Posted by
Billiam Babble on
Jun 13, 2011; 12:46am
URL: http://the-lost-and-the-damned.71.s1.nabble.com/Desert-Island-Miniatures-tp6467959p6468547.html
Eep. Can't we just list the 8 figures we'd take to a desert island? - In a practical gaming sense?
I mean, as a RPG-er WHQ-er I reckon I could improvise most scenarios with eight figures - possibly ...
(1) WHQ's wizard (or anything with a hood or Gandalf hat), (2) elf with bow, (3) dwarf, maybe a (4) knight (not the barbarian although the barbarian is very cool) and (5) halfling-thiefy type (perhaps something which is cross between the elf and halfling) - anything small with a cape, or even Frodo (or that cool halfling Mortis posted).
Okay that's five, I'm already outnumbering the monsters - but PCs could double up as bad guys sometimes.
(6&7) Two very early Citadel Orcs. Or maybe an orc and a skeleton (loved first generation plastic GW ... or tomb guardian). Minion-fodder.
(8) An ogre or troll of some kind - a big humanoid (old citadel Minotaur -metal? - I turned one into a balrog / Chaos demon thing with dragon wings). Challenge/tribe leader/boss (but doubles as a fodder)
...and (9) a dragon...
I particular like the red dragon I bought last year, Smaug-ish thing LotR? Not painted it yet. (Struggling to find pictures on line)
Or maybe a smaller non-humanoid monster that would double up for everything big. In saying that, you'd be surprised how many monsters in games are like bears/wolves/giant warthogs (I'm now torn and that's before acknowledge all the giant insectty beasties).
I do have a baby dragon which could pretend to be bigger. Lovely little thing. Gold, green, red, I think he's been every colour so far (been with me a long time, wings fall off every five years).
Drop the elf? or keep the dwarf as the second fighter/cleric and have the barbarian.
I had some really nice old figures - some got swapped and sold I think (damn), I still think of some of the later figures as imposters.
The idea would be that I could play many different types of scenarios with myself, perhaps using pebbles for dungeon walls, and real ants for giant ants.
Now I want to play WHQ in the sand. Or something D&D or T&T but made up - maybe Fighting Fantasy? (Maybe MortisQuest? *grin*) I guess I'd have to make some dice...
Sorry, if it wasn't quite the intention of the original article, but I've enjoyed smuggling the figures on the boat, anyhow. :) Cheers.