Saturday, December 19, 2015

Vintage Tolkien figures





I have been continuing to play around with some vintage figures lately, and finished these two off this morning.  The goblin on the left is an old Minifigs ME50.  I used to have a horde of 40 or more of these guys back in the day, but they went to a friend in a trade deal long ago.  He still has them, by the way, so perhaps I will see them in action again one day.

The figure on the right is a Ral Partha E551 Southron spearman, from 1976, an early Tom Meier sculpt.

I am hoping to get all of the recent vintage individuals into a skirmish game soon...

5 comments:

  1. I remember painting up that spearman in bronze for Runequest.

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    1. I can imagine that...I actually have a dozen of them from years ago that I did in bronze rather than steel. Something about the spiked helmet, I guess...

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  2. Great figures, the shield design on the goblin is very good. No doubt about it, pre-1983 figures are the best.

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    1. Thanks. I've long noted that shields are the most visible thing about most ancient or fantasy figures, so I try to make them look good as a priority.

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