Atomico's Goblins

Per his Goblin King Kickstarter, to be found here.

The Goblin King's Palanquin!

  

The Latest KS offering by Atomico

The Goblin King's Palanquin is the latest offering from Jose "Atomico" Torres. It is up on Kickstarter and into it's last 5 or 6 days. Check out the details here: Atomico

Medieval Khmer Banners

Medieval Khmer Banners

These are banners I made in Corel Draw. They are loosely based on the types shown in the "Armies of Angkor" book which uses the sculptures on the walls at Angkor Wat (and other palaces) to analyse the Medieval Khmer army. The colours are speculative. In some cases I have done different colours on each side, which might not be correct but I think would make for colourful armies! The standard bearers were apparently almost like gymnasts in that they seemed to balance the banners on their chin or forehead or finger tips rather than carry it in the rather staid fashion of European standard bearers. Of course, they would have been made of silk on thin poles and so very light. The impression I get is that there were a great many banner bearers accompanying the army. 

I am intending to make Khmer banner bearers - in a range of acrobatic poses - for my Garden of Kama range, and it was for that purpose that I made these banners.

Please let me know what you think. These are simple designs. There are other, more elaborate patterns shown in the book. These are formatted for A3 paper. The intent was to use thin wire (as in North Star or Warlord Games spears.) The jpegs above are probably bit low rez but the full version can be downloaded from the link below:

Khmer Banners 

Kalidah?

Catterwaul

A possible Kalidah proxy? Above is the Catterwaul, a recent Pacesetter Games figure release. The figure shown for scale is a Legion of Serqu spearman from my Tekumel Project range, scaled 28mm to the eye. Painted by one of Eureka's painters.

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Hindu Militia Archers

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"I'm Done!"

This always cracks me up!

The Quest of Thane Tostig

My Collection (90% of it anyway)

I have been interested by "The Quest of Thane Tostig" for a long while, ever since reading an article about it in "Battle" magazine. You can read the article here, on David Wood's blog Dear Tony Blair. The date: 1977 - Wow, that was a while ago!

I managed to actually find a copy of the Quest a year or so ago. About the same time I won these in a series of lots on ebay. I don't know if the packaging is entirely original. The card looks the part, with a heavy plastic bag and green foam insert. The packs were grouped into units: for the Sprites, a standard, horn-blower and 6-8 warriors; and all the Heroes were in a single bag. Repackaged, I suspect by the seller (possibly a hobby shop).

This is not my complete collection. I have Hangbeffor and at least one earwig; King Debobmik on his throne; I think also some of the misc Sprites - the torturers, etc.; also some odd warriors picked up over the years. These are all scattered about in various nooks and crannies. I need to dig them out and consolidate everything and then I'd actually like to run the Quest. Perhaps with updated rules...or maybe run it twice: once "old school" and then with my own rules.

Other Miniatures from Minot

In the same set of auctions as I won the Thane Tostig figures were these, sold as a single lot. Looking at them I can see that they are all (I think) inspired by various Frank Frazetta paintings. I found these examples in a quick search just now: