Star Wars Miniatures - Archive Style...

 

An excellent blog post over on the Star Wars Collectors Archive by Ron Salvatore and Yehuda Kleinman.

http://blog.theswca.com/2022/03/adventures-in-miniature-nevile-stockens.html

I blogged about these some time back but this article takes it to the next level and is well worth reading. My posts are here. Take note of the historical miniatures in one of the pics - Byzantine light cavalry, Huns, a Musketeer and a mailed cavalryman. I would love to find some more information on those as there is nothing out there that I have found as yet. Going off the scale by Nevile's eyes I don't think some are the 15mm Dark Ages range. A poor listing (here) on the WIKI seems very limited... I do have a few of the Ancients range and will eventually open the baggies and get them posted... for now though, we shall make do with what must be the 079 Sudanese Elephant with 3-man crew although the insert card is numbered 100. 

Nevile's customary signature...

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A little bit of painting done... Hinchliffe, Archive & Tom Meier

 

As usual I am procrastinating regarding getting the next Kickstarter ready... I really am my own worst enemy as 'money's too tight to mention'. What goes on in this head of mine I really don't know! Between dog walking and painting minis I must squeeze in Noggin painting! A real mixed bunch here, two Citadel orcs, two Hinchliffe Models' Yonderley Men, two Archive Miniatures' historicals (Sassanid peasant levy and Gaul drawing sword) and a new Tom Meier elf from Darksword…

One Citadel Fantasy Tribe orc and a C15 one... the FT orcs are one of my favourite ranges... 15 codes, 13 of which were 'personalised' - about 20 (or more) versions of each sculpt. Makes collecting difficult!

Hinchliffe Models FA46 Yonderley Man with Spear and Shield. Sculpted by Peter Gilder, I'm pretty certain they used a brass button for the shield... something I've seen for Dragontooth and Minifigs before now.

FA45 Yonderley Man with Sword and Shield

Mike over at Broadsword Miniatures has all of the Hinchliffe fantasy back up and running - tell him I sent you!

http://broadswordsandbeasts.blogspot.com/p/broadsword-miniatures.html

Edit - image courtesy of Mike showing the master sculpted by Peter Gilder himself... and the guilty brass button! Get over to the link above and get some minis for your collection - tell him I sent you!

Great tribute blog to Peter Gilder; https://petergilderalifeinwargaming.blogspot.com/

Archive Miniatures 073 Sassanid Peasant Levy, sculpted by Nevile Stocken. Casting wasn't particularly good unfortunately but called out to be painted at long last...

061 Gaul Drawing Sword... a potentially lovely sculpt partly ruined by worn out moulds. Of the pack of three, this was the 'least worst'.

Tom Meier High Elf Warrior with Spear for Darksword Miniatures (available here). Tom has a life-size bronze (?) sculpt like this in his garden... pics on a link below... 

 

 

More images of the garden version over on Jacob Fathbruckner's Ral Partha Legacy site here.

So, another few bits of the lead pile of shame painted... more to come.

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1980's Citadel large female fighters finished and more...

 

Ok, some of these ladies have been an ongoing paint job since around when they were released... they hardly sold when I worked in GW Manchester although one lady used to buy as many as she could when she came in. Rick Priestley said they ended up cutting the figures out of the moulds as retailers were complaining that they didn't sell... Alan Merrett mentioned that he picked that task up!

For me they are brilliant sculpts with loads of character... I hated them when they first came out in truth but, like any old school mini, the lure of the lead pulls you back. I also managed to finished a bunch of other pieces...

Archive Miniatures Goblin King, probably sculpted by Steve Lortz

 

Citadel Rogue Trader Navigator

 

Essex Amazon Executioner (still available to day here although mine has a replacement sword)

 

Der Kriegspielers Halfling Archer

 

TAG (The Assault Group) Halfling barmaid (available here)

 

Derek the Troll (old White Dwarf cartoon character by Lew Stringer)

Finally, a bunch of Bar Room Brawl minis from The Little Soldier Company

 

So, the painting queue is lessened a little... don't be fooled though, it's already being added to... so much lead, so little time.

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