Rustle Up Some Dwarven Grub With Scibor’s New Stunty
February 19, 2013 by brennon
The Dwarven adventures continue at Scibor Miniatures with the release of their next character, the Dwarf Cook. Check out this rather overweight individual below...
Another great miniature that's full of character from Scibor, and I'm not just saying that because it's a Dwarf! Of course once again it's based on an existing idea but that doesn't matter as long as the end result is a great miniature for us to use on the tabletop.
Talking of it's uses he would make a pretty good hero character for a larger army, giving it a comedy edge. Or as always you could use him in your role-playing games as a rather reluctant dungeon delver.
What do you think of this next addition to the line?
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Yes this looks like a bit like the fat dwarf from the Hobbit but we all know it looks 10 times better than GW’s version. Now what I think is not really related to this model but I feel I should bring it up. Some literature I think should become public domain out of the significance it has well as influence on communities. The owners of the LOTR and Hobbit being New Line Cinema I feel somewhat shackled to them. They dictate who can make what models and content instead of the people. I feel a bit freer with Scibor… Read more »
I somewhat agree with you @Manpug, but I sort of agree with NLC too. If they OWN LoTR and The Hobbit, it is only right that they profit from it IAW current laws etc. I am sure we have all been made aware of them just recently. 😛 I would like to add that I think it SHOULD be allowed to use things as inspiration for your own ideas, as long as it is easily identifiable as a different product that you have produced. In this case a fat dwarf, that is similar to Bombor. However, this Cook does not… Read more »
Great points @broadside. I often thought about this issue as I do think that producers of something, in this case NLC should have protection from someone stealing the look of their movie, design or what ever it may be. But where does the line stop when its something almost every fantasy game has tapped into? I just don’t know.
As for this fat fellow, I like it. He looks perfect for a diorama.
Yeah I think its ok to. I think the boundries are set around it “duplicating” someones work or idea and gaining benefit from it. It is ok to be inspired by someones work, if it wasn’t we would all have stone wheels I guess. 😛 with regards to your example of the dwarfs from The Hobbit. Dwarves I would think are generically fantasy based, however the aesthetics behind The Hobbit dwarves are not. Thereby making it unlawful to duplicate the art/concept that NLC have applied to the Dwarven concept. You could design your own ideas for the image of what… Read more »
they dont appear on their website anymore…… least i cant find them.