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Hi

I’ve stumbled across this website and this page in the hope someone can help.

My husband is Stephen Lyon, Ron’s grandson.

I was wondering if anyone had any sculptures they were willing to part with (would be happy to pay)

Steve hasn’t got a relationship with his dad and when Gramps passed away everyone got a sculpture but he didn’t.

I’ve seen some for sale but I’m not sure if they’re the real deal or if they are replicas. I can’t ask his Dad as we don’t have contact with him and Joyce (Steve’s Nan) sadly passed away last year so I can’t even talk to her.

Thanks in advance and happy to get in touch if easier.

Amanda Lyon

I have 2. Please see my post below.

I have 2 knights that I believe are Ron's. I have been looking recently for a way to sell them but have struggled as I know live in Spain. However I will be visiting the UK in November. Would you like me to take some photos of them.

Whilst I don't have any myself there are seemingly a good number of them on a well known Auction site. You can contact the sellers directly for any proof of authenticity and can then make an appropriate judgement call. I only know of one occasion when a previous show participant parted with theirs so the chance of getting one of those is particularly remote.

I’ve stumbled across this website and this page in the hope someone can help.

My husband is Stephen Lyon, Ron’s grandson.

I was wondering if anyone had any sculptures they were willing to part with (would be happy to pay)

Steve hasn’t got a relationship with his dad and when Gramps passed away everyone got a sculpture but he didn’t.

I’ve seen some for sale but I’m not sure if they’re the real deal or if they are replicas. I can’t ask his Dad as we don’t have contact with him and Joyce (Steve’s Nan) sadly passed away last year so I can’t even talk to her.

Thanks in advance and happy to get in touch if easier.

Amanda Lyon

Whilst I can't really comment on Ron's life and his work I thought I would post on what a small world it is and how nice it is to see common interests with other people.

When I started senior school at the beginning of the 80's I was introduced to a band called Hawkwind who have been around since the late 60's (and are still going!!). One of the associates of Hawkwind was a certain author called Michael Moorcock who I have just read Ron was a fan of. He (Moorcock) wrote several songs with them and indeed actually wrote two books based on the legend of "The Hawklords" giving each band member of the time a background in a fantasy world. Hawkwind also did a whole album and tour based on his books about Elric of Melnibone which Ron mentioned.

When I was given my sculpture a few years later I loved it's look and can imagine it appearing as a character from one or more of his books and I am sure Ron did too.

I don't know if this will be of interest to anyone but it just reasonated with me on how our likes are interlinked.

Stay safe and well to everyone.

Roger

It's a shame there's so little online about Ron Lyon. His sculptures are striking and his frightknight is iconic. (It's a shame too that the frightknights didn't get more of a role in Knightmare: I can't have been the only watcher at the time who expected frightknights to meet dungeoneers in Series 5.) If anyone reading this would like to contribute to a Knightmare.com article about Ron and his work, please get in touch.

By coincidence, Winchester was also home to Knightmare artist David Rowe, before he moved to Wales.

It's not something I would want to get rid of as it was given to me by my girlfriend at the time and although we are not together we are still best friends aven after 36 odd years!

Keep well and safe.

Hi all, I realise that this thread has not been looked at for a long time (really long!) but it is a starting place for me to ask a question.

I was given a Ron Lyon sculpture as a present back in 1986-1987 and it is extremely similar to 2 I have seen pictures of online, I was wandering and hoping that if anyone sees this message they may be able to shed some light on the sculpture (i.e. is it from Knightmare. Possible value e.t.c).

I am going to attempt to insert a picture and look forward to hearing from you if you can help.

Thank you

I think that's too early to be Knightmare-related (they didn't introduce the trophies until 1991) and it doesn't have the same helmet or pose, but the design is pretty similar overall. No idea about value. Ron described his sculptures in The Quest newsletter here if that's of any interest:

https://www.knightmare.com/fanzone/magazines/the-quest/1.2-behind-armour.html

I was given a Ron Lyon sculpture as a present back in 1986-1987 and it is extremely similar to 2 I have seen pictures of online, I was wandering and hoping that if anyone sees this message they may be able to shed some light on the sculpture (i.e. is it from Knightmare. Possible value e.t.c).

I am going to attempt to insert a picture and look forward to hearing from you if you can help.

Thank you

regards,

EROL

regards,

Erol

regards,

Erol

regards,

Erol

Firstly welcome to the forum.

From the info from Ron Lyon above it looks like you have bought a prototype Frightknight. It certainly isn't the same as the model that was actually used on Knightmare, but that isn't to say it's not genuine. I would be very suprised if it was a fake, and there has never been any known cases of this.

The only person who will be able to confirm its authenticity is Ron Lyon himself. Perhaps you could contact Ron and e-mail/send him the picture.

Hi Erol....

Ok...I am just off the phone with Ron Lyon the creator of the Frightknight. (Tel:01962 882348)...he has confirmed that this is one of his Frightknights...he says he took a number of them up to Norwich with him where the show was produced - these had different weapons, broadswords, axes and scimitars - some were left handed and some right handed....

He did make one specific model that moved and could be made to look as though it could fly -but this was for use in the production of the actual programme (this one had a broadsword).....and is maybe what Tim Child is referring to..

Anyway, I can find no better or other expert...and I now, more than ever, fully stand by my description of the sculpture...I feel I gave all the information I had and was very open with the concerns some people had....This is a Frightknight...

PS

Have you had a look at this link from the Knightmare site?

http://www.knightmare.com/club/1-2/p6.htm

I hope this helps...

So, i believe that this is now a frightknight? Everyone agreed on that?

regards,

erol muhammed

regards,

erol

regards,

erol

Have you paid for this and recieved it yet? I hope you haven't wasted a lot of money on a fake - or at least something not in it's truely original form.

There can't be many of these Frightnights about - weren't they only given one per team to the Series 5 and 6 winners?

I wonder if Tim knows how many were made in total?

erol muhammed

E-Bay is not a safe place to buy Knightmare items be it DVDs or things like this.