A word about Ilyad Miniatures......

[finn17]

\'Return of the Minotaur\'

Sounds like it could be her next movie...

:innocent:

 

[tooshy]

Originally posted by Ritual
Just stuff the freezer with the left-overs! lol

Actually....come to think of it, tis the season of the BBQ so I\'m sure he wouldn\'t go to waste

Originally posted by finn17

Return of the Minotaur

Sounds like it could be her next movie...

:innocent:

Oh my - I\'d hate to clean the toilet after that lot..... :|~

 

[Zora]

That\'s the best looking minotaur I\'ve seen in a long time. For some reason, I\'m awfully picky about minotaur minis. They\'re never JUST right for me. Still some of the best ones were older GW ones.

Can\'t believe I\'m saying that.lol

 

[Ritual]

That minotaur is HUGE! They (Ilyad) also have this one (from Allan C\'s site - he\'s sculpted both of them...):

http://allanc.art.free.fr/minotaure vorag.htm

This one is smaller (and much cheaper... ) but is exceptionally cool nonetheless.

 

[tooshy]

Originally posted by Ritual
That minotaur is HUGE! They (Ilyad) also have this one (from Allan C\'s site - he\'s sculpted both of them...):

http://allanc.art.free.fr/minotaure vorag.htm

This one is smaller (and much cheaper... ) but is exceptionally cool nonetheless.

Just for a comparison, I took a pic of the Ilyad mini, with a lovely old GW Minotaur (bought off our very own Trevor - where is he these days?) and a Rackham goblin (part painted)....

He is indeed.....huge

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Are any of these guys Ogres?
Iron Mouth 1
Goum and Pépette

 

[tooshy]

Originally posted by Ebonbuddha
Are any of these guys Ogres?
Iron Mouth 1
Goum and Pépette

Hmmm...not sure. They are shown under Dogs of War (but I guess you already knew that), but they don\'t look like Ogres to me.....??? I am sure someone more learned can answer your question

 

[Zora]

I wish I\'d known about the Ilyad Minotaur a couple of years ago before trying to find an old GW one and converting it.

The Ilyad is even carrying an axe...perfect!

 

[Avicenna]

Originally posted by Ebonbuddha
Are any of these guys Ogres?
Iron Mouth 1
Goum and Pépette

Iron mouth is an ogre - he\'s in Toosh\'s pic with the minotour

Goum is more like a giant (or is thet pepette?)

 

[romain]

ilyad ;.... hehehee one of the best miniature firm this is sure ......

I am painting a big vorag ....

 

[tooshy]

Hey Romain...it looks like you haven\'t used any undercoat - the wrist bands in particular. Is this right??? If so, how come?!

 

[philologus]

I never liked GW\'s minotaurs. These look great though. I love the football (U.S.) pose of the one and the bull charge pose on the other. I\'ve never seen a minotaur fig that looked like he was doing something a bull would do. Fantastic!

 

[Sonnyslayer]

WOW! thats some smooth primer tooshy! what do you use?

i have to get some new Ilyad minis.. the barbarians are very popular.

 

[Ebonbuddha]

@ Avicenna and Tooshy.

Thanks guys. I like all of them.And that can be a bad thing.

*sigh* Its hard try to not buy new minis.

 

[green stuff]

Message original : Avicenna
Goum is more like a giant (or is thet pepette?)

Actually, in the comic book, both are 6-8 year olds. They were both kidnapped by a sorcerer who was later broke. So he transformed Goum into the big guy he now is to fight as a gladiator and kept his little sister as pressure to control him.

 

[romain]

Message original : tooshy
Hey Romain...it looks like you haven\'t used any undercoat - the wrist bands in particular. Is this right??? If so, how come?!

I have used undercoat , but just a little .
I don\'t like when the minis is totaly white after the undercoat

I use GW white undercoat ( spray )

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Are all of Ilyiad miniatures based on a comic?

Originally posted by green stuff

Message original : Avicenna
Goum is more like a giant (or is thet pepette?)

Actually, in the comic book, both are 6-8 year olds. They were both kidnapped by a sorcerer who was later broke. So he transformed Goum into the big guy he now is to fight as a gladiator and kept his little sister as pressure to control him.

 

[tooshy]

Originally posted by Sonnyslayer
WOW! thats some smooth primer tooshy! what do you use?

i have to get some new Ilyad minis.. the barbarians are very popular.

Hey Sonny, I use the standard GW white primer but I\'m quite generous with it! It looks very wet when it goes on, but dries lovely and none of the detail is missing. I tend to do a single layer, see how it looks and then add another. I always spray outside, which means the model dries quickly.

@Romain: So you are the opposite to me then You really have used a light touch on the primer - I find if I do that, I get very mixed results with the worst being it goes grainy. I love the skin colour you have used and his loin cloth looks great too

@Ebonbudda: Ilyad are the new Rackham! LOL I find the models daunting because of a) their size (the barbarian Avicenna did for example is tiny but has so much detail or in the case of the minotaur, he\'s huge!) and b) the level of detail they can achieve with resin casts. Funnily enough, they aren\'t brittle though and are easy to prep - make sure you give them a nice wash in soapy water to remove the mould release agent (sorry if I\'m teaching my grandmother to suck eggs with that last bit!). But you must get one and obviously let us see how you get along with it

 

[green stuff]

Message original : Ebonbuddha
Are all of Ilyiad miniatures based on a comic?

Some yes, others no.

All are part of their \"Retour des Dieux\" game. It\'s made up of two sub-universes that intermix :

*) Armageddon;
*) Chroniques de la Lune Noire (Chronicles of the Black Moon)

Chroniques de la Lune Noire is a french comic book written by Froideval. He teamed up with Gary Gygax to get AD&D popular in France. So the comic book portrays one of Froideval\'s RPG characters (a semi-elf) as he goes from a pretty innocent and naïve adventurer to ruler of a kingdom. The story is a bit cheesy (who am I kidding, it\'s mouse paradise ) but has some nice art and is great inspiration for RPGs.

 

[Ebonbuddha]

Cool. Thanks for the information.