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Restoring LOTR Miniatures from the 1970's
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Author:  Oldman Willow [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:33 am ]
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Archive http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lost ... ddle_Earth

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Archive Low Orcan 529, Low Orcan Archers 526, Low Orcan with Glaive 527 Low Orcan with Spear
Goblin Command Group Officer 515b, Goblin Command Group Standard Bearer 515c' Goblin Command Group horn.

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Archive 541b Sleeping Orc with Spear(thumb tack for shield), Ral Partha Giant Goblin War Party?
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I have more than 72 bowmen in this style with eye shields to repaint. I have removed most of the old card bases most will need cleaning and or stripping.
I am going to paint these in batches of 16 so that I will have whole units for WOTR. I will take out the command element for units for skirmish.
I am trying to decide if I should restore the sleeping orc sentry figures as standard bearers. I may be able to get some more Heritage standards I may wait to decide.

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The Girls like Battle Masters so I will make a Battle of Five Armies conversion while I am at it.
Author:  BilboOfTheWhiteTower [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:49 am ]
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It's cool seeing these old models...how do they look side-by-side with the GW ones?
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:24 pm ]
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Love these old models. Have not seen these ones before where do you get them from or are they ones you had originally. Have you got the dragon?

I do not have the Archive Dragon. I have traded for these over the years most are originals some are from estates of departed friends. I understand, that some of the Archive miniatures may be available again. http://www.classicminiatures.net/

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by BilboOfTheWhiteTower » Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:49 am
It's cool seeing these old models...how do they look side-by-side with the GW ones?

I will pull some out this afternoon for photos. The short answer is small. :sad:
Author:  GothmogtheWerewolf [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:48 pm ]
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Nice of you to share with us. I didn't exist when these were first out, reminds me how old some of you are. Most of these would probably be hard to find nowadays.

Do you have any of the big ones?
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 6:01 pm ]
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From the early 70's the figures were small. During the 80's they began to range about the the size of the current LOTR figures.
The figures on the right back row with red shields are Hobgoblins.
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RP Giant Orcs 1977
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Some Mixed figures waiting to be rebased
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current LOTR
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Some 1980's GW and late Heritage? they may be very early Reaper
You can see most of these are about right size wise.
Author:  mastermanje [ Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:02 pm ]
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I think I've got that game hanging around somewhere too! :D
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:48 pm ]
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We worked on replacing broken weapons today.
Did some on the bases.
Mostly Reaper and Heartbreaker weapons.
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:51 pm ]
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Quendil » Thu Jul 12, 2012 2:31 am
Watching this with great interest. Glad to see you have help, my little helpers are still at the stage of either putting everything in their mouth or helping by banging things together :shock:
Love you work room is it very large? I am consigned to a very small old caravan outside, hopefully in the next 10 years I will get round to building a large hobby room :rofl:

The work room is in a two car garage. My youngest has a lot of enthusiasm for the older models because of the cartoons. I have to cut out lots of extra blocks for her to paint when we make houses.
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Lots of green metallic houses
Author:  Wah Wing [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:33 pm ]
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Those are some good looking goblins. 8) They are goblins, right? :?
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:49 pm ]
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Those are some good looking goblins. 8) They are goblins, right? :?

They are Archive Low Orcan They are simular to this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:52 pm ]
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I found these at the dollar store when I was buying school supplies. The kids want to use them for Battle Masters and came up with rules as well.The LOTR conversion is going well.
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:46 pm ]
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http://larsen-family.us/~1066/5armies.html
I have given up on TSBG and WOTR. No one wants to collect GW LOTR or play around here. I have decided to use the club rules for the Battle of Five Armies. I am going to base the Army list on the linked article.
These RalParth elves were painted some time after 1977 with Testors military flat enamels. They are in over all good shape. I replaced there paper/card bases with laser cut 3mm plywood and am waiting for new wire spears/pikes and magnetic base bottoms. I have another 36 pike elves based waiting to be primed.I will mix flocking and base the whole army at one time. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RalParthaMinis/
I have enough Old glory Norman spear to use for lake men ready to go. I have more than enough dwarves ready.I also have enough Goblins already based for Warhammer.I have way more than 300 so I want have to use some of the goofy goblins.
I am going to continue to work on the very old (1977) Ral Partha orcs in batches of 64 for the Battle of Five Armies.
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At least I will be able to play more often if I convert to the club rules.
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For any one who wants to see more photos click thumbnail
Author:  John Wayne [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:42 pm ]
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Its a real shame you cant get any lotr players - guess your gonna have to move house/state/country. Otherwise i wish you all the best and keep up the good work. :yay:
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:53 am ]
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Any update on these?

I am waiting on a large magnetic base bottom order from Litko. http://www.litko.net/ They are at Gen Con this week.
I have re-based and primed a lot of figures. They don't look like much black.

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I re-based a number of Normans until I decided to use this moment tray system
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:33 pm ]
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The Great Dragon is worth as I may be able to get one but unsure on the price.

That is a hard question because I have not seen one at any price for years :roll:
Have you had good luck ordering from Classic. All of mine are original but I would not mind filling in the gaps with recast.
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:52 pm ]
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My 2nd lot of Heritage from Classic cam last week and i am very happy with them. The quality of the casting is better than some of my original ones and with the new metal I don't have to worry about lead rot!

I need more command groups so I will add that to my budget and make a order. 8)
Author:  Oldman Willow [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:01 pm ]
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The price I have been quoted is $300 which seem a bit steep but maybe not seeing as how rare they seem to be

I was looking for a copy of Warhammer Quest because my cards were ruined in a flood. I could not find one for less than $200. I think that is a lot too. :shock:
I remember when a coke was 5 cents :roll:
Author:  Lochlan8me [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:07 pm ]
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damn, I remember when gas was 99 cents..that was the last time I probably drive ~Brian
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