More on the to do list

A few more samples figures completed this week including this rather nice Southern Gaulish warrior from the Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars '72 PB range. Unusually dynamic for a Minifigs model and sporting a haircut that would not look out of place on a woodwork teacher circa 1976. 

I have a smallish unit of these that needs a strip and repaint. One for the back burner I feel. As you see, I'm not terribly hot on stripes and checks and tartan all that guff when it comes to Celts. I've stuck to a plain colour in a shade that suggests a natural dye. It may be a little boring but at least they are saved the indignity of looking like a touring Rugby team. 

This fellow is from the Mythical Earth (ME) range - an Ithilien Ranger in fact. I've been collecting the ME range alongside the various ancients ranges for a good few years. 

The ME range is covered pretty well on the Lost Minis Wiki website along with the other Minifigs fantasy and SF ranges from the 70s, so I won't worry about doing any bare metal photography for these.

You can still buy many of the models from this range as part of the Minfigs Classic Fantasy re-issues, and more are being added every so often. 

This is his friend - there are only two Ithilien Ranger models in the range the archer and this spearman. As usual I have given them a coat of gloss varnish - I might try photographing before varnishing next time as I think that would show the highlights off better. 

The Wood Elf archer figure from the ME range is a wee chap even by the standards of mid-70's 25mm figures - I make him a tad under 24mm tall. Note the pixie boots - nice. 

I took a few shots of this model because it was hard to find an angle that showed him off properly. 

I've based all of these Minifigs onto what would have been 'light medium infantry' bases - 20mm frontage and 30mm depth - according to the WRG rules that were current at the time. They also had 'light heavy' infantry. I kid you not. 

While we're at it, this was the first advert for the ME range from the November 1973 Military Modelling. 

Note that the code numbers for the Dragon, Nazgul and Eagle are not as they ended up. If interested, check the 'pages' section to the right, where you'll find a scan of the 1975 catalogue, which includes the full range. 

And the review of the first releases. This is as good as you got when it came to knowing what is was you were buying at the time. I feel the 'Three Yorkshiremen Sketch' coming on, so I'll stop now and spare you that.... and you tell that to kids today... arghh... Nurse!