Thanks Roxanne   I love Ral Partha figures too, but I'm not certain if they are available anymore.  I did hear that some were going to be reissued again. only I don't know what happened about that.  Some of the last series of Mage Knight figures were based on certain Ral Partha figures which was useful because I was able rebase and repaint them for Warhammer Fantasy.  That she-Centaur was a delight to paint and she remains a firm favourite of mine.

Yes Old Glory issued their Fantasy figures under the name 'Ghost Miniatures' and they used to be stunningly cheap to buy even taking into account the exchange rate and postage.  Quite a few of my Elves were a hybrid province of Avelorn High Elf/Wood Elf mix which made them useful for both armies with no changes at all.  That was where the wee fairy mages, the Old Glory Elf riders and the Centaurs fitted in which sometimes made opponents stare, but the last thing I wanted was a boring army that was the same as everyone else's

Ta for liking my 'shabby fairy' avatar.  I should really get back to doing larger figures again because they are fun to do.

A part of my Elf army on parade.  Some are unpainted, but don't look at those ones 





A she-Elf sorceress I sculpted from scratch.  V'ana could be best described as 'chaotic neutral' and and was quite powerful as a scorceress.  She had her own special rules which meant that she could be recruited to just about any fantasy race's army, BUT the difficulty was making sure she stayed and didn't wander off or get distracted when she was needed most.  And that's dirt on her skin, that's not her natural skin colour!

I used to wargame with modified Lego, Playmobil and similar figures too which used to horrify some people.  I mostly used the larger figures for skirmish type games, but Lego minifigs can be used for Warhammer if you can find an opponent whose willing to take a Lego army seriously.

An Elf and a Dwarf king.


Hobbit watchman.


Hobbit spearman.


Lego Elves.

Hey Lady Smith!
I'm laughing at your Lego/Playmobil figures right now but IN A GOOD WAY!
I like them because;
1) someone as obviously true to gaming as yourself likes, collects, modifies and paints them and
2) they are perfectly irreverent towards anyone too stuffy to acknowledge someone else's figures.

I mean if they are gaming with you Lady Smith then they must surely realise that you are a TRUE gamer who has gone to the trouble of turning completely unexpected "toys" into painted and modified gaming pieces. Hooray for you!

They might make me laugh but they keep me happily smiling too! Even though I am feeling a bit despondent today because I have just missed out on attending my country's (Australia) largest wargame's convention.

I will keep my fingers and toes crossed for Ral Partha. Ah.....fond, fond memories.

Ghost Miniatures/Old Glory Miniatures? Maybe that's wherein my ignorance lies. I didn't realise they also had a fantasy range but that could also be because I am a total "historicals" geek.

Anyway I still think your pic is super cool and I wish I had a gorgeous figure with beautiful eyes like her in my collection. As exquisite as Lladro

Ciao bella (figurina too),
xoxo,
Roxanne.

 

That's sad Roxanne, - not being able to go to that wargaming convention.  I can very much sympathis with your disappointment.

A good many of the Lego and Playmobil and other toy figures I modified were down on their luck toys purchased cheap from somebody's toybox clearout.  The Elf army was different though because most of them were purchased new and I obtained a lot of special custom pieces from companies like 'Brickarms' that make all manner of armour and weapons especially for folk who wargame with Lego.  A bit expensive, but I feel the final result was worth it.



It was a lot of fun making clothing and armour for Playmobil 'klickies' from scraps of leather and metallic punchings and other bits and bobs.  Making Hobbit feet and heads from sculpting putty and putting hair intended for doll making on both feet and heads.  Most of the weapons came from the old Fisher Price Imaginex castle series (more toybox clearance buys) and of course quite a lot of the Imaginex castle toys were perfect for toy box wargaming.  I think I have three of the Imaginex giants which I think are pretty darn impressive and waaaaay cheaper to buy second hand than GW's giants.  The only Imaginex figure which eluded me was the Centaur which was only available in the final set of the series and is quite rare.


War gaming with toys is fun and that is the whole point of the hobby afterall.

Pre-battle nerves.


An assortment of ex-toybox figures.


Meet the king.


Printed paper armour strengthened with a coating of PVA.


I should stop now Roxanne before I corrupt you any further