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Post by Malcadon on Jul 28, 2009 16:36:53 GMT -6
I just painted some old Ral-Partha miniatures in a Carcosian theme, and I wanted to share them (I also posted them on my gallery).  (Sorry if it a bit fuzzy, my digital camera dont pick up details that well) I hope I'm not the only one doing this, as painting Carcosian skin-tones is fun, and it would be neat to see other people's efforts. |
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 28, 2009 18:33:23 GMT -6
Oh, now those are very nice indeed. You've really nailed how I imagine Carcosan humans to appear. ;D
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 28, 2009 18:46:44 GMT -6
I keep trying to get my son to do this for my own campaign -- there's no reason you need "official" minis if you just buy ones that fit and paint 'em according to the way you envision the people to look in your game.
I particularly like the purple guy on the right. :-)
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Post by Malcadon on Jul 28, 2009 21:22:08 GMT -6
Thanks guys! ;D I was planing on making the purple one a typical Hyborian Age Sorcerer, but I was in a Carcosian mood. I did not know what color to paint the yellow one, until I saw a pic of Hastur (the King in Yellow). The set also includes 2 Merlin/Gandalf type Wizards, and a mace-wielding cleric, but they are too high-fantasy for my taste. My own vision of Carcosian people are common folks with with loincloths (at best), robed sorcerers, slaves with nothing more on then a metal collar, warriors with barsoomian-styled battle-harnesses, warlords with capes and fancy headgear, courtesans with golden/bejeweled bikinis, and black-veiled temple (sacred) prostitutes. |
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Post by kesher on Jul 29, 2009 12:33:08 GMT -6
Those are great. Almost as great as the two books bracketing them...  |
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Post by geoffrey on Jul 29, 2009 12:57:25 GMT -6
Those are great. Almost as great as the two books bracketing them... H. Rider Haggard is far too little read. |
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Post by Geiger on Jul 29, 2009 13:27:20 GMT -6
My own vision of Carcosian people are common folks with with loincloths (at best), robed sorcerers, slaves with nothing more on then a metal collar, warriors with barsoomian-styled battle-harnesses, warlords with capes and fancy headgear, courtesans with golden/bejeweled bikinis, and black-veiled temple (sacred) prostitutes. NSFW... but do you mean something like this?I think these are the perfect Carcosan Minis (after some painting of course) |
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Post by kesher on Jul 29, 2009 13:59:04 GMT -6
Those are great! Excellent for Hyperborean or Barsoomian adventuring, too. The ones on the bottom even have what could pass for radium rifles... |
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Post by Malcadon on Jul 29, 2009 19:16:37 GMT -6
Those are great. Almost as great as the two books bracketing them... Thanks! I took the picture on my bookshelf, because my office area is vary cluttered. So in the picture, you can see Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, King Solomon's Mines by H.Rider Haggard, and Spell of the Winter Wizard by Linda Lowery (book 11 of the Endless Quest game book line). Yep, but is a shame they are of the 32mm scale. Most of my minis are 25mm, they would dwarf all my minis! Mind you, I like Bronze Age miniatures, and their Barsoom Dead Earth line is awesome! My only pet peeve is how the breasts are just over inflated melons (I see this with other minis as well). I always like a naturalistic look. When ever I get a topless mini, I usually have to file down the breasts, epically the puffy nipples. I also feel the same way about over-bulgy musicals on male figure with other producers. Between a figure with a medium build or what looks like a lump of chewed-up gum - I go for the natural looking figure any day! And yes, they make excellent Carcosian minis.  |
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Post by benoist on Jul 29, 2009 22:38:31 GMT -6
These look good. Awesome work, Malcadon.
(edit) here, get an Exalt for your trouble!
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Post by geordieracer on Aug 26, 2009 11:57:04 GMT -6
Nice miniatures - Carcosa reminds me of those old White Dwarf ads for Atlantean figures:  |
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Post by Malcadon on Aug 28, 2009 19:10:36 GMT -6
Nice miniatures - Carcosa reminds me of those old White Dwarf ads for Atlantean figures: Yep, Phoenix Model's Lost World of Atlantis collection was awesome. Thanks for posting that. I always like minis that look like real people. If I had that set, I would have cast them in strange colours!     |
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Post by Malcadon on Jul 5, 2016 21:47:34 GMT -6
I have updated photos of one of my Ral-Partha miniatures: |
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 7, 2016 1:41:29 GMT -6
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Post by crusssdaddy on Jul 10, 2016 11:14:50 GMT -6
These are great! What's the story behind the purple head on a cylinder? Is it alive, or is it a totem or machine? |
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 10, 2016 15:53:01 GMT -6
These are great! What's the story behind the purple head on a cylinder? Is it alive, or is it a totem or machine? The head on the cylinder comes from the Create Your Own Super-hero Kit. I had a spare head, so I stuck it on a wine cork to serve as a prop for my Carcosa games. I called it the Dolm Head because I envisioned dolm as having a metallic purple hue. Since nobody has a Dolm Man PC yet, any power the totem may have is unkonown. Perhaps it may grant extra psionic powers to any Dolm Man who meditates there. All the other races would gain no benefit and may even be harmed somehow. I have an extra pair of hands from the kit, but I haven't decided what to do with them yet. |
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 1, 2016 1:28:17 GMT -6
The first three photos in this group aren't Carcosa related, but here are some photos of "the Unanswerable Obliteration" (ruler of the Green Man village in hex 9004) and a couple of Carcosa drawings I made. I'm no artist, but I figure Carcosa isn't a pretty place anyway. www.dropbox.com/sh/byy41sbh6z0rmrf/AADWxA6D_sXg5FU2dlsFgSr_a?dl=0 |
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 19, 2016 0:26:01 GMT -6
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Post by foxroe on Oct 11, 2016 2:41:47 GMT -6
I usually have to file down the breasts, epically the puffy nipples. Plastic surgery... Carcosa style! Great. Now I need to make a mad sorcerer NPC named "Niptuk"...  |
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Post by Malcadon on Oct 11, 2016 17:33:41 GMT -6
Plastic surgery... Carcosa style! Great. Now I need to make a mad sorcerer NPC named "Niptuk"... When I hear "Plastic surgery... Carcosa style!", I my first though is: "The twisted love-child of Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills (Escape from LA )." >;{D~ (twisted, evil smiley) |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 11, 2016 21:09:55 GMT -6
Plastic surgery... Carcosa style! Great. Now I need to make a mad sorcerer NPC named "Niptuk"... When I hear "Plastic surgery... Carcosa style!", I my first though is: "The twisted love-child of Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills (Escape from LA )." >;{D~ (twisted, evil smiley) (Jale Sorcerer, LV6, AC 9, HP 25, ST 12, IN 14, WI 7, DX 12, CO 10, CH 3) Niptuk is utterly bat-sh*t crazy. Driven mad by his early plunge into forbidden sorceries, he has slowly removed all of his skin ("Jale is the wrong angle, d**n you!"). He is hideously scarred and deformed; however, he has overcome this through sorcerous ritual.. Veil of Dermasis - With this ritual, the sorcerer can create for himself a new skin, completely changing his or her appearance - male or female. This skin is indistinguishable from the real thing, but close examination will reveal that something is... off (1 in 6 chance). The skin is well preserved, lasting 3d6 weeks. The ritual requires the skins of thirteen men of the same color and the hooked needles of a cactus native to the region in hex 1905, and requires 2d6 hours to cast. Niptuk enjoys luring many unsuspecting travelers into his tower of twisted lianas, where he overcomes his guests (usually with poisoned drink or food) and drags them to his laboratory. There he seeks to "improve" them through manipulation of the flesh. His experiments tend to go horribly awry... |
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 12, 2016 1:34:01 GMT -6
When I hear "Plastic surgery... Carcosa style!", I my first though is: "The twisted love-child of Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs) and the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills (Escape from LA )." >;{D~ (twisted, evil smiley) (Jale Sorcerer, LV6, AC 9, HP 25, ST 12, IN 14, WI 7, DX 12, CO 10, CH 3) Niptuk is utterly bat-sh*t crazy. Driven mad by his early plunge into forbidden sorceries, he has slowly removed all of his skin ("Jale is the wrong angle, d**n you!"). He is hideously scarred and deformed; however, he has overcome this through sorcerous ritual.. Veil of Dermasis - With this ritual, the sorcerer can create for himself a new skin, completely changing his or her appearance - male or female. This skin is indistinguishable from the real thing, but close examination will reveal that something is... off (1 in 6 chance). The skin is well preserved, lasting 3d6 weeks. The ritual requires the skins of thirteen men of the same color and the hooked needles of a cactus native to the region in hex 1905, and requires 2d6 hours to cast. Niptuk enjoys luring many unsuspecting travelers into his tower of twisted lianas, where he overcomes his guests (usually with poisoned drink or food) and drags them to his laboratory. There he seeks to "improve" them through manipulation of the flesh. His experiments tend to go horribly awry... Nice! Now all you need is a miniature that accurately represents Niptuk in his natural guise. |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 12, 2016 3:35:54 GMT -6
Glad you liked it. |
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Post by tkdco2 on Oct 30, 2016 23:00:12 GMT -6
Here's an experiment with blacklight. The wraith's eyes were painted with glow in the dark paint, but it's a small miniature. I may edit the photo more with GIMP.  |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 31, 2016 2:34:21 GMT -6
Here's an experiment with blacklight. The wraith's eyes were painted with glow in the dark paint, but it's a small miniature. I may edit the photo more with GIMP. You'll just have to play with blacklights on at the table, which would be awesome if all the maps and character sheets were done up like blacklight posters - black velvet background with neon colored lines and fonts! Great. Now I want to run Vault of the Drow... |
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Post by Malcadon on Oct 31, 2016 21:20:12 GMT -6
Here's an experiment with blacklight. The wraith's eyes were painted with glow in the dark paint, but it's a small miniature. I may edit the photo more with GIMP. Good work with the eyes. I have used luminous paint on some of my minis. A bought a Reaper Bones Bone Devil figure so I could paint it glossy black with the luminous paint focused on the joints to give it an eerie after-effect. I'm not content with the effect, and I might wash it off and do it over with red paint to add the effect in normal daylight. I also bought a Reaper Bones figure called Ghostly Summons made of green transparent resin to give it an eerie green look. AIdrybushed it in khaki to give a slight, pale skin-tone to show-off some form, and then I painted it over in luminous paint to make it look ghostly when the lights go out. I'm actually content with this one. I been looking to see if I have monsters that would typically sport glowing eyes, so I could paint them in a bright color, and then I'll add some luminous paint for effect. |
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Post by foxroe on Oct 31, 2016 21:45:20 GMT -6
One could buy skeleton mini's and dip them in clear epoxy a few times, allowing curing between coats. Instant Bone Men!
Also, iridescent paint might be fun to experiment with for all of those dolm/jale/ulfire miniatures...
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Post by Malcadon on Oct 31, 2016 22:41:56 GMT -6
One could buy skeleton mini's and dip them in clear epoxy a few times, allowing curing between coats. Instant Bone Men! Yes, skeletons make good placeholder Bone-men (and Newan Ghouls) in general, but I don't like the the flesh to be outright invisible. I like to add some gleam or dirt (even body-paint) to show that there is skin on dem bones. |
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Post by foxroe on Jun 25, 2017 1:12:45 GMT -6
grodog pointed this out in another forum, but I thought it (and some of the others in the same line) would make a great Carcosa mini.
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Post by ritt on Jun 25, 2017 8:44:09 GMT -6
grodog pointed this out in another forum, but I thought it (and some of the others in the same line) would make a great Carcosa mini. Some great, crazy minis on that site (The "Blow-up doll zombie" makes me want to break out my copy of the forgotten horror RPG Nightlife and stat her up as a PC!). Thanks for sharing this. |
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