Tarzan
The aim of this project is to produce a Tarzan 'army' to use in my Weird War 2 games. To this end everything will be arranged and based to fit in with Crossfire rules.
Tarzan and his allies make for an interesting and varied army with plenty of scope for strangeness. This project will involve painting figures (of course), making a couple of buildings/structures and coming up with some rules so that the flavour of the setting and characters comes through in a tabletop game. Each of these facets will be covered in varying degrees of depth as I progress.
First, the miniatures:
Here is the human contingent of the army. Bottom right we have the main, named characters; Tarzan, Korak, Jane and a few others notably Boy and Cheetah which are from the films/TV series rather than the books and therefore not cannon as far as I'm concerned. However, the figures are available so why not? These figures are from Foundry and Pulp Figures.
Above the main characters is the Safari. The white folk are from Pulp Figures again and the bearers are from Dixon Miniatures, lovely little chaps at a fraction of the cost of Foundry bearers. For the sake of completeness I am on the look out for some cheap Foundry bearers off E-bay or somewhere but I have all I need for a single safari group and any further will be extras.
Bottom left are the Waziri who will be led by Jane. These are Copplestone Castings figures.
Above them are the beast men of Opar led by La, their priestess. La is a Reaper Miniature and the beast men are from The Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company.
I also have some Romans of the lost legion ordered from Black Tree Design but they haven't arrived yet.
I may, of course, add more groups later as ideas occur to me.
The beasts of Tarzan are next. Here are the ones I've assembled so far, again, as with the humans, others may be added.
Top right is Tantor the elephant from Steve Barber. Like many elephant models out there his legs are in the wrong stride pattern for an elephant which I personally find annoying and, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have been considered. But, he has such character, that I decided he was the elephant for me despite this.
I bought the large crocodile and a pair of lions from Steve Barber also. The lions (top left) are going to be Jad-bal-ja the golden lion and his mate. There is another family of lions beneath Tantor from Ral Partha.
Also from Ral Partha are the hippopotamus and the snake (not sure about the snake). The rhinos are from Copplestone Castings.
The apes make up a large contingent of course. Foremost amongst these are four great apes from Obelisk Miniatures (bottom of picture), these will form a group led by Tarzan himself. Korak will lead the slightly smaller great apes from Pulp Figures which are near the hippo. Next to these is a Foundry gorilla and two sets of chimpanzees, one from Mega Miniatures and one from Eureka.
Change of plan:
I've decided to use these figures for the Beast men of Opar but unfortunately they seem to be out of production. I believe they are Ral Partha figures, if you have some you're willing to let me have for a small amount of cash I would be very grateful. (I've found some on e-Bay thanks to the helpful folks at The Lead Adventure Forum.)
The Waziri, figures from Copplestone Castings.
The beast Men of Opar, Taers from Ral Partha.
A unit of Great Apes that will be led by Korak. These are from Pulp Figures.
The first of Tarzan's 'beasts', a Foundry gorilla.
Tarzan and his allies make for an interesting and varied army with plenty of scope for strangeness. This project will involve painting figures (of course), making a couple of buildings/structures and coming up with some rules so that the flavour of the setting and characters comes through in a tabletop game. Each of these facets will be covered in varying degrees of depth as I progress.
First, the miniatures:
Here is the human contingent of the army. Bottom right we have the main, named characters; Tarzan, Korak, Jane and a few others notably Boy and Cheetah which are from the films/TV series rather than the books and therefore not cannon as far as I'm concerned. However, the figures are available so why not? These figures are from Foundry and Pulp Figures.
Above the main characters is the Safari. The white folk are from Pulp Figures again and the bearers are from Dixon Miniatures, lovely little chaps at a fraction of the cost of Foundry bearers. For the sake of completeness I am on the look out for some cheap Foundry bearers off E-bay or somewhere but I have all I need for a single safari group and any further will be extras.
Bottom left are the Waziri who will be led by Jane. These are Copplestone Castings figures.
Above them are the beast men of Opar led by La, their priestess. La is a Reaper Miniature and the beast men are from The Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company.
I also have some Romans of the lost legion ordered from Black Tree Design but they haven't arrived yet.
I may, of course, add more groups later as ideas occur to me.
The beasts of Tarzan are next. Here are the ones I've assembled so far, again, as with the humans, others may be added.
Top right is Tantor the elephant from Steve Barber. Like many elephant models out there his legs are in the wrong stride pattern for an elephant which I personally find annoying and, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have been considered. But, he has such character, that I decided he was the elephant for me despite this.
I bought the large crocodile and a pair of lions from Steve Barber also. The lions (top left) are going to be Jad-bal-ja the golden lion and his mate. There is another family of lions beneath Tantor from Ral Partha.
Also from Ral Partha are the hippopotamus and the snake (not sure about the snake). The rhinos are from Copplestone Castings.
The apes make up a large contingent of course. Foremost amongst these are four great apes from Obelisk Miniatures (bottom of picture), these will form a group led by Tarzan himself. Korak will lead the slightly smaller great apes from Pulp Figures which are near the hippo. Next to these is a Foundry gorilla and two sets of chimpanzees, one from Mega Miniatures and one from Eureka.
Change of plan:
I've decided to use these figures for the Beast men of Opar but unfortunately they seem to be out of production. I believe they are Ral Partha figures, if you have some you're willing to let me have for a small amount of cash I would be very grateful. (I've found some on e-Bay thanks to the helpful folks at The Lead Adventure Forum.)
The Waziri, figures from Copplestone Castings.
The beast Men of Opar, Taers from Ral Partha.
A unit of Great Apes that will be led by Korak. These are from Pulp Figures.
The first of Tarzan's 'beasts', a Foundry gorilla.
