CONAN OF THE MONTH DECEMBER 2015

More of an "I'm still alive " post, I painted this figure a long while back. This project is on a bit of a back burner, but I still intend to forge ahead with it.

Here is an early 1980's figure I was sent by Michael at Classic Minatures and I think it's by a company called Texas Miniatures? (correct me if I'm wrong).

CONAN OF THE MONTH MARCH 2015

A somewhat irregular feature, but here we are still in the desert with an offering from Nick Lund's Chronicle Range which appeared in the early 1980's.

By the way, does anyone know why random text on this blog keeps showing as pale grey and so unreadable? I have all the settings correct, but each time I look at the blog a different piece of text has faded out? Most annoying.....I blame Thoth-Amon.

CONAN OF THE MONTH NOVEMBER 2014

It's been a while, but here is a rather nice Conan figure from the Minifigs SS range. I painted him up for a desert theatre of war as we will be taking a look at the Stygians in the next post.

CONAN OF THE MONTH MAY 2014

Here is a nicely animated figure from Minot' Minature Armoury who released a small range of Conanesque figures called Heroic Age, many based on the paintings of Frank Frazetta, although I'm not sure if this fellow is.
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CONAN OF THE MONTH APRIL 2014

Here we have Conan at the zenith of his career, wearing the Royal harness of Aquilonia

...Conan's armor of black platemail, with the vizored salade and the dark plumes nodding over a wivern crest. Over all they put the silken surcoat with the royal lion worked in gold upon the breast and they girt him with a broad gold buckled belt which supporteda jewel hilted broadsword in a cloth of gold scabbard.' (Conan the Conqueror)

I have posted this figure on another blog before so apologies if you have seen it already, a lovely old Ral Partha miniature from 1976-77.

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).