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Title: Thunderbolt Mountain is back
Post by: Ethelred the Almost Ready on December 01, 2020, 03:32:16 AM: See page 19 of the new Ral Partha site:

https://ralparthalegacy.com/collections/all?page=19
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Post by: Inkpaduta on December 01, 2020, 03:43:27 AM: Excellent news! Love the King Arthur figures but wasn't able to get them all.
Can now add to my collection.
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Post by: Dr Mathias on December 01, 2020, 04:08:36 AM: Sweet news!
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Post by: Cat on December 01, 2020, 04:23:58 AM: Oooh, those are top flight figures!
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Post by: majorsmith on December 01, 2020, 06:48:01 AM: Great stuff I love those orcs
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Post by: Bloggard on December 01, 2020, 10:07:02 AM: amazing skill (from mr. Meier ?).

look more like 75mm than 28mm (25mm apparently!)

ah right - further qualification: the 'elves' which I find particularly impressive are '1/60 scale - 30mm'.
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Post by: Tactalvanic on December 01, 2020, 10:24:41 AM: good to see them available and in production again, was a shame when Mr Meier had to take the decision to close thunderbolt mountain.

They are great true 25mm scale miniatures.
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Post by: Mister Frau Blucher on December 01, 2020, 03:58:48 PM: This is awesome. Even awesomer, there will be new Meier goblin sculpts in 25mm. You can see a bit of a preview if you click on the "Future Releases" at the top of the page.
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Post by: mweaver on December 02, 2020, 02:02:32 AM: Nice. Thanks for the heads up.

-Michael
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Post by: DivisMal on December 02, 2020, 05:14:00 AM: Quote from: Inkpaduta on December 01, 2020, 03:43:27 AM
Excellent news! Love the King Arthur figures but wasn't able to get them all.
Can now add to my collection.

Yes! Me, too! Great news.
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Post by: Captain Blood on December 02, 2020, 08:48:13 AM: Brilliant. I have a few of these. Wonder if we’ll be able to get them this side of the pond... those giant wolves... :-*
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Post by: Karadek on December 02, 2020, 05:16:09 PM: That's awesome! I haven't seen these since Thunderbolt was at Gen Con in 2003! (may have been Origins?)
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Post by: metalface13 on December 02, 2020, 06:03:50 PM: Excellent! What scale are these? 1/60 is what they say on the website?
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Post by: Cat on December 02, 2020, 06:11:47 PM: 25mm
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Post by: metalface13 on December 02, 2020, 06:13:39 PM: Quote from: Cat on December 02, 2020, 06:11:47 PM
25mm

Hmm .. so they might scale well with GW's LotR range?
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Post by: Cat on December 02, 2020, 06:21:01 PM: Quote from: metalface13 on December 02, 2020, 06:13:39 PM
Hmm .. so they might scale well with GW's LotR range?

LotR plastics are 28mm and metal 32mm iirc — only on the small side compared to other current GW minis, not in the range of actual 25mm.
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Post by: FramFramson on December 02, 2020, 07:57:26 PM: Lovely to see Mr. Meiers' work will carry on. It was such a shame to think his very distinctive and classical miniatures were going to be no more.
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Post by: metalface13 on December 02, 2020, 08:32:58 PM: Quote from: Cat on December 02, 2020, 06:21:01 PM
LotR plastics are 28mm and metal 32mm iirc — only on the small side compared to other current GW minis, not in the range of actual 25mm.

The LotR range is pretty inconsistent, especially the older stuff. The high elves in particular are pretty tiny.
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Post by: Cat on December 02, 2020, 10:05:51 PM: Quote from: metalface13 on December 02, 2020, 08:32:58 PM
The LotR range is pretty inconsistent, especially the older stuff. The high elves in particular are pretty tiny.

If they measure ~25mm to to eye, they're good then.
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Post by: Byrthnoth on December 03, 2020, 12:31:24 AM: I believe the Arthurian stuff is 25mm to the eye. The fantasy stuff and Byzantines are 28mm, although their proportions are closer to real life than almost every other miniature I’ve encountered, so they look very slight and delicate compared to almost else out there. It works quite well for the elves if you like an otherworldly look.