Phaeton Design

As mention in previews posts the sculptor Chris Tubb is re-sculpting the figures from the Fantasy Armies range. He now has a website from which you can order the figures directly using Paypal (as well as helping him save on Ebay fees). He recently released new sculpts of the Half-Orc Thief (CH29) and the Female Magician (CH37).

Half-Orc Thief PCH6 by Chris Tubb

Sage

This figure is another good example of the plethora of different markings and codes used by PA. This one is markt PAM VL2.

              

Villagers

Right now I'm working on the VL miniatures from the Friends & Foes range. The innkeeper is is the first one I've painted and it's marked Prince August VL1 on it's base. I was inspired by Bruegel's paintings of renaissance peasants when choosing the colors for this modell.

 

CH5 Silvan Elf Firing Bow

When choosing a color scheme for this miniature I was inspired by the picture of it in the PA handbook no. 4. The miniature is marked Prince August CH5 on the base.

Odros "The Bagman"

Here comes another figure given a name and a background story in the PA catalogue from 1986. The figure has the same base design as the previous figures in the Character range but with a different type of marking. Instead of  the company name being spelled out, it has the abbreviation PAM and of course the code CH4.

Hooded Thief (Assassin) CH4

Female Elf with Bow

The miniature is markt with PRINCE AUGUST CH3 on the bottom of the base. The figure was supplied with a more elaborate bow then pictured in the catalogue. 

CH3 Female Elf

From the 1990 catalogue

Enemy number one

He looks more like an old circus bear then a beast some adventures might stumble upon in the wilderness. But the miniature is interesting in that it show's the second style of base used for the figures. I personally think is the nicest version as it makes the figures look more like gaming pieces. And that’s the reason way I added a line of gloss paint around the edge.

The model is also a god exemple of the different markings used on the miniatures. In this case the base is just marked AN1 and PAM. The Friends and Foes are marked differently from the character figures in that they are divided in to many subcategories. AN is for animals and OR for orcs and so forth.

The strange codes are probably the reason way they are wrongly labelled Grenadier or Ral Partha miniatures when sold on Ebay. 

AN1 Bear