"Rafm vs Ral Partha - Chimera, Shambling Mound " Topic

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Fantastic Beasts and how to enslave them to do your bidding!

No big battle for the Shire this weekend. Maybe next one…
But the victory conditions, forces and scenery are all ready to go.
In the meantime, how about some more old-timey minis from back in the days of olde!

Here we have a AD&D Ral Partha 11-493 Shambling Mound!
I love this miniature. Look how friendly he is!
He wants to shake your hand like a little gentleman.
Of course, he might just be luring you in, so he can strangle and suffocate you with his mulchy mass.
Still, its the thought that counts!

I dont know if he is available via modern Ral Partha Europe.
I know they have most of the old generic fantasy codes, but the specific AD&D ones?
I dont think they do, which is a shame. Someone, correct me if Im wrong.

And here we have the other mini company that starts with "R"…
RAFM!

This fine fellow is a RAFM 3718 Grave Lich & Throne

In my world, he is Zed the Lich King.
This Lich travels in style, aboard his flying throne of doom.
The throne is run by the same powers that allow that silly flying stone head, Zardoz, to zip around in the skies.
He waits for his entourage to appear in painted form, before he wages a battle to control whatever portion of Middle Earth he can take!
Some say he has his empty eye sockets on Isengard Tower.
In the meantime, he is studying up on his spellbooks – particularly the chapters about Binding Monsters To Your Will.

Finally, the next painted mini is a Ral Partha 11-414 Chimera.
There are many Chimeras out there in the miniature world.
But this one might be my favorite.
Yeah, rose colored glasses… I did have him as a kid.
Luckily I have him again, and this time, I can paint him a little better than my 6th grade self.

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Great work on some classic lead! Inspiring!

When Ral Partha's contract with TSR for AD&D mini's expired, the contract stipulated they had to destroy the models, and the molds. They are gone forever, except for the samples which exist in gamers' collections. They had a lot of nice mini's, but they had to follow the contract they had signed. Nice to see some of their old D&D classics painted -- very nicely, I must say.

I've searched Ral Partha Europe's web catalog: none of the official AD&D mini's are to be found there, either. They do, however, have many nice, un-official AD&D minis available. They have fantastic Dwarven Ram Cavalry, as well as many other types of standard fantasy races available. Cheers!

Sgt Slag,

Thank you for that info.
Although it makes me very sad to hear it.
Who could have put in such an evil detail in that contract?
Im going to blame Lorraine Williams for this even if she wasnt… ;p