Lead n Paint: July 2023

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Creatures, monsters, critters, creepy crawlies etc. just like with dungeon accessories, I'm decidely not picky. This means I can still walk into a gamestore and come away happy.

I'm super picky about humans and fantasy races - particulary proportions - Just as well I'm rarely looking for these... sigh.

At the beginning of the year I filled two trays with a selection of monsters I wanted to paint (in a few cases repaint) and have been graduly working through them. Being able to switch around keeps larger projects like the orcs from my last post from becoming a chore.

In the spirit of this blog I'll start with the Citadel preslottas but further down you find a mix of old and new metals, plastics, and some resin prints.

Citadel Miniatures

C22 Cave Lion, 1984 (40mm base)

C22 Giant Shrew, 1984 (30mm base)

C22 Chos Hound, 1984 (40mm base)

C22 Sabre Tooth Tiger, 1984 (30mm base)

C29 Spined Young Dragon 1985 (40mm base)

I painted the hatchling some time ago.

C29 Creepy Crawlies, 1983

The C29 Creepy Crawlies included FF57 Giant Snakes (2) and Beetles FS40-2 (3) from previous ranges.

A fun set of tiny figs with loads of charm. These are the figures added in the C29 release minus 3 that I have never felt the need to hunt down: a 2nd scorpion and a 2nd bat that are both very similar to the ones I have, and an imp in an odd disco pose. (bases 15-30mm)

Addenda: There are also two small crabs in this range I'll have to track down at some point.

Vicious Giant Wolf (40mm base)

Monsters Starter Set BC2 1985

Giant Scorpion C29 1987 (75mm base)

If you linked here from a Citadel/Oldhammer group you're done

The rest ain't Citadel or GW

A large variety of manufacturers, materials, ages and sizes and colors.

FM62 Giant Tick (30mm base)

Asgard

Baby Dragon-046 (40mm base)

Superior Models

Shadowrun 20-527 Toxic Earth Spitit (75mm base)

Ral Partha 1993

If you Linked here from the Old School miniatures group - time to go - the rest are less than 30 years old

Metal Miniatures

FGV357 Blade Dog and Paper Construct

Northstar Miniatures 2022

I love the paper construct. A familiar thats increadly fragile and vulnerable but able to be slipped under a door, hidden in a book, and used as a tissue in emergencies.