Whimsical Fantasy Miniatures

This is the Wizards Folly from Northumbrian Tin Soldier, a multipart resin kit which I’ve had my eye on since if first saw it.

As you can see it the tower can be used in various stages of repair, from just the base all the up to a fully built tower, if rather ramshackle.

The inside it detailed and has some practicality as well.

I painted the whole thing a light beige colour then used painted a few individual bricks separate colours to add variety. Once drybrushed and given a couple of washes everything blended together quite well.

Once fully assembled the whole thing is actually quite sturdy and not likely to fall apart. Being resin it take take some work to make sure the parts fit together well but it wasn’t so I’m really looking forward to using this in my games. It’ll look great in Moonstone and work well in Rangers of Shadow Deep or Five Leagues From The Borderlands.

The Aedwyrm from Oakbound Studio. They also have rules for their The Woods game mentioned a few posts back, but that’s not why I got this miniature. I’ve always loved the Great Spine Dragon from Games Workshop of the 80s but I’ve never owned one. Looking on eBay they can go for at least £600 which is for too much.
This dragon is very much inspired by the great spined dragon so for me it was a must buy as soon as I saw it.

When I got the aedwyrm I also picked up the optional wings set, but in the end I decided not to give him wings as I liked the look of him as a wingless dragon.

I custom made the base from plasticard and build up layers of cork board so all of the dragon’s feet were in contact with the ground. I added different sizes rocks to make the terrain look more natural.

I’ve had this guy for about a year and I was just in the mood to paint him and I’m happy I did because he was a joy to paint.

For the photo above I had to get the camera quite low so as to see his eyes. I suppose looking down is a very common thing for a giant to do.

I got Knoll the troll from the excellent game of Moonstone recently. I’d always meant to get Knoll soon after he was released but other projects got in the way and after seeing the video of Tom collect his multiple awards at the UKGE I thought now was the time.
The detail on him is amazing, some of the finest detail I’ve seen on a miniature. He was so much fun to paint.

I also received picked up the skirmish game The Woods by Oakbound Studio . It’s a game based on European folklore and uses a dice-less system. At first glance it seemed quite complicated but I soon became intrigued in how the rules play out so I thought I’d put together a warband.

I’ve had a whole bunch of 15mm Copplestone casting’s Picts for a while which I’ve always intended on painting blue and using them as Wee Free Men or pixies or something. I thought they’d make a perfect warband for The Woods.

The badgers I order from Oakbound Studio and I converted one of the pixies to ride a badger, which I’m pretty happy with.

In the lists for pixie warbands you can add a fodden, which is basically a troll covered in foliage so Knoll from Moonstone was added to the warband as this fits him to a tee.

I thought I’d shake up my photography and try to take photos of miniatures on terrain in a more scenic picture. This is partly inspired by the current kickstarter for a photography backdrops book.

I made a small piece of terrain and, for the time being at least, used a picture on my iPad for the backdrop which will do until I get the book from the Kickstarter. I’m pretty happy with the results.

I found painting these to be somewhat of a challenge probably because I decided to paint them all at the same time. The challenge came from what colours to use and to make each one look different.

Mustn’t forget Kevin with his Camera.

That’s all of the miniatures in the Time Bandits range by Northumbrian Tin Soldier painted. I’m looking forward to using them in a game, perhaps in a special scenario in a historical skirmish game.

These two models painted up quite quickly. I’m pretty happy with their overall looks even though I placed them on some grassy ground rather than the deck of their ship from the film.

In the film Mrs Ogre has a blue pattern in her sleeves. I thought about adding this to the miniature but I don’t think my freehand is up to scratch so I wasn’t brave enough.

One of the things I like about the Time Bandits miniatures is that they are quite varied. Here we have Agamemnon and a minotaur from ancient times.

I made his armour slightly more shiny than that in the film just so it reads more like armour on the miniature.

This was a fun miniature to do. I made his skin more red, similar to the film.

Two more miniatures from the Time Bandits range by Northumbrian Tin Soldier.

Og as a pig was fairly simple to paint. For pig parts I just used a pink flesh coloured paint but with whiter highlights.

I enjoyed painting Robin Hood. He’s a nice simple fantasy style miniature with an overly large face and a great expression.