showcasing my (mainly old school) Conan the Barbarian miniatures, with the odd game thrown in.

showcasing my (mainly old school) Conan the Barbarian miniatures, with the odd game thrown in.
"In the time before the mortgage drank the paycheque, and the rise of the three children, was an age still dreamed of. And unto this came Springinsfeld, destined to paint little lead soldiers and push them round the table."

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

CONAN OF THE MONTH - MARCH 2014



I hope to post a different Conan figure each month, but suspect I will get sidetracked. With best intentions though, here is an offering from Ral Partha dated 1977. I think he is quite a common figure , in a rather odd pose, squatting slightly and looking constipated, but that's part of the charm of early figures I guess. I have about 6 of this guy waiting for conversion.He has the correct Conan haircut, with a square cut fringe. In fact, the unpainted face looks a bit like James Earl Jones so I might pinch the head off one to make a film Thulsa Doom character (the novel Thulsa Doom has a bare skull for a head).




2 comments:

  1. I've got this fig waiting to paint up as dungeon party barbarian.
    I would really like to see a film thulsa Doom created by you...
    Glad Blogger is behaving at last.

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  2. Excellent painting. He does really look like Thulsa Doom from the movie as you mention.

    "THAT is strength boy...THAT is power! Contemplate this...on the tree of woe..."

    HA..great movie.

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