There was a time in the distant past where I, as a grubby D&D playing teenager, dreamed of moving vast armies across my mother's dining room, and these visions did NOT include Citadel/Games Workshop models. Everything originated from the Ral Partha catalog, both fantasy AND historical.
It looks like Iron Wind Metals are looking to re-ignite that nostalgic passion with their Ral Partha's Chaos Wars Kickstarter.
These are the figures I looked at lovingly in the blisters at the store as a young man. As much as some things change, one thing hasn't changed: I can't justify their cost.
Twenty buck (plus $6 S&H) for four elven archers with early 90's style sculpting? Probably the cheapskate in me saying no, but I could be right about being wary of that.
Starting at the $75 level (24 elves or 24 orcs) you start to see some value. $140 nets you 48 figures. For me it's a bad time to try to reignite some faraway nostalgia.
Another thing that made me smile (and wince) were the inclusion of all the old war machine, siege model, and a number of big beasties as add-ons to the Kickstarter. The $20 to $35 range for most of them don't make me flinch as much as the smaller figs, although I really wish I remembered how much the jabberwockey figure ($11) originally was, pre or post rallidium.
It looks like Iron Wind Metals are looking to re-ignite that nostalgic passion with their Ral Partha's Chaos Wars Kickstarter.
These are the figures I looked at lovingly in the blisters at the store as a young man. As much as some things change, one thing hasn't changed: I can't justify their cost.
Twenty buck (plus $6 S&H) for four elven archers with early 90's style sculpting? Probably the cheapskate in me saying no, but I could be right about being wary of that.
Starting at the $75 level (24 elves or 24 orcs) you start to see some value. $140 nets you 48 figures. For me it's a bad time to try to reignite some faraway nostalgia.
Another thing that made me smile (and wince) were the inclusion of all the old war machine, siege model, and a number of big beasties as add-ons to the Kickstarter. The $20 to $35 range for most of them don't make me flinch as much as the smaller figs, although I really wish I remembered how much the jabberwockey figure ($11) originally was, pre or post rallidium.
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