One 72nd Fantasy Figures: May 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012

1/72 Sci Fi Fantasy Figures Found, and Star Wars to Boot

I had always thought there were only two sets of 1/72 figures designed for science fiction. Imagine my surprise when I found that Micro Machines Star Wars figures were 1/72 scale figures. I went from a world where there were only 24 sci fi figures to one with over a hundred. They are all based on major sci fi movies as well: Star Wars, Aliens, Starship Troopers, etc. The figures are pre-paints as well. The only shame is they are mostly not in production anymore.

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I tried out a 30 second figure improvement by hitting two of the figures with Games Workshop Black and Brown Washes. The third figure from the left got the Black Wash and the fifth from the left got the Brown Wash.

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I then spent about three minutes on each figure to add some paint highlights of orange, grey, and white. The end results of three and a half minutes of painting speak for themselves. Figure one is the Black Wash, figure three is the Brown Wash, and figures two and four are untouched pre-painted figures.

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I have about 50 figures ready for the paint table, I just need to find time base them and then it is time for Star Wars fun on the game table.

As usual, Friar Tuck (an Airfix Robin Hood set figure) and Conan (a Caesar Miniatures Adventures set figure) make their appearance for scale, as well as the Scale Picture (a scale picture).

Questions and comments are always welcome. Tell me in the comments which figure you like the best: black wash, brown wash, or pre-painted. Thanks for reading...

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

1/72 Giant Rats (Nuisance Monsters) Completed

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Name:    Rat Swarm, Rat Swarms

Manufacturer:    Splintered Light Miniatures

Poses:    2 poses, (the single rat figure can be repositioned to give variety)

Figure material: metal

Ability to Take Paint:    excellent

Pose Quality:    it looks quite rat like and the tail and front leg can be bent to create different poses

Sculpting:    excellent, for such small creatures the detail is well done

Mold Lines:    little to none

Created:    2009ish

These models were fun and easy to paint. The rat swarm proper has a lot of character, and the single rats can be used as separate models, as I chose to do, or around the swarm model to make it larger and add some variety. I think these models could be used from 10mm up to 28mm, I mean a giant rat could be anything from a foot long to the size of a small car. All that is needed for fantasy figures to work well is to match the pictures in your mind.

You cannot go wrong with large numbers of easy to slay monsters to slow down adventurers and maybe give them the creeping crude. The creeping crude will force them to seek out Cedric the Cleric leading to even more problems and/or adventures.

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As usual, Friar Tuck (an Airfix Robin Hood set figure) and Conan (a Caesar Miniatures Adventures set figure) make their appearance for scale.

Next up will be articles on Splintered Lights Giant Bats, the number two batch of different nuisance monsters I have completed.

Thanks for reading...