These are from the Heekin Pewter 15mm range of medieval figures, and medieval fantasy range. They are pewter and have a more substantial weight to them, similar to lead. Not a lot of crisp detail and the legs, arms, shields and weapons are thicker than the Splintered Light or Old Glory minis I usually purchase. Still, I really like them as they are well posed, and have an old school feel to them in the vein of Custom Cast miniatures.
There is another knight with an axe on the painting table and a few more in the range that I didn't purchase - archer, standard bearers, etc. Unfortunately there are only 2 types of halfling minis. If there were more of either style of them I would definitely load up. The halfling with the cape would be perfect in a LOTR setting and the other halfling with chainmail could fill out a 15mm wargame unit. Unusual to see the chainmail on a halfling mini.
I played around with making a wash and used a drop of gloss medium, a drop of flow aid, 3 to 4 drops of sepia or black ink, and 20 to 30 drops of water ( depending if I'm pin washing or just drenching). The gloss medium in the mix seems to be working at holding the ink in the cracks fairly well.
I bought 3 of the Heekin treasure chests and painted them one each ( gold, silver and copper). I dread working with metallics as you can probably tell by my consistent weapon color of grey with a black wash.
These minis tend to be a bit pricey - $1.75 each, but they are pewter, and while simple, are an interesting find for me. I think anyone doing a 15mm dungeon crawl or 1 to 1 RPG would find them useful and entertaining.
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