Dragon or Hydra heads? I.D. help needed on model/maker please...

[Fighelm]

A bit random as these three heads have been sat in my modelling tool box for three years since priming them - I really don't know what they are, the manufacturer or how old. I think I got them as a lot with other stuff (from The Shop on the Borderlands) . I have no clue as to who made them or which model(s) they are from as no mark (or what the rest of it look liked)!?! I thought they might be Hydra heads but no luck in tracing a likeness, and to be honest they also look slightly crocodilean. About an inch long. Any help / thoughts will be appreciated!!!

 

[ManicMan]

mmm.. most of the hydra's I know of have some or all of the neck as part of the head. Resin or metal?

 

[Fighelm]

mmm.. most of the hydra's I know of have some or all of the neck as part of the head. Resin or metal?

...'tis very much metal. The casting underside of skull/neck joint, although rough, looks like it should be a socket for a neck to something. What, I don't know! Cheers anyhow!

 

[symphonicpoet]

At first I thought that sword was part of the same casting, so the hydra head was maybe a trophy? no idea about the model, but the heads look great.

 

[Fighelm]

At first I thought that sword was part of the same casting, so the hydra head was maybe a trophy? no idea about the model, but the heads look great.

Yeah sorry, sword was in bag with 'em. Could be right, they may just be extras for modelling/basing. Or a chaos marauder ships bowsprit!

 

[symphonicpoet]

^Ooh, I like it! That's a great use for a spare head.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Can try the LostMinis Wiki group on Facebook?

 

[Fighelm]

Can try the LostMinis Wiki group on Facebook?

Will do, ta

 

[EGG]

Could they be Terradon heads? The 5th and 6th editions were apparently metal.

They're not 4th Ed carrion heads, and the 3rd Ed carrion were one mold.

 

[Fighelm]

Finally found id'ed the heads via early Citadel C11 pics! Thanks for the suggestions peeps. They are a lot older than I thought, 1982 into 1983. Checked on the CCM Collectors Guide & Stuff of Legends/Orclord's Stuff and can see a painted version of it. Mixed up with Fiend Factory Dragons and (re)categorised then as Citadel C11 in 1983.
For those who are interested they were listed as 'head 15', a (Citadel) Fantasy Tribes (FT) Green Dragon DRG2 type head. Says each Dragon came with choice of three heads. So guess these are unloved leftovers to at least three lumps of lead somewhere! Possibly Perry twin's sculpts?

Fantasy Tribe Dragon Head DRG2/C11-2a Green Dragon!

 

[ManicMan]

whoa.. didn't expect it to be one of that vintage. fantasy Tribe dragon..

 

[Fighelm]

whoa.. didn't expect it to be one of that vintage. fantasy Tribe dragon..

Yes I thought they were probably off a hydra and made by a smaller independent outfit?! Mystery solved, but don't quite know what to do with them now, may keep them for future scratch build/ kit bashing...or as ornaments! 😀

 

[Brother Meredith]

Nice find! The colours of the metal made them appear quite old? 🧐

 

[Fighelm]

Nice find! The colours of the metal made them appear quite old? 🧐

I guess they were on the darker grey end! I just grey primed them with other the figures in the lot (incl some Eeza Ugezods mother crusha orcs) about three years ago and then left them in the bottom of the modelling tool box. And forgot about them until rummaging this weekend!

 

[symphonicpoet]

I really ought to ID all my own dragons. Nicely done! And hopefully, they'll meet some good bodies eventually. Or some good ships, should they choose to serve as figureheads.