Ral Partha three headed Three Stooges Troll, painted and thrown up on EBay for another charity auction

[72moonglum]

Hello again all you fine Reaper folk!

 

So a few months back I did an EBay auction to help out Mike and Melissa Noe, the president of Iron Wind Metals and his wife, as Melissa has been diagnosed with cancer and the bills I imagine are going to be quite considerable.  I'd painted and sold a rare Molydeus miniature, from the Ral Partha TSR Planescape range, and it did okay out there.  I wanted to try to see if I could I could continue on with this idea of painting for charity, so I've painted another one for Mike and Melissa, whose proceeds are going to go directly again to them so they can pay off medical bills.  With this one I wanted something again old, rare and classic and I still had one of these old lead monsters hanging around, so I've painted up Tom Meier's three headed troll again:

 

 

Bizarrely enough I've painted this figure before already twice, once maybe around 2015 (?), and again back in 2005.  I found the old photos actually both in my old Reaper posts:

 

2015-ish or earlier:

 

 

and this one I think from around 2005 or so:

 

 

So I'm apparently not very original, as I keep using the same color scheme but hopefully over the last 17 years or so I've improved a tad, which honestly don't see much improvement between the second and third version, but as you all know we're our own worst critics.

 

Anyhoos, if you ever wanted a reasonably nicely painted version of this mini, knowing that all the money made from its sale is going to a good cause, please feel free to go out to EvilBay and place a bid, or tell your friends and neighbors, spread the word.  I actually sold that first and oldest 3 Stooges troll aeons ago on EBay, thinking it would go to a Ral Partha collector, but apparently the guy that bought it was a fan of the Three Stooges, who would have thunk it?

 

Anyhoos (again) thanks for having a look, hope you enjoy!

[Grand Slam]

I like really like what you did with the skin tone. Nice work on the vest, too. I can definitely see improvement between the first and last specimens. 

 

Good luck on the auction

 

[72moonglum]

6 minutes ago, Grand Slam said:

I like really like what you did with the skin tone. Nice work on the vest, too. I can definitely see improvement between the first and last specimens. 

 

Good luck on the auction

 

Thanks much, appreciate it and we’ll see how it goes!

[Glitterwolf]

Good Job!

[72moonglum]

1 hour ago, Glitterwolf said:

Good Job!

Thanks Glitterwolf, glad you like them!

 

[Poilu_1914]

I like seeing the progression between figuers. Very nice job and brings back memories too. Don't know why I never bought that particular figure back in the day. 

 

Edited October 28, 2022 by Poilu_1914
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[72moonglum]

5 hours ago, Poilu_1914 said:

I like seeing the progression between figuers. Very nice job and brings back memories too. Don't know why I never bought that particular figure back in the day. 

 

I have a feeling it might have to do with the fact that figure wasn’t available too long before it got pulled.  Look on the bright side, there’s a fully painted one available on EBay!

[Chaoswolf]

Good work on him(them), and good luck on the auction!

[72moonglum]

51 minutes ago, Chaoswolf said:

Good work on him(them), and good luck on the auction!

Thank you very much Chaoswolf on both counts!

[KruleBear]

Best of luck on the auction

[72moonglum]

On 10/29/2022 at 3:35 PM, KruleBear said:

Best of luck on the auction

Thanks, appreciate it!