Half-Ogre, and Wights

[Patrice]

Recently I had a look at very old and never finished figures waiting since centuries in my lead pile and I thought that some of them deserved a better life (or after-life).

So here is a half-ogre defending his barrel with a self-made goedendag:





And two ghosts or wights, one of which was probably waiting there since the Bronze Age as the colour of his equipment shows, the other one may be as old.

[Elk101]

That half ogre is a great miniature, lovely to see them.

[Patrice]

That half ogre is a great miniature, lovely to see them.

  Actually I can't remember when I bought them and where, but it was certainly more than 20 years ago, probably more.

A friend just told me he thinks the first wight is Citadel or very early GW (before they went mad) and the other wight is Grenadier.

[Citizen Sade]

He’s right that the first one is Citadel. It’s a Barrow Wight from when they had the Lord of the Rings license the first time round circa 1985.

[Patrice]

He’s right that the first one is Citadel. It’s a Barrow Wight from when they had the Lord of the Rings license the first time round circa 1985.

Thanks! This allowed me to find pictures of the original set.

That half ogre is a great miniature

I tracked him also today and found he was produced by Heartbreaker in 1994 or 1995, sculpted by Chaz Elliot, they called him a Half-Troll.

I imagine him more as a Half-Ogre Half-Orc than as a Half-Troll, but he will probably not accept a DNA test    and perhaps he had a Troll great-grandmother too, you never know what could happen far in the hills.

[beefcake]

Lovely!
I remember seeing that half-ogre in my local store when I was 12 or so. I really likeed the look of it but bought something else (or possibly nothing being a poor 12 year old). Recently I found a copy in Left Hand Miniatures store and painted it up too! Great to see the love for these old goodies!