It's been a while since my blog was graced with a dinosaur, but now that's about to change. This is the Megalosaur from Antediluvian Miniatures*, one of the two victorian Crystal Palace dinosaurs. Now that I have said all that it's time for an omission; I'm not planning on using as a dinosaur, this thing just looked too generic monster for my liking. I can see this thing living in dark caves scaring the peasantry until a Knight came along to do his thing. Ok so I might have gotten a little carried away there.
* I'm really glad I only had to write that name and not pronounce it.
I'm not going to take credit for this find though, I had one of those emails during the week from another guy at the club (Antmaster) who had obviously stumbled across this company himself, and I sold from the moment I saw it.
Now I have the photos up online I'm not sure about the base, I think that may be re-done in the future, but I think this thing will look amazing as part of a Dragon's Rampant army as a men-at-arms equivalent in the future.
Thanks for reading.
That's a Victorian pastiche of a dinosaur and would proudly grace any VSF or steampunk game.
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Great paint job too!
Thanks Evan. That's kind of what I am thinking, why I didn't want to just bung it in with the rest of my dinosaurs, this feels special.
DeleteI've been coveting these for a while and now all resolve has evaporated! Great job Mike.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael. I like it when it's not just me that has weak will power.
DeleteDarn, that was quick. Did you pick up the adventurers too?
ReplyDeleteIt's what I do! I didn't pick the adventurers up, really wasn't sure what I would do with them. Got a small packs worth of the flying dinosaurs, though. Have to say postage was a lot more reasonable than the terms page suggested it would be.
DeleteThat is awesome, Mike! It looks very similar to the beast portrayed in the Nile mosaic of Palestrina - which is shown being hunted by native troops.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean. Native troops eh . . .
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