09-06-2010, 08:30 PM
Thanks for your comments!
Harchar, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, is a Garrison 'Swords and Sorcery' series "Merchant";
Staffswinger and his pal Swordswinger are basically the same figure; a Ral Partha miniature, one with a beard and a staff and the other with no beard and a sword in place of the staff;
Poor Fishface, who got her name because Dave rolled abysmally low on her 'Charisma' factor when he rolled her up, is also a Ral Partha;
Purser Hardtack, who's standing on Swordswinger's spot, is also a Ral Partha.
Ral Partha was selling lots of three, six, and eight figure pack at that time, and there would be one or more really good figures for Tekumel in each that I'd use for subjects like the twenty priesthoods or the wizards; that tended to leave a lot of 'generic' figures in the mix that I'd use for figures like Dave's crew. I can dig out catalog numbers, if you like.
Miniatures companies, back in the day (about 1976-79) were a lot fewer, and the selection of miniatures was a lot more limited. Minifigs and Garrison had small fantasy ranges, which had some very useful figures, and once Ral Partha hired Tom Meier they tended to produce a lot of very useful miniatures. Tom also did some actual Tekumel figures, and he also was in regular contact with Craig Smith, one of the earliest and best of the Tekumel artists; I used a lot of Ral Partha 'Elves' and other Meier fantasy figures for Tekumel.
And I did a lot of conversions; most of the twenty temples' figures are conversions.
Anything else I can add?
yours, Chirine
Harchar, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, is a Garrison 'Swords and Sorcery' series "Merchant";
Staffswinger and his pal Swordswinger are basically the same figure; a Ral Partha miniature, one with a beard and a staff and the other with no beard and a sword in place of the staff;
Poor Fishface, who got her name because Dave rolled abysmally low on her 'Charisma' factor when he rolled her up, is also a Ral Partha;
Purser Hardtack, who's standing on Swordswinger's spot, is also a Ral Partha.
Ral Partha was selling lots of three, six, and eight figure pack at that time, and there would be one or more really good figures for Tekumel in each that I'd use for subjects like the twenty priesthoods or the wizards; that tended to leave a lot of 'generic' figures in the mix that I'd use for figures like Dave's crew. I can dig out catalog numbers, if you like.
Miniatures companies, back in the day (about 1976-79) were a lot fewer, and the selection of miniatures was a lot more limited. Minifigs and Garrison had small fantasy ranges, which had some very useful figures, and once Ral Partha hired Tom Meier they tended to produce a lot of very useful miniatures. Tom also did some actual Tekumel figures, and he also was in regular contact with Craig Smith, one of the earliest and best of the Tekumel artists; I used a lot of Ral Partha 'Elves' and other Meier fantasy figures for Tekumel.
And I did a lot of conversions; most of the twenty temples' figures are conversions.
Anything else I can add?
yours, Chirine