Grombrindal Takes the Games Workshop Directors Chair
January 28, 2013 by dracs
Every year Games Workshop releases a new Citadel miniature of the White Dwarf mascot, the much beloved Grombrindal. Well I just got my first look at 2013's version of the famous ancestor. And action!
Oh Grombrindal, what did they do to you? You used to be such a bad ass!
Ok, to be fair this is actually a really nice miniature. The sculpting is excellent and the diorama in general has tons of character. I particularly like the steam-punk style camera, with all the gears and runes sticking out of it. You could imagine it being used to film a game of Blood Bowl. It just seems like such a bizarre idea to make Grombrindal a director.
Previously, we have seen the White Dwarf as a pirate, an early pioneer of aviation and even an astronaut, but these at least seemed to tie in with Games Workshop's various worlds and designs.
Why a film director? What will it be next year? Grombrindal mowing the lawn? Grombrindal playing tennis? Or maybe they'll have him playing a game of Warhammer, thereby creating a weird cyclical paradox.
Will any of you be picking up the White Dwarf's latest incarnation?
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This looks nice but I have no need for it.
@dracs Could this be a tease for an upcoming movie project?
I’m not sure what the background is here, so just having a stab 😉
Maybe he’s shooting the next part of The Hobbit?
Doesn’t The Lord Inquisitor come out this year? Maybe that’s why?
would GW support an independent film such as that? be nice if they did… 30th anniversary of Fantasy could herald all sorts mind you later on in the year… I mean, any sort of Fantasy movie project would be incredible, even if its just a half hour long…
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I think the figure has a common problem from current GWs line. Most of the detail is squeezed on the front side of the mini, the back of this one would as well be from 90’s. I mean, for example, look at new’ish Isabella von Carstein. It has baroqque front, but the back is like peasants dress. Makes the figure look unbalanced.
Well, maybe I’m biased, but I don’t think this figure is a very goo one.