Lord of the Rings - Heritage / Der Kriegspielers style

As per previous posts, the joy of painting old school minis is something that never leaves me for long... this time it was a few of the Heritage Orcs, back from when they had the licence for the 1978 Ralph Bakshi cartoon version of Lord of the Rings. Max Carr sculpts and they really capture the feel of the movie.

1811 Saruman's Urak-Hai Orcs of the White Hand Clubs

I've since tidied up the helmets a little as I noticed the red at the metal edge looked wrong.

Besides a myriad of blisters for the range (including Cliff Sanderson sculpted 75mm ones), they also did a couple of boxed games... no exclusive minis unfortunately.

Edit - apparently the balrog only came with this set. The blistered variant was much larger.

The full range (and more) is on the Lost Minis WIKI;

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Heritage

A few years earlier Duke Seifried (amongst other sculptors) at Der Kriegspielers sculpted a large 'not' Lord of the Rings range including this Fellowship set. Games Workshop imported them back in the day but they were too expensive for my hobby budget at the time. I've named the Hobbits as I think they should be... Frodo is the only obvious one...

1057 The Companions

The four Hobbits

Gandalf

Strider

Boromir

Legolas

Gimli

Frodo

Sam

Merry

Pippin

The full range can be seen on the Lost Minis Wiki;

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Der_Kriegspielers_Fantastiques_%281000%29

Michael over at Classic Miniatures has most of these old ranges available nowadays;

https://classicminiatures.net/

Finally, a couple of minis I am completely at a loss to identify... a wizard and a monk. Early 80's or late 70's I assume. Help!

As always enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Lord of the Rings......Bakshi style 1978.....

Back in 1978 Ralph Bakshi created an animated version of Lord of the Rings....never finished but well loved. Heritage Models Inc got the licence for a range of miniatures and, for me, history was made. Max Carr sculpts.....they so capture the cartoon it is incredible.....

A couple of blisters to capture your imagination.....

1750 The Fellowship

 Trade catalogue listing......

Painting guide for the range......

2 paint and play sets containing miniatures from the range.....clever marketing would have made some exclusive figures for the sets........

  

Application form to join The Fellowship included in most blisters....

Magazine ad from January 1979.....

The 75mm range was sculpted by the late Cliff Sanderson..one of the most talented sculptors of his generation.

My half-painted Bilbo............

The larger scale range is listed here along with the complete listing, including many unreleased sets, here on the Lost Minis WIKI. Separately listed diorama sets here.

Poster art for the movie..........

Interesting snippet courtesy of TheOneRing.net

Lots more information about the film here and here plus there are some incredible storyboard / concept art sketches here. Fantastic find of some newly restored parts here.

Michael over at Classic Miniatures has the rights to some of the models. Tell him I sent you.......

As always enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk