Category Archives: Khurasan Miniatures

Predators, miniatures

Posted on 2010/05/12 | 2 comments

Robert Rodriguez is at the helm of the latest installment in the Predator series, Predators, which is scheduled for a July 2010 release.  Judging by what I’ve seen in the two trailers, it looks like this will be a good one (finally).

A clip from the Predators trailer

Believing that the immanent release of this film will likely generatre some interest in collecting and painting Predator alien miniatures, I thought I’d take a moment to remind folks of these offerings from Copplestone Castings (28mm) and Khurasan Miniatures (15mm).

Enjoy!  And happy hunting!

EDIT: I’ve added the new European Vacation Alien from Khurasan, Heresy’s Hurn, and a sample of the Inaps by Old Crow (Ainsty) below.  Click on the pictures to visit their corresponding Web sites.

UPDATE: Be sure to check out Mikko’s review of these miniatures on his Web site, Dawn of the Lead: LINK

FW25 Hunter Aliens (sculpted by Mark Copplestone, painted by Andrew Taylor)

FW32 Hunter Aliens with Guns (sculpted by Mark Copplestone, painted by Andrew Taylor)

PLA-5 Vacation Alien (painted by Carl Robson)

PLA-5a European Vacation Alien

One of the many "Inaps" available from Old Crow Models (an Ainsty product)

Heresy, Hurn prototype 01 (painted by Wildheart)

2 Comments

Posted in 15mm SciFi, 28mm SciFi, Copplestone Castings, film, Khurasan Miniatures

Khurasan Miniatures, more orcs coming (15mm)

Posted on 2010/05/05 | Comments Off on Khurasan Miniatures, more orcs coming (15mm)

Khurasan Miniatures recently announced two new additions to their range of 15mm orcs, The Great Enemy, which I first wrote about in a post a couple months ago.  Included in this batch are three archers and a command pack.  Also, the greens of the troops previewed earlier should be out in a few weeks.  Stay tuned!

Orc archers (15mm)

Orc command (15mm)

.

Comments Off on Khurasan Miniatures, more orcs coming (15mm)

Posted in 15mm fantasy, Khurasan Miniatures

Khurasan Miniatures, March and upcoming releases

Posted on 2010/03/18 | 1 comment

I don’t give Khurasan Miniatures (blog here) nearly enough attention here (just one post so far), especially since they’ve been one of my favorite companies since starting operations about three years ago.

In the last week or so, Khurasan shared some photos of new releases and forthcoming models that got me very excited: vacation alien, orcs, wights, and a new pack for their original Ghilmans.

Vacation alien

The vacation alien (PLA-5) is obviously an homage to the predator aliens.  The original two predator films were some of my favorites in my youth, so I’ve always had a soft spot for anything related to the antagonists of that series.  Copplestone Castings makes some great predator models, which have been on my to-buy list for a couple years, but I think I’ll pick up one or two of these from Khurasan first.  I should be able to paint the model pretty quickly (an hour?), and it would look great as an ornament for my desk.  The vacation alien is part of Khurasan’s Planet15 line and sells for a mere $1.29.

Elite Ghilman-Persian Cavalry, Persian type dress and saddle cloth, attacking with curced swords and mace

I’m also very excited that the Khurasanian Ghilmans are getting more attention.  The Khurasanians are the first models Khurasan produced, and I bought three of each pack when they first came out.  This new addition to the line, “Elite Ghilman-Persian Cavalry, Persian type dress and saddle cloth, attacking with curced swords and mace” (km11a), will find its way into my collection x3 once I’m back in the States at the end of the year.  A pack of two of the new elite Ghilman cavalry sells for $2.49.

Wights in Armour

Orc melee troopers

Orc front rankers or attack column with pikes

Finally, Khurasan recently previewed some forthcoming releases for their line of 15mm fantasy models, orcs (FAN-100, FAN-101) and wights (FAN-106).  My interest in 15mm fantasy waned when Demonworld and Empires (Hobby Products) went out of production a few years ago, but I’ll definitely pick up several packs of these in the fall, too.  The orcs have a nice classic look to them, which I like, and the undead remind me so much of Rackham’s Acheron skeletons, which is always a great thing.  There’s an orc command and pack of orc archers in the works, too, and hopefully much, much more in the near future.  No word on pricing or availability yet.

1 Comment

Posted in 15mm fantasy, 15mm Historical, 15mm SciFi, Khurasan Miniatures

Khurasan Adds New Codes to Kushans/Indians

Posted on 2009/09/11 | 1 comment

Khurasan Miniatures has added some new models to their range of Kushan Empire, Western Satraps, Satavahana Dynasty Indians, and Eastern Parthians (2nd Century AD).  Which specific models are new is not stated on their Web site.

I really like Khurasan.  I bought a ton of their stuff when it first started coming out, and plan to add to my collection once I’m back in the States.  I also need to finish painting a lot more of what I have before I can justify getting more.  So far I’ve painted one model with another nearing completion.  I’m spread pretty thin.

UPDATE: According to a post uploaded by Khurasan on TMP, the new models are as follows:

Indian cavalry
Indian javelinmen
Indian elephant
Indiant general in elephant
Indian levies

1 Comment

Posted in 15mm Historical, Khurasan Miniatures