by Kurgan » August 2nd, 2021, 8:16 pm
So I never owned this set back in the day, not being a resident of Merry Olde England. However, I had seen pictures on the Inn which appeared to depict the evil Wizards as being in black (in reality they were a kind of midnight blue, even darker than the Ogres in the EQP). But then there were the elusive "wall bases." I had gotten some 3d printed replicas of these that were in black (it was either that or gray). However it turns out I saw a picture on Ebay of someone selling them (for an absurdly large price of course) but they are on the same sprue tree as the wizards, meaning they are the same shade of blue!
Pics included. Also I was able to obtain some of the "Men at Arms" and see they are a blood red color, different from the color of the Heroes (I always figured it was the lighter red that the ATOH Ogres were, but no, it's more of a blood/brick red, compared to the ketchup red of the NA Heroes, different from the bright neon red of some of the European heroes). The NA miniatures seem to be darker colors in general (not counting the EQP/BQP that are a kind of pastel blue in all the pictures and videos I've seen and box shots). There were two sets of red mercs though, one for the Wizards of Morcar and another for the Hero Quest Advanced Edition set (with the Dark Company poster quest only released in the EU). So there might be another variation with a lighter red color.
And we all know about the infamous black minis released as beta-types (?) at conventions or taken home as souvenir from the factory but not sure if the wall bases ever had a black variant.
I guess there were different sprues as well (others have shown the "simpler" furniture pieces and such), but let's assume the below is a typical example for the Mercs, that would mean six sets of each type of weapon, for 12 mercs (if two sprues each in WOM and HQ: Advanced Edition). The BQP had gray mercs and fewer of them so I'm guessing 1 sprue with the same denominations.
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