Friday, 20 February 2015

From SanderS - Sci-Fi Anyone? (45 Points)

Dear Ladies and Gents,

 A promise makes a debt as we say in the Netherlands. Some time ago I promised you all a few painted Tarks and well here they are. As I was doing some Sci-Fi stuff anyway I decided to paint up some more West End Games Star Wars miniatures as well and post them here together.

 Here's a group shot of the lot of them.

Let's tackle the Star Wars mini's first. These figures are supposed to represent Han Solo shooting some-one, Lando in his Skiff-guard disguise and Leia dressed op as a bounty-hunter (with thermo detonator, mind you!) in order to rescue Han.


And yes, Han did shoot FIRST!

Next up are the Tarks, I can't remember what make they are but they're marvellous sculpts. The weapons are separate as are some of the arms. The bases are from the 36 Chambers again and really enhance the overall feel of Barsoom on the mini's I think.


Well I hope you like them as much as I do. Sadly the Tarks (and the OOP West End mini's for that matter) are rather expensive, so I haven't got any more of them. The Barsoom project still has about 8 base-coated humans waiting in the lists but I'll turn in some regiments for more points first. There are still loads of Star Wars mini's unpainted in my cupboard but they'll have to wait for a while yet.







Points wise this is a conundrum for me, yet again, the Star Wars mini's are 25mm (so let's say 28mm for the sake of argument)  and that would make 15 points, but the Tarks are much larger so let's leave it up to Lord C. to decide shall we?

Cheers Sander
From Curt:
Oooh, those classic Star Wars figures from West Wind are wonderful (and rare), but I have to say those Barsoom-esque miniatures take the cake for me. They're huge!  I really like the baroque bronze armour and weapons set against their green skin - very sharp. And the alien landscape basework sets it all off so nicely.  You've officially pushed me over the edge in wanting to get some of these (as credit card emerges from wallet...). Just so you know the excellent alien figures seen here are from Savage Barsoom while there are similar types available from Tin Man Miniatures as well. 

Points? I'm counting the 'Tarks' as 54mm so the total is 45. Well done Sander!
Posted by Sander at 1:07 pm
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38 comments:

  1. Endtransmission20 February 2015 at 14:02

    Oh those are all fantastic. I love the Barsoom

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:19

      Me too, there will be at least one more contribution before the Challenge's end...

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  2. TamsinP20 February 2015 at 15:41

    Excellent work Sander :)

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:19

      Coming from you that means a lot thanks Tamsin!

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  3. Tiago Vitorino20 February 2015 at 16:04

    Great work!
    And those SW minis are just amazing :)

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:20

      Thanks, yup they are! You can still get them through ebay!

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  4. AdamC177620 February 2015 at 16:40

    The Tarks are awesome.

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:20

      I really tried to get the greens right, you do see them in a more orky green which to me doesn't get the right feel.

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  5. Ray Rousell20 February 2015 at 16:53

    Nice work Sander, I've never seen these Star Wars figures before!

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:21

      Thanks Ray, well where have you been hiding!? Those West End mini's have been around for ages!

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  6. Millsy20 February 2015 at 18:13

    The Tarks are very cool but Lando is the bomb!

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:22

      Yeah Lando is really cool, I have a Bespin version of him as well oh and wait till you see Boba...

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  7. Unknown20 February 2015 at 18:35

    Oh these are some sweeet figures! Seriously digging that Han Solo.

    Hey, your Gorgeous Gobliness arrived in the post today!

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:22

      Well she really took her time then! I sent her off directly after the end-result was posted...

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  8. Evan Hughes20 February 2015 at 19:18

    The Tharks are great - gotta love a species that can fight FOUR-handed!

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:23

      yeah I wouldn't want to be on their receiving end...

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  9. Sean20 February 2015 at 20:54

    +++ for Barsoom. Great submission.

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  10. Samuli20 February 2015 at 23:52

    Nice work! Nice to see some Barsoom stuff! It's definately underrated as a sci-fi setting

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:23

      Yes and this range is really great for capturing the old skool look of the series.

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  11. Clint21 February 2015 at 01:04

    John Carter, red planet, Barsoom, space 1889. My god man sign me up this is fantastic. It really does have that credit card draw to it! I'm hooked.

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:24

      So what's holding you back? Get out the old plastic and order some and show us the results! Heck perhaps we could do a Barsoomian side duel next year ;-)

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    2. Clint22 February 2015 at 02:48

      To be honest I was thinking of doing some VSF post "salute". Maybe not sure about Barsoom but I feel I could be persuaded.

      I will happily accept a side duel challenge! But not point or figures number based. Let's talk about it. But Yeah I am up for it and consider myself duly challenged!

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    3. Sander22 February 2015 at 07:38

      great, we could of course combine things: why not choose a Barsoomian Femme Fatale and enter it in the next Feeme Fatale Duel?

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    4. Clint22 February 2015 at 10:47

      OK a "Victorian Femme Fatale" side challenge it is then! I am happy if anyone else wants to join in. So get your steam-punk-ed!

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    5. Sander23 February 2015 at 02:56

      Deal!

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  12. Ian21 February 2015 at 01:57

    These are great, the Tarks especially

    Ian

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  13. Juan Mancheño21 February 2015 at 02:48

    Very nice painting work. I think I have all those old Star War models in some corner of the family manor...
    Fantastic the red planet natives!

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    1. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:25

      Thanks, well if you're not going to paint them up, and are thinking about selling... ;-)

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  14. david bromley21 February 2015 at 06:30

    Star wars and John Carter! Two of my favorites! Excellent job all around, Han did shoot first!

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  15. Sander21 February 2015 at 16:26

    Your wish our command. Yup, digital remakes be damned "Don't panic and shoot first!"

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  16. Kevin Holland22 February 2015 at 11:39

    Very nice work, Sander! I remember those West End figures very fondly (Julie Guthrie sculpts I think, if my memory still works!). And those Green Martians look so great, I had to try and track them down! I think they are by Bronze Age Miniatures - http://www.bronzeagemin.com

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  17. Chasseur22 February 2015 at 13:58

    Lovely figures and painting, especially the big green chaps!

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  18. Darcy Perry22 February 2015 at 20:54

    I love the Tharks. I have a collection of them myself. Excellent painting.

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    1. Sander23 February 2015 at 02:57

      They are really great to paint aren't they? There's enough detail to get stuck in, but you can get them done with a relatively limited palette of paints.

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