Just a quick post to put up another of the P range finished (barring varnishing). Possibly sculpted by Michael Katok? Not the nicest of figures to paint and my mojo was sorely tested but, hey ho, at least they're done.
Just grabbed a random White Dwarf magazine and realised I had forgotten how much I loved the Tabletop Heroes articles. I was always in awe of the skillset of these guys... nowadays we are spoilt for choice with printed and resin scenery but, back then you mostly had to scratchbuild unless you could afford the joys of companies such as Otherworld Artifacts. I recently picked up the Warrior's Watchtower (http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2021/11/otherworld-artifacts-set-9-warriors.html) and it is every bit as wonderful as it looks on these hallowed pages. Leafing through the magazine makes me remember how many small miniature companies have disappeared over the years...
Back in the day (well, 1985), Citadel / Games Workshop had a licence for Lord of the Rings that they took over from Grenadier Models Inc (range here) who had only ever released 4 boxed sets. The earlier Heritage Models Inc release was based on the Bakshi cartoon and remains one of my favourite ranges ever (link to Heritage here). The pair of (ME45) Dunlendings were sculpted by Bob Naismith... I asked him why he sculpted them in this large style but he couldn't remember - apparently they had a lot of free reign back in those days. The Lost Minis WIKI notes that they were shown on one flyer as ME45 Dunlendings Ogre Men. Great fun to paint and I feel the need to get a few more together. They're approximately 33mm from foot to eye level so quite large for ordinary 'wildmen'.
ME1 Fellowship Heroes (Strider, Frodo & Gandalf)
ME2 Fellowship Heroes (Legolas, Boromir & Gimli)
ME11 Gandalf the Wizard
ME12 Strider, Aragorn the Ranger
ME13 Frodo, Hobbit Hero
ME14 Legolas, Elf Hero
ME15 Gimli, Dwarf Hero
ME21 Boromir, Man of Gondor
ME22 Elrond, Half Elf Lord
ME23 Rohirrim (there were two versions released)
ME24 Gondor Citadel Guard
ME25 Rangers of Ithilien
ME31 Silvan Elves of Mirkwood (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME32 Noldor The Deep Elves (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME33 Dwarves (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME34 Hobbits of the Shire
ME35 Beorn: As Man & Bear
ME41 Goblin Warg Rider
ME42 Orcs of the White Hand (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME43 Half Orcs of Saruman
ME44 Uruk-Hai (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME45 Dunlendings: Hill Men
ME51 Orcs of the Red Eye (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME52 Olog-Hai Troll (two versions)
ME53 Southron: Evil Haradrim
ME54 Easterlings
ME55 Mouth of Sauron: Evil Warrior Mage
ME56 Sauron, Saruman, Nazgul (Sauron seems to have been released separately as well)
ME61 Sauron: The Dark Lord
ME62 Saruman The White
ME63 Lord of the Nazgul
ME64 Black Rider: Ringwraith (two versions)
ME71 Corsairs of Umbar
ME72 Deadmen of Dunharrow (two versions, the 2nd release had multiple variants)
ME73 Barrow-Wights
ME74 Snagga: Goblins
ME75 Knight of Dol Amroth
ME81 Aragorn: King of Gondor
ME82 The Hobbit (TM) Personalities Pack
ME83 Tom Bombadil & Fatty Lumpkin
ME84 Great Eagle of the Misty Mountains
ME85 Treebeard: Mighty Ent
Boxed Sets
BME1 Fellowship of the Ring
BME2 Nazgul on Winged Beast
BME3 Balrog: Encounter at Khazad-Dum
Lots of images of the ranges are at the links below;
http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Lord_of_the_Rings_%28ME%29
http://www.solegends.com/citlotr/index.htm
http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Lord_of_the_Rings_-_1980%27s_Releases
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Another one down... I've been trying to paint her for a long time but she totally wiped my mojo until the other day when I changed the colour scheme. Still not the best sculpt (quite a few are like the proverbial Marmite ie love 'em or hate 'em) but she's done. Just need varnishing now.
That's it for now!
Another one of Tom Loback's sculpts finished at last... I've managed to pick up examples of all the range now barring the P43 Celtic Wizard. If you have one please get in touch! The Rachir was another one based on the Elric books with a slight name change. A lovely flowing sculpt but not an easy one to paint although I'm happy with the final result. Just varnishing to go.
More later, keep yourselves safe.
Well, I've finally got around to releasing the Tenoch temple series, hand sculpted and cast by Philip Page of Slug Industries. These are rather large and heavy pieces that will cast an imposing backdrop on gaming tables. Let me know what you think please!
https://thelittlesoldiercompany.co.uk/product/the-ruins-of-the-dead
Normal service to be resumed shortly!
Back in the early 70's, Duke Seifried set up Custom Cast Inc which became one of America's largest manufacturer of wargame figures. Der Kriegspielers 'Fantastiques' were one of the earliest fantasy ranges (beaten by Miniature Figurines in '73 and Jack Scruby slightly after) and certainly the most diverse and colourful! The 1000 series was absolutely based on Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit with slight name changes in many case being probably too close to Tolkein's creations.
A full listing can be seen on the Lost Minis WIKI here.
I picked up a few pieces back in the day when Games Workshop (via Dalling Road mail order) imported them but they were, as was the way back then, too expensive for my meagre means. Michael Thomas now has most of the ranges available again (https://classicminiatures.net/) and I can vouch that they are indeed excellent high quality metal castings. Anyway, I was sorting through boxes and came across a bunch of the range so thought I'd better post them here...
