I recently picked up a couple of the Ral Partha gold-plated miniatures in a lot (thanks to Jason Zavoda for posting it).
I thought it might be a good off-topic discussion, since there doesn't appear to be a lot of information on them out there. Here are a couple of photos of each of them:
Ral Partha Gold-Plated Wizard Miniature - FrontRal Partha Gold-Plated Wizard Miniature - BottomRal Partha Gold-Plated Unknown Miniature - FrontRal Partha Gold-Plated Unknown Miniature - BottomThe first miniature is ES1 - Evil Wizard, Casting Spell
The second miniature seems to be from the "Children of the Night" series. It is visible in the 1986 catalog, next to the picture of 13-031 - Two-Headed Ogre With Lunch, but, there is no description or number assigned to it.
Some questions:
1. Anyone else have these, or any of the others that were produced?
2. Does anyone know what the unknown miniature is called? It looks like a modern miniature, possibly an alchemist, or maybe a sculpt of the miniature maker himself holding a crucible of molten lead?
3. Estimated value or past sales prices?
4. Any information on numbers produced of each?
5. Were these in random box sets, ordered with a special voucher included in some sets, or distributed through some other method?
There is quite a bit of information available on the Grenadier gold-plated miniatures but not on Ral Partha's.
Anyone have some knowledge to impart?