Monday, 2 September 2024

Harbinger Magazine and other old bits - help needed!

 

Back in the noughties, Harbinger Magazine was launched and swiftly became my favourite glossy miniatures mag. It was part of Griffin Miniatures with the editor as Mark Lanckham although I don't have much to go on barring that... any information would be great. I am still searching out my copies of the magazine so will find more myself. Wayback Machine shows 25 back issues available although the detailed pages weren't captured. Vague thoughts that these were rereleased at some point although a few people has said not. The sculptor was a Dave Hughes? According to Wayback Machine, there were 12 miniatures... only names for ten on the capture; Fire, Justice, Pestilence, The East, Wrath, Despair, Fury, Pain, The Cleansing Flame and The Fallen. 

Edit; found some more of the magazines. First issue is 0, August 2003 then I have issue 3, December 2003 (was there an issue 1 squeezed into the in the intervening months?) and 4 then issues 6 (March 2004) through to 13 (October 2004) which are monthly. Issue 14 is dated December 2004 with no reason mentioned for the gap) then back to monthly to my last issue, no.18 (April 2005).

Great if you could fill in the gaps!

Edit - Cattwister on Los Minis posted a page last month!

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





Harbinger of Fury




Harbinger of Vengeance


Harbinger of Pestilence



The Harbinger of the Fallen (Issue 4)


Harbinger of Fire


Harbinger of the Moon


Harbinger of Justice



Harbinger of the East


?


Harbinger of Pain


Harbinger of the Hunt... not sure if I picked this one up or not... memory failing!


Also some ancients I don't recognise as yet... possibly Minifigs / Warrior Persian types. Help please!


Finally there were two large scale miniatures - a Celtos Gael Bondman and Thor. I never saw either in the flesh... anyone got a spare?






More later once I find anything. Please comment below or contact me on enquiries@deartonyblair.co.uk

Had to take Arya to the vets today for a sore paw... now on antibiotics for a week then being put under so they can investigate... so much for financing new releases this month!

Waiting outside whilst I settled the bill... she hates the vets!


2 comments:

Phil Curran said...

Never re released. I have most of those though! Most unpainted and unassembled with the exception of the angel winged one and the Doc Ock inspired figure.

Duke of Baylen said...

Wow this is a blast from the past. I gave all the magazines away before one of my many house moves but kept the Harbingers. I've painted many but not all of these. The Harbinger with all the swords is a favourite and you'll have noticed that the one they painted for the magazine had a pair of swords missing. For some reason I have two of the blind archers who've been in several games. The most recently painted is the tall Norseman. Indeed two i've not painted are the ones that Phil has done! Perhaps we should team up!
Thanks for the post.
Stephen