7/11/2014

28 mm Copplestone's barbarians

I just finished painting a unit of 20 barbarians that I will use for WHF 3rd edition Norse army or as Chaos thugs as well. These figures were sculpted by Mark Copplestone for Grenadier long ago but they are still a great purchase nowadays. 


You can buy all these figures at Forlorn Hope Miniatures for 30 GBP. A bargain compared to other fantasy miniatures, especially taking into account they are all different poses and full of character.

I primed them with Army Painter Barbarian Flesh primer and then washed them with Army Painter soft and strong tones. The magnetic bases are from Sally 4th.



I also will use some of them as berserkers for my Viking army...


...or as Conans for some CROM games. The one on the left could be a young Conan storming Fort Venarium and the one on the right a more mature Conan after visiting some cities in the South.


I am seriously thinking about buying a cavalry regiment for my Chaos army.


14 comments:

  1. Fantastic work, great looking barbarians!

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  2. Beautiful painting and basing.

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    1. Cheers Jay. I have my doubts at basing as I usually go the easy method of flocking.

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  3. Love these models and the paintwork.
    I've been thinking on the same Oldhammer barbarian army idea (with the same miniatures!)... I'll pretend I've exorcise it through you :P

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    1. No way. You have to buy and paint them without excuses :)

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  4. These have been on my shopping list for years, this post only serves to boost them up the list. Great unit.

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    1. They are absolutely fantastic miniatures. Cheers Erny

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  5. Beautifully painted barbarians!

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  6. I bought these guys back in the day to use as proxy chaos thugs too :)

    They really are great minis.

    Cheers.

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    1. Yes they are. I have to order some more; archers and a cavalry

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  7. Thanks for the write up blacksmith, I love the paint job. One of the things I enjoy about selling these figures is seeing them "in the wild" ;-)

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    1. They are still the best barbarian range in 28mm

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