Enigma Miniatures?

[Wachaza]

I found a gallery of most of the Enigma minis but it disappeared a few years ago and I hadn't thought to save the pics.

http://members.aol.com/drdresch/galengmb.htm

(dead link-just leads to a hosting page now)

Some of his pics are on the Frothers space dwarf showcase.

[ink the troll]

I found a gallery of most of the Enigma minis but it disappeared a few years ago and I hadn't thought to save the pics.

http://members.aol.com/drdresch/galengmb.htm

(dead link-just leads to a hosting page now)

Some of his pics are on the Frothers space dwarf showcase.

Via archive.org 's wayback machine you can still look at some of the pics: http://web.archive.org/web/20080217235737/http://members.aol.com/drdresch/galengmb.htm

(hope the link works, if not go to http://archive.org/ and paste the url into the wayback machine, located at the top middle part of the site)

[Jonas]

Great, thanks. I remember that homepage too... I think the models look pretty good when painted. Not the best sculpts, but they have their charm.

[Lordblackwing]

I have some of those Space Dwarfs in my Squat forces. I will have a look and see if I can get some piccies to post here. I seem to remember getting at least 1 of the quad bikes as well.

[Jonas]

Awesome.

I can find my Enigma Miniatures and take some photos too... Mine are still in blisters though, but since they can open and re-seal it should not be a problem to get some photos of everything inside.

[area23]

Very interesting when you think of it. Pre-internet mid-nineties figs got some attention in 2001-2003 period on various Geocities, Yahoo and AOL do-it-yourself sites, but most of them disappeared over time. The whole internet changed and all the newer miniatures sites are all different formats.

Back when we did the Space Dwarf showcase I got permission from the same David Dresch mentioned above to use his pics of Enigma dwarfs. http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/spacedwarf/spacedwarf2.htm

Another thing is that the Enigma figs where forced to quit after a GW Cease or Desist, if I remember well. Today, people would laugh about that with all the high quality GW derivates available and apparently GW's 1990's CoD policy was basically just  bluffing.

[The_Beast]

I've picked up a few over the years as a curiosity. It's no surprise GW legal jumped them from orbit as they're very derivative of GW stuff from the same time. The casting and sculpting quality is also terrible in most of the cases I've seen.

The casting varied from pedestrian to dreadful, but some of the stuff was quite imaginative. However, the chicken walker, especially the legs, looked like direct copies, as in 'we'll add some parts and a bit of GS, and no one will notice' level.

Certainly was the comments at the time from people I respect.

Doug

Edit: Did they really use the term 'Starguard'? Isn't that a rule set? Reverisco or someone?

[manic _miner]

 I have the Chaos space marine from Inks link.Will have to take a picture of him sometime.

[James Holloway]

I have the space dwarf with heavy bolter, who I picked up at a gaming flea market when I was back in the US earlier this year. I did not realise at the time that I'd got a particularly outstanding example of the line -- I just thought it was a bit crude but with a good deal of charm. But those models are ... pretty variable. Still, it's always interesting to see these lines; they've kind of fallen between the obsessive internet coverage of modern figure manufacturers and the retro-vinyl-enthusiast coverage of lines from the 80s.

[Jonas]

This guy is missing his right arm weapon and I have no idea what it should look like.


Marines, extra weapons, jump packs, stuff...

[Baconfat]

Mega Minis has some old not GW models.