Minis News 28 Nov 05

Ilyad WIP

A "complete resculpt" of Fratus Sinister, "one of the signature characters for Chronicles of the Black Moon". Up to their usual standards (meant to be praise by the way). Pictures with and without mask.

 

Hasslefree WIPs

Don't think I posted them before, they had been referenced I think on the Frothers boards, but now they're on Creafigs as well I probably ought to take note.

- Zombie Ray
- Young zombie hunter (pictured)
- Mad Dog, the ill prepared zombie hunter
- male American police officer with shotgun (I'm guessing this is very much in progress, just to set your expectations - it's interesting to see how the sculpt is built up though).
- Kat

There'll be some further updates tonight, apparently (per the Hasslefree forum)



New Bob Olley Greens

More greens, this time from the galleries at Olley's Armies.

- Minotaur
- Another minotaur
- Dwarf world set 1 (pictured)
- Dwarf world set 2
- Alien

The Dwarf World project, which looks like being an ongoing one, would seem to hark back to the late 80's when it was difficult to browse through blister packs for Citadel/Games Workshop (Bob's sometime employer) without having a rack of Dwarven Villagers fall on you. I like the first set, less so the second.



New Starship Troopers stuff

- Roughnecks (pictured) ... based on the cartoon (there was a cartoon?)
- Guard Bug (also pictured, since it looks like the movie)
- Infiltrator bug green




Wyrd casts now in

Following on from the greens, the models are now in at Wyrd. They have a 10% discount sale running through November 30.

Also, they have a scale comparison - GW, Freebooter, the Wyrd swordmistress and not sure on the fourth one, but excellent paint jobs all round.

Rezolution female marshall

New preview. Not keen.



New terrain announcements

- a new sci-fi fortress tower, additional to the fortress range at Tablescape (the website doesn't seem keen on letting me cut and paste a precise link ... click on the news section).
- "stalwart" bunker complex at Antenociti's Workshop (pictured). Price is £125, commission only. Not sure I'm keen on the inside, though the parts they sell (guns etc.) are far cheaper than Forge World (as for that matter is the complex, though the quality doesn't look as high).



Goodman's Dungeon Crawl Classics

Goodman have announced availability of their new range of miniatures, I would guess more aimed at the RPG market.

- Glyn Trollbane, Human Sorcerer
- Ynnen "Chitter-Chatter," Kobold Rogue/Ranger
- Loros Truebow, Human Ranger/Cleric (pictured)
- Oddwit Silverheel, Gnome Fighter/Bard
- Ubo Gutrot, Dwarf Barbarian (also pictured)
- Veriander Lyras, Half-Elven Cleric/Rogue

To my mind, they're not very good (the dwarf's probably the best one), and if you want this kind of thing you're probably better off browsing the Reaper catalogue.