A Dwarven Thane Battles A Wretched Beast From Avatars Of War
September 10, 2018 by brennon
Avatars Of War introduces two new character miniatures to their 9th Age compatible range. We start as all good things start, with a Dwarf!
This Dwarf Thane With Great Shield is charging forth into battle clad in some seriously heavy armour. You could imagine him down in the tunnels with his fellow Ironbreakers holding the line against a wave of Ska...sorry, Ratmen and the like.
The stance is grim and determined, just like a good Dwarf should be and works perfectly in a proper rank and file game as he matches the pose you'd imagine him to be in on the front lines.
Much like Dwarves of old, he doesn't have any knees...it helps them balance better...but it does mean that he will fit in with some of the older Warhammer models you have in your collection.
A Wretched Beast!
Summoned forth by foul sorcerers we also have the Wretched Beast Of Pestilence which is a great creature to use as something like a Chaos Spawn in your games.
That is one horrible mess and limbs and teeth...in a good way of course. It would have been nice to maybe see one of those forearms up in the air, ready to strike down on its prey, but I think the monster is dangerous enough as it stands, especially with that lashing tongue and tail.
As with most things demonic and weird, there's no reason this couldn't be used away from a Fantasy setting. I could see this lumbering around the halls of a research facility in the far future just as easily...
What do you think?
"I could see this lumbering around the halls of a research facility in the far future just as easily... "
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I love the pose but the figure is too busy. Way too much unnecessary detail for me. Maybe he would look better with a different colour beard..
Nothing about it is unnecessary though surely ? Actual armour was detailed in this manner. Perhaps it’s the highlights etc.
Really? When? Not an expert on history of armour but the closest thing I can relate it too is the Sutton Hoo helmet, which arguably was ceremonial. This amount of detail would be simply impractical in combat and imagine cleaning it.
While that is rather good looking sculpt it’s also far too busy. Like modern GW levels of busy.
It’s like someone went nuts with a 3d modelling tool.. should have stopped a few hours earlier. 🙂
I think this would probably look better with a darker beard, everything is so light it blurs together.
Very gribbly beast thing there!
You’re absolutely right, everything blurs together. Seriously good model, the paintjob doesn’t do it a favour
Took me a few seconds to find the dwarfs head and face. Probably head and armour are almost identical colours
They really need to change their painting style, their stuff lately has all been looking like an over-highlighted mess.
The Wretched Beast would make for an interesting Slaneeshi monster, the scorpion tail and tongue are reminiscent of the Beasts of Slaanesh.
Thane could be a great King, and the Chaos scorpion beast look’s brilliant.
I love all the detail on the dwarf thane. Hellooo people, this is FANTASY we’re talking about here. If you want historically-accurate, there are companies out there that do that kind of thing too.
I think a better paint job on this (more gold!) could make him look fabulous.