Dark Sword Hit Kickstarter To Create An Iconic Dragon Diorama
June 26, 2013 by brennon
Dark Sword Miniatures have taken their Elmore love to Kickstarter and have already received funding for a mighty Dragon Diorama based on one of the artists iconic works...
First up we have the piece of Larry Elmore art that has inspired the miniature you can see below. It contains the well loved Red Dragon facing off against a pair of adventurers.
As you can see the Dragon is looking superb and well sculpted to tie it back into the original artwork. Dark Sword Miniatures have been stalwart producers of quality miniatures for a few years now and this looks to be no exception.
The Dragon itself is going to be cast in high quality resin while the two heroes will be available in pewter.
My one complaint would be that the hero on his horse looks a little small but that might just be me. When I compare it to the artwork above he looks a lot larger sitting up in the saddle.
Overall though we have a neat little fundraiser to raise some money for an exquisite model. They haven't put the target too high and because of that they have found funding easily. I'm liking these smaller Kickstarters looking for money to produce one or two miniatures, much like the Bombshell one.
What do you think of this Elmore diorama?
lovely stuff but far too expensive for me, $250 for a resin dragon is silly money, and don’t get me started on limited edition miniatures.
In a way I’m relieved, if they had put forward a kickstarter based around more ‘conventional# minis then I would have jumped on it, this way I’ve saved myself some money.
I do love Elmore’s fantasy art and that lovely sculpt really brings that feel.
Sorry, and it’s just my opinion. But that’s naff. It looks like it was sculpted in the 80s.
It doesn’t even come close to matching Elmore’s awesome artwork.
For me it is totally the other way – pose, head and all the details match the artwork so nicely. Only the price will limitate the chance one gets to see this cool thing live in any exhibition or contest.
I was about to comment how much I liked it when I read the first comment on the price. Yes, I like it, thank…. but no, thank you.
Elmore stuff is great and all, but I would love to see a Lockwood range