There's a couple of hedge knights, one young and one old -- no, not Dunk, he's "the" hedge knight in my Dunk & Egg series, and we'll get to him sooner or later, but these are just a pair of random hedge knights, the vagabonds of the Seven Kingdoms.
Here's a look at the greens:
The third new figure is a named chareacter: everyone's favorite turncloak, Theon of House Greyjoy, seen with his bow in happier days.
All three sculpts are by Jeff Grace. Sorry, no painted versions to show you yet, but those are in the works.
For more views... or to place an order... visit the Dark Sword website at http://darkswordminiatures.com/
Comments are welcome, but only on the miniatures, or minis and painting in general. Thanks for staying on topic.
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Might be an expensive way of doing it if you get a bit too enthusiastic though ;-)
Great sculpt, though, regardless. The older hedge knight could stand in nicely for Rodrik Cassel, it seems to me. Grace is a great addition to the mix.
I know Tom Meier has a tremendous backlog of work (I just saw him mention that he's got about a year's worth of commitments), but any chance we'll again see his artistry in the Masterworks series in the neat future?
Oh well, I won't be buying any of the Grace sculpts anyway, they just don't stand up to the quality of the Meier miniatures as they lack the grace and realism of the first wave of sculpts.
Not to take anything away from Grace, he is better than most sculptors working in the fantasy genre and there are few others who are in Meier's league anyway.
Too bad Tom's too busy to finish the range, but I guess there's a downside to his extreme talent-the toy companies pay more.
If his workload allows, he'll move on from that one to the other figrues from the second wave.
Other than that, the sculpts look fantastic as always.
I really love the minor/incidental characters in this line. Both the hedge knights will have a welcome home at my gaming table. Likely, Theon as well.
I do think Theon looks a little older in his sculpt than he should, but that should be fairly easy to compensate for while painting. Does anyone else get a sort of David Bowie vibe from this model?
Theon looks a lot like how I've always imagined him, too. Very nice!
Main complaint is size - they are so big that they dwarf (no pun intended) even Games Workshop.
I primarly use them for wargaming and run battles based on Fire & Ice. Since figures are too big to mix and not enough to create armies they tend to get left behind.
Minor complaint why are the bows re-curves instead of western style D-shaped long bows? Westron has a distint western medeival flavor and nice contrast with the arbian knights "eastern" world. Nice if weapons could reflect cultures.
Tom Thomas