New Vaettir Release from Tor Gaming
May 23, 2011 by beerogre
New for Relics, comes this Vaettir offering, the stone-like Vstonin...
You can pre-order this miniature from the Tor Gaming Webstore. Here's some of the story surrounding the character:
The Vstonin are compassionless creatures who exist only to wreak vengeance upon their foes, their physical durability and instinct for survival leaves them standing strong long after those around them have succumbed to the eternal death.
In battle, they fight alone or in small, close knit groups, cleaving through the ranks of their enemies with breathtaking ease. When threatened they can manipulate their physical forms to absorb and deflect damage at the cost of their own mobility, through this method a Vstonin is capable of making itself impervious to most damage and at times can be near invincible.
The model itself is a bit deceptive, for some reason it looks like it should be smaller than it is, at 40mm to the eyes. Still, even if you don't play Relics, this would make an interesting fantasy monster for D&D or Pathfinder.
BoW Andy
Now with a scale shot, courtesy of Tor Gaming!
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Coool!
Getting a bit of a vibe from the pic!
Would be interesting to see a comparison shot with other Vaettir.
The pose looks very imposing!
after reading Andy’s comment about the impression of the size, I have to agree and will post some comparison shots of the models tonight or tomorrow.
There will be a second Vstonin released next month with alternative arms. It woudl have been this month but one of the arms broke in the mould and needed repairing. Ho hum…
They are certainly deceptive size wise, I had the impression they were smaller than 28mm humans for some reason.
I like the fact they are, design wise, so completely different from anything else out there.
well, that’s a 40mm base he is standing on….. One of the draw backs of the new image backgrounds we are using I guess……..
I don’t think its the backgrounds, its not something you have done, just my perception , it somehow looks small.
I have no idea why.
I like them regardless, originality is really quite rare in the market truth be told, theres some excellent manufacturers out there, but most are variations on a theme.
That is really quite nice… I may order a few of this faction for myself ! I like the scary fairies vibe…
BoW Romain
I like the look of this guy, I think I’ll pick him up.
“The Vstonin are compassionless creatures who exist only to wreak vengeance upon their foes, their physical durability and instinct for survival leaves them standing strong long after those around them have succumbed to the eternal death.”
Certainly feel that has been captured in the sculpt.
They can be a bit difficult to take down when used in a defensive manner….
http://files.myopera.com/danieljamesfellows/albums/7129242/IMG_0763.JPG
http://files.myopera.com/danieljamesfellows/albums/7129242/IMG_0764.JPG
heres a couple of pics for size comparisons 😉
i wish i had more money as these figs are so tempting…. cash sadly currently tied up in other non gw projects.
Maybe a trade in your unused GW product deal may work for me 😉
lol, what are we going to do with GW models!!!!!! 🙂
The most expensive door-stopper in the world ?
All right, I’m being mean… Sorry. They sometimes do great stuff. Not worth the price, but good.
BoW Romain
Maybe its the paint style thats making it look smaller?
OK, here’s a comparison shot for you guys (assuming I can post pics…..)
Ok, I guess the post strips out HTML. lol
Try this link (maybe)
http://www.torgaming.co.uk/rd/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSCF1069.jpg
The scale shot has been posted above. 😀
BoW Andy
Cheers Andy!!!!!!!
That comparison photo looks really cool, Thanks for posting Andy!
Am in a similar position as Trebor, and I want to finish up some other projects before starting another collection
I think a bit of proxying is going to have to happen until then.
Hmm what shall I do with all those unstarted GW figures?
3 options Chibi…
ebay… failing that burn them or bury them!
I[‘m wondering if we shoudl offer an amnesty on GW metal minis. Give you store credit for them and then we melt them and cast them into Britanan Troopers!!! W00T! lol
nay I say! Britanan Troopers should only be cast from the finest untouched blocks of the purest untainted metal… and would you really want to wade throught the inevitable skipfulls of crap that would undoubtedly turn up?
C’mon seriously … I hate GW pricing and marketing policies as much as the next plastic crack junkie but their models are still (mostly) great quality figures and the fact that other companies are making comparative models now doesn’t subtract from their minis, the reason for me writing this? Because quite frankly in response to the problem of looking smaller than they are – I think the main reason for this is that the models aren’t that detailed for their size, infact I feel that they would be about appropriate detail for ‘smaller than human’ sized models, but for minis… Read more »
Why would you get thumbs down for posting your thoughts? I don’t get this thumbs down lark.
Screw it, I’m going to give you a thumbs up for playing infinity.
Fair point, its not incredibly detailed, but… it is what it is! Elemental stone Golem thingy, greater details than it already has would be unnecessary really.
Infinity are very highly detailed in comparison but I think thats reflected in the price, same with Mcvey and others.
I’m glad I didn’t offend you – I personally prefer a different style of mini on the whole, and it’s a fair point that the costs may be lower than other companies, that’s not something I took into account after all the prices of many companies (yes GW I’m glaring at you) are becoming excessively high and virtually unjustifiable.
On the other hand I’m loving those scarecrows and Iike the concept behind those winged guys, although I’m not keen on the legs (are they something to do with their fluff?)
nothing to take offence at. You allowed your own opinion. 😉
The winged chaps are (as are their whole faction) elemental. They just aren’t a specific element. More of a stone/wind mix.
That’s interesting Gavin
I’m mostly wind, but I don’t get stoned.
Hope that isn’t too much personal info! lol
Personally more I look at the Vstonin the more stolid it becomes and it is hard to see what more need be done with the sculpt Phebrickid. But we all have our preferences and it’s all to the good. 😀