
"Another Hole In The Head - 1/72 Fantasy Orcs" Topic
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Skinflint Games | 30 Aug 2020 4:00 p.m. PST |
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D6 Junkie  | 30 Aug 2020 5:35 p.m. PST |
Nice, I know how you feel |
Stryderg | 30 Aug 2020 8:00 p.m. PST |
Yeah, but did you really paint the undersides of those surfaces? Come on, let's flip over those cabinets and find out! Oh, and nice job on the orcs. |
Yellow Admiral  | 31 Aug 2020 9:24 a.m. PST |
Best title ever. It even got me to look at a fantasy topic. Another Hole In The Head should be an entire forum on TMP. - Ix |
Skinflint Games | 10 Sep 2020 3:47 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys! @Stryderg yes! The other half has OCD and checks…. @Yellow Admiral, thanks – that's actually a great idea, maybe Bill's listening? ;-) |
Skinflint Games | 20 Oct 2020 3:58 p.m. PST |
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Skinflint Games | 27 Feb 2021 11:52 a.m. PST |
Swapping periods and scales, here's a big block of 30 1/72 Caesar Fantasy Orcs – part of a big batch I picked up for an absolute steal last summer… will be using these in the hopefully-not-too-distant future for Warhammer Fantasy, One Page Rules' Age Of Fantasy, Age Of Sigmar (maybe) and of course our own Hyperian Wars. 20mm/ 1/72 fantasy does seem to have a growing level of support and if you're looking to get into rank & flank fantasy gaming it's worth checking out – This whole army of around 150 figures came in at under £30.00 GBP and the Caesar stuff is really good quality. skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2021/02/27/another-hole-in-the-head-pt-3-even-more-20mm-fantasy-orcs
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Skinflint Games | 04 Aug 2021 3:44 p.m. PST |
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Skinflint Games | 17 Jun 2022 2:38 p.m. PST |
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CHRISTHEMODELMAKER | 18 Jun 2022 7:15 a.m. PST |
Awesome stuff. I love the individually based massed armies. Great painting by the way. |
The H Man | 20 Jun 2022 11:55 p.m. PST |
But… They are not made from plastic Mesh. Looks like there is something going on with the movement trays that needs explanation though. And +1 for the ex IBM ruins in the background. |
Sgt Slag  | 23 Jun 2022 12:41 p.m. PST |
I'm a huge fan of 1/72 fantasy figures. Using Caesar Dwarves for Hill Dwarves (shorter than Mountain Dwarves, by 6" or more, Gygax wasn't explicit in defining their height differences), with my taller, 25mm scale Dwarves. Using Caesar 1/72 Elves as Drow. Nicely in line with Gygax's height description from his 1977 AD&D Monster Manual, especially with 25mm-28mm human figures. I have over 150 Goblins of 1/72 scale from both Caesar and Red Box Dark Alliance. Love to mix them together: the Red Box are sold as Orcs, but they are roughly the same size as the Caesar Goblins, so I mix them freely. Gives nice variety to the army, as well. Wanted to paint up different tribes (some brick red, some yellow, etc.), but decided to keep them all the same as it was easier/faster/simpler. No need to worry about intermixing different tribes, this way, either. Nice thing with fantasy is that there are no standard heights for non-human races, so poetic license is my friend. Cheers! |
The H Man | 27 Jun 2022 5:28 p.m. PST |
That depends on the rules being played and range/s being used. I'm pretty sure d&d lists heights and movement rates. So this scales to a height of a model. Also some games, such as warhammer quest, use doors. Depending on rules these may be literal. A model that's too high may not be able to pass, so there is that also. I'm pretty sure, nwcromunda and the like had those type of rules. Gorkamorka, for example had a rule of fitting as many orks as possible in the back of a vehicle, hence the ridiculously small bases they came with. In that case having narrower models was also a definite advantage. Many games also allow you to soot what you can see, so a taller figure will have trouble. Most games, with fluff, will often list natural heights. Some ranges are standardised (at least within their own range), then there is GW. |
Skinflint Games | 27 Aug 2022 10:01 a.m. PST |
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Sgt Slag  | 30 Aug 2022 10:28 a.m. PST |
I agree with your comments on banners. They make a huge difference in the spectacle of the game's units, in a very positive way! I made up a mercenary order in my FRPG game world, which I bring battles to the tabletop from. I made up a number of banners for different Units from that very large merc order. I created them using MS Publisher 98, printed them on label paper, cut to size, peeled and stuck them around a brass wire. It took me years to come up with the idea of using a small diameter plastic straw, as a tube, glued to the backside of the figure bases, upright. Then I painted it black, as a tube to hold the flags. This allows me to change out the flags between stands, as desired. My flags use the same symbols in the center (spear, with an axe and a sword, crossed over the spear's shaft, in the middle), but each Unit has a different background color. I also added italic, Roman Numerals, to mark the Unit's number, in addition to the color motif. It's like the points in, "Whose Line is it, Anyway?", the numbers don't matter, it's all just for imaginary fluff and fun. The colored flags do show that they are merc units, but they're all different merc units: the fighting 37th; the glorious 23rd Spearmen, etc. Cheers! |
Skinflint Games | 08 Sep 2022 9:20 a.m. PST |
Oh that is a VERY neat idea Sgt! Might have to steal that… Yeah, it really does add to the spectacle :-) |
Skinflint Games | 28 Sep 2022 12:56 p.m. PST |
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