"28mm La of Opar (and Oparian Males)?" Topic

Looks like we are soon to have plenty of choices for jungle men:

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However, is anyone working on 28mm figures for La and the Oparians???

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What I want is some leopardmen.

I would think that any number of Reaper magician/babes would do the trick! (painted with a combo of leopard skin and the faded pagan glory of Opar….)

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Have to say the vampire chick looks the part!
Very Frazetta!!!

I'm afraid I have no idea how prominent her fangs are, if they are visible at all. From the photo it seems not visible, but it is hard to be sure.

I've used an X-acto to slice off the fangs of many a vampire mini. It's usually very easy. In one case the fangs were so minute that a slightly thicker than usual coat of paint covered them.

I'd like to say I'm ridding the world of Undead, one vamp mini at a time, but in reality there are just some vamp minis that I want to use as normals. Heh!

The Crypt of the Vampiress looks good but some of reapers stuff is bigger than 28mm.

The've also have Kabaka Kwana, Giant Ape Lord, no picture though.

No wait there is a picture, but I don't know how to post a link.
Also check out Kierra Darkdreamer, Female Wizard and Ava, Female Sorceress.

Would a more Egyptian or Nubian look work best (like Altfritz' first link suggests)?

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If so, could some of these be La's other female attendants?
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Do you envision an abandoned Atlantean outpost in Africa to look somewhat Egyptian (or proto-Egyptian), or is it just me?

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Greco-Roman

I want in addition to a jungle lord.
pack 1
A queen with wizand skeletal evil vizar, guard and two slave girls.
Pack 2 & 3
Leopardmen cultists, meaning human males in loincloths, leopard headdresses and claw/paw gloves.
Pack 4
White doctor, his daughter, native aide, chief constable Perkins with thompson.
Pack 5
Evil great white hunter and trappers.
Pack 6
Evil arab slavers with 20-30s weapons.
Pack 7
Killer man-apes half man half ape all killer.

"Pack 7 – Killer man-apes half man half ape all killer."

I am definitely with you on this!

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La, La, La . . .

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>Have to say the vampire chick looks the part!
Very Frazetta!!!<

Hey! Wow! Yeah, you're right. She'd make a *perfect* "La". Man I'd love to see this fig painted up.

Hmmm, found the online ERB books. Read the first 3 John Carters. Now I know what all the fuss is about!

>Hmmm, found the online ERB books. Read the first 3 John Carters. Now I know what all the fuss is about!<

Have you read any of the ERB "Tarzan" novels?

Here is one artist's depiction of the Oparians:

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We are going to be running a Lost City of Opar scenario at Hurricon in Orlando this fall instead of our usual pulp game. We will be using Eureka's Amazons for the women and a combination of Murch's Neadrathals and Copplestone's cavemen for the men.

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Curious. Will you be using primitive weapons for the prehistoric males, or will they be wielding "Atlantean" type arms?

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Good Call:

I believe it would be more appropiate to use the Atlantean weapons. But where to find them.

Would the ones in the Reaper weapon packs be to huge?

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These Trogs might actually work as Oparian males:
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And if you need archers for those "Oparians" (Trogs):

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I finally got hold of "Yanara" (from some of the links above):

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I think she is going to be my La!

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Some other sources for "Yanara":

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She's absolutely stunning and exotically regal.

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OK . . .

How about some of the spear-pose (non-archer) Foundry DA tribal warriors, with a little cosmetic surgery?

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But with faces and hair done up like I did to these Foundry pygmies?

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What do you guys think? Would that make them Oparian enough?

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First mention of the Oparians:

"Suddenly the door behind him closed, and at the same time hands clutched him from every direction out of the darkness.
The ape-man fought with all the savage fury of self-preservation backed by the herculean strength that was his. But though he felt his blows land, and his teeth sink into soft flesh, there seemed always two new hands to take the place of those that he fought off. At last they dragged him down, and slowly, very slowly, they overcame him by the mere weight of their numbers. And then they bound him--his hands behind his back and his feet trussed up to meet them. He had heard no sound except the heavy breathing of his antagonists, and the noise of the battle. He knew not what manner of creatures had captured him, but that they were human seemed evident from the fact that they had bound him.
Presently they lifted him from the floor, and half dragging, half pushing him, they brought him out of the black chamber through another doorway into an inner courtyard of the temple. Here he saw his captors. There must have been a hundred of them--short, stocky men, with great beards that covered their faces and fell upon their hairy breasts.
The thick, matted hair upon their heads grew low over their receding brows, and hung about their shoulders and their backs. Their crooked legs were short and heavy, their arms long and muscular. About their loins they wore the skins of leopards and lions, and great necklaces of the claws of these same animals depended upon their breasts. Massive circlets of virgin gold adorned their arms and legs. For weapons they carried heavy, knotted bludgeons, and in the belts that confined their single garments each had a long, wicked-looking knife.
But the feature of them that made the most startling impression upon their prisoner was their white skins--neither in color nor feature was there a trace of the negroid about them. Yet, with their receding foreheads, wicked little close-set eyes, and yellow fangs, they were far from prepossessing in appearance."
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Seriously guys . . . how close did I get when I did my Flores Hobbits?

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They look pretty good!

What if the more ape-like ones in the Pulp Figures Neanderthal packs were given some accessories to make them look like the above description of the Oparian males?

"About their loins they wore the skins of leopards and lions, and great necklaces of the claws of these same animals depended upon their breasts. Massive circlets of virgin gold adorned their arms and legs. For weapons they carried heavy, knotted bludgeons, and in the belts that confined their single garments each had a long, wicked-looking knife."

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What do you guys think?

Thanks.

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Interesting article on the city of Opar and its inhabitants:

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Looks like Matakishi might be starting up a Tarzan project too:

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Can't wait to see how far he takes it.

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These are a couple of Opar book covers I had not seen before:

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I know one of these Tarzan cartoons also had an episode or two about Opar:

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This is an interesting map, showing where Opar was in relation to other territories:

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These are apparently some of the Oparian males (according to Boris Vallejo):

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Did You ever read Hadon of Opar?
I didn't care for it.

I read it, I thought it was OK… it didn't feel much like "Opar", though, without any ape-men. Just lots of references to gods and religions (fictional ones) that are never referenced ever again…

Just kind of a generic fantasy/swords and sandals-type adventure book.

Seriously guys . . . how close did I get when I did my Flores Hobbits?

Dan, your Flores Hobbits are fabulous – if they were legally cast-able, I'd have them cast up.

And Gray Ghost, I've got a couple of sets of figures that I think you'll be interested in (pithecanthropus subhumans and also Leopard Cultists, based on the J Allen St John artwork). But the first set is probably a year away (or farther), and the second set is a looong ways down the road.

-Forge of Ice

These could pass for Opar's males AND for Pellucidar Sagoths, couldn't they?

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Alex,

You have got to take a look at this!!!

I think you'll like the Oparian males (I certainly do).

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Those look great!