Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metals Reynard the Rogue, sculpted by Tom Meier, and an accompanying Highwayman from aeons of old

[72moonglum]

Good evening my Reaper brethren and sisters!

 

So tonight I've got a mini I just finished, Reynard the Rogue, a figure sculpted I think back in the eighties by Tom Meir. He's an anthropomorphic fox before they were fashionable:

 

 

and this figure looks coincidentally similar to another figure painted by Mr. Meier a few years earlier, which was a Highwayman, mounted and on foot.  Way back in the early eighties I painted the original highwayman:

 

 

In my adolescent style, with probably at that time Polly S paints and as a base I just used a piece of balsa wood that I painted earth color. It's interesting what almost forty years will do to the brightness of the paint.

 

And then here is a side by side, just for fun:

 

 

I think my newer version is much more flamboyant than the original one! I've got to see if I have the human version somewhere unpainted. Might have him somewhere, really not sure.  

Edited August 22 by 72moonglum

[Count Urlik]

What a fabulous fox!

[72moonglum]

Just now, Count Urlik said:

What a fabulous fox!

Why thank you Count!

[buckyball]

I own the Highwayman but I have never seen the fox version

 

   buckyball

[Neatpete]

What a great pair! So cool to see side by side like that.

[72moonglum]

12 hours ago, buckyball said:

I own the Highwayman but I have never seen the fox version

 

   buckyball

Yeah, I had the original highwayman since the eighties and even had him painted as you can see above but I didn’t really know about the Fox until much later. I kind of wonder if it didn’t get sculpted as part of something back then with Citadel?

11 hours ago, Neatpete said:

What a great pair! So cool to see side by side like that.

Thanks Neatpete! I myself love comparison shots!

[72moonglum]

1 hour ago, 72moonglum said:

Yeah, I had the original highwayman since the eighties and even had him painted as you can see above but I didn’t really know about the Fox until much later. I kind of wonder if it didn’t get sculpted as part of something back then with Citadel?

Thanks Neatpete! I myself love comparison shots!

And I was right, Ral Partha import:

 

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Weird_Fantasy_(Ral_Partha)

[Brother Jim]

Reynard the Rogue is available from Iron Wind Metals. DF-440.

[72moonglum]

25 minutes ago, Brother Jim said:

Reynard the Rogue is available from Iron Wind Metals. DF-440.

Correct! He’s a great little fellow out there waiting for a new home!

[Max Retainers]

Looks great!

[72moonglum]

6 hours ago, Max Retainers said:

Looks great!

Thank you Max!

[Chaoswolf]

Pretty cool seeing two diferent versions of the same (basic) figure.

You did a great job on both versions. 

[72moonglum]

14 hours ago, Chaoswolf said:

Pretty cool seeing two diferent versions of the same (basic) figure.

You did a great job on both versions. 

Thanks Chaoswolf! You’re looking at probably forty years of difference at least!

[Glitterwolf]

Simply amazing!

[72moonglum]

7 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Simply amazing!

Glad you like him Glitterwolf! A distant relative perhaps? I