Yet More Heritage Miniatures

Ok, this is it - an Arcturan Illusionist/Assassin known as Tardos Mors (Arcturans are a race that have been my homebrew D&D campaign, the Realm of Quindia, since the 80's), a Wight, Succubus, Troll, and a pair of Kobolds.

The kobolds were some of my favorite. These were a blast to paint and I may need to dig through my stash and paint some more Heritage models. I have lots of them - goblins, orcs, bugbears, zombies, gargoyles, lizardmen, and lots more characters. I also have a shedload of Elan Merch Lord of the Rings models that fit in perfectly with these. Heritage and Elan Merch models fromed the basis of lots of D&D games in the early 80's.

So many models so little time...

More Heritage Miniatures

Following up on the last post, here are a few more Heritage Miniatures I've painted in the last couple of years...

The last was probably the weakest of the group. The anatomy is very iffy and the face wasn't well defined. I love the guy with the lantern and the knight. The later was painted in the same outfit as the fighter on the cover of the AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide. I have enough models left for one more post, but they are all high-res pics. I'll get them sorted and posted for Friday!

Orlygg's Challenge - You Always Remember Your First

On his blog, Realm of Chaos 80's, Orlygg posted a repaint of the first miniatures he purchased, and issued a challenge for others to do likewise.

I had lots of army men as a kid and I even painted some of them (1:72 British Desert Rats), but the first metal models I ever owned came in a boxed set from Heritage Miniatures - Caverns of Doom. I traded some Matchbox Cars for them. Maybe 1980? I had just started playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (no messing around with Basic D&D). The Caverns of Doom actually came with a map and a set of simple rules for a dungeon crawl, but I don't think I ever played them.

A couple of years ago I started collecting Heritage models again (this pre-dates my return to Oldhammer and Rogue Trader). I still had many of my original D&D models and stripped off the old paint. One of the first things I did was paint most of the models from Caverns of Doom set!

Here are the heroes - Barbarian, Cleric, Knight, Elven Archer, and Thief...

... and the monsters - the Slime Monster, Demon, Giant Rats (there are four of these, but I only photographed one), Dragon, a pair of Skeletons, Giant Spider, and Vampire.

For some reason I never got around to the last two models - the wizard and the hobgoblin. No idea why because I have them. Maybe I'll have to make a point to finish the set.

It takes a little more patients to get good results with these castings, but I was pleasantly surprised by the results. The skeletons in particular were very nice models once painted and I love the vampire leaping out and yelling, 'Gottcha'! I painted a few more Heritage Models during this time, and I'll post them later this week...