John Blanche's art and miniatures have fired up my imagination for pretty much a lifetime, there's always been something a little surreal to his miniature conversions, something akin to medieval marginalia; especially pieces like the rider with the "goblin" face and striped mount. It's nice to see some of his early non-citadel fantasy, I was just having a flick through the book "Heroes for Wargames" yesterday so this was fresh in my mind, love his shield art and there was one in the book that is very similar to the crying eye shown in this video. I have been fortunate enough to have 3 John Blanche miniatures come into my possession recently. All 3 are examples of his more modern 40k/Inq28 plastic miniature conversion/painting work and they take pride of place in my cabinet. Thank you for sharing this wonderful collection of miniatures, it is wonderful to see examples of John's early works surviving in collections today.
John Blanche was well known for converting every figure he painted, he always had to have something a bit different and unique then what everyone else was painting and gaming with way back in the long-long ago, you really can't do that today with the current Citadel range, not easily anyway.
Thanks for this video! I almost feel inspired enough to go dig out the shoebox full of old lead models from the late 70s and early eighties,when I was obsessed with Dn'D. Then I remember how frustrating it was to clean up some of these old castings in lead and look to my already huge " to do " pile...sigh...maybe someday! Amazing paint jobs for enamels....tough to blend and shade....brings back some very fond memories of late night painting sessions , listening to the radio until it went off air! Ral Partha were the first miniatures I bought...circa 1978....I think they were part of a line for a sci-fi skirmish game called " Strike Team Alpha" a near future game pitting humans against the reptilian, carnivorous " T'rana"-, and the First ever " Space marines" I'd seen.... Thanks again...I hope to see more on these "blasts from the past"
A great response, thank you for the comment! We loved looking back at these minis and seeing how far we've come in the hobby (even though these were incredibly advanced for the time). I'm sure they'll be times in the future where we'll get to look at other nostalgic miniatures. Until then stay tuned! 👍
Thank you for sharing this collection with us in the form of this video! Some of those miniatures were my first contact with the hobby thru the Ratspike book. Glad to hear the miniatures are still around.
Kind of disappointed at the lack of research on the conversions as most of the Ral Partha and Asgard miniatures are still available for purchase and comparison. Still, greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I was just looking at Ratspike the other day! These, or some of a very similar vintage, we’re my introduction to the world of miniatures.
Very cool minis to see, I rather like the armored goblin riding the zebra-like horse, we'll say he has *Drinky the Crow* as his helmet crest! Going back and looking at these40+ year old minis and especially their shields serve as some good inspiration for today's projects. I really wish I could get a copy of Rat Spike too. GW doesn't cool stuff like that anymore, sadly.
It's really hard not to, but I will try my best to "yeah" less! I think I may say it more often but Dan does the "yeah yeah!" double tap quite a bit. :p
John Blanche's art and miniatures have fired up my imagination for pretty much a lifetime, there's always been something a little surreal to his miniature conversions, something akin to medieval marginalia; especially pieces like the rider with the "goblin" face and striped mount.
It's nice to see some of his early non-citadel fantasy, I was just having a flick through the book "Heroes for Wargames" yesterday so this was fresh in my mind, love his shield art and there was one in the book that is very similar to the crying eye shown in this video.
I have been fortunate enough to have 3 John Blanche miniatures come into my possession recently. All 3 are examples of his more modern 40k/Inq28 plastic miniature conversion/painting work and they take pride of place in my cabinet.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful collection of miniatures, it is wonderful to see examples of John's early works surviving in collections today.
Wow, what a gem! Thank you for sharing this, I'm a huge fan of his work and I never saw any miniatures of him.
Beautiful! There's a lot of early Ral Partha sculpts by Tom Meier. With heavy conversion work done on them.
John Blanche was well known for converting every figure he painted, he always had to have something a bit different and unique then what everyone else was painting and gaming with way back in the long-long ago, you really can't do that today with the current Citadel range, not easily anyway.
I found the elf miniature with the banner at 11:00. It's 50-0045: Elf Standard Bearer, Helmet Removed (Chariot Command) on Ral Partha legacy
Thanks for this video! I almost feel inspired enough to go dig out the shoebox full of old lead models from the late 70s and early eighties,when I was obsessed with Dn'D. Then I remember how frustrating it was to clean up some of these old castings in lead and look to my already huge " to do " pile...sigh...maybe someday! Amazing paint jobs for enamels....tough to blend and shade....brings back some very fond memories of late night painting sessions , listening to the radio until it went off air! Ral Partha were the first miniatures I bought...circa 1978....I think they were part of a line for a sci-fi skirmish game called " Strike Team Alpha" a near future game pitting humans against the reptilian, carnivorous " T'rana"-, and the First ever " Space marines" I'd seen....
Thanks again...I hope to see more on these "blasts from the past"
A great response, thank you for the comment! We loved looking back at these minis and seeing how far we've come in the hobby (even though these were incredibly advanced for the time). I'm sure they'll be times in the future where we'll get to look at other nostalgic miniatures. Until then stay tuned! 👍
Thank you for sharing this collection with us in the form of this video! Some of those miniatures were my first contact with the hobby thru the Ratspike book. Glad to hear the miniatures are still around.
Fascinating, thank you for sharing these relics of the hobby!
Kind of disappointed at the lack of research on the conversions as most of the Ral Partha and Asgard miniatures are still available for purchase and comparison. Still, greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the feedback. We'll look to improve this aspect in the coming videos!
Thanks so much for sharing this. I was just looking at Ratspike the other day! These, or some of a very similar vintage, we’re my introduction to the world of miniatures.
We're glad it brought some awesome memories back for you!
@@WargamesIllustrated seeing those so close was a real treat! Thanks again
The big orcs are from asgard minis and the hunched over thinner orcs at the start are from tom meier via I belive grenadier.
Great video, thank you for sharing these.
Some real treasures here
So the LARGE hunched over Orcs are from ASgard miniatures. A company that a pre Citadel, a lot of Citadel sculpters worked at.
Awesome, like old masters.
The steed and elvish banner bearer are converted Ral Partha chariot figures.
Quite amazing.
Nice!👍 Keep up the good work.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos! 😀
Very cool minis to see, I rather like the armored goblin riding the zebra-like horse, we'll say he has *Drinky the Crow* as his helmet crest! Going back and looking at these40+ year old minis and especially their shields serve as some good inspiration for today's projects. I really wish I could get a copy of Rat Spike too. GW doesn't cool stuff like that anymore, sadly.
The word of day: Yeeah! ^^
It's really hard not to, but I will try my best to "yeah" less! I think I may say it more often but Dan does the "yeah yeah!" double tap quite a bit. :p
gloss varnish may be the best protector but it kills the depth of the paint work and loss of detail 6:07 is matt and looks heaps better
Wow!! 😲
Glad you like them! 😁