Prehistoric. Animals

First on the paint table for my new Prehistoric project is the animals. 

Starting with these would also give me a chance to decided on the basing style. In a change from my usual generic bases, I went for heavy forest undergrowth with patches of snow. I would not need to play them in a variety of environments, which is always my reluctance to make too much of bases so they look out of place. 

Great Black Bear from Deezee

Jaguar and Wolf from Deezee

Wild Dogs from Deezee which I have painted up as Shar-Pei

Two Wolves made by Hinchliffe Miniatures. These are OOP and have been sitting in a box for decades, nice to finally give them a place.

Giant Snake made by RAFM, another salvage from the box 

Group Beast shot.

Planned expansion will be some more Deezee wolves to make a full pack, and then some herds, Auroch and Mammoth.

Arcane scenery and models

Prehistoric.Begining

History has always been a keen interest of mine and it doesn't take much to hook me into a new one. Recently I read Bernard Cornwalls Stonehenge, I have been a fan of his books originally from the Sharpe series (well before the TV show) and then his Aurtherian and Saxon novels, with that in mind I picked up this one. Set in an imagined Bronze Age England it follows the conflict between two settlements, a ruling family and the construction of Stonehenge.

A rich setting on its own, I already have similar games with Saga and Erin but after reading I was inspired to look even further back into prehistory and early man, the potential for some interesting narrative themes with hunting and survival as well as inter-tribal warfare between different hominid groups,

For background material, I read online and used Youtube to get a better view of early man, and how quickly the picture has changed about that period and different hominid species.

Youtube Prehistory Playlist

For lighter reading, I have picked up Jean M. Auel's Earths Children series, the Famous Clan of the Cave Bear and Steven Baxters Mammoth series.

There are several companies producing miniatures but I settled on the Cave Men Tribe from the Deezee line by Arcane Scenery and Models

Arcane Scenery and Models

Excellent communication and very fast delivery, I can easily recommend the Company. The figures came needed a very little cleanup and are made with solid metal. As well as the ten-man tribe I also picked up a bear and several other animals. They sell a full range of ancient Fauna including several excellent Mammoths which I plan on picking up in the future.

Along with the figures I will be going through some of the rule sets available and reviewing them as well as looking into writing my own.