Ral Partha Hill Giant

[Pingo]

A hill giant! so thats wtf I have. I looked at some old frost and fire giants and it didn't match up.

 

There is no way I can restore this to the quality of your figure above.

retromini 008.jpg

 

It may be the first mini I ever bought & painted. Mine has a 1977 date on the bottom, but it had been sitting for a while before I bought it.

 

 

The scale is a bit different, smaller than what people are used to nowadays,

 

Yup. I occasionally use a 1983 character in Pathfinder society games, and have been asked if she is a halfling. its 24mm instead of 28 mm. plus a difference in base height.

 

...

 

That is ... one well-loved mini.

[72moonglum]

A hill giant! so thats wtf I have. I looked at some old frost and fire giants and it didn't match up.

 

There is no way I can restore this to the quality of your figure above.

retromini 008.jpg

 

It may be the first mini I ever bought & painted. Mine has a 1977 date on the bottom, but it had been sitting for a while before I bought it.

 

The scale is a bit different, smaller than what people are used to nowadays,

 

Yup. I occasionally use a 1983 character in Pathfinder society games, and have been asked if she is a halfling. its 24mm instead of 28 mm. plus a difference in base height.

Yeah, this poor fellow looks like he's seen better days. I'm sure he had a really nice paint job to start off but it looks like damage and age has taken its toll.

[marceline]

His club looks great! All of him looks great! Good job!

[Tom T]

Thanks guys for all the kind words. I really do enjoy painting older sculpts from that yesteryear of miniatures. I do like to showcase it as well because so much of it is so really cool and there is so much of it out there floating around in the universe that isn't getting the credit or appreciation it deserves. Lots of people probably have tons of this stuff sitting around in garages, basements, boxes and as has been mentioned on this forum before, has gotten thrown away or traded as metal for the smelter.

 

The scale is a bit different, smaller than what people are used to nowadays, and sometimes it's not as technically advanced as maybe nowadays, because after all, artists and sculptors do improve and get better at their craft. When you look at Julie Guthrie's work she is doing now for Reaper, or what Tom Meier does for Thunderbolt Mountain, it's a world of difference in improvement in skill and talent and mostly experience, but the incredible stuff they are doing right now doesn't diminish the great miniatures they brought us in the nineties, eighties, or even the seventies.

 

I think those that still have some of this wonderful, ancient metal hanging around their homes should delve into it and grab a piece or two and paint it ups as nicely as they can. Either that or just send it to my house. Those are your two options.

That's another really great paint job 72moonglum! Impressive and Inspiring! And I completely agree with you.

 

Hope you don't mind if I chime in and also volunteer to give a Good Home to any unwanted Old Lead !

[72moonglum]

 

Thanks guys for all the kind words. I really do enjoy painting older sculpts from that yesteryear of miniatures. I do like to showcase it as well because so much of it is so really cool and there is so much of it out there floating around in the universe that isn't getting the credit or appreciation it deserves. Lots of people probably have tons of this stuff sitting around in garages, basements, boxes and as has been mentioned on this forum before, has gotten thrown away or traded as metal for the smelter.

 

The scale is a bit different, smaller than what people are used to nowadays, and sometimes it's not as technically advanced as maybe nowadays, because after all, artists and sculptors do improve and get better at their craft. When you look at Julie Guthrie's work she is doing now for Reaper, or what Tom Meier does for Thunderbolt Mountain, it's a world of difference in improvement in skill and talent and mostly experience, but the incredible stuff they are doing right now doesn't diminish the great miniatures they brought us in the nineties, eighties, or even the seventies.

 

I think those that still have some of this wonderful, ancient metal hanging around their homes should delve into it and grab a piece or two and paint it ups as nicely as they can. Either that or just send it to my house. Those are your two options.

 

That's another really great paint job 72moonglum! Impressive and Inspiring! And I completely agree with you.

 

Hope you don't mind if I chime in and also volunteer to give a Good Home to any unwanted Old Lead !

No, not at all. Now they have three options: paint them, send them to me, or send them to you. Oddly enough, after making such a generous offer to adopt old and unloved miniatures (remember Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and the island of misfit toys?) my mail box hasn't filled up with ancient lead....

[Evilhalfling]

 

A hill giant! so thats wtf I have. I looked at some old frost and fire giants and it didn't match up.

 

There is no way I can restore this to the quality of your figure above.

retromini 008.jpg

 

It may be the first mini I ever bought & painted. Mine has a 1977 date on the bottom, but it had been sitting for a while before I bought it.

 

The scale is a bit different, smaller than what people are used to nowadays,

 

Yup. I occasionally use a 1983 character in Pathfinder society games, and have been asked if she is a halfling. its 24mm instead of 28 mm. plus a difference in base height.

Yeah, this poor fellow looks like he's seen better days. I'm sure he had a really nice paint job to start off but it looks like damage and age has taken its toll.

 

Yeah I cant even vouch for the original paint job. 72Moonglums version shows details im not sure I understood, like his furry pants/belt. I just painted the whole front metallic. Eventually I figured out how to do a black wash, but I can't even remember any other techniques I learned in that period.

[Flow]

Beautiful job! I love old mini's. You did an excellent job here.

[Metalchaos]

Great work! It's always nice to see beautifully painted old school mini.

There is a good Viking vibe coming from this model. The snowy base is a nice touch.

[72moonglum]

Great work! It's always nice to see beautifully painted old school mini.

There is a good Viking vibe coming from this model. The snowy base is a nice touch.

Yeah, I thought this one would paint up nicely also as a frost giant. May one day do him again with the pale blue skin, but that's some day in the future. So little time, so many miniatures.......

[Metalchaos]

So little time, so many miniatures...

 

I keep repeating this adage to myself everytime I look at my unpainted minis.

Keep up the great work.

[HisstKa]

Impressive!

[72moonglum]

 

So little time, so many miniatures...

 

I keep repeating this adage to myself everytime I look at my unpainted minis.

Keep up the great work.

All I can say is if it's true old painters won't die until their last miniature has been painted, I WILL LIVE FOREVER....

[Tom T]

 

 

So little time, so many miniatures...

I keep repeating this adage to myself everytime I look at my unpainted minis.

Keep up the great work.

All I can say is if it's true old painters won't die until their last miniature has been painted, I WILL LIVE FOREVER....

 

They way I heard it, I think only Lead counts! If so, I should be safe for a few centuries yet!!!