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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:49 pm

Very cool! I am waiting for the Fire Giant.... :twisted:

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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 3:24 am

Just got mine

Another great model. Love the human shields used as giant greaves.

I am also looking forward to a fire giant (please).

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 5:25 am

Charles G. wrote:
Seriously, I thought of the Type V because I don't think a mini has been done of that (if someone knows of one let me know). Actually, all of the Demons/Devils would be good choices. I know some are out there - of course Type VI/Balrogs can be found easily. Dark Heaven puts out several different demons and devils, including a few Demon Lords/Arch Devils.

Reaper has done many of the Demons and Demon Lords. Yeenoghu, Orcus, Demogorgon. A Nalfeshnee. etc. Unfortunately they had to use different names

Ral Partha has also done a Marilith:

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:17 am

I wasn't aware that Reaper had also done Yeenoghu, what's that one called?

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 9:45 am

02704: Manganaw, Gnoll Lord

http://www.reapermini.com/gallery/2700s/2704_G

They have them all. You just have to wade through all the other minis on their galleries. Or try the Fig Finder.

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Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 12:22 pm

Was Ral Partha's Marilith from their licensed AD&D line? If so do, do you have the product number?

Thanks!

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:53 pm

It's from their AD&D Planescape line, #11-653

See the Ral Partha Manufacturers Gallery on www.solegends.com for a complete list of the line.

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:58 pm

frankfromgermany wrote:
Reaper has done many of the Demons and Demon Lords. Yeenoghu, Orcus, Demogorgon. A Nalfeshnee. etc. Unfortunately they had to use different names

Ral Partha has also done a Marilith:
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Reaper has also done a Marilith.

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:54 pm

Yep, and here she is....

Egg of Coot posted a picture of her on page (3) I believe?

I like Ral Partha's better, but then again, I'm partial to those AD&D licensed minis....

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:31 pm

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:Yep, and here she is....

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Egg of Coot posted a picture of her on page (3) I believe?

I like Ral Partha's better, but then again, I'm partial to those AD&D licensed minis....

Meh. Old lead isn't something I get nostalgic for...I actually vastly prefer Reaper's minis to anything from Perren, Grenadier or RP!

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:12 pm

My beef with Reaper is kind of personal. I was a huge fan of Ral Partha, and actually served as Iron Wind Metals' webmaster for a few years.

While good businesspeople, Reaper jumped into the void left when FASA shut down Ral Partha, changed the scale of gaming miniatures from 25mm to the 28mm-30mm crap we have now, and effectively "shut out" the classics in the short year-and-a-half Ral Partha was out of commission.

Don't get me wrong - I like some of Reaper's sculpts, too (Werner Klocke does AMAZING work!) But I'm a fan of vintage stuff, and Reaper's entry into the miniatures field and their ALTERING of it by the changing of scale really pissed me off.

End soapbox. I just think it's kind of funny that the D&D line WOTC is releasing is closer in scale in many ways to 25mm (snicker, snicker)

... have you taken a good look at some of their humanoid minis?

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 9:06 am

Here's a pic of my new Fire Giant, again sculpted by Paul Muller. Just a bit of tidying up to do, and should be available in 2-3 weeks. He's pictured next to the Hill Giant for scale.

Quote from AD&D 1st Edn. Monster Manual: "Fire Giants are very broad (about 6' at the shoulders), looking almost like Dwarves......"

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:04 pm

Ooooooh.....nice!

I can feel the hole growing in my wallet already.....

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:32 pm

OK...that fire giant is nice!

A great reference to the old Monster Manual and good proportions for a giant's logical build.

Also, I like the skulls. They give the sense of proportion that giant figures are often missing.

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:11 pm

That fire giant is the pick of the giants so far, IMO. Each giant in the series has been an improvement on the previous one.... fantastic work.

I haven't snapped any of the giants up yet but I think that might change in 2-3 weeks.

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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:20 pm

Now....cloud giant and storm giant?

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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:26 pm

Here are pics of the finished 'green':

I also received the first 3 greens for my pig-faced orcs range. They're so cool that I'm starting a new thread for them!

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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:37 pm

The Fire Giant is now available:

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