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Not a real fan of the castle paladin. Its an interesting idea and well executed, but just not to my taste.

That can't possibly be a paladin. More like the newest superhero in town, "Rook". He charges straight ahead at his enemies.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I've been slacking off lately so here's a double or triple dose of Reapy goodness!
...
And finally one of the heavy hitters from the old Monster Manual, Tiamat-The Platinum Dragon!

I think this is supposed to be Orcus, who, as every schoolboy knows, is the.. bah, got nothing. Maybe ask the good folks of BADD (Bothered about D&D)?

Sadly Miniature Market seems to have stopped carrying metal Reaper minis

weetyskemian44 wrote:I am unconvinced by the type C demons wings. He looks like he has a seagull on his back.

Wehrkind wrote:That's why he is so ferocious! While you are busy fighting the demon beast, he steals your french fries. Truly, there is no victory to be had in hell.

Who knew you could kill these demons by tossing alka seltzer tablets at them. Don't let PETA find out though.

 Red Harvest wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I've been slacking off lately so here's a double or triple dose of Reapy goodness!
...
And finally one of the heavy hitters from the old Monster Manual, Tiamat-The Platinum Dragon!

I think this is supposed to be Orcus, who, as every schoolboy knows, is the.. bah, got nothing. Maybe ask the good folks of BADD (Bothered about D&D)?

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know where Gygax (et al) got their Monster Manual Demons and Devils from? Were they just from fevered imaginations or were they based on something maybe from Dante or some other Medieval source? They have that sort of 'throw a bunch of animals in a blender' look mythical monsters have.

Sadly Miniature Market seems to have stopped carrying metal Reaper minis

No METAL ????/??backslash???

Manowar will not be pleased.

Perhaps get a copy of "the Book of Imaginary Beings" or read through Gygax's posts at Dragonsfoot for answers. I have yet to read through all his postings at Dragonsfoot, so I have no idea if he has answered anything about the demons.

I suspect he drew on a lot of sources to make them. Orcus is a Roman god of the underworld, for example.

Yeah, I was surprised to find that Miniature Market was no longer carrying the metal. Bummer.

 Red Harvest wrote:
Perhaps get a copy of "the Book of Imaginary Beings" or read through Gygax's posts at Dragonsfoot for answers. I have yet to read through all his postings at Dragonsfoot, so I have no idea if he has answered anything about the demons.

I suspect he drew on a lot of sources to make them. Orcus is a Roman god of the underworld, for example.

Yeah, I was surprised to find that Miniature Market was no longer carrying the metal. Bummer.

Well it sucks for you guys, but they are two miles from me and all their metal stock is in their brick and mortar store for extra discount...HAHAHAHAHA.

As promised here's an update on the one true casting medium...

METAL

First up 3 new models for the far future RPG Numenera


As we all know, in the far future things will be settled with sword fights.

And cell phones will be the size of basket balls.

I kind of like this mysterious cloak dude, could a cool Not-Kosh. But not at $10.


On a related note we have the Android Priestess. I'd have to see this one painted though, the detail on this one looks really rough.


Another trooper, great armor design, but will someone please please show Bobby Jackson a picture of what a gun looks like? he's obviously using his circa 1982 boom box as a model.

Rounding out the science fiction we have...

The Space Henchman! I don't know what I love more, his face, or his name. He's not Ramrrtsa of Hni, no he's Space Henchman!

On the fantasy side we have Julie Guthrie's latest.

No snark, it's a damn good dragon and only $30, less than GW charges for plastic.

And this...

Yes it's a sheet ghost, but dang what a great take on the concept! Very tempted. Was thinking of painting it as a US flag and making it a grimdark spirit of America. But it's $8.50
And I can't paint stripes.
Or stars.

And finally...


A group of Sherlock Holmes cosplayers.
Also useful as time travellers who did sloppy research, or a theme wedding party.
Really the possibilities are limited only by your imagination.

So we say goodbye to Reaper's metal line for another month. Play us out Manowar!

Am I correct in thinking that Julie Guthrie has been sculpting dragons for over 30 years at this point? I definitely remember looking at Julie Guthrie dragons in... some hobby store in the mall next to the model rockets when I was really young. I think I even own two of her sets from Ral Partha.

Which, yea means I could go downstairs and see if the one box says Julie Guthrie, but still. Damn.

 Wehrkind wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that Julie Guthrie has been sculpting dragons for over 30 years at this point? I definitely remember looking at Julie Guthrie dragons in... some hobby store in the mall next to the model rockets when I was really young. I think I even own two of her sets from Ral Partha.

Which, yea means I could go downstairs and see if the one box says Julie Guthrie, but still. Damn.

Or y'know Google.

http://www.dndlead.com/Catalogs/RalPartha1983.pdf

1983 catalogue with Julie Guthrie scupts.

Who got Ral Partha's old molds? Anyone know? Were they destroyed?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


I kind of like this mysterious cloak dude, could a cool Not-Kosh. But not at $10.

The shape of that mini is... unfortunate. I dub him Insertio, Penetratis Extremis and Lord of the Dark and Moist!

I'm curious to see that Android Priestess painted up as well.

I talked my brother into picking her up last weekend, but he has yet to paint her.

Unfortunately for Insertio, I'm afraid that name is going to be quite hard to live down, especially with his full title.

 the_Armyman wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


I kind of like this mysterious cloak dude, could a cool Not-Kosh. But not at $10.

The shape of that mini is... unfortunate. I dub him Insertio, Penetratis Extremis and Lord of the Dark and Moist!

Kudos

I knew he reminded me of something but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Well...

Not in public anyway.

Is there a scale shot of Ambassador D'ild'oh alongside regular 28mm minis?

His many battles with the Gug have become a thing of legend, a story oft repeated and embellished.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Wehrkind wrote:
Am I correct in thinking that Julie Guthrie has been sculpting dragons for over 30 years at this point? I definitely remember looking at Julie Guthrie dragons in... some hobby store in the mall next to the model rockets when I was really young. I think I even own two of her sets from Ral Partha.

Which, yea means I could go downstairs and see if the one box says Julie Guthrie, but still. Damn.

Or y'know Google.

http://www.dndlead.com/Catalogs/RalPartha1983.pdf

1983 catalogue with Julie Guthrie scupts.

Who got Ral Partha's old molds? Anyone know? Were they destroyed?

Man, I miss Ral Partha models with their pewter spear heads and iron spear shafts. How did that become lost tech to the industry, replaced with wither super bendy pewter spears or silly thick plastic?


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Looks like the joined with iron Wind models? http://www.ralpartha.com/

Looks like most of the back catalog is there.

Wehrkind wrote:Am I correct in thinking that Julie Guthrie has been sculpting dragons for over 30 years at this point? I definitely remember looking at Julie Guthrie dragons in... some hobby store in the mall next to the model rockets when I was really young. I think I even own two of her sets from Ral Partha.

Which, yea means I could go downstairs and see if the one box says Julie Guthrie, but still. Damn.

I only got into this hobby around 2000-2001, but I think some of Julie Guthrie's mid-eighties dragons for Grenadier are still some of the best in the hobby.

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Julie_Guthrie%27s_Dragons

I think the thing was, as might be made plain by that 'not-allosaurus-with-wings' blue dragon, she actually knows a bit about animal anatomy, which informs her fantastic animal sculpts. (Fantastic in both senses of the word) Unlike a lot of mini sculptors since, who often don't seem to understand human anatomy.

On the topic of her sculpting dragons for 30 years: I'm not sure where or when I heard this, or how true it was, but I'd heard she stopped for some reason relating to her late husband, Dennis Mize. Who was certainly no slouch himself, given his dragons that are still available through Dark Sword, or his Reaper dinosaurs. So... the feeling's tempered by the possibility that it's related to his passing, but I was pleased to see new dragons, sculpted by Julie, appearing on the Reaper site.

Like this one.

Ahh thanks for the link! I do indeed have the 9902 Red Dragon painted and on my shelf, done when I was... 12? Maybe? At least 20 years ago. Not a half bad model at all, especially given the age and limitations of casting at the time.

I think you are right on the money too, Julie definitely has a good grasp of how things actually work, and can extrapolate from there to fantastic models that make intuitive sense, even if they wouldn't work exactly in real life. They just have that believable aspect that helps so much.

I didn't know that D Mize and her were married, or that he passed away. I remember him from my old RP catalogs, which I ought to dig out of the basement one of these days. Its always sad when you learn such folks are no more. He has quite the legacy of figures to remind people of him though.


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Add on: a nice little memorial page for Dennis Mize here at the Miniature Page. http://theminiaturespage.com/news/780287/

I didn't know that D Mize and her were married

To be honest, it's so long since I heard that and google has so little info that I hope I didn't hallucinate the whole thing.

You might have No mention of her on his memorial, and it suggests that he lived alone.

His name was D. Mize and he's dead? That's Batman level villain punnery right there.


Uh, not to be insensitive or anything.

I was honestly trying my best not to mention that. I certainly did a double take.

 BrookM wrote:
Is there a scale shot of Ambassador D'ild'oh alongside regular 28mm minis?

Good question. Somehow I don't think he's quite the full 9" long he claims to be...

Valete,

JohnS

That's a lot of dragony goodness.

http://ironwindmetals.com/store/index.php?cPath=266

Just....c'mon, man.....

 Wehrkind wrote:
You might have No mention of her on his memorial, and it suggests that he lived alone.

I think I shall have to withdraw that statement with a slightly red face until I stumble across any relevant info.

 the_Armyman wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


I kind of like this mysterious cloak dude, could a cool Not-Kosh. But not at $10.

The shape of that mini is... unfortunate. I dub him Insertio, Penetratis Extremis and Lord of the Dark and Moist!

Someone if that lofty of a position clearly should have two of the Star Wars droid destroyers rolling around next to them.

 Theophony wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


I kind of like this mysterious cloak dude, could a cool Not-Kosh. But not at $10.

The shape of that mini is... unfortunate. I dub him Insertio, Penetratis Extremis and Lord of the Dark and Moist!

Someone if that lofty of a position clearly should have two of the Star Wars droid destroyers rolling around next to them.

With a well-groomed Chewbacca giving them all a big hug.

 cygnnus wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Is there a scale shot of Ambassador D'ild'oh alongside regular 28mm minis?

Good question. Somehow I don't think he's quite the full 9" long he claims to be...

Valete,

JohnS

Saw Ambassador D'ild'oh in the store, turns out he is about as long as my thumb. Granted, it was a cold day...

Ok gentlemen, I don't think that model is the only one getting excited at this point. Behold this toadally different masterpiece.



Not perhaps, the glorious metal this thread is tasked with, but I imagine more folks are watching this thread than the kickstarter. someday, this could be yours in Bones!
Making up for its lack of ferrous content with derpy, murderous glee.

Pshh, Frogemoth was like the first thing I ordered in the PM.

I wonder if I could have a Kings of War army consist of giant weird Bones monsters like this guy and the giant worm thing from the last campaign if they're on large enough bases...