From the left: Hrü'ü, Vimúhla, and Dlamélish. The priestess of Dlamélish is a Ral Partha sculpt, while the other two are from the now-defunct PHD Games. These minis are definitely not the same size of today's '28mm' figures, but they look nice for being at least 33-year-old sculpts. I do find the limbs, especially the feet and ankles, of the Vimúhla priest to be rather spindly!
From the left: Avánthe and Karakán. The priestess of Avánthe is another Ral Partha figure from the 1970's, while the priest of Karakán is another way out-of-production PHD mini. The Karakán priest is well-proportioned for today's standards, although he has some flash.
I was a bit worried about how well these minis would fit in with my selection of 'heroic 28mm' minis, so I drafted one of my Ever Present Glory minis for a comparison:
With the old minis posed on my usual fender washer bases, I do not see anything to be worried about, at least with the priests of Vimúhla and Karakán.
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Some of those old figures are quite nice. I wish I could provide modern alternates but everything takes so long! With time maybe...
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@ El Grego: Agreed about those thin ankles! The original Old Guard version was done in a very soft alloy, and I have lots of broken ones lying around. The harder alloy PHD used pretty much fixed the problem, though.
ReplyDelete@ phf: We're patient!
yours, Chirine