Dungeons and Dragons miniatures?

[TheDoLittle]

Doesn't sound like one of mine. Must be another manufacturer, of he may have converted one of my warrior frogs.

He finally emailed me back... it's a Critter Commando.

[babycyclops]

^Excellent set-up!

Did you sculpt an Imperial Frogtrooper?! I have a friend who has one who said it came from Eureka.

Doesn't sound like one of mine. Must be another manufacturer, of he may have converted one of my warrior frogs.

[TheDoLittle]

Just to make you jealous:



None of the figures shown are mine, but we had a team do the painting. We have also updated the dungeon crawl with a huge set of Hirstarts dungeon castings but I've yet to get pics.

[TheDoLittle]

Thanks a lot guys! I do work in a couple of different styles, and a few periods. If you'll forgive a little more blatent self promotion, this is my Frog King, done in whimsical style. Probably not much use in a D&D game, but one of the most fun pieces I've done.

Did you sculpt an Imperial Frogtrooper?! I have a friend who has one who said it came from Eureka.

[babycyclops]

Thanks a lot guys! I do work in a couple of different styles, and a few periods. If you'll forgive a little more blatent self promotion, this is my Frog King, done in whimsical style. Probably not much use in a D&D game, but one of the most fun pieces I've done.

[YoungOnce]

I sculpt miniatures for a company called Eureka Miniatures. I did a set of 10 zombies some years back.

We have a US distributer, here's a link to the zombies
http://www.eurekaminusa.com/product.aspx?id=93&cid=17

...and some painted ones
http://eurekamin.com.au/gallery2/mai...serialNumber=3

Those are great!

[Random Axe]

^^^That is very nice work. This thread has got me thinking now. I may have to buy a few pieces and see what happens. I've been out of that scale for so long it might prove to be daunting.

It was really cool to see the sculpting process and the use of milliput.
i always found it was too sticky to work with, but I have no talent in scuplting, so take that for what its worth. My buddy had boxes and boxes of minis and I could just pick out whatever I wanted. Same with paint. They had their own brand which eventually they sold to Games Workshop I think.

Now I want to go paint an orc. I can't afford a new hobby...

[babycyclops]

I sculpt miniatures for a company called Eureka Miniatures. I did a set of 10 zombies some years back.

We have a US distributer, here's a link to the zombies
http://www.eurekaminusa.com/product.aspx?id=93&cid=17

...and some painted ones

[Random Axe]

I can't believe my mobile replaced Ral with Ralph. Yeah I used to go in there and buy in bulk till I got a limitless supply for a year or so. Reaper makes some badass stuff now. I thought about picking a few up to see if I still had any skills left.

[ZICA]

Cool topic.

My best friend worked as a caster for Ralph Partha and I painted some minis for their catalogs. I have no idea whatever became of my figures. The proposed game sounds like fun.

Back in the 80's I actually got to visit their factory in Cincinnati. Looks like the company now goes by the name Ironwind Metals. I never played the D&D game but I liked painting the miniatures.

[Godzilla]

Thanks for the info guys. I've never heard of lead rot. I bet it's been 15 years since I looked at most of them. I'll have to dig them out of my basement.

[Random Axe]

Cool topic.

My best friend worked as a caster for Ralph Partha and I painted some minis for their catalogs. I have no idea whatever became of my figures. The proposed game sounds like fun.

[sprytel]

I like the idea of miniatures to help visualize things spatially... but if all you want is a sense of things, you can always cannibalize pieces from board games, action figures, dice, pennies, what have you... Sure, it is kind of cheesy, but the "cheesiness" becomes part of the fun.

[Janson]

I should still have extra cheapys, pm my if interested in buying or trading.

[TheDoLittle]

I remember I didn't have the $$ to pick up all the sets (from my trusty mall Walden books, which had a nice D&D section), but I wish I had. Brings back some fun memories..

Oh yes! Had a few of those. I too couldn't afford the sets so I stuck with buying them individually, usually at a con and complete with a shoddy paint job which took a week of soaking in turpentine and a good scrubbing with an old toothbrush to get them into a paintable condition again. And you had to be real careful because if the lead was too soft (and it usually was) you'd snap something off.