A couple of Elven Riders made from old Mageknight rubber/vinyl figures. I encountered a binfull of these figures along with their metal counterparts at one of my local hobby shops. The rubber/vinyl/plastic ( I really don't know which) figures averaged less than a dollar each while the metal figures went for around $1 each. Seems like kids have been unloading these models since the games lost company support and tournaments. Even the hobby shops seem to be unloading a lot of products from the defunct Wizkids at bargain prices. I wonder when GW would do the same? Wishful thinking...
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The originals held swords but I substituted bows for some. In addition, the elves rode unicorns -- yeah, unicorns, I know that sounds really lame -- and since everyone knows that no self-respecting male member of the wild Sindar would ever ride unicorns and be mocked for not having had pie yet, I chopped off the horns. It was the right thing to do. Too bad though that the figures seem to be marred by poor surface finishing. I don't know how I could have fixed all of that but I didn't want to invest too much time working on these fellows. Another disadvantage is that there seems to be only one pose for the mount. Bummer.
They'll soon be joining my Ad&D Battlesystem Sindarin army as half of the mounted part of the army. I've since gotten better riders from GW's wood elves line. Anyway, here are my Wild Sindarin Riders, enjoy!
