The Cardinal will See You Now with Warlord Games
June 12, 2012 by brennon
If you're looking for a dastardly villain in your historical games then you can't come much closer than this individual. Warlord Games' Pike & Shotte welcomes (begrudgingly) the Cardinal Richelieu...
The Cardinal was an influential clergyman who acted as First Minister to the King. He had a shrewd mind and considerable influence during the wars of 1618 to 1648. This particular piece is based on this work of art...
And if that wasn't enough to make you think about buying this model there is also the matter of his 'guest'. He comes in two forms, one without a mask and the other bearing the famous Iron Mask.
So what do you make of Richelieu and the Man in the Iron Mask? I think this is a great little set which would be perfect for creating a diorama. Any models that tell a story are good in my books.
Will you suspect the Inquisition?
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Well given that this Inquisition is French not Spanish I’ll definitely suspect it – as an Englishman the French seem very suspicious to me… 😉
Interesting models with some potential for 40K too – Richelieu obviously would make a good Inquisitor but the masked ‘guest’ could work as some kind of bound psyker. The robes the cardinal is wearing make him suitable as an RPG mage also.
Well, I must say the Hell-Dorado version is much better… And has the same pose from the same painting, by the way !
Sorry, Pike and Shotte, not this time…
Romain you’re always so harsh 😛 well i think its a nice model, especially the cardinal who looks suitably menacing, and although not the best of sculpts they’re still pretty good imho.
Harsh ? Well… What’s the point in having so many companies and sculpts to choose from, then ? 😉
The Hell Dorado sculpt was there first, is the better one, and it has the exact same pose…
Besides, I daresay Warlord can take the heat. They’re doing fine, they’ve done plenty of beautiful models, and Hell Dorado still hasn’t been completely re-released by Cipher.
Idea of having french cardinal in Pike & Shotte is interesting but to what is falls is execution as this sculpt is rather bad.
La Rochelle a beautiful city, the scult however looks like he needs his thyroid levels checking!