BlazingTornado Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Since others have had some pretty good luck with their mini IDs, figured I'd bring back this still-unknown knight... 25mm scale, base has no markings aside a faint L-shaped thing. Very much appears to be one solid mini, no assembly. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 It has that 80's look, but I'm not finding anything in the lost minis wiki. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlylowlycook Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I feel like the experts here identified a roughly similar (100 years war with an irregular shield) knight but I can't seem to find the thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 The figure was included in this thread, but it seems no one was able to identify it. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 That's Bob. He's retired now, and spends most of his time down at the Blue Dragg Inn, telling the same story of how he slew that Purple worm all by himself to anyone who will listen. Those who buy him a beer get to hear about how the Tarasque almost killed him and his friends. On a more serious note, I'm afraid I'm no help. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I can narrow it down to an old Grenadier or Heritage mini, late 70s, early 80s. Leaning towards Grenadier, more likely to be in one of the historical lines rather than fantasy if that helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Dean Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Heritage figures do tend to be on square/rectangular bases, so I’d be inclined to think “not Heritage”. They also generally have base markings including the catalog number. Early Grenadier bases are more likely to be unmarked and irregularly round. I note that these three all have some sort of texturing on the top of the base as well. Whether sold as hiustoricals or as fantasy (and a lot of their figures switched roles) the two spearmen are most likely the Grenadier M3 Viking with Spear (no picture on the Lost Minis Wiki). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlylowlycook Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Hmmmm, looking at this figure again, could it really be cast in one piece? He seems to be holding his sword in front instead of in a more castable position. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingTornado Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, lowlylowlycook said: Hmmmm, looking at this figure again, could it really be cast in one piece? He seems to be holding his sword in front instead of in a more castable position. I know, that's the surprising part! But I've looked for seams, attachment points, signs of modding, and came up empty. Considering he was based up on a washer with a sandy texture thing added to make things flush same as other minis that WERE multipart but nowhere near as secure (a lady with a crossbow, her crossbow and hands were no longer attached when I got it), I really genuinely believe this is a one-piece casting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Given the apparent age of the mini, it's probably lead. And given the softness of lead, is it possible the sword arm is just twisted out of the original casting pose? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Like others, I've had no luck finding it on the lostminiswiki, but I have made a couple of observations: 1. the Grenadier section has a large number of possible minis listed with no picture. 2. this mini has a lot of similarities with Grenadier minis sculpted by Andrew Chernak. This guy looks really close:http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Image:G-flbp-121a.jpg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingTornado Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 Not helping the matter is how varied the pieces were in the lot... The obvious suspects were there (Ral Partha, Grenadier, Reaper, etc) but also pieces from lesser known companies like Harlequin, Asgard and Old Glory.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingTornado Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 17 hours ago, kristof65 said: Given the apparent age of the mini, it's probably lead. And given the softness of lead, is it possible the sword arm is just twisted out of the original casting pose? No, it's where it goes. The hand is fused to the body where it meets the skirt part of the surcoat. The blade part likewise is attached at the thumb and on the shield and even where the shield meets the scabbard. I tried (TRIED) to take some pics of all these parts and also a clearer pic of the base. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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