Green Lantern Joins The Justice League From Knight Models
February 2, 2017 by brennon
Knight Models builds on both its Batman Miniatures Game and DC Universe collection with a host of new heroes and villains. Kicking things off we're looking to the Green Lantern...
While a fair few people might only know of him from the Ryan Reynolds film he actually is a rather epic superhero. Any hero needs a villain to battle and that's where Sinestro comes in as his opposite on the tabletop.
Both of the models look fantastic, floating above the tabletop's surface. I particularly like the expression they've got on Sinestro's face; it certainly gives you an insight into his nefarious schemes.
A Rogues Gallery
Dipping back into the world of Batman we have some additional characters for the caped crusader to deal with starting with Electrocutioner.
I'm not overly a fan of this model, it's something about the way all the details seem to have blended together on the top half of the model. It might be more to do with the paint scheme however but it doesn't quite click like some of the other villains have.
Speaking of villains that don't quite click with me, we have Emperor Penguin.
Now villains and heroes in DC have some silly names (as do those in Marvel) but this one doesn't exactly inspire fear. Emperor Blackgate, his other name, seems decidedly more exciting and dangerous. He does actually seem like an awesome character once you dive into his backstory but that name doesn't help!
Last but not least we have some more thugs for Harley Quinn's gang.
Thugs Set II gives you a big bruiser with a fire axe, always fun, and a fellow who might as well be his minder. I like the more down and dirty look of these Thugs for Harley Quinn's retinue based on their appearance from the video games.
What will you be picking up from Knight Models?
"Emperor Blackgate, his other name, seems decidedly more exciting and dangerous..."
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The models look great. I’ve never heard of the Emperor Penguin or the Electrocutioner though I haven’t followed Batman’s entire story. I’m more of a Marvel guy as well.
Electrocutioner is an extreme vigilante who uses electricity to punishand kill criminals. This version went on to become a criminal I gather. In Arkham Origins he is one of a group of assassins competing to collect a bounty on Batmans head.
Because of that mixed background this character be hired by any crew including the heroes which makes him an interesting option. I actually quite like the model although I would agree it probably isnt among Knights very best. It does capture the game character pretty well though.
It’s great to see some lanterns added in with Hal Jordan and Sinestro.
Their cards do feature new faction logos so it probably is the plan.
nice some new guys to me their.
I’m liking what I see. This is Knight Models so it is hard not to like what they release.
You know Knight Models could do a whole Lantern Corps War game ….with teams from each faction, special rules for each colour of the emotional spectrum … it’d be fun
Or they could just include all that stuff in the rest of the DC universe game.