These must have been some of Joe's earlier figures as the original unit is based with flock ( now faded) , rather than Tetrion or Pollyfilla. He mentions the advantages of the latter over the former in one of his Tabletop Heroes articles in White Dwarf. I only have 2 of the original regiment from Joe's collection in its pre Giak guise. 
But I do have a lot of this range, which were some of the first figures I bought from Forever People in Bristol around 1980, so I mustered 30 for service.
Unfortunately some of these soft lead
figures had been bashed about and had lost their helmet spikes, so I drilled holes and added fine brass rod.
I had to repair 10, a few of which are shown above.
These will be off to the basing filler queue before undercoating. The detail is so crude on these figures I decided not to bother stripping the ones that were already painted.
I've always liked the old look of these miniatures, I have a couple somewhere and you're right about the lead softness. It's a great project, I'll be interested to see how it goes.
ReplyDeleteThey were some of the first figures I bought, I love them. Hard to believe that 2 years later Tom Meier was sculpting the CS series elves. He certainly upped his game.
DeleteRal Partha Legacy recently rereleased these goblins in celebration of Ral Partha’s 50th anniversary. I’m tempted to pick up a few!
ReplyDeleteYes, I bet they're not cheap though. Great range to collect though.
DeleteFun that you have two to colour match with. Will you be flocking or tetrioning?
ReplyDeleteI've got another in brighter colours, so might follow that scheme. Tetrion basing to match my others.
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