We moved house just over 27 years ago. The figures were packed in polystyrene chippings and haven’t seen the light of day till now. Unlike my 25mm Vikings unpacked a few years ago, there were no signs of lead rot.
The figures, which I painted myself, are Lamming Miniatures which have now been brought back into production and are available from https://www.lammingminiatures.com/. The figures have a distinctive style - I would say charm - and are very robust but they don’t have the multiplicity of variations you see in modern ranges.
The spears are made from piano wire - not as fancy as the wire spears with shaped spearheads you can buy now - but correspondingly less likely to impale players.
It looks like they would do but I would probably rebase them. Unfortunately they are lacking historical opponents which is something I like to have these days.
Elephants, Cataphracts and Cavalry
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A long, ignored army rediscovered. Hooray!
ReplyDeleteThat must be like re-discovering some treasure! nice to have a ready made army that can quickly hit the table ..... and hooray for no bendy spears!
ReplyDeleteHi Jonathan & Norm
ReplyDeleteIt’s good to find a use for them. I had vaguely intended to sell them off. But it’s difficult to part with things I’ve painted even though I’ve got far too much stuff. I did let two 25mm Greek hoplite armies go, some of which I spotted years later on a bring-and-buy stall.
When 15mm first superseded 25mm for WRG Ancients, the larger figures were changing hands for little more than ‘scrap’ value, i.e. unpainted prices. Then along came 28mm and 15mm became the poor relation.
Something weird happened with the photos when I first created this post. Half of them wouldn't come up full size when you clicked on them. I've redone them to fix this.
ReplyDeleteThey have stood the test of time and will look great on the table. Properly ancient as well - should get a modifier on every dice roll 😊
ReplyDeleteBen, I need every bonus I can get!
ReplyDeleteAlthough packed 27 years ago, they must be a few years older than that.
What I need now is an Early Byzantine army...