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!
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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6 comments:
I really like the orcs and the button approach is a brilliant idea.
A very special mix of miniatures. On the fantasy side, orcs are very expressive - they have a solid base, don't they? We had never seen the orc on the left with walrus teeth: is it a variant of the miniature armed with a crossbow?
Thanks also for introducing us to Darksword miniatures, which has very fine sculptures - which can easily become life-size statues for the garden. The scale is not "heroic" and the miniatures appear very slender: are they really 28mm high to the eyes?
I can confirm that is indeed a button. Brass? Well, possibly. Metal certainly. Such things also pop up in Scotia Grendel resin pieces. I have often wondered (well, sometimes wondered) if anyone has ever sued for IP theft over one of their button designs being used as part of a toy soldier design... probably not a big crossover in awareness.
Yes, the orcs are the old solid base ones. Most of the Fantasy Tribe Orc codes had the walrus toothed version. Bit of a mould ripper unfortunately so getting good castings is relatively rare. The Darksword are ‘heroic’ scale… The elf is about 32mm from foot to eye level.
Yes, I’d forgotten about Scotia Grendel. Those button manufacturers might have a case! 😅
we did a display game at Games Day with mostly Fantasy Tribe dwarves and Orcs (and RP goblins)not long after they were first available.
Great ranges.
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