recaster?

Darkmoon

Member
Dear Collectors,

I bought from this seller a few months ago some rather rare miniatures, I already had some suspicions because I saw from his sales a certain repetition of rather rare miniatures.
I asked him if they were original and he guaranteed it so I trusted him, by the way I had spent a lot.
Now I know the same miniatures back on sale, since I spent a lot of money to make my collection, I already had a large collection in the eighties I was trying to complete it, I don't know for what crazy reason.
But I am totally opposed to fakes.
I'd like to know your opinion.
In addition, another seller also from Spain named Callium has the exact same miniatures.
It may have two accaunts to expedite the sales process
this is the name of the seller
https://picclick.it/seller/leaisma
if you can help me I would be grateful I would not accuse a person unjustly
Regards
 

Juxt

Member
Almost certainly fakes. An AWFUL lot of rare miniatures have come out of Spain and Italy over the past two-three years, a very suspicious amount of them.
Of course I can't say for certain, but I've seen 10-15 Spanish Heinrich Kemmlers hit the market in a period of time I might expect to see 1. Same for the morheim jester, the mikhail jeckson, dwarf on skis, and so on. There's always the possibility that a collector genuinely has hundreds of £50-100 value miniatures that they want to liquidate, but those odds are pretty low.
 
I glanced at the figures in the link and the thing that struck me was the colour of the metal. Many of these figures are firmly from the white metal era yet these look like they’re cast in old lead. It’s possible that they look like they do for legitimate reasons, but I’d avoid them. Caveat emptor and all that.
 

Darkmoon

Member
thanks for the answer how can we be sure if they are false or not because however the quality is quite high, it is true that they could be original but I agree with you that the possibility is very remote.
There is another seller this time from Italy who may be suspicious but maybe I'm just paranoid https://picclick.it/seller/orcsdrift
I would be grateful if you could have an opinion on these items
that I bought recently


https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/25438227 ... l140/p.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/25438230 ... l140/p.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/25438227 ... l140/p.jpg
 

Fimm McCool

Member
Unfortunately (or fortunately) if they're good recasts you'll never know.
They may be a bit smaller than other versions of the same sculpt as each time a mould is made the miniature is shrunk a little bit. They may be a metal alloy not used by GW during the period (but don't forget that many figures remained available through mail order so may be out there in different alloys). They may have some pitting or slip where moulds have not aligned properly, but some old GW miniatures have this too. They may have double mould lines but, again, it's not always the case that GW mouldmakers were as thorough at cleaning models before mouldmaking as they should be. If it's a miniature that had a tab and the one being sold has a solid base that's a pretty clear sign. As you've said, having many multiples of a 'rare' figure for sale is also an indicator but not a guarantee as some people (especially ex-GW employees) have big collections.
Put simply, if you're not sure either avoid it or don't be drawn into paying the market price for it. If it's a bargain and you don't mind it being a (good quality) recast then you take the chance.
 
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