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Friday, 12 April 2019

THE GREMLINS OF THE TCHANKIN TOWERS

Another unit of Ral Partha oldies flapping onto the table with the dry rustle and creak of leathery wings . The Gremlins live in tall windowless towers in the howling deserts, south of Vassago's realm. They follow his armies in the hope of plunder in the form of iron which they carry back to the towers to rust and form what they call "tchankins" corroded items of the human world , which are valued highly in the Gremlin community.


In the pic below from the left
Ral Partha PATTGBITN 01005 V1 Winged Gremlin with sword
Ral Partha PATTGBITN 01005 V2 
Ral Partha PATTGBITN 01028 Gremlin War Party V1 (3 FIGS)


The gremlin war party was one of the first packs I bought in 1979ish, and they struck me then as particularly sinister and appeared in a dungeon adventure I ran at school . My original figures were painted thickly with Humbrol enamel Flesh and Gold if I remember correctly.



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9 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek12 April 2019 at 08:00

    Rather like these figures , a quaint O.S. look to them .

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  2. Mouse12 April 2019 at 19:10

    Yeah! I love these guys! Old Ral Partha goodness...I have a troop of them living in the lead mountain. I've been itching to use them in a game of Dragon Rampant along with some other old Tom Meier goodies. I like the blue paint scheme. Makes me think of the harpies in Jason and the Argonauts!

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  3. Maudlin Jack Tar12 April 2019 at 19:35

    Wow! Great colour scheme on these wonderful figures.

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  4. Springinsfeld12 April 2019 at 19:36

    Yep, RP are probably my favourite manufacturer up until 1982 or so. I suspect the harpies may have influenced me, although I should have done the hair red.

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  5. Gareth13 April 2019 at 09:40

    A triumphant return! Was fretting that you might have been concussed by a musket stock to the head or something equally debilitating!

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    1. Springinsfeld13 April 2019 at 18:17

      Yes, a Lazarus like return. I have flogged my musket and a lot of re-enactment kit to fund the new hobby (and buy the puppy Mrs. Broadsword has invited to live with us)!

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  6. majormike6 May 2019 at 23:31

    My those chaps are rather sinister. They remind me of an illustration from a medieval bible.
    Dogs are great I have ended up with two in the last few years. They are very limiting though. As my wife reminds me every time we can't go on holiday.

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    1. Springinsfeld7 May 2019 at 06:18

      Hmmmm... yes. Happily Mrs. Broadsword wanted the dog (I didn't) so she agreed to do all the nasty bits. I don't even think I'll have time to walk the thing to be honest, so her and the sprogs will be doing that.

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