Because I don't have enough projects on the go, I thought it might be fun to paint up some wooden peg characters. I thought the kids might be into it as well, especially Keira. She is ALL ABOUT making things these days. Every single day she sews or knits something. At times I wonder if they're too intimidated by all the miniatures they've purchased over the last couple years - and not yet painted! Like, maybe they are self-aware enough to realize that there skills aren't at the level to make the miniatures they own look they way they want them to look when they're done? If that makes any sense?! I mean, I'M intimidated by the details on some models, and I've been at this for 35+ years!!
So I
ordered some pegs from Amazon. They batch it got was about 60 of them in three different sizes (55mm, 43mm, and 35mm) for about $17CAD (can't go wrong with the price!) - of course then I went out and bought some Milliput to add bits - but that was only about $12 and it will go a long way!
Initially I'd thought these would be fun to use for custom characters in role-playing games - and then making a bunch of very simple generic baddies to oppose them - or maybe some smaller scale skirmish games (like Song of Blades and Heroes). Of course when they arrived and I saw the big bags of them, I suddenly started having delusions of grandeur - entire armies for Dragon/Lion Rampant or any of those other games by Dan Mercy! (Because, y'know, having scores of armies for each of those games in regular ol'28mm metal wasn't enough!?)
Before I'd even ordered them, I'd done a few doodles of ideas in my sketchbook.
Just a few very generic characters - mostly medieval/fantasy... but I was thinking about so many others things as well.
I also found a few web stites and blogs that were very inspirational:
Zen Wood Peg People Page
Funny Little Wars - Molatero
Wooden Warriors
Some great stuff on these pages - varying from very simple/paint only - to very elaborate with either painting detail or adding on bits and bobs of wood or putty...
Here is my first stab at it:
Baron Phillipe do Lapin
(because why have the
same character in only one scale/medium)
detail of bunny on back of tabard.
Just gave this guy a belt pouch. Now that I'm thinking about it, I probably should have given him a scabbard as well.
Dungeon crawlers could be given elaborate backpacks festooned with kit and rope and 10' poles...
SUPER simple ninja...
HAvent' decided which size will be standard adult male human. I was thinking the middle one (like the ninja here) so the larger ones could be for larger creatures - big orcs, ogres, trolls, etc... But I could always get some larger ones (I think I saw ones that were 65mm) as these 55mm ones are a nice size for getting details on...
I have a pile of others cluttering the workbench that are in various stages of paint and/or modelling...
I should really just STOP and finish up a few more Necromunda things before the game weekend!!
Coming Soon to Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog:
Hopefully more Necromunda...
Who am I fooling? It'll probably be loads more wooden peg warriors - at least until I run out of the current batch and have to order more!?