These miniatures should be an exception in my collection: I didn’t know the movie (“The Barbarians,” 1987), nor did I know the actors. I had never heard of either, and I don’t think that was really a bad thing. If the gap in my education is more glaring than I think, feel free to write …
Today I finished some soldiers of Thulsa Dooms forces. The miniatures are again from Forge of Doom Miniatures and sculpted by Boris Woloszyn. There is absolutely nothing to complain about them, the casting is flawless and despite their mono poses, their heads and arms are different enough to have an interesting look. I’m very happy …
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I needed a little break from painting miniatures, so I built my first terrain piece for a potential hyborean gaming board. I thought about doing some kind of temple for Thulsa Doom, but then I preferred a more generic object that could also be used for other settings. When I looked for inspirations I stumbled …
Conan and his fellows sneaking into Thulsa Dooms temple and suddenly finding temselves in a battle with a giant snake, is one of the many iconic scenes of “Conan the Barbarian”. I don’t know if the battle looked good back then, but I find it rather trashy – still, I love that scene. When I …
“And that is what grieves me the most! You killed my snake.” Read More »
Next miniature for the Conan project is Thorgrim, loyal soldier to Thulsa Doom. He is played by Sven-OleThorsen and I always felt like he couldn’t hide that he is a friend of Arnie’s in real life. He is one of those characters the sequel is lacking of although he doesn’t speak a word. The miniature …
Today’s s post is a terrain piece for my Conan project. A statue for the snake cult that would fit very well in the temple of Thulsa Doom. It looks pretty much like Thulsa himself after his transformation – a perfect addition to my collection. The statue is a detailed resin piece from Forge of …
“Two or three years ago it was just another snake cult, now… they’re everywhere!” Read More »
Thulsa Doom’s Temple Guard fights in Conan the Barbarian against Conan, but ist only Seen for a short time. Their armour ist black apart from the bright fabric and orange elements at the helmets. Usually I try to stick to the original design of the movie characters, but I didn’t want to paint them only …
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Continuing with my Saga “Conan” project I painted Thulsa Doom, evil wizard and lord of the snakes. In “Conan the Barbarian” Thulsa is portrayed by James Earl Jones. Although I loved Arnie in that movie, it was James Earl Jones’ performance that really sticked to my mind. The eyes, the voice, the sheer presence. You …
I‘m going to post more WIP pictures in the future, starting with my actual Conan project. I had so much fun painting Conan and his fellows and I love the movie so much that I want more related miniatures. I‘m very happy that I could buy the absolutely awesome figures by Forge of Doom. They …
The last one of my Hyborean heroes is the fierce Red Sonja. This one is from Elladan and sculpted by Andy Peters, just like Conan himself. I love the pose and the sculpt, but of course you have to accept that it’s based on the comic books with corresponding proportions. Consequently I decided to go …
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