Martian Metals
Martial Metals was a company that produced miniature figures in the 1970s and 1980s for tabletop games such as Ogre/G.E.V.,[1] Traveller,[2][3][4][5][6] and RuneQuest.[7]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 1976 by Forest Brown to provide metal miniatures to the burgeoning fantasy role-playing game industry.[8] Miniatures produced by the company had a distinctive six-sided base designed to fit the standard hex grid map used in many miniatures games.[9] Martian Metals rapidly became one of the premier miniatures companies in the RPG industry, winning several awards.
Martian Metals went out of business in the mid-1980s. Brown would later start up another miniatures company, Deimos Design Studio, that was active until his death in 2010.[8]
Awards[edit]
- 1978: Strategist Club Awards, TSR, for Outstanding Miniature Figure Line of 1978, World of Fantasy[10]
- 1979: Origins Award for Best Vehicular Model Series, for their OGRE series[11]
- 1981: Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Figure Series, for the Dragonslayers & Travellers line[12]
Reception[edit]
Martian Metals received many positive reviews in industry publications.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Various reviews in the pages of Dragon use phrases like "quite distinctive",[9] "a good range of armored and unarmored figures [...] Technical rating of 9/10", [13] "Fantasy 15s series is excellent [...] Before I had actually seen these tiny figures well painted, I didn’t believe it could be done",[14] and "incomparable 15mm Fantasy Line". [15]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Templin, Nevin J. (July 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (29): 29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barton, William A. (June 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (40): 34.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barton, William A. (September 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (43): 33.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barton, William A. (January 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (47): 31.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Barton, William A. (October 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (56): 36, 38.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Barton, William A. (November 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (57): 33–34.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rankin, John (November 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (57): 34.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Forest Brown". Warpigs. September 2010. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Eastland, Kim (February 1983). "Figure Feature: Knights". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (70): 25.
- ↑ "Fifth Annual Strategists Club Awards for Creativity in Wargaming". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (27): 3. July 1979.
- ↑ "The 1979 Origins Awards - Presented at Origins 1980". The Game Manufacturers Association. Retrieved 2020-02-20.[]
- ↑ "The 1981 Origins Awards - Presented at Origins 1982". The Game Manufacturers Association. Retrieved 2020-02-20.[]
- ↑ Fawcett, Bill (April 1981). "Figuratively speaking". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (48): 72.
- ↑ "Origins: Chaos with a Happy Ending". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (30): 10. October 1979.
- ↑ Kask, Tim (November 1979). "The Dragon's Augury". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (31): 49.
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