November 20, 2011 by beerogre
I just caught a glimpse of this on Cool Mini or Not... limited to 300 castings... it's the Frightmare!
I don't know what I would do with a limited edition Horse-Minotaur-type-thing, but I'm sure I could cook up a D&D encounter, or a Kings of War monster!
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Horseroserous?
I wonder how long before its painted in rainbow dash colours…
Have some nagging doubts about the size of the upper body compared to the legs
Also the hooves could have been single rather than cloven to emphasis the equuine nature of the mare and differentiate from minotaurs.
Well, it’s an Aragorn Marks sculpt… This (french) artist have always put me off by some technicality that was a bit… Well, frankly, off. He’s well known for his Rackham sculpts (most of the kelts range, if memory serves).
I dare not say “flaw”, as most of his sculpts are very good indeed, but some of the details one could point out, and the proportions that constitute his style, are not to my taste.
That said, I believe this mini is completely true to the artist’s vision, and, in that respect, flawless !
Nice mini. When you guys post these, could you please include a note on the scale. Assuming this is 28 but still…
Clicking on the linky it says that the range is 32 heroic scale and the model is 40mm to the eye
Cost is 25 bucks
Yeah, I guess by not posting the scale I have to actually go to the site, but still, it bugs me that they don’t post scale. It just seems the right thing to do… Here is this mini, and here is the scale, what do you think? I mean size does matter right?
@ubiquanon – Looks like my fiendish plan has been rumbled!
Size might matter, but this guy… *puts on sunglasses* is like a horse…
*The Who start playing*
(sorry)
Someone just HAD to do it…
It’s all right, I was thinking it…
Only 300 you say. Well I say THIS IS SPARTA!!!
Also most likely expensive as its from CMON.
CMON, expensive ? Only because of postal fare. You actually pay for quality. I frown upon people saying “it’s expensive” in this hobby… Well, most people. I know it’s not a relative term, but there’s no point in saying it when you get what you pay for, or more. We all pay good money for miniatures, even when we look for the best deal, spending amounts that would be deemed foolish by others with a different hobby, perhaps… You see, GW could be deemed “expensive” when you’re paying through the nose for Finecast… But I’m the first to admit that… Read more »
The price is more than right for you as a painter, certainly. The painter seeks out the finest, best proportioned, most detailed (rather than ‘blinged’ for the sake of it) sculpts for the challenge of doing justice to it and practising their craft. Paying a high price for a single sculpt (so long as it’s good) isn’t much of an issue. Problem is, even painters have their limits (think of the Confrontation re-release pricing for example) and moreover, think of the gamer’s perspective. A unit of these (assuming there were alternate sculpts made for variety as well) will cost a… Read more »
Regarding GW, I did say “some” of their plastics… Not all of them, by a long shot ! Indeed, CMON mostly caters to painters, not gamers… No one denies that this is their target. I mean, just look at their website, it’s just not that type of community. That said, a single miniature from Studio McVey is the same price (sometimes cheaper) than a miniature of identical size in Finecast from GW, and the sculpt is much better proportioned, more detailed, with less mold lines and bubbles… Granted, Studio McVey don’t do space marines, but just look at what companies… Read more »
To get back to the miniature at hand, I see this, and I think “beastman/minotaur hero for Warhammer”… Even without the horns.
Just glue two spare horns/branches/cones made out of green stuff to its head, I bet you it’ll need less work than a finecast mini…
And you’ll probably pay a comparable price for a way better quality mini.
BoW Romain
Personally I’ve always desired a beastman army that wasn’t dominated by a minotaur (bull / man) blend concept. I know GW moved away from variation in troop design because uniformity on the battlefield has a strong aesthetic appeal (Bretonia aside) and because of the potential complexity with regard to rules, but I’ve always thought a beastman army should have multiple beast blends – Wolves, bears, tigers… pretty much any of the top tier predators of any given wilderness environment. It would make for a much more interesting army. Every now and then I get interested in the beastman army, but… Read more »
Value is definitely a very personal thing, hence people paying for GW over Legacy – you can be almost ‘trained’ to prefer a certain style over anything else, especially if you associate that with the fun in a good game. I’ve even seen someone on Dakka call Infinity models ‘cheap anime crap’ (I mean INFINITY, for pity’s sake…) so there’s a hell of a lot of variance here.
I w0ould be tempted to have the werehorse as a goodie, or at least neutral. He resembles a barbarian.
But would also consider him for a beastman type, I like the concept tbh