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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Fire Demons - Balrogs (Set 2)

Again, made by Dark Alliance and again, big beasts.
For  my considerations on size ..see HERE
 The whole Gang together. I might have swopped the wings between the two sets.
Ok...so Alliance has made Trolls, Balrogs, Orcs, Uruks, Dwarves, Elves and Wargs to populate a 1/72nd scale middle earth.
What´s missing?
Hobbits, Rangers, Ents, Haradrim, Dunlending, Nazgûl on foot or mounted either on nags or Fell beasts, Barrow wights, Dwarves mounted on Rams
Mûmakil but too big maybe ?

Another "period" for me to get into?
Zombie Hunters/Post apocalypse survivors from Dark Alliance,  coming in 2018

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18 comments:

  1. Phil1 November 2017 at 02:42

    Terrific!

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  2. Philotep1 November 2017 at 03:13

    Excellent painting, Paul, and excellent pictures too (did you change your camera, by the way ?). I was interested by these sets anyway, but you make me want to get them ASAP :)
    Oh, and the news from Dark Alliance is interesting, though I am not looking for zombie hunters, but it seems that some of these guys may be used in pulp adventures.

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    1. Paul´s Bods1 November 2017 at 03:59

      Thanks Phil.
      I haven´t changed my camera, I´ve started using different Settings and altering the lighting a bit. Seems to work.

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  3. Michael1 November 2017 at 04:13

    Happy Halloween :-)

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  4. Michael Awdry1 November 2017 at 09:33

    That is quite a collection of fiery demons you have now! Terrific stuff Paul.

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  5. James1 November 2017 at 09:41

    Great work! I have some of the Trolls for my 28mm Middle Earth armies. How big are these Balrogs compared with the Trolls?

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    1. Paul´s Bods2 November 2017 at 01:00

      Thanks James.
      The Balrogs are 6cms tall, which converted to real size, is around about 15 foot tall, just about right if compared to the LotR´s book Version of how big a Balrog should be, 2x the height of an elf, and elves are described in the books as 6 foot 6. The Trolls are 5cm´s tall (a head Shorter than the demons) In real size, 12 and a half feet. They are described in the books as being 10 to 18 feet tall, so they fit into that size range.

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    2. Paul´s Bods2 November 2017 at 01:04

      When I write "Trolls" I didn´t include the ones carrying the catapults as they are a bit bigger. If stood upright they would be 6.5 cm´s tall.

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  6. Sprinks1 November 2017 at 10:35

    They look very impressive, may have to get hold of some!. And post apocalyptic bods...ooohh the possibilities!.

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  7. Stew1 November 2017 at 11:50

    Nice painting!

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  8. Hightower2 November 2017 at 09:19

    Wonderful work.

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  9. Alister4 November 2017 at 14:27

    Great work. Regarding what is missing I like your list. I guess they also did some 'oathbreakers' - ghosts from the Paths of the Dead. I'd like to see Rohirrim, Gondorian foot, Swan Knights of Dol Amroth and maybe a set representing the Fellowship.

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    1. Paul´s Bods5 November 2017 at 01:09

      Thanks Alister.
      Caeser minis makes The Knights of Dol Amroth along with high elves
      http://www.minitoysoldier.com/prolist.asp?id=604
      As for the other humans, I suppose other medievals could be converted but I know what you mean about having sets that specifically depict them.

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  10. maximex5 November 2017 at 07:30

    A terrible creature
    Right now, five minut back (my TV movie) fell down and with grabbed Gandalf and both drops down.

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  11. John7 November 2017 at 09:11

    Hi Paul,
    More excellent work as usual. As for the "What's missing?" Well, I use Essex miniatures 15mm hobbits. I've found hobbits in 15mm ranges are oversized for the scale. I just recently found "15mm" wraiths by Old Glory 15s/19th Century miniatures. They are part of the Black Raven Foundry range. While billed as 15mm, they are actually closer to 20mm...perhaps a tad smaller than 1/72 scale figures. My son and I have used them in gaming. They do look great. Dunlandings could be Celts, Vikings, Saxons or any other European culture that features foot troops. Haradrim? Sassanid Persians from HaT? For Ents, there are plenty of 28mm models out there that would look just fine with 1/72 scale figures. For Barrow Wights, I suspect the Caesar Undead box would do nicely. There are some "boss" skeletons that should fit the bill in that set. Blood Dawn miniatures have some great looking Dwarves, including Dwarves on Rams! These were also over-sized for the scale. They work well with the Splintered Light miniatures metal Dwarves which were also over-sized.
    Keep up the great work!
    John

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    1. Paul´s Bods8 November 2017 at 08:10

      Thanks John, that´s a brilliant list. I´ve looked at various 15mm makes but without any idea of wether they would fit alongside 1/72nd I´ve been put off trying them out so many thanks. I never thought of the caeser undead set for wights..DOH!!

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  12. John8 November 2017 at 13:28

    Hi Paul,
    Here are a couple of blog posts which feature some pictures of the Nazgul and another with Hobbits.
    https://johnswargames.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/well-that-didnt-take-long/
    https://johnswargames.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-in-172-scale/
    The Nazgul post has a MiniArt Germanic Warrior on horse for comparison. Those figures are large 1/72 scale figures. There is also a HaT Frankish warrior all blurry in the foreground in another picture.
    Hope that answers any scale questions you have.
    John

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    1. Paul´s Bods9 November 2017 at 08:36

      Many Thanks John that´s very helpfull..more than..brilliant I can say. . I´m gonna have to get some Black Raven Foundry wraiths etc.

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