Heritage Uruk hai miniature

[Jabberwocky]

Here is the latest off the table. It was a fun little project. A coworker found this little guy in his garage and gave a set of them to me. I did some research and found out this was cast in 1978 and is a Heritage mini (originally cast under \"Elan Merch\" name). They were originally made from the LoTR cartoon movie that came out at the same time. I believe he is an Uruk hai orc. I tried to reference the orcs from the movie, but the producer decided to make them black shadows with glowing red eyes and white teeth. I did the best I could to add some life to this sculpt! The OSL around the eyes, weathering on the metals, freehand woodgrain and stitching on tunic, and a new, larger base were all done to bring this guy into the new century . I figured he deserved it after 30 years in a ziplock bag in a shoebox. I gained a much better appreciation for the sculptors today--the hobby has progressed quite a bit, eh?
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As always, comments and critiques are welcome!

These are a bit smaller than the majority of miniatures today; I believe they are true 25 mm. Here is a comparison with a space marine:

The obligatory voting linky--show this guy some love!
http://www.coolminiornot.com/231281

 

[Amazon warrior]

Great to see an old mini getting some love! Nice job.

 

[supervike]

Miniatures, you\'ve come a LONG way baby!

I fondly remember that \'movie\'. Such an odd and wonderful thing.

You\'ve done a great thing with a wretched little mini!

 

[BPI]

Hi Jabberwocky, fantastic work, this one pushes all the right buttons for me Old figure from a crumby film rescued from ignominy by a really sympathetic touch. Spear is nice, fur is nice, eyes are nice but the freehand stitching is the icing on the cake. It\'s not something I\'ve noticed done before & the effect is excellent, without your advance notice I\'d just have assumed it was part of the sculpt. Doesn\'t seem unreasonable to think that this is the nicest painted example of this mini EVER! Congratulations firmly thrust in your direction, :beer: B.

PS If I remember rightly the reason for the orcs in the cartoon being silhouetted actors was very much a budgetry rather than aesthetic one! I\'m off to vote & copy the above into a Gallery comment... [B scampers off]