    
|
 01/11/02 Here are the November Rackham
Confrontation releases. The 'Ashantyr' figure (middle
bottom row) is a 5,000 figure limited edition I think - not sure
how you get hold of it. Typical. Nicest one in the lot is a
limited - nobody knows how to get - edition. - WK. Wot no Orques? Nor even a Goeblin?Bah! They're slipping. -UnclEvl. Your Comments |
Finally something new for
Crocodile's 'Aeygptus' line ! Nice figs, I do like the human
champion/overseer. - Doc.Your Comments |
 |
  |
| 06/11/02Some hot off the press new
Celtos Elf figures. £5 for 3. Not bad at the price.Less than 2 quid each? Bargain. Not too fond of them. I liked the
first few models better. Your Comments |
  |
| 07/11/02Some nice new re-releases from RAFM - a Spiderlord and a Cthulu monster..Sometimes there's nothin like a
classic mini.. Your Comments |
   |
| 09/11/02More tremendous new figures from
Foundry - boy are they back with a bang !Yeah, I'm liking them new orcs.
Less flamboyant than their Great Orcs with a more
'traditional' (GW?) feel but still bags of character and
nice figs. Whats the price tag though, 4 for a tenner with a shiteload of rammage I don't want or summat equally as ludicrous? Love them! Now release them for real!
(Not that limited number, randomly assorted precast
nonsense) Whats the price tag though, 4 for a tenner
with a shiteload of
rammage I don't want or summat equally as ludicrous?
Don't get me started on the rammage-rant again...Your Comments |
  |
| 10/11/02The German Armalion range have these 2 cool 'Snow Trolls'
out. These figs are much better quality than a lot of the rest of
their range IMO.Better paintjobs too.Interesting. They got a sorta
'Rackham' feel to em doncha reckon?Yea, definitely been taking some hints
(if not sculptors and painters)! Got a nice feel of their own
too. They do appear at first glance to have their own fishman selection too, the Charyptiden (servants of the night-blue depths, apparently) though on closer inspection it turn out to consist entirely of pirates, a very bizarre lobster-man ( http://www.fanpro.com/miniatur/19319-20-15.htm) plus a couple of lizardmen.  These are cool. They look kind of long
in the face, don't they? Like their days in the snow are
giving them seasonal depression. - Jason.Your Comments |
| 11/11/02New figures from
I-Kore for VOID. They seem to be making shedloads of these
winged dudes lately - must sell well.Can't think why. Hm. I kind of like the wings on these.
They should make them available seperately for conversion
purposes.Hm. Your Comments |
 |
|
Renegade have new Celtic command figures out,
as well as a sneak pic from their forthcoming fantasy
ranges...Celtic command figures continue the
good work of their existing figs. I'm not wholly convinced by
the fantasy stuff looking at this though...
The Fantasy figs remind me a lot of old Heartbreaker minis.
Nice, but unfortunately, sculpting style has developed somewhat since those days. Not up to current standards, I'd say. Still, if they use the same pricing structure
as their historicals (rather than adopting an inexplicable 'fantasy tax'
on the fantasy figs) they'll represent great value.
Your Comments |
  |
 |
| 13/11/02 Today its a great (if large, sorry) pic of
the new Gripping Beast Celts. Top stuff. Don't apologize for large pics.
The bigger the better. - Jason.Your Comments |
  
 |
| 14/11/02 Some new 'Elite Orques' from Rackham
Confrontation.Oooo yeah baby, yeah. Your Comments |
|
17/11/02 Some really nice new 16/11/02 Cobalt (Westwind) personality figures. I'm really digging this range, after a dodgy start. Yeah, love the bloater with the
whip.Your Comments |
  |
|
A couple of new Insect-type figures from
those nutters at Hundred Kingdoms.No really doing it for me. They just
look a bit too much like actual insects, you may as well just get
some rubber insect models and convert 'em. Your Comments |
  |
    |
| 18/11/02 Bumper crop of goodies today ! Here's
some more red-hot figures from French maestro's Rackham
Confrontation - those guys must be working round the clock at
the moment..What the feck's that big bellied
barrel carrying gobbo thing then? Still, who cares, gotta have me
one of them (sure I can come up with some suitable rules to
accomodate it). Your Comments |
   |
| 19/11/02 Some new Reaper greens,
including the first festive figure seen this year... .Best festive figure I've seen in ages.
Beats a bigbearded old fat guy on any day, I'd say.
Nice greens... can't get a joke about that santa demon coming down
my chimney though... -RobYour Comments |
    |
| 20/11/02 Greetings Marbles fans ! I think you'll
agree that this month is turning out to be an all-time great one
for fantastic new figures. Here's some of the latest precasts
from Foundry, with a first glimpse of a set close to my
heart, the Sassanids. No cavalry yet, but the infantry look real
good. Those Aztecs are looking juicy too. All this and news that Vendel will soon be releasing a large collection of Wood Elves - my cup runneth over (and my wallet runneth out)!  Sassanids: if I am right, they were
done by the Perry's, unless you know different. And I have
never seen any cavalry masters. So, logically, if they don't
exist now, they won't be coming. Surely even Foundry
wouldn't release just infantry? I could probably find out
either by calling my deep cover agent at Foundry (he is disguised
as a bag of Miliput) or asking the Perry's if they ever did
them.... - SumoWow, look at those Aztec 'standard
bearers'! Cool!Renaissance orcs aren't my bag (but good luck to 'em I sez)... can't help thinking this example is a bit malproportioned. Even for an orc. My wallet hath run out, and before Renegade's Celts came out unfortunately. Luckily my paint pots are full and my supply of unpainted lead has never been better stocked! Er... 
Yes I have to agree the Aztecs are looking very good!!
I am definitely not sure about the Orc Queen, see looks a bit too well er... I dunno really
what is it about this I don't like..... Its the colours and clothes - too over dressed.
Odd concept that - Orcs and feudalism? very strange I thought Orcs were to anarchic for that level of social organisation?? Or am I being ethno-centric with my Vermen leanings? Not too keen on the Orc Queen. Just a
bit too OTT for my tastes (ignoring the price tag). I'm
liking the new War Orcs alot, nice little squat fat fellahs,
simple and not over done like alot of the Great Orcs, with bags
of character.But to interject a note of negativity - 4 figs for £8.50 ?! - they're 'avin' a larf. Quite frankly, they can be the best figs in the world but for that kinda piss take price they can stick up their arse. I know its something that causes endless debate, but what the hell is it with some of these figure manufacturers and their pricing policies of late. I mean, I'm all for a fair price for a fair bit of work, but its just way out of hand to charge over 2 quid a figure when other manufacturers produce figures of equal quality for less than half the price. Your Comments |
  |
| 20/11/02 Todays pics are of Perry
Miniatures Crusaders. Not 'new' as such I know, but
these pics have only just gone up on their website...Oo, good stuff though!
These are excellent, very good indeed. Your Comments |
     |
| 22/11/02 Today we have some new(ish) releases from
Shadowforge - some Nun Cheerleaders, a Dwarf referee and a
Manga Babe. Take all sorts ... One of those Cheerleaders looks like a
mate of mine's girlfriend!!!Your Comments |
    |
| 23/11/02
Griffin Miniatures are a new 28mm historical manfacturer.
Present ranges are 'Crusaders' and 'Huns'.
(Another good find by super-spy WK !).Only trying to earn myself another
promotion.. Your Comments |
| 24/11/02 Here's a new command pack for Crusader Miniatures Dwarf Adventurers.
Er... very rotund!!
They've got a kind of 'town watch' look about them,
makes a nice change from more 'upmarket' command sections.
As usual, very Foundry-like. But nice.
Your Comments |
|
|
|
25/11/02
Big news about 'Warmachine' today - they have a limited number of boxed sets available -see their website for details and more new miniatures ! Figures are looking good !! I Like it!
 Hmm they look very much like the old titans from GW's Adeptus Titanicus.
Different scale entirely of course, but stylistically very similar indeed.... -Dead Deputy
Well thats the great thing about big robots, they
can be pretty much any scale....
Yeah, we discussed that first time round didn't we?The bird with the big 'mer looks quite tasty. Your Comments |
 |
|
26/11/02
Flagship Games
have these, er , novel, 28mm sea monsters figures out now !
Hm, I suppose the sea dragon might paint up ok... er.... I'd need to see that before I believe it though. You can see more closeups at the website.
The kraken is quite good though. Not much to it (though it is 4 inches tall), but well realised. Useful for fantasy sea battles in 15-28mm scale or, um, recreating the encounter at the doors of Moria? Might look alright painted up - I quite like the kraken esp. Novel and
useful too perhaps for the odd fantasy warships type game (no names
mentioned) or even as denizens of watery terrain for fantasy battles.Reckon it'd be quite a laugh and be a nasty surprise, summon up one of these (esp. the Squid) just as some crack troops are fording the river.
35U$D and 28U$D respectively though.
Crikey! I think I can manage without them...
At that price they have to be kidding - is it an early April fool???
Really very unconvincing I have to say! Before I could be pushed into buying either of them I would definitely like to see what sort of potential they offer for colouring.
Jeeze, didn't realise they were that much. Thats a tad pricey for a resin
isn't it? I've suddenly gone off em.
Your Comments |
| 27/11/02
Here's a couple of new Heresy greens, well up to the usual standard.
That hound is ace! Reminds me of the gargoyles in Ghostbusters, I hope theres a couple more to make a little brood. Nice demonic horde type stuff or suitable fodder for bazzer's mutant army.
The warped pit bull type one I especially like.
Your Comments |
|
|
|
28/11/02
A couple of new releases for Cell Entertainments '1999' line.
Your Comments |
28/11/02
The new mini's are stacking up here at Marbles Mansion,
so here's a bonus small pic of a forthcoming
Copplestone
Yeti,
as spotted by frotherscout area23, and some fossils from the upcoming
"Palaeontologist & Fossils" pack...
Absolutely amazing Yeti, will go well with supposed forthcoming war orcs
or "Back Of Beyond" tibetans/nomads/bandits. -area23
I'd like to see that Yeti's face, it's promising, but I can't agree enough
about Copplestone pursuing a less obvious fantasy route. I can't fault companies
for trying to simply provide an alternative range of mini's for the GW games
(I'm thinking Black Tree and their Ver Men among others) because that's where some
money is (and the figures can still be damn good), but it can get depressing...
or maybe other companies just seem more vibrant in contrast. -Rob
You should look at his old 'half-orcs' at the Grenadier FW catalogue on
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/sol/grenadier/index.html in my opinion among the best orcs ever, which are planned to be redone/converted as War Orcs soon... -area23 Those fossils are well funny, I suppose a harsher
critic would look upon them as ramage, but we love Mr Coppley so much we don't
even care!
Mad that he'd show us those before the actual palaeontologist figures... Just waiting for mournstorm to pile in with the Yeti gags... waiting...
Yeti jokes? How abominable to think I'd do such a thing! -mournstorm
Your Comments |
 
|