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Personal logo Sgt Slag Supporting Member of TMP16 Mar 2016 8:09 p.m. PST

Here is a link to a slideshow, and here are some still shots of figures from both games, mostly painted, and based, for use in my fantasy RPG games, as well as BattleSystems games.

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BattleMasters Heavy Infantry figure with a MK Human Fighter, for comparison. Both are on a 1-inch square base; the grassland mat is also marked in 1-inch squares.

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Heavy Infantry from the Lionheart boardgame. I painted these Human figures up as Hobgoblins, wearing Bronze Platemail armor. The Bronze Platemail is one pip worse in armor, in the AD&D RPG, but in BattleSystem, it is the same armor rating as steel Platemail, only cheaper to make.

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Hobgoblin Ultra-Heavy Cavalry, in bronze Platemail, riding a steel Plate Barded Heavy War Horse, on a 1x2 inch base.

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The Stone Keep from the BattleMasters boardgame. It is 4-inches across on the width, and 6-inches tall. I glued the pieces together, filled in the seams with modeler's putty, then painted it. It makes for a nice piece to decorate your gaming table, as well as being a nice objective in the game.

The Lionheart game can be found on e-Bay for around $20. USD It includes two armies, plus some mercenary figures, 92 miniatures in all. The BattleMasters game is more expensive, typically, at around $100 USD, on e-Bay, but sellers often sell them in lots of different figure types. The game, as a whole unit, includes 103 figures, plus the Keep. Both games are long OOP, but they can be a great source of miniatures. Cheers!

cavcrazy17 Mar 2016 4:01 a.m. PST

I have the Battlemasters game, it has been sitting in my closet for more than 15 years.I always thought to paint the figures, they would look nice. I will probably just give it away, it is a great game if you want to get little kids into wargaming.

Andy Skinner Supporting Member of TMP17 Mar 2016 5:13 a.m. PST

It is pretty fun even if you aren't a little kid. We played on a Command and Colors board with Warmaster figures for a while, too.

andy

magokiron17 Mar 2016 10:02 a.m. PST

Good job.

Iirc, the lionheart spearmen have an engraved shield. Did you file the icon? Are the shield desings freehand painted? or is an impresion glued on?

Your painted tower looks great.

Thanks for sharing.

Personal logo Sgt Slag Supporting Member of TMP17 Mar 2016 10:42 a.m. PST

I created some "Skull Crusher" logo's using MS Publisher (looked up the tribal name examples given in the 1977 Monster Manual description). I printed them on my color laser printer, on regular paper, cut them out, then I PVA-glued them to the shields. Not perfect, but close enough for Hobgoblins. Thanks for the comments. Cheers!

Mithmee18 Mar 2016 6:53 p.m. PST

I have the Battlemasters game, it has been sitting in my closet for more than 15 years.I always thought to paint the figures, they would look nice. I will probably just give it away, it is a great game if you want to get little kids into wargaming.

Back over 20 years ago I stop by a Toy Store at the Mall back in Northern Virginia and they had three Battlemasters games.

They were selling them for $9.99 USD.

I knew just how many miniatures were in just one of them (104).

So knowing what a deal this was I got all three of them and even looked to see if they had more.

I did not want them for the game but for the 312 miniatures that were in them.

I sold off the Chaos miniatures along with the banners and other things for more than what I paid for all three games.

Sure I had to buy bases but back 20 years ago shopping at a Games Workshop store wasn't going to cost you an arm & leg.

But the remaining figures did form the core of my Empire and Ork & Goblin armies.

45 Halberdiers
30 Archers
15 Crossbowmen
36 Cavalry
3 Cannons

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