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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: blackplague on August 20, 2021, 08:48:54 PM
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I'm looking to identify some loose fantasy minis of mine for which the packaging is long gone. I was wondering if I postd some pics here that someone might be able to identify them. Looking for manufacturer, part number, and original price if possible. Have exhausted miniatures-workshop.com and dndlead.com. They don't appear to be Partha or Citadel.
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Sounds interesting you can try and see if somebody can ID them here
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I don't think I've ever seen minis "not" be identified on this page. The amount of knowledge here is pretty staggering when it comes to old random miniatures.
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Just put some pictures in this post I’m sure people will respond with the answers soon enough
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Always willing to try!
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My favourite posts are the mystery min ones.
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The suspense is killing me . . .
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My favourite posts are the mystery min ones.
For me too ;D
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It's the most popular game show format on this forum. :)
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It's the most popular game show format on this forum. :)
It is, now only waiting for the show to start lol
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Seeing as everyone’s chomping at the bit, here’s something to keep you going until the OP gets his images up.
(https://i.postimg.cc/25sLvMSf/Unidentified.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Very odd, but what are they?
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Very odd miniatures, haven't seen these before are the riders, ratmen or lizardmen?
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Lizardmen, I think. On mechanical ants, perhaps? IIRC, they came in a mixed batch of ‘80s Citadel stuff that I bought.
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Very odd, but what are they?
Very badly modelled Republican Romans???? lol
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Thought they might be Epic Tyranid - but nothing on Solegends.
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Thought they might be Epic Tyranid - but nothing on Solegends.
No, not Epic, both too big and too mechanical
Is this mystery miniature going to stump the hive mind?
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looks more like a mechanical spider.
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Could the crew be Ahketon reptiloids from this range (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Galactic_Wars)?
The heads and legs of the lizardmen look somewhat similar:
(http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/images/thumb/0/00/Ahketon-GW-SF16.jpg/603px-Ahketon-GW-SF16.jpg)
Also, there are lots of creeping and crawling vehicles in that range (unshown, alas), so those spidery things could be one of several.
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Good spotting. Apparently some of those are still sold by Acheson. The one at the back might match?
https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php/products/figures/sci-fi/saurian-combat-squad-detail
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Aha! Yes - that looks like a variant. But this is the very fellow, I think:
https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php/products/figures/sci-fi/saurian-recon-bike-detail (https://www.achesoncreations.com/index.php/products/figures/sci-fi/saurian-recon-bike-detail)
(https://www.achesoncreations.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Saurian_Recon_Bi_4a941b2720c42.jpg)
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Well done, LAF hive mind!
Just the mechanical thing to id…
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Its either the Terran Crawler or Crab ?
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I know lots of multi-legged sci-fi bots but nothing like these. I wouldn't call them spiders...ants or wasps would be closer? If the supplied number of legs and the catalogue are both correct, all units described as "4-legged" should be ruled out...although who knows if there were originally 3 bodies and 12 legs? Creeper, crawler, crab or even insectoid walker could be worth checking.
But as you may have noticed, the problem is that there are no pics of those on Lost Minis, and it seems that photos of anything from Ahketon are extremely few and far between. Of course, if the company folded in the mid-90s, not too many digital photos of their minis were posted on blogs back then.
Nevertheless, if you really want to follow that path, there are a few options:
- Ahketon was in Philadelphia, NY. Acheson is in Rochester, NY. I don't know if there's any direct connection, but the latter acquired at least some of the models of the former and started adding them to their web store in the early 00s (as Arrow Miniatures). Acheson looks active even today, thus you could ask them?
- Ahketon did release catalogues (see Lost Minis (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Image:Ahketon-Catalogue1987.jpg) and Noble Knight (https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147835920/Catalog-4)). Someone out there has them? Are there any pictures? Even drawn ones would probably do.
- The pics of Galactic Wars packs were added on Lost Minis by someone called...The Dozing Dragon. Did I see him posting in this very thread recently? lol Do you know something we don't? ::)
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Here's a batch of minis for identification. The four litter bearers are a 1979 Ral Partha, but I can't find it in any catalogs, Lost Minis Wiki, or dndlead.com. The round base picture is from the mini holding the horizontal battle axe.
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2 is a Grenadier lamia (still in production at Mirliton) from the Tomb of Spells set (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=AD%26D_-_Large_Boxed_Sets#5004_Tomb_Of_Spells).
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3 is a Grenadier wizard from the Wizards box (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=AD%26D_-_Small_Figure_Sets#2001) (2001d)
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4 is a Citadel chaos fighter from the C01 series (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=C01_Fighters_%28Citadel%29#C01_Chaos_Fighters_.281st_C.29) (top row on the right).
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Here's no. 6 - Evil Wizard on Litter (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Personalities_and_Things_that_go_Bump_in_the_Night#01-084) from Ral Partha's Personalities and Things That Go Bump in the Night range.
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No. 7 is from Ral Partha's The Chaotic Band (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Tribe_Fighters#FTF301_The_Chaotic_Band).
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No.1 is from the Citadel Undead C series (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=C18_Undead_%28Citadel%29#C18.2F1_Undead_One): C18-1C.
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No. 7 is from Ral Partha's The Chaotic Band (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Fantasy_Tribe_Fighters#FTF301_The_Chaotic_Band).
I don't have any of the others so it was sold as a single at one time. Any idea what it was called?
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No.1 is from the Citadel Undead C series (http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=C18_Undead_%28Citadel%29#C18.2F1_Undead_One): C18-1C.
Snow blindness. I've looked at those pages so often that things just by me. I have the Lord of Darkness next to it on miniatures-workshop missed it because it was at a different angle. Thanks.
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I don't have any of the others so it was sold as a single at one time. Any idea what it was called?
Yeah, Citadel sold him separately as a CO1 fighter:
(http://www.solegends.com/citcat1983comp1/citcomp1024-01.jpg)
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He's best known from the John Blanche undead diorama, I'd have thought:
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_10K57fPPVYs/SxExFAJpZLI/AAAAAAAAAR4/MqS5jleB6pY/s1600/Diorama+Blanche+4.jpg)
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The bottom of the base on number 5 appears to have a copyright date of 1978 and the word ELAN. Don't know if this helps to ID it. Further research shows it to be Saruman from Saruman addressing his Army, 1714 diorama set.
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Thanks to all who helped identify the minis. Your help was most appreciated. Looking at pictures for days makes you miss things. When I have a second set to ID I'll start a new post.