A new hope for chewing gum minis

[Snafu]

Recently I was strolling around at a local flea market, when  I heard a faint whispering coming from a box filled with some dozens of plastic minis.

There was a bunch of little red guys calling for a new life in a little diorama,  so I took them home.

These are the guys. Seeems that in their former life they were some kind of gimmicks you could buy way back in the 1970s together with a package of chewing gum. They belong to a set of figures from "Asterix" the famous comic series .  One of them obviously is a veteran of war, having lost his left leg, so he doesn't look very pleased.

This is one of them compared to some other minis.

So these are some first impressions.

From: Asterix und Maestria (1991).Copyright EHAPA Verlag GmbH

[Mason]

What a great find!

Lovely work on the house too.
 

[OSHIROmodels]

A good find and I do like the house 

cheers

James

[grant]

Really lovely! Asterix is classic! That house is right out of the pages!

[Vermis]

Fantastic! I looked at the first pic before reading and the name 'Asterix' pinged into my head straight away. Nifty wee models, and great house.

eventually the tree house of Troubadix the bard.

In english he's called Cacofonix. What are the names of the others in different countries, I wonder?

[grant]

Here in Canada, Asterix was a way to get us English kids reading French. I've never read him in English!

[Jaeger]

Gotta love it. I once suggested Asterix as a Lego range, but sadly it didn't pan out.

You've done a sterling job on the Centurion and the house. Looking forward to see more. :-)

[Snafu]

Here is a little treehouse I made for the Bard Cacophonix (Troubadix in german version).
Please have patience, because my abilities as a painter of minis are, uhm, very basic.

[Comsquare]

Great stuff, Snafu, great stuff 
Love what you have done so far.

Should have some of those minis myself somewhere, was a huge Asterix-fan back in my youth

GREAT STUFF!!!

[FramFramson]

Here in Canada, Asterix was a way to get us English kids reading French. I've never read him in English!

Exactly! Cut my teeth on Tintin and Asterix. Not a bad way to get started in comics, French, or nerdly pursuits.

[Jaeger]

Absolutely amazing. Well done sir. 

[Svennn]

Those houses are the business 

The figure looks a lot like one I bought a few years ago, they were a lot cheaper then (I got them from a guy in Spain) than these currently on evilbay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRA-RARE-VINTAGE-1978-ASTERIX-GUESS-WHO-FIGURES-CARDED-/160663726326?pt=UK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL&hash=item25684de8f6

Svennn

[Snafu]

Work in Progress for another house, the home of Fullyautomatix, the village smith. Maybe a little bit to small, but I haven't got more room on my terrain base.

[pocoloco]

Great stuff!
You know that you can't stop now before you have the whole village ready

[HerbyF]

I wonder how these size up with the ones that were done in metal? They look like they might be pretty close.