Ye Olde Inn

by **cynthialee** » May 18th, 2015, 3:10 pm

I have this platoon of goblins, but I can't figure out the maker. I think that they are sculpted by Sandra Garrity as the bases are very similar and the details of the mini's remind me of her sculpts, but there is no makers marks, nothing to indicate what company made these dudes.
So I am trying to figure out the company that made them and the name of the collection if possible.
Also they are not 25mm scale. They are a bit smaller.

So without further ado here are some pictures:

I don't know what they are, although they look quite cool, I like the style but I am sure that they are not Sandra Garrity.
I think I may have seen them recently somewhere though, just cant remember where!
You might like to trawl through these and see if they appear on any of the sites, that's the only place I can think that I might have seen them so recently.

http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Miniatures/Manufacturers/

by **QorDaq** » May 18th, 2015, 9:01 pm

Can't say I have seen them before or know from whence they came, but they definitely have that early 80's look to them. There were a lot of obscure sources at that time and scales were all over the place (Hmmm, kind of like now). Seems like most minis had that look (like emulating all the hand drawn art from various games at the time)... Then Ral Partha came along and changed the look of minis forever-ish... Heh.

Cool, nostalgia/ retro look to those. How long have you had them?

by **cynthialee** » May 18th, 2015, 11:54 pm

They were in a larger lot of mini's I bought on the bay. They were in the pile and it is a nice little army. 19 dudes and a cannon. I am rather fond of the cannoniers.
I am thinking of selling them as the only use I have for them is as kobolds {who are a tribe of pygmy Ork at my game table} as most my mini's are in the 25 and 28 mm scale. But kobolds are at 2 extremes of game play; a small band of kobolds for low level games and a full on tribe of them for high level games. There is almost no use for them at my game table considering the storyline I am running and the current power level we are and will be playing for the next year or two.
Then I think I could just make a side storyline for them. Would be fun harassing the heroes with cannon fire from midget orks, as their compatriots cut the heroes up with blades.... but then I need to paint them. They are a bit too small for my skill level of painting. I basically paint in a color in the lines kind of way then give it a touch of attempted shading and a wash.

I really don't know. I am torn on them. I never saw a fantasy ork/goblin crew manning a cannon. Plenty of space orks with guns, but never seen little dudes like these.

by **QorDaq** » May 19th, 2015, 1:19 am

Hmm, I was wondering if these were tiny (smaller than typical 25mm, which when true to scale are actually way smaller than what we usually call 25mm), Goblins, or if they are actually 15mm Orcs? I did not say anything previously, but when you mentioned how you use Kobolds it got me thinking again. Regardless, with 1e D&D (if I recall correctly), Kobalds were in the Goblinoid family. I remember being a little confused when later on TSR started calling them reptiles... What's worse, they actually always struct me as canine rather than porcine in nature... Heh... But I am old and my memory could be failing me.

Neither here nor there, I am guessing those are probably pretty old by the look of them... Great find, I say hang on to them.

EDIT - I think I may have been right actually, See here; 15mm Orc Set from Mini-Giant. If the seller is correct in their identification they are discontinued Reaper minis?