Unknown 40k minis

[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

[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.

[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

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

* 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?

[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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

I agree with KT, though it did put me in mind of that Mishima bike.

[kturock]

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?

[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.

[kturock]

I forgot that was a bike.. I thought of it as a vehicle. Like 4 wheeled.

[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.)

[kturock]

I had the Fenris bike. It definately wasn't it.