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Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:05 pm
by tacticalguy24
first up is this guy:
photo(29) by
tacticalguy27, on Flickr
and the "bike"
photo(27) by
tacticalguy27, on Flickr
photo(28) by
tacticalguy27, on Flickr
both are made of pewter
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 11:37 pm
by kturock
Are you sure they're GW?
I've never seen either before and have been playing collecting GW since the mid 80's.
I had all the books source of legends is based on.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:54 am
by MagickalMemories
No idea on the "bike," but that first guy... You should strip him down before trying to get rid of him.
That's the Adepticon "Demon Prince" give away model from ~2003. if you visit their site at
www.adepticon.com, you should be able to find him in there somewhere.
I sold one recently for $20 in a heart beat. I've seen feebay auctions go for even more.
Looking at it even closer, the "bike" looks like it's probably just the front half of a bike.
Eric
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 6:33 am
by s_o_r_r_o_w
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http://www.adepticon.org/
MM is dead on with the Adepticon fig:
http://www.adepticon.org/?page_id=320
The other piece is certainly the front half of a bike, but I am confident that it is not GW. I'm afraid I can't be anymore help. Do you see any marks of any kind on the bottom?
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:20 am
by tacticalguy24
see the bike has 1 wheel and the seat and handlebars are all in the right place but im assuming that it rides in a wheelie type position. the face is really the bottom of the bike if it was laid down. as for marks, not a one. scalewise its 95% to my new bike, the pewter one is slightly smaller
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 1:19 pm
by s_o_r_r_o_w
I think you're mistaken.
I think that what you have is the front wheel and yoke of a bike, and that you are missing the gas tank/seat/rear wheel half of the bike.
The horns form the handlebars, there is the screen, and I am certain that right below that is the attachment point for the rest of the bike. It would make no sense to sculpt the skull/demon face to be facing down.
Such a two piece arrangement was common for a variety of pewter wargames motorcycles, including GW figs.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:52 pm
by MagickalMemories
I agree.
Furthermore, it's apparent that the nose on the Demon face is a pair of gun barrels. This is further evidenced by the fact that they're painted silver.
Eric
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 7:16 pm
by TheRhino
This may be part of a Warzone or Chronopia miniature.
http://www.princeaugust.ie/target_games/
That line tends/tended to have a similar sculpting style, but there are so many links on this page that it's hard to identify without clicking every single product ID.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:12 pm
by kturock
I'vw seen all of the OLD Warzone models, it's not any of them. New[er] minis were released for a newer edition. It could be from that.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:58 pm
by s_o_r_r_o_w
I agree with KT, though it did put me in mind of that Mishima bike.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:13 pm
by kturock
s_o_r_r_o_w wrote:I agree with KT, though it did put me in mind of that Mishima bike.
Do you recall the book? I still have all my old WZ books from the 90's?
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:20 am
by warlordgarou
The Mishima bike looked like this:
Well, when painted. Bare, it was more like this:
It's a nice bike. I wonder if I still have mine around somewhere.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:37 am
by kturock
I forgot that was a bike.. I thought of it as a vehicle. Like 4 wheeled.
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:40 am
by warlordgarou
The "bike" piece isn't from the Fenris bike either. I wonder if it was from the Enigma Miniatures line - they were a bunch of mediocre GW knock-offs, at least initially. ("Orks" in Russian-style greatcoats, space elves were in pseudo-leaf armor, etc, IIRC.)
Re: Unknown 40k minis
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:25 am
by kturock
I had the Fenris bike. It definately wasn't it.