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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I've no idea why the Dunlendings ended up looking like wee Ogres - but as Bob says the figure designers were given a great deal of latitude. Bob made models very quickly - we always said he was a one man toy soldier factory! Still is :)
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I'm selling a few bits and pieces as I come across ones I don't think I'll ever paint. Normally I'll list them on one of the Facebook Oldhammer Groups; https://www.facebook.com/groups/1967772713470265. I'm always looking for old lead; companies that didn't last long back in the 70's to mid 80's really. Give me a heads up on the email if you have anything to sell/trade or a wants list.
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