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Really? This has not been posted here yet? 

Multi-part plastic mounted knights coming this way... 



http://theminiaturespage.com/news/1729560229/

Rodent problem around the Blighted Marshes? Goblin infestation? Elf arrogance? No worries - Leonardo da Miragliano comes to the rescue!
Below are his latest inventions. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Leonardo's Ribauldequin, together with a new and improved Bronzino's Galloper Gun!



The Ribauldequin is based on Leonardo da Vinci's own design:



And inspired by some real-life efforts:





...and lovingly crafted out of Plastruct styrene sheets, sticks, and tubes (with a figure for scale):





Now I just need to paint these bad boys, put them on scenic bases and come up with a suitably dashing crew!   

Now that I got your attention... 

These look sweet for beefing up my Miragliano force!

Saw this on Coolmini... Thought I would share.  Yes, that IS 28mm... 

A heads up... I just ordered these excellent Gamezone models from Maelstrom Games. The prices are very reasonable and  the shipping is free worldwide.





They are $11.40/pack of 3 w/ free shipping. I thought I would point a few people in this guy's direction:

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Maelstrom-Games-Ltd_Imperial_W0QQ_fsubZ1676226018QQ_sidZ58251598QQ_trksidZp4634Q2ec0Q2em322

These are perfect for Estalian Mercenaries in Empire or Tilea. Some youtube links may come just handy too, such as this scene of battle of Rocroi from Alatriste. Just right for painting these beauties!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je-c81wwrpA

Hope this is useful!

Thought I would show these... Coming in January from http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/
They will be part of TAG's Italian Wars/Conquistadors' Range

I, for one, am pretty excited over these. They look excellent!

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it.

Having just bought some beautiful Reaper Warhounds for my upcoming Ulrican forestry project, I am now puzzled as to how one should base them... Is there any meaningful way to do it? Do I put them on single infantry bases with separate handlers? Or do I base handlers and dogs on a common base? The problem is, one of the dogs is enormous...



and will only fits on a cavalry base. Two others are smaller and can be put on infantry bases.



Is there a coherent and playable way to do this for all?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I undertook to write this tutorial for a couple of reasons… First, I dislike the current Kislevite range by GW. I find the figures awkward, bulky, cumbersome, uni-pose and just plain uninspiring.  Second, I like working with plastics and creating new projects for myself. Third, I do not want to depend on the availability of figures and bits from GW. It is so much more fun to make by yourself what has only been available commercially previously. Gives you a sense of freedom and possibilities…   

Anyway, ‘ere we go…

The participants:



Everything is pretty straightforward here. Plastic shields you see were made from Plastruct plasticard (If you look at the workshop section of my website, you will find the exact product number you can use. Thickness is the same as banners). Two of the shields were left flat, and two were cut out of the piece of plastic I curved using a heat gun. The idea is the same as described in my banner-making article, except that you use a heat gun instead of a stove as the source of the heat.

The shields were inspired by various eastern European 16th century shields, such as this Hungarian beauty from the Metropolitan Museum in New York:



The flat shields had a semi-convex piece of Plastruct plastic glued in the middle to create a central ridge.  Here is a close-up:



The swords were cut out of plastic strips (Plastruct again!) with curved scissors. Tangs were cut out with an X-Acto knife, to be inserted into the hand.  A wire-thin piece of plastic was glued to the center of the blade to simulate the fuller ridge:



Wire was used to create guards and quillons for the sabers.  I hate the current crude Kislevite scimitars. I wanted to reproduce something more sophisticated, so opted for some Polish and Hungarian Karabela sabers, aiming for something like this:



Another close-up:



The handguards were glued to the plastic saber with ordinary superglue. Additionally, the ends of the quillons were given a drop of superglue as well – both to hold them well together, and give them nice, rounded quillon-like endings. The center ridge can also be achieved by gluing a thin piece of metal wire in the center – the effect will be the same, and the metal wire may actually strengthen the plastic blade. I just happen to like plastic.

At this point I had to worry about the important part – reproducing a Kislevite head.  After a quick scan of the net, I had an idea of what I wanted:



A Catachan head was used for this purpose. The top was stripped/sliced off and a piece of plastic was glued, with the top roughly rounded up with a hobby knife. A very thin strip of plastic was heat-curved and glued around the brim, to represent the fur flaps:



I know, I know,… not much to look at – so far! Here comes the fun part. I wanted fur. I wanted to avoid working with the green stuff, because I am not particularly good at it. And then I realized that the SAME EXACT EFFECT – fur texture - can be achieved with SAND! Here are the results:



The plastic brim was painted with Elmer’s white glue and the head was dipped into a sand container.  It looked a bit rough at this point, so I knocked off excess glue, added drops of glue where there were gaps, and added more sand to those areas… and it became a lot more presentable. At this point, I glued the same thin plastic wire (see sword-making above) to a thin piece of plastic cut to look like a feather, heat-curved everything, and glued the resulting “feather” to the front of the head:



At this point, the next big challenge was the feathered wings, used by the Kislevites. Well, I decided to boldly go… Again, curved scissors were used to cut out the general shape, which I had previously traced with a Sharpie marker around the actual wing:



I went over the edges with a small file, applied some plastic glue to melt the rough spots a bit, and the general shape was ready. Since I had no way (so far I haven’t come up with anything satisfactory) to reproduce the feather pattern like you see on the original wing casting, I decided I will simply paint it on during he painting stage.

Time to put everything together… This is where the real fun begins! 







Wings glued on here:







And, finally, the big one – time to prime! When the new creation consists of such different parts, I anticipate the priming stage with some trepidation, as the primer will unify the previously disparate parts and move the project closer to what my imagination depicted originally.

Kislevite Winged Dragoon primed:







I think he looks dandy! Rough, dashing, and violent, much like his Polish-Hungarian historical counterparts. I am really looking forward to painting him! And his shield will be a nice testing field for those Kislevite decals I am planning to design.

Another, older more experienced warrior just off the modeling table…



To be continued (hopefully) with more models and painting…

 

Take a look at the following:

http://gidian-gelaende.de/Material_HP/Wolfgang/Tut_Vampirburg/album/index.html

I have never seen a more beautiful castle! And detailed picture-instructions on how to build it!

Well, yes, I have succumbed to the temptation. I usually hate showing unpainted miniatures saying something like, "pics up soon", only to disappear forever... but I thought this blog form might actually provide motivation and a stimulus to complete the project... hopefully 

Anyway, here goes my new Reiklander-to-be standard bearer WIP:

Humble beginnings...



And the first touch of primer"



Err... more pics up soon... 

I thought I would point members' attention to these:





These are 30mm, so in theory they should work... Perhaps some of our British chaps have seen them in the flesh?

They can be had here:
http://www.traditionoflondon.com/index.asp?page=Home.asp

Obviously, there are already some good choices from Foundry and Old Glory, especially where rank-and-file pikemen are concerned, but I thought the command above was a nice variation on a theme...

Pics from the Fall 2007 Moscow Toy Exhibit.  New stuff from Tehnolog looks quite promising... 



















Not bad, I'd say. I am s ure they will make their way to the US. Eventually.