| OldGrenadier at work | 11 Aug 2007 6:08 a.m. PST |
Does anyone make generic plastic skeletons besides GW? Theirs are actually quite good (I have some) but a bit too period-specific. |
| mweaver | 11 Aug 2007 7:29 a.m. PST |
Not that I know of. But you could easily cut off the weapons from the GW skellies – or do you want more modern clothes? |
| Salibaba | 11 Aug 2007 7:45 a.m. PST |
How can a skeleton be period specific…? |
 Sgt Slag  | 11 Aug 2007 7:53 a.m. PST |
Ral Partha did, many years ago. There might still be some available from DwarvenForge.com. Check their site. They're pre-painted, but IMO, they are very decent, particularly for the price. They may not have any left, though. Not sure why you want/need plastic skeletons, but as a metal option, I would highly recommend MegaMinatures' metal skeletons. The price is fantastic, and the sculpts are decent. I needed a horde of skeleton archers, and they had exactly what I needed. If I didn't have oodles of skeletons (plastic and metal) already, I would have bought hordes of skeletal infantry, as well. Cheers! |
| Andrew Walters | 11 Aug 2007 8:08 a.m. PST |
Reaper just put out their pre-painted plastic skeletons for $2 USD each. Mega Minis has 20 tin skeletons for $20, which can't be beat if you like the sculpts or if you simply need a lot of them. If you want skeletons with modern firearms Steve Jackson makes a pack, I think its 6 tin for $25, but they're nice (and customizable). Andrew |
| Space Monkey | 11 Aug 2007 8:09 a.m. PST |
Most of the skeleton minis I've run into have armor or weapons that put them in a 'medieval Europe' sortof milieu.
At least the GW plastics don't have armor molded onto them… but the weapons are kind of telling. |
| AndrewGPaul | 11 Aug 2007 8:16 a.m. PST |
How can a skeleton be period specific…? They could have bits of colting, armour, etc, sculpted on. Having said that, the base Skelteons sprue from GW ( link ) doesn't have any such features (apart from weapons, which are easily removed). One of the torsos may have partial armour, but I can't tell from the photos. If you want some more 'modern' skeletons with guns, the GW skeletons don't have a left arm supporting a weapon. Apart from that, I'm not sure where the problem is; I had a half-dozen skeletons with rifles painted up at one point. |
| draggamG AFK | 11 Aug 2007 8:54 a.m. PST |
"One of the torsos may have partial armour, but I can't tell from the photos." Yes, one of the torsos does have armor strapped onto the front.
Greg
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| Cry Havoc | 11 Aug 2007 9:01 a.m. PST |
Zveda's skeletons have a roman style if I remember correctly. Since they are multipart plastic ones it might be easier to convert them to generic ones though so they might be a good choice for you. |
| MaksimSmelchak | 11 Aug 2007 9:05 a.m. PST |
Hi UAA, GW is the only hard plastic maker of 28mm skeletons. Before the existing batch, the earlier ones were smaller… more 25mm with more delciate weapons. Ral Partha made a abtch of soft plastic ones, but they were no fun to work with… hard to prime and they broke and bent easily. Go for metal ones… they're lots of different ones available. Everyone and their brother has been making the ever-popular 28mm skeleton since the late 1970s. Check out Frothers-UK for lots of ideas. If you're lazy at painting, go for Reaper's new pre-paints. I have lots of photos of 28mm undead on my blog if you're curious to take a gander; it's been my latest big project. Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
6mm-minis.blogspot.com |
| OldGrenadier at work | 11 Aug 2007 9:45 a.m. PST |
Salibaba, they're a bit too Egyptian for my needs. The Zvezda's sound tempting, but again, too specific. I may have to go with metals. Thanks folks! |
| Skeptic | 11 Aug 2007 9:51 a.m. PST |
Errm, how are these Egyptian-looking??? link |
| Skeptic | 11 Aug 2007 9:52 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 11 Aug 2007 9:58 a.m. PST |
Just in case you need additional skulls: TMP link CC |
| Xintao | 11 Aug 2007 9:19 p.m. PST |
Link for Reaper's new pre-painted plastic link I bought 3 skellies the other day. I like them. |
| Shawnzeppi | 11 Aug 2007 9:37 p.m. PST |
I would not recommend Zveda's skeletons; they are not worth the time to put together IMO, way too many tiny pieces. They do make good casualties that have been aroun a while, though… |
| brave face | 11 Aug 2007 10:48 p.m. PST |
Those plastic Ral Partha skelllies were actually produced by Fortress Figures---and I would really like to acquire some if someone has some they're not using… Regards, David |
| brave face | 11 Aug 2007 10:54 p.m. PST |
produced from Ral Partha sculpts of course---I think Julie Guthrie did them… |
| AndrewGPaul | 12 Aug 2007 2:24 p.m. PST |
Errm, how are these Egyptian-looking??? Indeed. Only the Tomb Kings set has Egyptian iconography, and all of that is on a separate sprue. If you check the link in my first post, you'll see you can simply order the main sprue, and not get any of the Egyptian-looking shields, or the ones with big skulls on. |
| Woodland | 13 Aug 2007 2:29 p.m. PST |
>>>GW is the only hard plastic maker of 28mm skeletons. As others have pointed out: Zvezda make hard plastic skellies. but they are even more Roman than the GW Tomb Kings skellies are Egyptian. |
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