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Author Topic: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)  (Read 1533 times)

Offline Pangolino

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Hi - I have three miniatures that I can't identify and I'm finding it distracting. Two of them are clearly Ral Partha (they seem to have 1989 on the base) - you'd think I could find these in the 1989 or 1990 Ral Partha catalogues, but no. They're made after the time period when I would have recognized almost anything Ral Partha (that would have ended around 1985 / 6 or so). The third figure, most puzzling to me, is what looks like a wyvern, with an "A" on the base, a number (C-25?) and a date (1980?) - I've added a photo of the base. It looks like it should be the kind of base marking that is readily recognizable if you know the manufacturer. I could be reading the date wrong - It's a pretty detailed sculpt for 1980, and that doesn't seem right. Now that I am looking at the photo, it looks more like it could be 1988, and that seems more likely to me. Are these familiar to any of you wizards?

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« Last Edit: 04 November 2016, 07:56:23 PM by Pangolino »

Offline Elbows

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #1 on: 04 November 2016, 01:23:10 AM »
The guy in the center looks familiar...but I think the one I remember had a large plume over his head.  Must be a different figure unless you see evidence of damage.  I'm trying to remember where he was from/name.  It was 20+ years ago.
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Offline Imp522

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #2 on: 04 November 2016, 01:25:10 AM »
the two ral partha are from the All American Line http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=All_American_Line
both of yours have had the plumes removed from their helmets

Offline Pangolino

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #3 on: 04 November 2016, 12:13:26 PM »
Thanks - that's obviously why I hadn't noticed them when looking through catalogues - I had never considered that they might have been altered.
« Last Edit: 04 November 2016, 12:18:54 PM by Pangolino »

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #4 on: 04 November 2016, 01:34:31 PM »
Pictures aren't showing for me  :(

Offline FramFramson

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #5 on: 04 November 2016, 05:34:14 PM »
Hm. They were visible last night but aren't showing now for me either (which doesn't change much in my case, 'cause I had no idea what they were).


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Offline Pangolino

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #6 on: 04 November 2016, 07:58:48 PM »
I had to find a new host for them (old one seems to be down), but here they are again - it's only the little wyvern-thing that I'm still wondering about.

Offline Elbows

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Re: Miniature ID request (2 Ral partha late 80's, 1 unknown 1980? 88?)
« Reply #7 on: 04 November 2016, 11:30:46 PM »
Nice call Imp.  I looked at your link and sure enough that's the guy!   lol  One of my very first miniatures I ever bought when I was maybe nine years old (made some custom rules for him for Hero Quest...at age nine!).  Man, maybe this "design games" bug started earlier than I remember.  :-I

 

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