Glorantha Miniatures

[Dissolv]

Mad Knight Troll skeletons. 

 

 

Black Horse Troop.  Figures I don't even know where to find anymore, but originally find by going through links from Foundry Miniatures.   Better figures should come available sooner or later, but demon cavalry in bronze age gear is surprisingly hard to find.

 

 

Grazelander Shaman riding a spirit horse (he's blue).  This is a Foundry figure from their Old West collection.  There is a VERY limited number of non-rifle armed Indians that can be used, but they are excellent models. 

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/old-west?page=8

 

[Sir_Godspeed]

Those black horse troop models are something else, man. Love the helmets.

[g33k]

5 hours ago, Dissolv said:

... demon cavalry in bronze age gear is surprisingly hard to find...

You have given me an inordinate amount of enjoyment with this line!

TYVM for your unexpected Sacred Time gift! 

[Neil Patterson]

Those demon horse troop figures are still available under the "Casting Room Miniatures" brand from Foundry:

https://www.castingroomminiatures.com/collections/god-of-battles/products/gd006

Foot troops also available as well as Bison riders.

All part of their God of Battles rules set which never took off.

Neil

[Dissolv]

 

8 hours ago, Neil Patterson said:

Those demon horse troop figures are still available under the "Casting Room Miniatures" brand from Foundry:

https://www.castingroomminiatures.com/collections/god-of-battles/products/gd006

Foot troops also available as well as Bison riders.

Thanks Neil, it has been so long that I had forgotten!  I may pick up some footmen for completeness, but there is already a huge backlog on my painting bench.  But still.....  

IIRC I omitted the shields partially due to reasons of poor fitment, but it may also have been for aesthetics.    These were painted a couple of years ago according to google photos.  (That particular picture is new.)  Castingroomminiatures was also the source of several of my "leader" bison riders, which I had been trying to recall.  

Greatly appreciate the link!

[Dissolv]

Some more Lunars.  These are mainly Lance and Laser with a Frostgrave snuck in.  Not my best photo of all five.

 

 

More Lance and Laser, still some of the better Glorantha figures available, and they paint up well.   IMO only Mad Knight can do better, and I'm buying those as fast as he can produce them.

https://armorcast.com/miniatures/lance-laser/

 

Edited December 31, 2019 by Dissolv

[borbetomagnus]

Here are a few more painted miniatures that I've completed over last the couple of months. It was a slow month for painting, but I'm still making progress. My backlog of unpainted miniatures has grown though due to the arrival of the Troll Caravan sets from Mad Knight. It's not necessarily a bad thing since the Mad Knight miniatures are simply awesome!

Enjoy the pictures.

The three baboon set from Lance and Laser. 

 

And here they are with the baboon shaman that I finished a few months ago.

 

Jack-O-Bear and Broo from Infinity-Engine's Runequest miniatures line: 

 

Dragonewt with Klanth from Infinity-Engine's Runequest miniatures line: 

 

Rubble Runners from Infinity-Engine's Runequest miniatures line: 

 

Broo Hero from Lance and Laser:

 

Pig Broo from Mad Knight:

 

Here's a sorceress from the Wizkids Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures line that I thought would be appropriate for Glorantha:

Edited January 13, 2020 by borbetomagnus

[borbetomagnus]

Here's a link to Paymaster Games, who craft fine looking Native American and Polynesian miniatures:

https://www.paymastergames.com

They may fit into Your Glorantha. Check out Ai Apeac, a human-arachnid.

Edited January 20, 2020 by borbetomagnus
added link to Ai Apeac

[Sir_Godspeed]

I just discovered that the old Rackham miniatures are still technically available through a new retailer. Rackham made a number of highly cartoony and exaggerated - but definitely interesting - miniatures for their Confrontation fantasy range. I've previously used some as examples for how I'd imagine Lord Death on a Horse looks. Anyway, most of them seem to be out of stock, and I suspect it's the kind of deal where they only send them out once a certain number of orders have been made or something - but here they are. 

I'm going to link to the Sessair Kelt miniatures, who are a sort of fantasy Gaels mixed with centaurs, giants and minotaurs. Their range contain a few units I could picture in a Gloranthan-themed game - although some others are perhaps a bit over the top or a bit too Frazetta-babe-looking. 

https://cadwallon.com/rackham-confrontation/kelts-sessairs-clan?p=1

Special shoutout to what is clearly an Orlanthi clinging to a standard with the Storm Rune!

 https://cadwallon.com/kelt-standard-bearer.html

Some other ranges/factions that might hold something of interest:

The Drune Kelts, basically "Evil Gaels" with associated monsters. I'd imagine some of these could be creeping in Delecti's Swamp, the Footprint, Snakepipe Hollow or even Dorastor. 

https://cadwallon.com/rackham-confrontation/kelts-drune 

The Undead of Acheron. What it says on the tin. Undead of various races (including centaurs and other non-humans) with some added demons and stuff. Some of these are likely to be Glorantha-friendly, such as these Ghouls:

https://cadwallon.com/rackham-confrontation/undead-of-acheron?p=1 

There are some other potential Glorantha-friendly models in there as well. Here's just a couple that spoke to me. Some nymphs/forest spirits, and a meditating mystic:

https://cadwallon.com/sylvan-animaes.html

https://cadwallon.com/equanime-monk.html 

 

[Dissolv]

Mad Knight Axe Sisters. 

The Cult of Babeester Gor has never made a significant appearance in my campaigns, but maybe now I'll think of something..... 

Three of them have managed to acquire some iron weapons and/or armor.  Good luck if you have to fight Granny...

 

Edited March 14, 2020 by Dissolv
Fixing photos

[borbetomagnus]

@Sir_Godspeed

Nice figures in the Rackham fantasy line. Some of the weapons are larger-than-life, anime or Exalted RPG, appropriate rather than Bronze Age, but YGMV, and I do like the "Orlanthi with the storm rune."

@Dissolv

For some reason I'm unable to view the images, but it's probably me. When I try to open the images in a new tab I'm directed to a Google login page. Perhaps I need to be logged into a Google account to view the images. I'll figure it out.

 

I've not done much painting for the past few months due to starting a new job and spending free time researching for a gaming project I have put off for a lot longer than miniatures paining. I do need to take some photos of recently completed figures and upload here.

[Dissolv]

@borbetomagnus  That happened to me once before, when I copied the image directly from Google photos.  The problem was invisible to me, as everything showed up on my end. 

This time I downloaded the photos, and then copied them from my OS.  Do they work for you now?

[borbetomagnus]

23 hours ago, Dissolv said:

@borbetomagnus  That happened to me once before, when I copied the image directly from Google photos.  The problem was invisible to me, as everything showed up on my end. 

This time I downloaded the photos, and then copied them from my OS.  Do they work for you now?

@Dissolv Working now. The figures are excellent! I have the Mad Knight Axe Sisters set too (Like you, I'm collecting all of the Mad Knight miniatures since they are the best Glorantha figures currently being produced). But, I've not had a chance to paint them yet. I'm still working on the Broo pack.

[Dissolv]

My latest effort, The Lasdag Lions!

 

 

 

 

I considered painting the lion noses black, but was concerned it might a bit off.  Looking at the photos there is a 90% chance that I'll go back and touch those up.    These are yet more Mad Knight figures, as I try to work through my backlog of them.  They were surprisingly fun to paint, especially after the Axe Sisters, which seemed a bit of a chore for some reason.   It is also nice to paint a unit that is well covered by the Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass work, and also isn't a heavy infantry unit. 

[Sir_Godspeed]

That's also some great basing there, kudos.

[Dissolv]

Telmori.   I went with a more basic brown rather than the traditional grey wolf.   In some ways I was limited by figures on hand, but I like the sheer size of the GW Warg figures.  The stone age humans are from the Cro magnons sold by Warlord games.  Definitely a bit of a compromise, but hey, I've got Telmori for the table top, and the extra large size of the wolves convey's menace.  These guys are a major problem in my current campaign.   🙂    I wouldn't mind seeing some of the more traditional "all wolf all the time" models, but this worked for me.

https://store.warlordgames.com/products/cro-magnons-1?_pos=818&_sid=3782987af&_ss=r

Edited April 7, 2020 by Dissolv

[Dissolv]

I hope everyone is having a good time and has warded off Malia successfully. I am using my time to knock out many of my backlogged projects. Today's completion is.....Pavis Survivors!

 

 

 

These are from 1st Corp Picts, but Gripping Beast or most other manufacturers would do fine too.   Picts were perfect because they are one of the very few figures that are non-medieval crossbowmen, had a kind of poor/desperate vibe, and a distinct lack of metal armor, and also small shields (ideal for those who have to raid the Garden to get quality wood!)  The mounted and melee figures were 50/50 scale and chain, so I just fudged the mail as bronze.   I really did not like the attachable hand options for the melee and cavalry figures.  I took fairly extraordinary measures to attach them and do not trust them not to just break with normal handling  during gaming, so that's something to think about, but I did also get a higher percentage of axes to use. 

[seneschal]

https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/fauns?variant=31442008146018
 

Still in pre-order stage but these tough guy fauns might pass for broo.  They're definitely not the gentle Mr. Tumnus type.  Check out the centaur set, too.

[Dissolv]

My latest efforts:

First.....a duck!  My second duck, this one has a sword, so a clear Humakti.

 

Next up is the main course -- Tusk Riders!  These guys are the Otherworld games "Pig faced orcs".  They are very large figures and much too menacing for an orc.  Tolkien orcs are quite short, as I recall, with even the Uruks not as tall as a Gondorman.  However they make excellent Turk riders, who actually are supposed to be large and physically imposing. 

 

The bigger and badder of the bunch.  The chainmail was a problem, as it is with so many figures.  In this case I painted a metallic blue, and am just fudging it as "magical Glorantha *mumble mumble*".

 

Holding the heart.  Again, that's a Tusker Shaman/Priest.  Just nasty.

 

This is a close up look of the mixed "magic blue" armor and the regular bronze.  I think it worked out great visually, which trumps actually being anything  representative. 

 

And the scrubs.   Even Tusk Riders have scrubs.

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Dissolv

[borbetomagnus]

On 3/28/2020 at 11:19 AM, Dissolv said:

My latest effort, The Lasdag Lions!

 

 

 

 

I considered painting the lion noses black, but was concerned it might a bit off.  Looking at the photos there is a 90% chance that I'll go back and touch those up.    These are yet more Mad Knight figures, as I try to work through my backlog of them.  They were surprisingly fun to paint, especially after the Axe Sisters, which seemed a bit of a chore for some reason.   It is also nice to paint a unit that is well covered by the Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass work, and also isn't a heavy infantry unit. 

You could make the noses a reddish brown like a red-nosed hound, that way they won't be as glaring as black noses.

Beautiful figures as always @Dissolv

[Dissolv]

1 hour ago, borbetomagnus said:

You could make the noses a reddish brown like a red-nosed hound, that way they won't be as glaring as black noses.

Too late!  I had already gone back and painted them black. Looking up actual lions on google was pretty convincing.  Black noses.  FWIW, I generally paint to the "two foot rule" and use speed painting techniques.  You can get bogged down for hours on just a few figures "building up highlights", which is great for a professional painter, but my goal is more to use the miniatures to bring the world to (visible) life, and possibly use in a Glorantha themed miniatures game, such as the various To the Strongest! games that we have already done with them.  But there are a LOT of things to represent in Glorantha, and economy of time is a factor that I consider heavily when working.

However close up photos like these often have me examining my efforts and going back to touch up details like eyes, teeth, basing vegetation, etc.  I don't really like to do this, but sometimes you just can't unsee a flaw, lol.

The current, and possibly final state of the lions:

[Neil Patterson]

The chainmail was a problem, as it is with so many figures.  

Have you thought about "liquid green stuff" from GW? It's easy to use for jobs like this, just brush it on to give you leather or cloth.

Neil

[Dissolv]

3 minutes ago, Neil Patterson said:

Have you thought about "liquid green stuff" from GW? It's easy to use for jobs like this, just brush it on to give you leather or cloth

Say what now?  I have never heard of this stuff before!!!

[borbetomagnus]

Liquid Green Stuff link. I bought it at a Friendly Local Game Shop, and you should be able to find it at your FLGS if they carry the line of Citadel/Warhammer paints. 

I've successfully used it to fill in gaps for figures in multiple pieces that require assembling.

 

@Dissolv The black noes on the lions look great!

Edited April 29, 2020 by borbetomagnus
Added comment about lions' noses.

[Neil Patterson]

On 4/29/2020 at 7:13 PM, Dissolv said:

Say what now?  I have never heard of this stuff before!!!

It's a GW product; a paint pot full of green "goo". You can apply it with a paint brush to fill small gaps or to smooth out a rough surface. Clean brush with water.

Original "Green stuff" or "Kneadanite" is a two-part (yellow and blue) epoxy modelling clay which before the advent of CAD was used to sculpt miniatures (sometimes known as "greens") along with Milliput and more modern clays like Procreate.

Green stuff is very sticky with a consistency like chewing gum until it starts to set/cure. The GW product comes ready mixed in a liquid and water soluble gloop that can be smoothed over most surfaces. It drys quickly and in theory can be sanded or filed even smoother. I say in theory as it's easy to be too rough and have it peel off; I also find Green stuff generally is better carved than sanded if you need to remove bumps. The GW product is also less sticky than the clay itself.

Neil