Grenadier Skeleton Looters & Resin Dungeon News.

Received these through the post today:

Cast by Grenadier in 1988 these are great but utterly, utterly bonkers. What on earth do Skeletons want with a small captive, a pig & a string of sausages? Frankly mind boggling but these are going to be great fun to paint. Also really good from a narrative point of view during encounters.

On a more serious note I have finally had confirmation from that the moulds for my resin retro dungeon  scenery will be ready within the next fortnight so these should be in production fairly soon. It may take me a month or so to cast up enough stock but these ought to be available shortly. Keep checking back for progress reports but in the meantime heres a reminder of what a few of the masters look like.

 As previously stated these are inspired by & compatible with Torchlight Fantasy Products that were briefly available in the mid eighties. Haven't finalised a product name yet but am thinking of selling these under the 'Aceldama Castings' banner.

Formless Sawn of Tsathoggua.

The latest addition to the collection of Call of Cthulhu miniatures.

I don't habitually use miniatures in our occasional CoC games but I do like to paint them for a change of pace & the RAFM range are particularly well realised.

The dapper chap in his MCC sweater is from Copplestone Castings Honest Citizens ? part of their 1920's Gangster range.

Ral Partha Ghost Dragon.

Yet another eBay win, I've been after a big project for some time now & for ten quid this seemed worth a punt.

 This is a bit more modern than my usual purchases having been manufactured in 2000. Should be fun to paint but it will need a lot of prep' work pegging joints & filling gaps as the fit of the parts is pretty terrible.

Infernal Drummer.

Another Grenadier Miniature from the Skeletons - Raiders of the Undead set:

Not one of my favourite miniatures from the set, probably why he's taken so long to paint, but a nice figure none the less.
From a dungeon crawling point of view he could provide a drums in the deep vibe to the subterranean environment I suppose.

More Boney Goodness.

Yet another very reasonable eBay purchase, this time a Grenadier Miniatures Skeleton Knight c. 1986:

He joins the ranks of what I consider the recently deceased, equipped as they are with the standard D&D pseudo- medieval arms and armour:

Once again a good quality sculpt from a bygone era with nice animation & weaponry in reasonable proportion.

Tsathoggua.

All the way from the nighted depths of N'kai:

I picked him up along with a job lot of other RAFM Call of Cthulhu miniatures for a bargain price, it was a bit of a punt really having had very little to do with this range before, but they aren't bad at all.

Doubt he'll ever make it to the table as intended as I don't use miniatures for Call of Cthulhu, but he will make a superb demon for old school D&D when I get round to it.

Armoured Skeleton.

Another 1980s offering from Grenadier Miniatures, a very nicely sculpted Skeleton Knight:

Really like this figure & frankly you'd struggle to find anything remotely as good these days, I particularly like the realistically proportioned battle-axe.