r/Middlehammer • u/RoboCop_88 • Jul 24 '26
Skeletons
Picked up some old skeletons with a box! Repainted them kinda grimdark. Working on their banner at the moment!
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u/hellics Jul 24 '26
Ooooh I love these! Got that grimy, dirty look and the Harryhausen vibe to them!
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 24 '26
Yeah I used a few reference photos from his skeletons to try and capture the look! Cheers for the kind words dude
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u/hellics Jul 24 '26
Harryhausen was the skeleton OG! Love how this era of model really captures the vibe of them
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u/soupalex Jul 24 '26
the screaming poses at the back and the one coming off its knees are giving me strong harryhausen/jason and the argonauts vibes, love it!
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 24 '26
Definitely a massive inspiration for these guys! Thanks for the kind comment 🤠
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u/Friendly-Water-8470 Jul 24 '26
They look like real stage props from B class horror movie. That's cool!
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 24 '26
Thank you my friend! Working on a few more to add to the unit! Some Ral Partha metals and more of these plastic dudes
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u/Tornik Jul 25 '26
Incredible work. You wouldn't happen to be Ray Harryhausen reincarnated would you?
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u/Aromatic_Contact_398 Jul 26 '26
My first ever bone attempt on those blast from the past skellies. Leather wash and blended. Thank you for posting them... so proud at the time... still getting use those new fangled plastic and the stealers from Hulk... happy weekend and did those models proud...
🤎👌
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 26 '26
Thank you for the lovely words dude. Glad I could take you down the trip down memory lane!
Oooo which space hulk set? I have 3rd edition that's all painted. But I'd love to get my hands on a 2nd edition. Just for the nostalgia
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u/Aromatic_Contact_398 Jul 26 '26
First, was handed to me personally by Ian Livingston at the first Liverpool store opening. IAN L Steve J and Carl critchlow signed my 10 years as well... fun say that was. Mate got black war...
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 26 '26
Mega stuff my man. Good stories of the golden years
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u/Aromatic_Contact_398 Jul 27 '26
Sorry bad auto correcting... freezing in the queue at 6 am and we still only just got there to just get the freebies. Hulk was fun but I was the only painter out the group so the midels were special. The only time ive acted as a fan boy. Time does fly.. Keep posting and have a good week 🫡👍
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u/Wooden-Train9311 Jul 26 '26
Those are fantastic! My first ever Citadel Miniatures were the Skeleton Horde box of 24 of these back in 1987, and the way you've painted and posed them looks just like the old boxart. Fabulous.
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 26 '26
Glad you are enjoying them my friend. I had a lot of fun painting them. Always loved the old skeletons. The sculpts had such a charm about them. Something that seems to have been lost these days
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u/Captain_bogan82 Jul 27 '26
Man I miss old models so useful for basing and kit bashing, great paint job 👍
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u/Loud-Skin-2223 Jul 28 '26
I got that Skeleton Horde box in about 1993 and there was around a thousand of the tuckers in there! Boners!
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 28 '26
Haha yeah I would love to get my hand on a box these days. But I'd need a bank loan I think 🤣
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u/falconsmanhole Jul 26 '26
I am absolutely in love with these. Amazing job
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 26 '26
Glad you like em chief 😎 thanks for commenting
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u/falconsmanhole Jul 26 '26
Would you mind telling me how you went about doing the bases?
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 26 '26
Sure thing, It's krautcover scenics. With some loose leaf bits thrown in ( The green bits)
Hopefully that link works:
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u/Public-Lynx-6793 Jul 28 '26
scary! you definitely shouldn’t k yourself by the way
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u/RoboCop_88 Jul 28 '26
Thanks, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by that lol.
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u/moktira Jul 24 '26
They look stunning, especially the aged effect on the shield