Historical Heroes (Metal Magic)

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Historical Heroes

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Hobby Products produced an extensive range of 15mm Historical figures under the Historical Heroes brand. They also produced ready-made army packs that were marketed as suitable for use with De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA), the tabletop wargame rules from Wargames Research Group - see Rulebooks below. The "Historical Heroes" range is not mentioned in the 1994 catalogue and may have been dropped by that point.

The range was picked up by Gladiator Miniatures [4] and then passed on to Black Hat Miniatures [5].

All figures were sculpted by Josef Ochmann.


Packaging Examples

  • P1315
    Armored Guard Archers
    (front)

  • P1315
    Armored Guard Archers
    (back)

  • P1307
    Infantry without Shield
    (front)

  • P1307
    Infantry without Shield
    (back)

  • The orange packaging makes no mention of "Metal Magic".


P1000 Goths

  • aka: Goten, Goths


P1100 Late Romans

  • aka: Spätrömer, Romain Tardifs


P1200 Armies of Hellenism

  • aka: Armeen des Hellenismus, Armées Helleniques


P1300 Quin & Han - Chinese

  • aka: Qin- und Han-Chinesen; Armées Chinoises, Dynasties


P1400 Huns

  • aka: Hunnen, Huns


P2000 Feudal Range

  • aka: Armeen der Feudalzeit; Armées Féodales


P3000 Equipment

  • aka: Zubehör; Equipement


P3500 Armies

Hobby Products also sold complete armies under the following product codes:

  • P3501 Alexandrian Macedonian
  • P3502 Macedonain Early Successor
  • P3503 Hellenistic Greek
  • P3504 Later Hoplite Greek
  • P3505 Early Goth or Vandal
  • P3506 Early Frankish, Burgundian, Alamannic or Rugian
  • P3507 Patrician Rome
  • P3508 Hun
  • P3509 Chou China
  • P3510 Ch'in China
  • P3511 Han China
  • P3512 Early Imperialist
  • P3513 Feudal French
  • P3514 Prussian/Estonian
  • P3515 Lithuanian/Wend
  • P3516 Teutonic Order


A6000 Rulebooks

In 1987 Hobby Products published a German translation of the Wargame Research Group's Wargames Rules 3000 BC to 1485 AD, 6th Edition ©1980 [1] [2]. In 1990 they published a revised 2nd edition (probably to take into account the 7th and the 7th Amended versions published in English although the copyright date for the original is still given as 1980). The 1992 catalogue changed the recommended ruleset to De Bellis Antiquitatis [3]. Historical Heroes is not mentioned in the final 1994 catalogue.


References

  • [1], Wikipedia, Wargames Research Group (accessed 2015-02-26)
  • [2], Metal Magic Miniaturen 1987 Catalogue
  • [3], Wikipedia, De Bellis Antiquitatis (accessed 2015-02-26)
  • [4], David Kujit, "15mm Miniatures by Gladiator" (1998)
  • [5], The Miniatures Page, "Black Hat Buys Gladiator Games" (2006-08-24)


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