User:Spsurlow

Hi, My name is Sean from Oregon aka maninthemoon1965.

I started collecting fantasy miniatures since about 8th grade in 1978. I started mostly with Grenadier Models & Ral Partha.

Later on when the Internet started to take off, I started the Yahoo Groups: "Collecting Ral Partha Miniatures" and "Collecting Grenadier Models."

From there, we added some like minded people: Colin, Dozing Dragon: David Wood, Kev Moran of Stunties, Doctor Skull of Ohio, Ernst, and others...some of who ended up creating and contributing to this great data base of miniature collecting called the "Lost Minis Wikis."

Yahoo Groups will be closing down at the end of this year (2020). Both of the Yahoo Groups had gone dormant before then and evolved into this Wiki Page and a couple Facebook Groups.

I still collect, paint and am in the process of sorting, organizing and painting several thousand minis.

Currently, I am a part of Facebook's "Old School Miniatures," which is worth joining if you the time.

The link to it is https://www.facebook.com/groups/339877386089536 It is a great resource for collecting, identifying and trading the "Old School" solid-base miniatures from the 1970's to 1990s.

I have been working on completing Thunderbolt Mountain's ranges, because I have a love of Tom Meier's work and will add much more to other areas as time offers.

If anyone needs to contact me, I am at eastofthesun@mail.com

Sean from Oregon December 1st, 2020.