I was just taking the piss out of us forum regulars here.

[borbetomagnus 54]

11 hours ago, Sir_Godspeed said:

Oh, don't worry, I was just taking the piss out of us forum regulars here.

Oh, I know. 😀

The BRP forums are one of the most welcoming forums I've participated in. Some here may remember the flame wars on the Ars Magica Berkeley mailing list or RPG.net in the early 2000s. I don't know what was in the water back then.... 😋

[Joerg 3,326]

On 11/11/2019 at 2:45 AM, Sir_Godspeed said:

UM THOSE ARENT ACCURATE TO THE BREEDS FOUND IN DRAGON PASS AS PER RUNEQUEST GLORANTHA haha just kidding but could you imagine though? 😁

Look out for a thread on the subject of bovine looks and ancestry elsethread, soonish.

Don't awaken sleeping dragons!

[Crel 540]

On 11/10/2019 at 2:21 PM, borbetomagnus said:

"Claw" with necklace of severed hands, and Big Rhino from MadKnight's Broo Pack. I still have a few more of the Broo Pack to paint.

Jeez, those are really good. You're making me feel self-conscious!

[borbetomagnus 54]

5 hours ago, Crel said:

Jeez, those are really good. You're making me feel self-conscious!

Thank you! Astigmatism, a manifestation of Chaos, is winning the battle against my Harmony eye glasses. 😋  All of which makes me slow at painting.

[borbetomagnus 54]

I just completed this Lance & Laser Baboon Shaman. In my Glorantha he has yellow eyes, reddish mane, and white fur with a lilac tint. 

Edited November 20, 2019 by borbetomagnus

[borbetomagnus 54]

On 11/8/2019 at 1:33 PM, borbetomagnus said:

That's good to know that the Egyptian mythology line is 28mm and it's probably true that the Amazons are at the same scale. I sent a message to Crocodile Games via their "Contact Us" web form and I'll let you know their answer when I receive it. I'd like to get their official word on the miniatures' scale.

I emailed Crocodile Games about the scale of the Egyptian mythology miniatures line and here's the detailed response I received from Chris who permitted me to post the reply. 

"Scale is a difficult thing to answer, as there seems to be lots of interpretations of what a 28/30/etc mini is, and where they are measured to?  The head of the eye?

 

I describe our miniatures as 28mm 'heroic' scale, the same scale as Warhammer miniatures from the 1990s and 2000s (though not oversized like the modern GW stuff.).   A bit more robust that the same era of Ral Partha miniatures.  I was a sculptor for both companies before starting this, and my scale has stayed essentially the same throughout. WarGods minis fit nicely with most conventional 28/30mm miniature ranges and scenery, they are not a weird scale.

 

Most of our warriors are photographed on a 20x20mm square base, so that should give you a good point of reference to figure out their general size.

 

Thanks,

 

Chris

Croc Games"

 

[Dissolv 100]

Wyvern Riders.   These were made with Ironwindmetal's wyverns plus some Companion Cavalry, I think also from that same same website.   I find them a wonderful source of random figures.

https://store.ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7012&osCsid=1pemtgtipmp6rp377nika9t760

 

I also finally got around to painting the Mad Knight Lunar Assassins.  So often I have threatened the players with such, now I can actually put them on the table. 

[borbetomagnus 54]

@Dissolv Once again, your painting skills are epic!

Where did you purchase the riders? (link please)

I could use some riders for the bison I picked up from Acheson Creations. 

[Dissolv 100]

Thanks!   I've been finishing up other projects (and RL, of course), and am ready to again churn out Glorantha figures.

 

I am pretty sure that I used the same ironwindmetals store for the Companion cavalry on the Wyverns.  Lances came from one of many places to get brass spears. 

https://store.ironwindmetals.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2892&osCsid=havgmgetle6u9u7t0qia8sub75

For my Bison Riders I had a whole bag of Old Glory Sarmatians on hand, so I used them:

https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=PRS-01

But if I were buying them, as opposed to utilizing what I had laying around, I might try for a different look.  More Amer-Indy maybe?  It gets hard once you get try to get more than a few figures, honestly.  I do have some American Indians on horse that I was using for Grazelanders, but the bulk of them are not painted up, just one on foot and mounted for a Shaman PC.   This is where it gets tricky.  If you use American Indians for Grazelanders, say from here: https://www.oldgloryminiatures.com/proddetail.asp?prod=WP-04

then you may not have enough figure differentiation left for the tribes in Prax.  I mean, the buffalo is a big difference, but a lot of green stuff may be necessary.  Inspiration here:  https://bigredbat.blogspot.com/2016/06/battle-of-horn-gate.html

This is why I have been really, really, really hoping that Mad Knight tosses out some Sable riders or such along with the foot figures.  I'm very much into speed painting these days (I did the wyvern riders and Assassins yesterday and flocked and sealed them this morning, for example), and stopping for conversions and lots of green stuff dramatically slows me down.   I greatly prefer to buy figures that already look the way that they should, but for Glorantha.....that's tough.   Heck just trying to decide what "Lunars" should look like given their huge political disparity has been a massive issue.