Friday, 20 October 2023

Unknown Bob Olley (?) Santa... and a Minifigs chromed elf!

 

I was passed this lovely little mini that has appeared on a mould. Problem is we don't know where it has come from? Does anyone recognise it? Personally it looks like one of Bob's sculpts however I have been wrong before...

Edit; identified by Jacob Fathbruckner - it's a dwarf from the Ral Partha box set 'Durin's Doom'. Thanks Jacob!

https://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Sculptor%27s_Row:_Dragons_by_Design#10-465_Durin.27s_Doom:_The_Price_of_Greed

(and it is a Bob Olley sculpt!)





I was also very lucky to be passed one of the old Minifigs MF (More Fantasy) range chromed masters... MF18 Noble Elf with Sword. Neville Dickinson was apparently paranoid about lead rot and had all masters chromed (I had been told he also? had them all cast in silver for his private collection but haven't had that confirmed) 




Some of the range is pictured here;

https://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=More_Fantasy

Any missing images - let me know if you have them and I'll get them posted for posterity on the WIKI.

Please leave a comment below!


2 comments:

Phil Curran said...

A nice Santa figure.. are you going to paint him?

David Wood said...

@phil - identified by Jacob Fathbruckner - it's a dwarf from the Ral Partha box set 'Durin's Doom'. I don't think I'll end up painting him, one for the dwarf box.