Some Pliocene progress

The initial wave of enthusiasm from the wargaming-The-Saga-of-the-Exiles idea has carried me though the process of painting (or in some cases repainting) some figures that were already on hand.

First completed was this macrauchenid. It's a pliocene member of the giraffe family. Too slender to serve as a riding animal, it'll just provide some exotic flavour as a background element in games taking place outside the Tanu cities. The model is a cheap, Chinese-made toy I picked up years ago when I briefly toyed with the idea of a 15mm scale Pliocene army for Hordes of the Things.

Another pliocene animal is Stephanorhinus etruscus. Another cheap plastic toy, this one depicts a 4 metre long giant rhinoceros. I enjoyed airbrushing this model. It and the marcrauchenid benefitted immensely from a coat of AK Ultra Matt airbrush varnish.

Stephanorhinus makes a challenging target for a Tanu hunter.

The Tanu is a very old Mithril Miniatures model that's been sitting in a drawer for decades. The product code on the base enabled me to identify it as "32mm Lorien spearman" from their old Lord of the Rings range.

My paint job is a long way from what this quite nice sculpt deserves. It was my first attempt at depicting coloured glass (vitredur) for the partial armour and the spearhead. 

Another old model (I suspect early Games Workshop but I'm not sure) is this Firvulag stalwart in obsidian armour. Nothing much to say about this repaint of a figure that was unlikely to be used in any other context.

Another Firvulag is this troll-like creature. Also ancient, I think it came from the collection of my friend Alan Slater. I've repainted it as its original 1980s paint job was looking its age.

Finally, another attempt at a glass-armoured Tanu. This guy is in the rose and gold colours of a member of the Psychokinetic Guild. I probably didn't choose the easiest set of shapes to try and depicted as glass but practice eventually makes perfect (I hope).

I don't want to spend a fortune on this project - a few additional figures and perhaps one more building to add an alien element should be enough to give me a chance to play-test some suitable rules. At the moment I'm considering a What A Cowboy-based system as an alternative to Song of Blades and Heroes. Although Pulp Alley is another possibility... hmm....