ELFQUEST (Ral Partha Collector Set)...

[catdancer]

 

PROJECT...Elf Quest (Ral Partha Collector Set)

 

SUBJECT...A Las Vegas hotel executive requested that I paint this miniature set for his daughter as a Christmas gift.

 

DATA...This is a set of figures from the " old " days...produced by Ral Partha...this is a boxed set of 8 figures (1 of 5)...released as collector sets...The figures are beautiful sculpts that range in size from (20mm to 24mm)...per request, they are mounted on varnished white oak cubes and the figures are sealed with (3 coats of high gloss varnish).

 

They were a delight to paint...but a real pain due to the tiny size...and getting the tiny details.

 

Paul (Catdancer)

Edited November 21, 2014 by catdancer

[ub3r_n3rd]

These are very well done Paul! I'm sure the gift from her father will be greatly appreciated!

[Pingo]

Oh my gosh! Those minis!

 

I had one of the sets -- not this one, but the Wolfriders and their wolves. I miss that set!

 

These are beautiful. You did a great job on them, and I hope they are well received.

[catdancer]

These are very well done Paul! I'm sure the gift from her father will be greatly appreciated!

Thank you ub3r...I appreciate your comment(s) and feedback.

 

These old eyes are not as sharp as they used to be and the hands not so steady anymore...but the father really liked the finished set when I showed it to him last night.

[Limey72]

Very well done ;)

[catdancer]

Oh my gosh! Those minis!

 

I had one of the sets -- not this one, but the Wolfriders and their wolves. I miss that set!

 

These are beautiful. You did a great job on them, and I hope they are well received.

Thank you Pingo! The father saw them last night and said that he was very happy with the set!

 

I think that these were some beautiful sets...I just wish they had been done in the current modern miniature size!

[catdancer]

Very well done ;)

Thank you Limey 72!

[catdancer]

Nice job.

I like the nostalgic models

Thank you Xherman1964!...I also like a lot of the older nostalgic miniature figures!

[Limey72]

You also did very well sealing them with 3 coats and preserving the detail ;)

[LittleBluberry]

I haven't thought about Elfquest in years, I never even knew there was a line of miniatures.  They look lovely and I'm not surprised that your client was pleased. 

[Mad Jack]

 I've always wished I'd had the cash to pick these up back in the day - I've coveted that snake-thing since the first time I saw it.

[haldir]

Nice!!

 

Brings back some memories when I was a kid reading the Marvel comics each month & spending my summers at my grandmother's house for a couple month.

[Dr.Bedlam]

Snake thing = "Madcoil," a horrible monster that happened when wild magic fused an enormous python to a very large hunting cat. It ate elves and humans, among other things. 

I had the first boxed set, the Wolfriders, back in the day. Still got Cutter and Leetah, but the others are lost amidst the sands of time. I'd love to have them all back again... and didn't Julie Guthrie sculpt those, back in the day?

And yes, the elves in particular were TEENY, since they were half the size of humans, and the humans were, if I recall, true 25mm.

[catdancer]

Snake thing = "Madcoil," a horrible monster that happened when wild magic fused an enormous python to a very large hunting cat. It ate elves and humans, among other things. 

 

I had the first boxed set, the Wolfriders, back in the day. Still got Cutter and Leetah, but the others are lost amidst the sands of time. I'd love to have them all back again... and didn't Julie Guthrie sculpt those, back in the day?

 

And yes, the elves in particular were TEENY, since they were half the size of humans, and the humans were, if I recall, true 25mm.

Dr. Bedlam...You are correct (the snake thing is Madclaw)...You are also correct about the sculpture; it is/was Julie Guthrie. She was the sculpture for the entire set of 5 boxes (Wolfriders I, Journey To Sorrow's End, Personalities, Wolfriders II and Quest To Blue Mountain)...all released by Ral Partha.

 

The sets were released as 25mm miniatures...but the actual sizes varied...the above set figure sizes were (not counting the bases)...24mm, 18mm, 19mm, 30mm, 25mm, 22mm, 26mm and Madclaw at 35mm.

[Clever Crow]

Always love to see the old school minis.  Great work.. 

 

Love the bear/snake guy..