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Duke Speedy of Leighton

26 August 2011, 10:24:00 PM
Okay- time to bite the bullet...

I'm a long time halfing fan...

Has anyone any phots or comments about them before I spend money on them?
Mad Lemmey
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Leon

27 August 2011, 12:07:02 AM #1
They're one of the original Fantasy ranges so are a little less well sculpted when compared to the newer lines.  I've got a pic of them on the work computer, so I'll pop that up if no-one else has any.
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sixsideddice

27 August 2011, 07:23:32 AM #2 Last Edit: 27 August 2011, 07:27:57 AM by sixsideddice
QuoteI'm a long time halfing fan...

Has anyone any phots or comments about them

I just got my first bunch of Halflings the other week (that reminds me: I still need to inish painting them while I think about it). I find the pieces delightful and everything I could have hoped for in a Hobbit/Halfling. Nice poses, nice variety of weapons and attire. The faces are all different which is a nice touch and impressed me, and in general, they`re all very Halfling looking.

Nice scale too, maybe a tiny t-i-n-y bit over scaled  - but still smaller than the Dwarf minis, but that depends which school of thought you adhere to in any case... diminutive Tolkienesque... tall-ish  as in Dragonlance (Hickman and Weis), or a hotchpotch variety of tall or short, squat and slender (aka Moorcock and Fritz Leiber).

me... I`d highly recommend them.

Six

Duke Speedy of Leighton

27 August 2011, 09:11:53 AM #3 Last Edit: 27 August 2011, 10:20:46 AM by mad lemmey
Thanks Six! Leon, if you wouldn't mind posting the odd photo that would be fab (but I think my mind is made up, order coming soon-ish)!

Order sent - now what rules to use them with (not WFB, don't know if I still own HOTT...)?
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

27 August 2011, 10:36:14 AM #4
HOTT is free at the moment - through freewargamesrules.co.uk
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Sevej

27 August 2011, 03:01:11 PM #5
Quote from: Leon on 27 August 2011, 12:07:02 AM
They're one of the original Fantasy ranges so are a little less well sculpted when compared to the newer lines.  I've got a pic of them on the work computer, so I'll pop that up if no-one else has any.

Sorry for being out of topic, but Leon, is the wood elves range is also one of the older lines? I read somewhere someone bought it ten years ago. But I really like the sculpt.

Leon

27 August 2011, 11:37:08 PM #6 Last Edit: 27 August 2011, 11:39:01 PM by Leon
Quote from: sixsideddice on 27 August 2011, 07:23:32 AM
... tall-ish  as in Dragonlance (Hickman and Weis)

Nah, no topknots...  ;)

Quote from: Sevej on 27 August 2011, 03:01:11 PM
Sorry for being out of topic, but Leon, is the wood elves range is also one of the older lines? I read somewhere someone bought it ten years ago. But I really like the sculpt.

The original Fantasy ranges were bought about 17-18 years ago now.  We replaced a lot of them, and then added new sculpts of our own.  The only remaining original ranges are the Halflings, Dwarves and Gnomes.  Everything has been added by us, apart from the Hobgoblins, which were bought from another company.

The Wood Elves were one of the first additions we made, and were probably done around 15 years ago--ish?
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O Dinas Powys

28 August 2011, 09:50:47 PM #7
Quote from: mad lemmey on 26 August 2011, 10:24:00 PM
Okay- time to bite the bullet...

I'm a long time halfing fan...

Has anyone any phots or comments about them before I spend money on them?
Mad Lemmey

There are some photos on the Warmaster Acolytes website here: http://warmaster-acolytes.mforos.com/1854818/9149890-indice-database/
(I know, even though it's fantasy  :o  ;)  )

Duke Speedy of Leighton

28 August 2011, 10:13:15 PM #8
oh aye, they'll do!
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

29 August 2011, 07:10:16 PM #9
Quote from: Leon on 27 August 2011, 11:37:08 PM
Nah, no topknots...  ;)

Ahhh booo! Loved Dragonlance, Tasslehoff and the Kender!
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Leon

29 August 2011, 07:14:19 PM #10
Quote from: mad lemmey on 29 August 2011, 07:10:16 PM
Ahhh booo! Loved Dragonlance, Tasslehoff and the Kender!

:D

I should get them out again some time.  I picked up the first 3 books in a secondhand shop in Scarborough for the grand sum of about £2, back in '92/'93 I think.  I collected the whole series until it started getting far too generic, with no connection to the original story/characters.
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

29 August 2011, 07:16:24 PM #11
Just do what I just did (in a moment of extreme boredom, my daughter has discovered Nev the Bear on CBBC iplayer)- read the senopsis on Wiki...   ;)
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Leon

29 August 2011, 07:29:18 PM #12
The surprising thing for me was that I read DragonLance long before LOTR (I also read Forgotten Realms before LOTR as well), so when I saw the movies, I couldn't believe how many things are copied from Tolkien.  From the orbs (Sauron's orb / Dragon Orbs), the white robed wizardy character (Gandalf / Fizban), the little guy interrupting the Council meeting (Frodo at Rivendell / Tas the kender when he smashes the orb), etc.  The list is quite extensive.
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

29 August 2011, 07:41:15 PM #13
I know, but some of the images were cool, such as the Black Dragon rising out of the well, or the footlancers trapping dragons, or just the first time lancers take to the air!
Did like the will he won't he turn evil idea with Rastlin too; pity he and Tas and Cameron were the few characters allowed to develop...
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Leon

29 August 2011, 07:49:49 PM #14
I always wished that someone would take on the movie rights to it.  Something done on a LOTR scale would have been fantastic with DragonLance, and would have allowed the books to really come alive.  Plus having dragon's on screen is always cool...  :D

There was an illustrated movie a couple of years back, but I could only manage about 20 minutes before turning it off.  :(
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