Monday 6 March 2017

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

The Princess Bride has been one of my favourite films right from when I first saw it. I know I didn't see it at the cinema when it was released in 1987 as we didn't go there quite as much as we do now, so it was probably a few years after it was made that I saw it on TV.

But I saw parts of it before then without realising what it was...

You see The Princess Bride was filmed mostly around Derbyshire where I live and the main castle and village that appear in the film were filmed at Haddon Hall not far from where I live. By chance I had a family trip to the hall just a few days before they started filming.

I remember vividly the drain pipes covered  with fake vines, the medieval village built in the grounds and the stone bridge over the river that was far too narrow for Princess Buttercup to ride a horse across. This was widened with a hidden wooden section at the side so she could. But mostly I remember when one of the set builders offered to sell my Dad the plaster wall he was building for my dad to use at the bottom of our garden. I doubt it would last long.

The title of the film we'd been told was "The Princess Bride" and with such a sappy title we thought nothing of it. But the film isn't sappy... it's glorious. Full of great actors, a fantastically funny script and plenty of action.

So when I spotted Antediluvian Miniature's Pirate set I knew I had to have them, They would fit in great as models for my Frostgrave games or maybe for use with Osprey's En Garde ruleset.

I just finished painting them and I'd have to say they are some of the best miniatures I have ever painted. Wonderfully characterful with masses of fine detail.





Link to the Antedivulian Miniatures shop.

9 comments:

  1. Love that movie. And love this miniatures too. Please, put a link to the online shop for this awesome characters... and wee need a princess Buttercup ^_^

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    1. Link added to the end of the post... And agreed we need more characters!

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  2. Cheers for posting Richard, have read the book to classes for many years, fantastic, just tried to buy the miniatures and they are not available at moment, but I WILL be getting them. Thanks for posting again, much appreciated :-)

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    1. Not available! That's probably down to this blog post that I also shared on Facebook. It's had quite a lot of hits!

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    1. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. :)

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  4. That's awesome!

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  5. Superb job on some lovely figs!

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