Forge of Ice Miniatures - Alex Bates
@alxbates
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Making miniatures & writing fiction in Fairbanks, Alaska! He/Him. I mostly post minis, dinosaurs & RPG stuff, plus occasional Alaska-relevant topics.
Fairbanks, AK
Joined June 2013
Legends don’t come around often. And when they do… you pay attention. I’m honored to exclusively announce that the legendary fantasy artist Clyde Caldwell is launching a brand new Kickstarter project, and if you grew up on classic fantasy art, and D&D or Dragonlance goodness,
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Playing with pen and ink for a one-page dungeon project.
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-40ish here in my neighborhood. Icefog so dense that I can see across the street, but not much farther than that. Great weather for staying indoors and painting minis!
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The Sowers of the Thunder is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful books ever published.
A couple of nice arrivals from the estate of Edward P. Berglund, the writer, pulp scholar and editor of the anthology "The Disciples of Cthulhu" (1976). I'm honored to be keeping them safe here.
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I’m going to have to find a copy of this for myself.
"A New Dawn" by John W. Campbell Jr., edited by James A. Mann, published by NESFA Press in 2003 A collection of science fiction and horror stories by the influential fiction magazine editor. The stories included here were originally published under his pen name Don A. Stuart. 1/3
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I think that Howe & Lee are to Tolkien as Frazetta is to Robert E Howard - the perfect lens to distill the subject matter into visual life. But I do think that pre-PJ Tolkien art had some brilliant creators in the mix (particularly Angus McBride); often beautiful & strange.
Pre-Peter Jackson Tolkien art is like a lost world trapped in amber, a foreign country to which none can return. Now everything is John Howe and Alan Lee filtered through Weta Workshop.
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Never done a giveaway so likely not well thought out but here we go! Win a diorama! Like=1 entry Share=2 entries Follow=3 (current followers included!) entries Deadline is Nov 21. Other details as I decide them. Or buy one here: https://t.co/yZDABM52hM Let’s do this!
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Another kickass miniatures KS for anyone who can use some new creepy freaks for their table. https://t.co/wCH7HE0q7s
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28mm sci fi horror miniatures
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There’s something incredibly satisfying about drawing a map by hand. Yeah, it needs some digital cleanup & error-fixing, but I’m pretty happy with it.
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Barbaric Splendor's Ophidian Menace kickstarter has new miniature as a stretch goal based on my concept art, Xssh-Duuhl the primeval. Here's the link, check it out and snag one if you are so inclined. https://t.co/EP9IiWTSZN
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Great set of hand-sculpted metal minis & resin terrain from a good friend of mine. We need more old-school Sword & Sorcery on the tabletop! https://t.co/FIIWXQmvPs
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Woe to hominids - the age of the serpent has returned!
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Dragon Turtle!
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A little early morning inking. Feels good to dust off the microns.
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There’s nothing quite like the awesomeness of hand-made tabletop gaming projects. Like these spaceships made from clothespins. CLOTHESPINS!! Absolutely fantastic,
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I suspect that another factor was simply that the elderly executives at the time were more familiar with pulp adventure heroes than they were with superheroes.
It's hard to believe in our post-MCU world, but lots of people looked at the success of 1989's Batman and didn't immediately think "More Cape Comic Superheros" They though "More retro aesthetic adventure heroes with iconic designs and colorful villains"
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My Brass Rank Goblins are available again, along with new matching archers!
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I’m counting resin gorilla skulls tonight. Not a bad way to spend an evening.
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Very cool!
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Seen in the wild - Chris Walsh’s BRILLIANT paint on my Dragon Ogres, next to their inspiration, the 1989 Nick Bibby sculpt. Unpainted models are available from me here in the US, or at Fenris Games everywhere else!
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I am really enjoying research into Ray Harryhasuen’s concept illustrations ❤️ This stuff is a goldmine of pure, old school fantasy art.
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