Travel with me back to the early 80’s, to the Dwarf Kings Court. When miniatures were smaller, made with lead, and you had to go to a shop to buy them. To those of us who were around at this time, things certainly look different today. No internet, no mobile phones, only three channels on …
From time to time I get asked how one manufacturers miniatures scale with a different manufacturers products. Usually it’s between Dark Sword and Reaper. It’s a fair question and I do my best to answer. I also include such information on the product listings in the Miniature-Heroes shop. Scale Scale is the size the miniature …
In the beginning the world was dark and void, and there weren’t any minis. God saw this, thought we can’t have that, and promtly created them. Then he had to make a whole universe to give his tiny creations a bit of relevance, but that’s another story. What I’m getting to in a very round …
Welcome the the third and final part of my giant troll painting journey. Here you’ll see the finished paint jobs and be able to make your own minds up as to whether it’s a good job or not. Of course the critical thing is whether Jacob of Ral Partha Legacy thinks it’s a good thing …
Time to give the troll with a scythe a bit of attention now. As I mentioned earlier, this one doesn’t fit the classic view I have of a troll. Bit too well dressed and carrying a farming impliment, i’ve nicknamed him Posh Troll. But it does provide interesting painting due to the design of his …
One of the very odd aspects of painting fantasy miniatures are the now accepted skintone norms for certain races. Orcs and Orks are green and always have been. Skaven are brown, goblins are green, while elves, humans and dwarves are generally caucasian. I try to be a little more adventerous with grey skinned elves and …
Carrying on from the last post, the Ral Partha Legacy trolls have moved to the painting table. Now I’m not an expert painter, and nor do I profess to have a great artistic knowledge or ability. But I will discribe what I do in the hope you might find it useful, and occasionally even humourous. …
Well it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to sit down and write a blog post. In truth it’s been a lack of time problem. Since the last post, I’ve moved servers, changed IT professionals, and had the theme changed on the shop. It’s all added up to a lot of work, mainly …
Ral Partha Legacy Now when I first started in the hobby, many moons ago, there were three main manufacturers of fantasy miniatures. Citadel, Grenadier and Ral Partha. All have undergone considerable changes during the intervening years. Ral Partha has been no exception, but now it’s getting a new lease of life from a friend of …
Gift Cards The MH Gift Card software has had an upgrade. You can now select any amount you like from £ 0.01p to £ 100,000 as the value of your card. They don’t have an expiry date so you don’t have to rush to use them. You can now also specify when your choosen recipient …
