I never bought this back in the day because I had the first edition version and it worked fine, but this was a good deal.
This is one of damned few female Mongol miniatures out there.
Still shrink-wrapped Clan War Oni.
And the miniatures with the worst packing job I have ever seen, they were in a box, in a zip-lock bag with a few styrofoam packing peanuts surrounding the bag. These are the EBay pictures, one of the spearmen is pictured with a broken spear shaft. When they arrived here four were broken and all of them were bent badly.
I got something else too, but it has to wait until I get pictures of it to show you, so there's a cool surprise coming up! If you all ask nicely in the comments maybe my lovely wife Mona will dig out the digital camera and take the pictures while I am gone today.
Do you know the manufacturer of the Mongol miniature?
ReplyDeleteShe's a Reaper mini, the only thing that comes up in a search on their website if you search for "Mongol" and she's from a discontinued line. I bought her mostly just so I could have a miniature for my wife's character to stand next to mine on my desk as inspiration while I write my blog, but also to inspire my wife to paint more minis; because she's better than me. So I guess it was kind of a bribe too, or an appeal to vanity maybe?
DeleteI have that Battlesystem Rule book as well as the original box set, the second works allot better!
ReplyDeleteIsn't that always the way? The 2nd edition version of almost everything (the DMG being a glaring exception)turns out to be better than the 1st edition version, but we still seem to stubbornly love 1st edition AD&D more, warts and all, and 2nd edition gets practically no appreciation at all.
DeleteIf I were to venture a guess as to the reasons, and I will since it's my blog and all, I'd say it stems from the sanitization of AD&D; a game previously marketed to adults,now being marketed as though it was intended for kids and splatbook fatigue driving us ultimately away from the game. Core 2nd edition AD&D is really a superior edition as a game to it's predecessor.