Salute 2012 - Wacky Races and Celtos Chariot

I was just trying to clear up space on my iCloud thingy and found a bunch of images back from when I was working on two chariots for a Frothers Unite Forum chariot racing game at Salute in 2012 (me playing the game itself showed why I don't game...).

The original 'The Creepy Coupe' (homage to The Munsters) vehicle came from a charity store - never underestimate looking at charity stores! The dragon's head is from an old Citadel / Ral Partha Tom Meier dragon (now produced by Ral Partha Legacy as a Brass Dragon here; https://ralparthalegacy.com/products/49-0109).

The Harlequin is an old metal one from Black Scorpion Miniatures (now oop), the plastic dwarves are from various places... my memory fails on the front seat one. Extra accessories from the bits box.

Mantic Games ghoul underneath the back and another 'unsure of' dwarf leaping out of the rear window. The MDF part at top is from a Fenris Games accessory railing (?) piece. 

And the painting starts...

Not sure where I've saved the window glass additions for the dwarf but I think it was cut from blister packaging? Quite effective for me!

Lots of info on the series here;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races_(1968_TV_series)

Or you can watch on YouTube here;

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5y3t4E1l0HZ-rwLixTaU25rILIGCLA7x

There is a great Wacky Races game recently Kickstarted by Cool Mini or Not that contains load of the cars

The game is available from Amazon here (my Affiliate link so please click away!)...

https://amzn.to/3ytG9mB

Then, of course, came The Celtic C*ck... Frothers being that sort of forum at the time. I'd picked up a job lot of Wargames Foundry chariots a while and decided to base it on those... the wilder the better so I thought 2 chariots wide would make more sense.

I was sent the bases but can't remember who supplied them. Damned fine effort though. I added most of a rather battered Citadel skeleton from the bits box to the rear.

I can't for the life of me remember where the tusks came from.

The Celtos barbarian hero type (sculpted by Kev White, one of the best sculptors going, now working for GW) was the obvious choice for the driver.

I added a whip, not sure where the handle came from though. Could have been the original sword.

Copper wire for the reins, fiddly but worth the effort.

Painted up in all its glory.

Brigade Models (the UK company) now produce the Celtos ranges, very well priced and most certainly worth looking at...

https://brigademodels.co.uk/product-category/celtos/

Show report here; http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2012/04/salute-2012pic-heavy-folks.html

Well, that's it for now. Please leave a comment!

Jack Scruby - updated - Fantasy War Game Miniatures

 

Edit; updated 14th April 2026 towards the bottom...

Back in September, 2012, I received a parcel off the great folks at Historifigs containing most of the old 70s Scruby fantasy range......total joy.  Nice clean castings and a trip down memory lane - remember, you have to think Minifigs ME range as the only alternative at the time...

This is an updated version of the original post with new pics (blue background). Mike Taber sent these a while ago but I misplaced them and, of course, found them again whilst looking for something else... I was sent one with looks like F9 on the base however it's the same figure as F14a... I'll leave it blank until I get more info! 

F-1 Troll, Advancing with tree trunk - 54mm tall

F-2 Living Tree, with out stretched branches - 54mm tall

F-3 Hero, chainmail with long sword - 40mm tall

F-4 Wizard on rearing horse - 30mm tall

F-5 Elf, firing longbow - 28mm tall

F-6 Giant Orc, shield, curved sword - 30mm tall

F-7 Orc, charging with spear - 25mm tall

F-8 Orc, charging with sword - 25mm tall

F-9 Hobbit, chainmail, with sword - 20mm tall

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F-10 Goblin in Morion, with pole-axe - 20mm tall

F-10b Goblin w. Spear / Short Pike

F-11 Centaur, firing longbow - 30mm tall

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F-12 Hobbit, with sword - 20mm tall

F-13 Wizard, with staff - 40mm tall

F-14 Dwarf, with Axe - 25mm tall

F-14a Dwarf, with sword - 25mm tall

F-14b Dwarf, with axe - 25mm tall

F-15 Evil Wizard - 40mm tall

 Historifigs leaflet

The figures are available via the Historifigs website with ordering details here. Give them a shout and let them know I sent you...

Edit - addition from a 1974 Wargamer's Newseltter (Donald Featherstone)

The latest news from Jack Scruby's new Soldier Factory at P.0.3ox 1658, Cambria, Co. 95428, is contained in his Christmas Newsletter which lists a range of figures for the Tolkien Middle Earth Fantasy wargaming. In an interesting manner, Jack has used the various scales in which he manufactures to produce these perhaps queer figures. In his Newsletter he says "I went along with the Gygax scale for these figures as outlined in his rule book "CHAINMAIL" (see page 2 "Firing Into The Brown") with "men" in 50mm scale; hobbits are 9mm scale and any of my "N" gauge Ancients or the new 30 Years War figures can fill up their ranks. 20mm Ancients or 25mm Mediaevals can become dwarf armies, while the 1 inch 30 Years War models will be good for "man" size armies as well as some special Viking and Gaul 30mm figures." Jack’s list includes a 54mm Ogre: an Ent (tree); a 40mm Super-Hero in chainmail; a 30mm Wizard on a rearing horse; a 27mm Elve: a 30mm Giant Orc; a 25mm Orc; a 20mm Dwarf and a 20mm Goblin. I now feel like writing babble, babble , babble, babble! 

They also did a large scale LotR style range under 'The Soldier Factory' - I'll post about them soon.

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