tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post6408513185651803488..comments2024-03-27T10:43:30.532+00:00Comments on Known World, Old World: Balls!Andy Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-85899993998452466862013-05-02T16:45:15.444+01:002013-05-02T16:45:15.444+01:00Gary Morley moulds definitely don't have souls...Gary Morley moulds definitely don't have souls. Neither does he for that matter.<br /><br />They are absolutely lovely Orks! I hope they get an outing one day.<br /><br />One could try looking for sci-fi cultists...<br /><br /><a href="http://pulpfigures.com/products/category/8" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_9_33" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sgmm.biz/Science-Fiction_c_58-2-0.html" rel="nofollow">here</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hfminis.co.uk/shop?product=male-cultist~hfh049&category=miniatures~fantasy-humans" rel="nofollow">or here</a><br /><br />I know there are more out there too.<br /><br />Hope those links work. If I was about to start a new gang Copplestone Castings would be my first port of call for Scavvies by the way. When I run Necromunda campaigns I encourage players to mix and match their miniatures so they have a diverse gang rather than all meatheads (Goliaths)or all beardy, plasma-wielding cheesemongers (Van Saar).<br /><br />I checked out that corner of the Reaper website straight after your post about the box arriving. I am finding it difficult to resist.Warlord Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477146670213381976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-84313656300171506272013-05-02T15:20:02.850+01:002013-05-02T15:20:02.850+01:00Do moulds have souls? You could feed them to the E...Do moulds have souls? You could feed them to the Emperor!*<br /><br />I started painting some Orks last year, and I've got no further:<br />http://drbargle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/40k-space-fascists.html<br /><br />Regarding the Redemptionists, I can see what you mean. Any alternate sci-fi cultists out there? <br /><br />*I guess the answer is, some do. But not Gary Morley's.<br /><br />[On the subject of old school miniatures, I notice that Reaper have a load of Bob Olley sculpts, includings some Orcs in the Bones range.] Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-12744546739812036722013-05-02T14:50:07.272+01:002013-05-02T14:50:07.272+01:00The Eschers are Jes Goodwin sculpts, overall Necro...The Eschers are Jes Goodwin sculpts, overall Necromunda wasn't Jes' finest hour but I like the Eschers too. The Redemptionists were by Gary, they are not as rushed and incomplete as some of his other stuff but I still feel they look like some are dancing rather than engaging the enemy.<br /><br />Good call on those alternatives you mention, I always find that if GW don't want to sell me what I want there are companies queueing up who will. It's just a matter of punching the right keywords into Google.<br /><br />I too am painting up some RT Orks at the moment, a friend and I are preparing to play the 'Wolftime' from the Book of the Astronomicon.<br /><br />Will fire be enough you say? Hmmm. What terminates with more extreme prejudice than our old friend the flame? Should I employ a priest? Smuggling the moulds into a nuclear reactor might be tricky.Warlord Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477146670213381976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-62737737089949330072013-05-02T13:22:13.161+01:002013-05-02T13:22:13.161+01:00Oh, and you're not thinking of iving up, are y...Oh, and you're not thinking of iving up, are you?Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-18950133419023775432013-05-02T13:21:48.848+01:002013-05-02T13:21:48.848+01:00I'v got a box of Steel Legion sitting in a cup...I'v got a box of Steel Legion sitting in a cupboard, so perhaps, rather than Necromunda minis, it might be an idea to supplement these with a few command figures etc.<br /><br />I don't think my blog is particularly big - only when I write a tongue-in-cheek post (with a serious point), and when a large number of people read lines such as 'when I were a lad, this were all fields' and *still* think that they are hearing my voice, do lots of people visit this blog. And even then they'd rather comment on it at RPG.net than address the post directly! ;-)Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-21736525990778715352013-05-02T13:15:18.375+01:002013-05-02T13:15:18.375+01:00Oh, I quite like House Escher's punk ladies an...Oh, I quite like House Escher's punk ladies and the Redemptionists, but I'm sure I can do without them. But you're right, there are a lot of good sci-fi miniatures out there - my comment was more than the fantasy miniatures can be replaced one-for-one, less a few things that are particularly Warhammer. Want old school? Alternative Armies and Mirliton are still out there. Something a bit more contemporary, with huge bulging muscles and AWESOMENESS, well, then you've got Scibor. And then there's Reaper, Mantic, etc.<br /><br />Re: sci-fi miniatures, I have some Squats *cough* Forgefathers from Mantic (50% off down the FLGS) - I'm not sure yet if I like them - and I've got a squad of 'shooty guys' in the Reaper Bones Kickstarter box (and a giant Gorilla with a minigun!). And some of the miniatures in the Reaper's Chronoscope range are pretty nifty... <br /><br />As I said in my post about my Chaos Warband for Oldhammer day - still unstarted - I'm moving away from an obsession with 'old lead' (I've still got a pile of Dwarfs and RT Orks to paint anyhow) and I'm keen to buy things from a range of current producers that capture the right aesthetic. <br /><br />Anyway, all that aside, will fire be enough? Don't you want to be really sure?Andy Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683770320671028815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-18409235867381600612013-05-01T23:44:29.372+01:002013-05-01T23:44:29.372+01:00Good riddance to all those awful Necromunda sculpt...Good riddance to all those awful Necromunda sculpts by Gary Morley, if the moulds don't break fast enough kill them with fire!<br /><br />There are thousands of great non-GW models to use for Necromunda and 6mm sci-fi, so the best thing to worry about is downloading the free rules while you can.Warlord Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477146670213381976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2750858425589737642.post-61129877673850798552013-05-01T21:43:13.891+01:002013-05-01T21:43:13.891+01:00Re the Warhammer and 40K, epic addiction says they...Re the Warhammer and 40K, epic addiction says they're going too:<br /><br />http://epicaddiction.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/whfb-and-40k-collectors-ranges-also-going/<br /><br />In the case of the specialist games, it only really sank in for me reading it sink in for the posters at this thread:<br /><br />http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=24999<br /><br />It's very sad, and a step change given the role these games have played and how much they reflect. What is GW thinking?<br /><br />Thanks for the link too, for the honesty - not everyone seems to value that - and the ability to track information back, but mainly because every link from a blog as big as yours can be a lifeline for newer blogs, or those on the edge of giving up.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.com