| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jun 2012 7:54 a.m. PST |
Looking for 25mm "Mongols" (or Huns?) dressed like the creatures in the cover artwork. I would have to convert the faces a bit, of course, to make them look alien:
Got suggestions? Thanks, Dan
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| religon | 19 Jun 2012 8:06 a.m. PST |
Curteys may be too large, but they are a very complete range. The sculpting style has a rather alien look to me. link Steve Barber and Iron Wind Metals also make smaller Mongol figures. I like and mix both. They are short on infantry. Perhaps that would be a problem. link
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| Eli Arndt | 19 Jun 2012 8:08 a.m. PST |
Dan, instead of Mongols, could you go with some fantasy orcs that are not the GW style orcs? The images on those covers are very much fantasy orcs. You say smallish 25mm. Are you planning to use them as big aliens in 15mm? Not sure if these are the style that would work for you but I know that Rebel Minis has their "Bag of Orcs" in 20mm – link If you are set on Mongols, there are a few 20mm historical Mongols (Newline Designs might have some) out there as well as 1/72 plastic Mongols from various sources. They might work for a good start.
-Eli |
| Eli Arndt | 19 Jun 2012 8:11 a.m. PST |
If you want infantry figs, Goblin Factory makes armored goblins in old style 25mm. Goblins, being smaller than man creatures might work well for you. they have cavalry but they are mounted on wolves –
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| Sysiphus | 19 Jun 2012 8:33 a.m. PST |
You might look at Irregular Miniatures; their Mongol and Tibetan lines might provide what you need. For the infantry look at their personalities for a fully armored/dismounted Tibetan swordsman. Also, their Korean/Mongol subject levy might work too. |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jun 2012 8:39 a.m. PST |
Eli, Why didn't I think of the plastic 1/72 Mongols!!! Excellent idea. That would be the right height for sure (closer to 20mm than 25mm, instead of looking for "smallish" 25mm). Let me see what they look like these days. I hope Plastic Review site is still around and up and working. Thanks so much, Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jun 2012 8:59 a.m. PST |
Found the Plastic Soldier Review site. Wow. It's been years since I checked them out. I see new Mongol figures I never saw before: link
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link I really like that you can search by keyword now. Man, it's been years since I went there. And someone is finally making Hun-ish figures now: link Dan |
| ThorLongus | 19 Jun 2012 9:04 a.m. PST |
dan, look on plastic soldier review
people commonly refer to 1/72 as 20 mm when in fact many times they are closer to 24/25mm figurs
my zvezda romans and caesar egyptians are actually 25mm figures
dan, now that krylon makes excellent fusion plastic primer spray
plastics are even easier to paint |
| mashrewba | 19 Jun 2012 9:14 a.m. PST |
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| Travellera | 19 Jun 2012 12:59 p.m. PST |
Steve Barber mongols are nice but small, they should fit well to your requirements |
| Dave Knight | 19 Jun 2012 3:26 p.m. PST |
Essex? Garrison would be smaller if they are still available |
| Waco Joe | 19 Jun 2012 4:47 p.m. PST |
They are not small but those guys remind me of Chronopia's Blackbloods"
link And if you look at the second photo they outsize the humans a bit. |
| Cacique Caribe | 19 Jun 2012 8:10 p.m. PST |
Aside from the illustrations … "The Tugars are biologically very close to humans, and can contract some of the same diseases. They evolved on another world and resemble humans due to convergent evolution. They spread from world to world by "tunnels of light", which are wormholes their ancestors built. They are proportioned like humans, but are eight- to ten-feet (2.4–3.0 m) tall. Their bodies and almost noseless faces are covered with short hair and they have large canine teeth. Though their faces are somewhat apelike and in other ways resemble the wolfman, their bodies are Herculean in build and of handsome appearance. They ride horses of very large breed due to their stature. Tugar society is ruled by males with their females taking no significant social, political, or military role, quite unlike human nomads. They are very good mounted archers, shooting four-foot-long (1.2 m) arrows. It is revealed that the Tugars are a fallen race that once had a great interstellar civilization. "
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 etotheipi  | 20 Jun 2012 5:58 a.m. PST |
Pretty much any Medieval figure of the right size will work. As George Carlin said, "War is pretty much men in different funny hats killing each other." (quote from memory … not exact). If you can add fur to the rim of a helmet (I recommend a band of liquid latex), you can do a good job of converrting lots of easy to find base figures into fur-hatted Asian steppes warriors. I'll try to remember to post an example pic this weekend (not @ home now). |
| (I make fun of others) | 20 Jun 2012 8:52 a.m. PST |
Perhaps have a look at the old Ral Partha 25mm historical range, most of which was (if memory serves) sculpted by Tom Meier. OR, look at the 20mm Huns made by Newline, they'd be impressively large next to 15mm scale models. link Another choice might be 20mm mongols in plastic, made by several companies. |
| etotheipi | 24 Jun 2012 12:56 p.m. PST |
All I do is add fur to the hats. That and skin tone go a long way toward recognition, especially at 28mm.
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wonders why create different 3D models, if you can create one that can be customized?
