Nazgul at the Gates

 A few snaps of my home-made Ringwraith and his dark charger ( borrowed from Sindy!).

It was fun being with them but mordor getting away! 

Enjoy! 

My Knickerbocker RingWraith: Have you Xena?

My latest toy bash is a go at a Knickerbocker Ringwraith.

This wraith has wide hips, so I opted for an old Xena as the base figure.

Mid-way, I've added bandaging, Fimo and beads, a pen top helmet, wrist guards, a new hand, a sword and an axe. There's a Fimo cloak too.

Next stop, painting black.

Watch this Wraith!

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Done! One Black Rider at your service!

Waddaya reckon?

Now where's that ring?

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A bit of wraith background. 

Here's the original and rare Knickerbocker RingWraith action figure 1978, as can be seen online.

 I was offered a carded one for $1000 this month! Needless to say I declined!

A famous TV find was Jordan Hembrough's in his superb US series 1 of Toy Hunter, episode 2, where he uncovers a loose Knickerbocker Ringwraith in the Smoky Mountains. 

Here's a very short clip.

https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8g0iOa560hzoikZDYsCbkFAXYwKMpxif?feature=shared

Watch the whole find in the entire episode courtesy of You Tube, circa 13.08 minutes in (after the Howdy Doody puppet)

https://youtu.be/di1Yhc3uBNw?feature=shared

The wraith figure is based on those seen in Ralph Bakshi's fabulous but truncated Lord of The Rings animated movie from 1978. Have you seen it?

Knickerbocker's Gollum

I'm researching Knickerbocker's Lord of the Rings figures at the moment with a future project in mind.

Looking at their Gollum figure I was struck how much it looked like a toy figure I had as a kid, the restless skeleton, a sort of King Tut from Ellisdons of Liverpool.

Here they are side by side, Gollum on the right. Knickerbocker's line was based on Ralph Bakshi's animated film version of Lord of the Rings - have you seen it?