Category Archives: Copplestone Castings

More Copplestone Germans and One Jolly Good Chap

Posted on 2009/09/23 | Comments Off on More Copplestone Germans and One Jolly Good Chap

These represent some of my experiments with the Dallimore method, although here and there I found myself resorting to my typical blending techniques.  I obviously still need to finish the bases.

For more on the Dallimore method see his Web site here, or buy a copy of his beautiful book Foundry Miniatures: Painting & Modelling Guide.  Also check Steve Dean’s site here.

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Eureka 10mm Fantasy, Second Release, Size Comparisons

Posted on 2009/09/04 | Comments Off on Eureka 10mm Fantasy, Second Release, Size Comparisons

I’m pretty excited about the new Eureka 10mm fantasy releases.  For me, the most anticipated models from this release were the wood trolls, because I’ve scoured the universe looking for good miniatures to represent ents for 10mm Middle-earth.  I’m aware of nearly every alternative available on the market, but none of them were able to deliver the level of detail and aesthetic composition I was after.  Now the wait is finally over, and I’m more than satisfied with what Eureka has delivered.

That being said, I would have liked at least one or two more unique wood troll sculpts, as two is not enough for anyone planning to field more than four of these.  Fortunately, I think I’ve come up with a remedy for this minor problem: Reaper’s saproling models from their WarLord range.  They fit perfectly, in terms of size and structure, with the Eureka wood trolls, and will lend a sense of variety to my ent army, which will number around twelve models total.  I also see some potential for customization here, taking bits and parts from the Eureka and Reaper models to make custom heroes à la Treebeard.

I plan to mount the saprolings and wood trolls on 40mm round bases to match my Balrog.

Eureka’s new anvil dwarves were a welcome surprise.  Eureka sent me a free sample of one of their chaos dwarves when I first ordered a bunch of war elephants, and they were a nice match with the GW BoFA plastic and metal dwarves.  I only ordered one pack of the anvil dwarves, because I wanted to check them out before making a larger investment.  I’m definitely ordering at least three more packs.  These are fantastic models.  The anvil on the shields will have to go, but that’s a minor problem.

The packs of anvil dwarves include three unique sculpts.

The new warspite elves are a huge improvement over the elf archers and warriors (wood elves) from Eureka’s first release.  The wood elves were true 10mm (to the top of the head), but too small to work with any other ranges beyond the plastic GW BoFA stands.  The new warspite elves are a tad smaller than Copplestone 10mm, which, while not necessarily the industry standard, are the yardstick by which I measure all other potential models at this size.

Packs of the warspite elves include two different sculpts, spears-up and spears-down.

I only bought one pack of warspite elves, but will get at least three more.  I intend to paint them up like first-age elves: blues, grays, greens, and gold.

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Posted in 10mm fantasy, 10mm Middle-earth, Battle of Five Armies, Copplestone Castings, Eureka, Reaper

10mm Orcs, Half-Orcs, and Goblins

Posted on 2009/02/05 | Comments Off on 10mm Orcs, Half-Orcs, and Goblins


Note the size difference between GW’s own plastic and metal goblins for BoFA: huge.  The GW metal goblins, like their dwarves and elves, are a perfect fit match with Copplestone’s complete range of 10mm metals, Old Glory Persians (that’s all I have from them to make a comparison), and Eureka’s halflings.

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Posted in 10mm fantasy, 10mm Middle-earth, Battle of Five Armies, Copplestone Castings, Games Workshop

BoFA Dwarves, plastic and metal

Posted on 2009/02/03 | Comments Off on BoFA Dwarves, plastic and metal

If there’s an “odd man out” in this sequence of photos, it’s Eureka’s elf archer.  The GW BoFA plastics come in a distant second since, like all BoFA plastics, they are smaller than their metal counterparts; but the difference really is negligible.  The Eureka halflings, metal GW BoFA dwarves, and Copplestone men are perfect matches in terms of racial height and proportions.

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Posted in 10mm fantasy, 10mm Middle-earth, Battle of Five Armies, Copplestone Castings, Eureka, Games Workshop

Copplestone vs. BoFA Cavalry

Posted on 2009/02/03 | 1 comment

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Here we have a strip of GW’s metal elf cavalry for BoFA next to one of Mark Copplestone’s Horse Tribe cavalry models.  That’s a pretty perfect match.

Why in the hell GW discontinued the metal BoFA models is a complete mystery to me.  These elf cavalry models are highly sought after now.  They’re nearly impossible to find, though, and you can expect to pay a pretty penny if you come across some.

Click on the photo for a much larger image.

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Old Glory Persians

Posted on 2009/01/31 | Comments Off on Old Glory Persians


I’m using Old Glory Persians as proxy models for my Harad army.  I shopped around quite a bit before finally settling on these.  This process was more protracted than necessary, mainly because many of the companies that manufacture and sell 10mm models do not feature images of their products online.  Old Glory is no exception, which is a shame, because I’m certain they would sell more miniatures if they posted photos.  But perhaps they have their desired customer base and growth is not an immediate concern for them.

Fortunately, Rob Smith of Great Hall Miniatures has made efforts in this department for the benefit of us all.  His site currently includes quality photos of “naked” (unpainted) Old Glory, Pendraken, and Magister Militum.  (I’m aware that Magister Militum is in the process of uploading photos of well painted models from their entire range, and applaud their efforts.  GHM’s photos are therefore a welcome complement, since they present clear images of the models sans paint.)

I mention GHM now, because I plan to include links to their catalog whenever I mention Old Glory models as a way of saying thanks.  (I will, of course, include links to the OG site as well.)

Speaking of which, if you’ve never ordered OG models before, you may be confused, after a quick Google search, to find that there are four Web sites devoted to OG miniatures: Old Glory, OldGloryUK, OldGlory15s, and OldGlory25s.  What’s the difference?

Old Glory main site
Company Web site for the “complete” range of OG miniatures.  Very few pictures.  Interestingly, they don’t have their own 10mm siege engine models on their Web site.

Old Glory UK
Same as US main site, but based in the UK.  Few pictures.

Old Glory 15s
A completely different company.  They’ve got lots of pictures, but their site is clunky.

Old Glory 25s
A coöp between Old Glory Corp and Merrimack Miniatures.  Like the OG main site, this one doesn’t have a lot of pictures.  Unlike the OG main site, they have the 10mm siege stuff in their catalog.
Back to the Persians…

I really like these models.  The size is standard 10mm, the details are crisp, and the price is right.  Plus, they look great as Harad.  There are, however, a couple things a buyer should know about before making a purchase: figures per stand and stand length.

Figures Per Stand:

Old Glory                                                 5
Copplestone Castings                         5
GW Warmaster                                      6
GW BoFA (metal and plastic)          7

Strip Length:

Command strip         25mm        (10 per pack)
Spearmen                    32mm        (20 per pack)
Heavy Infantry         28mm        (20 per pack)

I hope this helps…

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More Eureka

Posted on 2009/01/27 | Comments Off on More Eureka

Here are three more photos highlighting the size differences between Eureka, Copplestone, and plastic GW BoFA 10mm models.  Again, I think the Eureka elves, while comparable in size with the GW BoFA plastics, are too small in relation with the hobbits from the same range; the halflings look dwarf-size next to the elves.  That being said, they look perfect next to the 10mm models from Copplestone Castings.  Of course, all of this is purely relative, especially at this scale.

Click on the pictures for larger images.

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Up next, Persians from Old Glory.

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Posted in 10mm fantasy, 10mm Middle-earth, Battle of Five Armies, Copplestone Castings, Eureka, Games Workshop

Eureka Halfling Militia

Posted on 2009/01/26 | Comments Off on Eureka Halfling Militia


Here are some comparative examples and one detail of Eureka’s 10mm Halfling militia.  One pack includes 30 assorted models from a pool of nine sculpts, which is enough to make three 20mmx40mm stands assuming one uses ten per base.

I really like these.  And because of their size, they fit in perfectly with most 10mm models (i.e., they are the size hobbits should be in relation to other 10mm human characters).

I’m looking forward to painting these sometime later in the year.

As always, click on the photos to see larger images.

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For more information on Eureka’s 10mm Fantasy range by Alan Marsh, please see the following Web sites:

Eureka (Australia)
Eureka (USA)

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Eureka Elf Archers

Posted on 2009/01/26 | Comments Off on Eureka Elf Archers

These are some of the elf archers from Eureka’s 10mm Fantasy range, which is sculpted by Alan Marsh.  One pack contains an assortment of 30 models from a pool of seven unique sculpts, and sells for $10.45 US.

These are pretty tiny by industry standards for metal 10mm models, which will become evident over the next few days as I post more pictures.  They match the BoFA plastics quite closely, but that’s about it.  In fact, these elves look like hobbits next to all my 10mm models, including GW’s metal BoFA packs.  Thus, I’ve decided not to use these for rank-and-file 20mmx40mm stands, and will instead incorporate them into some forest terrain pieces I am planning.

I noticed on the Eureka USA site three new additions to the Alan Marsh fantasy line: Wood Trolls, Woodland Creatures, and Wooly rhinos.  I’m pretty excited about all three of these, but I have no idea what they look like, because Eureka hasn’t uploaded any pictures yet.  Also, for some reason these aren’t listed on the main Eureka (Australia) site at the moment.

Wood Trolls, 4 assorted, $10.45 US
Woodland Creatures, 32 assorted, $10.45 US
Wooly Rhinos, 6 assorted, $10.45 US

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10mm Fantasy Pachyderms

Posted on 2009/01/25 | Comments Off on 10mm Fantasy Pachyderms

Here we have a comparison between the 10mm elephants from GW’s Warmaster Araby army (left) and Eureka’s fantasy range (right).  I cut off the heads and decorative front pieces from all of my Eureka elephants.  The second and third photos include a couple models from Mark Copplestone’s 10mm fantasy range, Horse Tribe cavalry and a strip of orcs.

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Latest Dabblings

Posted on 2009/01/25 | 2 comments
German Mercenary

German Mercenary

This is a work in process.  It’s one of the German mercenaries from Mark Copplestone’s Back of Beyond collection.  I still need to add some details to the model, clean a few things up, and finish the base.  This is my first attempt at using the “new” round bases (the Warmachine ones with a small basin in the center) for my models, and unfortunately I overloaded it with sand.   I hope I don’t make this mistake again.


This is the first goblin I finished for my northern war host, one of my major projects for this year.  It’s a prototype, so it took me a while to finish.  There are several things that did not turn out the way I had hoped, but I learned a number of things along the way.  I especially don’t like the dark tin/copper color of the armor plates, and will try brass for future models.  Hopefully I will get better results with my next attempt.

This is an old Grenadier model available through Mirliton in Italy, by the way.

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