Identification - Orc on giant cat!

[Galaspar]

Recently bought a job-lot of old metal minis. Many are Citadel orcs and dwarves from mid-to-late Eighties, but a few are by Grenadier and other manufacturers. Most striking were a group of orcs on giant sabre toothed cats:

Does anyone happen to know who made these?

 

[Aiteal]

I'm struggling to remember the name, but I'm pretty sure he was from that company who used to have half page ads in the back pages of WD back in the issues up to about 80, they produced a very nice orc chariot too iirc.
let me dig out an old WD and check

 

[Galaspar]

Many thanks for looking. As it happens, two of the cats are without riders and joined by a heavy yoke, so I was guessing there was a chariot. Shame the rest is missing - perils of buying a biscuit tin full of unidentified metal!

 

[Aiteal]

I think it was Standard Games/Miniatures. Trying to find an old WD with an ad.

 

[Galaspar]

I think you're right, the tin also contained these, which are apparently by Standard:

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lost ... db-b17.jpg

That site has a few other pictures of Standard minis which match the style.

Edit: and here we are

http://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lost ... db-b39.jpg

Thanks!

 

[Aiteal]

I had it in my head it was Chariot Miniatures, but maybe that is me mistaking the memorable ad with the orc battle chariot with a standard in it for something else.
I dunno, I'm old and forgetful now

 

[Aiteal]

ahhh, there go then.
I'm not as senile as I first feared

 

[phreedh]

Magister Militum have Standard's old minis. You can find their orcs here:
http://www.magistermilitum.com/era/fant ... ir=ASC&cat[]=59776&cat[]=60808

Here's the chariot, with buck tooth tigers.

 

[zoggin-eck]

Magister Militum have Standard's old minis. You can find their orcs here:
http://www.magistermilitum.com/era/fant ... ir=ASC&cat[]=59776&cat[]=60808

Here's the chariot, with buck tooth tigers.

Ha, was looking at their orcs the other night. I quite like the 28mm tents, but haven't quite been able to justify the price. Their "Night Talons" elf Bloodbowl wannabe models are pretty cool. Decent Dark Elf or Slaanesh players, they could be.

(OK, OK, it was the 3mm Romans. The odd 2mm, 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, 1/72 & 25mm I have apparently isn't enough! (No 54mm yet though )

They use that infuriatingly useless "zoom" tool that even GW now use.

It is, however unintentionally amusing when it either doesn't zoom as seen in (appropriately enough) the goat models:

http://www.magistermilitum.com/scale/28 ... goats.html

Or zooms out like these! Unless it's just my browser...

http://www.magistermilitum.com/scale/28 ... apons.html

 

[Protist]

Those aren't tigers, they're giant beavers. Clearly.

Magister Millitum also have a 28mm sculpt of an armoured rotweiler. I want one coz' that is such a crazy idea!