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2016/01/19 17:09:11
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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so GW's seem to be showing their age and wargames factory has some nice ones but they seem to be in about 100 pieces. mantics are so-so.
can any of you suggest some cool looking skeletons with bonus points for less pieces?
I think id like to start a small aos undead force themed around skellies.
thanks
on a side note... has reaper gone to all resin? I was checking out their skeletons and they look like some sort of white material.
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2016/01/19 17:11:39
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Well, I was going to suggest Mantic or Wargames Factory...
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2016/01/19 17:13:03
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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thanks nos. I may still go the WGF route but man, I hate the idea of so many pieces.
im getting old and lazy
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2016/01/19 17:21:13
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Violent Enforcer
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GW skeletons have always bugged me. Their shoulders are not at all human!
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2016/01/19 18:09:12
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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The reaper ones will be bonesium, the bones range are white flexible plastic. I'd avoid the skeletons as the weapons will bend and sag, and although easy to fix, they tend to bend again in storage.
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2016/01/19 18:22:18
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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2016/01/19 18:57:05
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Bronze age miniatures from the USA (sold by Fenris Games in the UK)
Foundry
Alternative Armies (I think these run a bit small for todays tastes
(taken from a post by Blackfly on frothers
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2016/01/19 18:58:40
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Came here to say this.
Also Mantic's make for a lot of variety as they're very customisable. For big hordes, they kill the "same pose" vibe.
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2016/01/19 21:25:24
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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Bye bye Dakkadakka, happy hobbying! I really enjoyed my time on here. Opinions were always my own :-) |
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2016/01/19 21:50:34
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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Ya know bottle, I based that gw statement on a box that I've had sitting in my closet for awhile. I checked them out again and may have to reconsider.
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2016/01/19 22:06:38
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Arch Magos w/ 4 Meg of RAM
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Bye bye Dakkadakka, happy hobbying! I really enjoyed my time on here. Opinions were always my own :-) |
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2016/01/20 00:50:24
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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That's awesome bottle. I appreciate the link.
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2016/01/20 04:38:21
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Bottle wrote:Did you only see the Tomb King skellies? The Vampire Counts ones are awesome in my opinion. I have never seen better :-)
Had me confused for a bit, at first i was thinking but they are the same(ignoring the vc plastic colour) then i remembered they released new ones. >.>
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2016/01/20 09:04:36
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Dwarf Runelord Banging an Anvil
Way on back in the deep caves
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I do not recommend the Wargames Factory Skeletons.
• Their arms and legs are very thin, and very difficult to remove from the sprue without breaking them. Even with proper clippers and great care.
• They are not easy to assemble, glue points must be flattened out with a razor cutter in order to have enough contact area for a strong joint.
• The thin-ness of the legs makes them weak structurally. To the point where if I pound on the desk, you can watch them wobble to and fro.
They do look cool, but they also seem like they are going to break by just looking at them wrong. I do not believe these will stand up to being transported or gamed with for very long.
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2016/01/20 11:39:04
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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wow, that's good to know snurl, thank you.
I was kind of hesitant on thrm simply for the amount of assembly. separate feet would have driven me insane.
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2016/01/20 11:47:07
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Fixture of Dakka
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Never had any of those problems with mine, but to each their own.
I have several regiments of them multibased for KoW, maybe the multibasing mitigates some of the individual fragility.
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2016/01/20 21:10:40
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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snurl wrote:I do not recommend the Wargames Factory Skeletons.
• Their arms and legs are very thin, and very difficult to remove from the sprue without breaking them. Even with proper clippers and great care.
• They are not easy to assemble, glue points must be flattened out with a razor cutter in order to have enough contact area for a strong joint.
• The thin-ness of the legs makes them weak structurally. To the point where if I pound on the desk, you can watch them wobble to and fro.
They do look cool, but they also seem like they are going to break by just looking at them wrong. I do not believe these will stand up to being transported or gamed with for very long.
Heh - I highly recommend the WGF skellies - they are quite possibly the best skeletons when it comes to using the bits and pieces for building terrain.
A friend of mine used them for a KoW unit - and modeled two of them sitting down, eating sandwiches, while the third dug up graves. (Must be union skellies.)
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along. |
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2016/01/20 21:51:52
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Auldgrump, you need to get your camera out the next time you play that friend...
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2016/01/20 22:10:02
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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JamesY wrote:Auldgrump, you need to get your camera out the next time you play that friend...
I am quite possibly the most unreliable person in the world when it comes to remembering to take pictures.
I bought a new camera, just before going to Gen Con....
And took two (2) pictures.
No excuse for it, either....
The Auld Grump - on the other hand, I have about two dozen pictures that I took of dilapidated buildings, to find just the one that I wanted to use for a logo....
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along. |
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2016/01/22 12:11:15
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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I personally like Kings of war skeleton bodies with Vampire counts skulls and weapons. They have a very nice ragged look to them when combined that the normal VC skellies don't.
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2016/01/22 15:41:23
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Brigadier General
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Since you're priority seems to be less pieces, the Foundry and Bronze age seem to be good options. My question would be how many? Metal skellies tend to get expensive fast when you're building lots of them.
I actually think the Mantic Skellies are quite good. They're a nice mix of customizable, but without too many parts.
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2016/01/22 16:15:15
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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Eilif wrote:Since you're priority seems to be less pieces, the Foundry and Bronze age seem to be good options. My question would be how many? Metal skellies tend to get expensive fast when you're building lots of them.
I actually think the Mantic Skellies are quite good. They're a nice mix of customizable, but without too many parts.
Mantic skellies are also fairly sturdy - and travel well.
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along. |
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2016/01/22 16:36:19
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Blood-Raging Khorne Berserker
I don't even KNOW anymore.
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I do not like that Mantic skellies all seem to have "Angry Eyes". As a radiographer, that drives me crazy.
EDIT: I have a couple handfuls of Grenadier skeletons from the '80s, such as their Mammoths and the "Raiders of the Undead" boxes. Excellent sculpts. Sadly, Mirliton doesn't seem to have many of the molds for them, just the less good skeletons from other sculptors.
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2016/01/22 16:53:23
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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I'm not a radiographer, but I feel the same.
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2016/01/22 17:32:25
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Evasive Eshin Assassin
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yeah, theres a lot of factors involved as you can need a bunch if your summoning etc...
those bronze age ones are great looking. I wonder though how much of it is the paint job making them look better?
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2016/01/24 21:35:52
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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Gitkikka wrote:I do not like that Mantic skellies all seem to have "Angry Eyes". As a radiographer, that drives me crazy.
EDIT: I have a couple handfuls of Grenadier skeletons from the '80s, such as their Mammoths and the "Raiders of the Undead" boxes. Excellent sculpts. Sadly, Mirliton doesn't seem to have many of the molds for them, just the less good skeletons from other sculptors.
Heh, I will grant you the angry eyes - when I first saw the models, I knew that they had been sculpted by Naismith.
His Citadel and Grenadier skellies have the same expressive bone structure. (Bones not generally being very good at doing anything but smile....)
The Auld Grump
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along. |
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2016/02/01 21:10:15
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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I'm having the same problem.
I want some simple skeletons that do not have a specific period stamped all over them, and/or they don't have spiked "Evilness" on everything they wear/hold.
MB
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2016/02/01 21:25:26
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Posts with Authority
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Kilkrazy wrote:When I was a young boy all my wargames were narratively based because I played with my toy soldiers and vehicles without the use of any rules.
The reason I bought rules and became a real wargamer was because I wanted a properly thought out structure to govern the action instead of just making things up as I went along. |
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2016/02/02 08:23:08
Subject: skeletons - who makes the best?
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Otiose in a Niche
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Gitkikka wrote:I do not like that Mantic skellies all seem to have "Angry Eyes". As a radiographer, that drives me crazy.
Skeletons walking around doesn't though?
Well I guess skeletons are walking around all the time, just can't see them what with all the meat and stuff...
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2016/02/02 09:23:39
Subject: Re:skeletons - who makes the best?
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Glorious Lord of Chaos
The burning pits of Hades, also known as Sweden in summer
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This is pretty spooky, Kilkrazy, so don't click unless you aren't easily scared.
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I should think of a new signature... In the meantime, have a |
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