Norsgard Show Off Previews For The Alliance Of The Bat!
November 17, 2014 by brennon
So far all we'd seen was one painted miniature and a few pieces of artwork for the Alliance of the Bat in Norsgard but now they've come out with some more renders and work-in-progress sculpts on Kickstarter for you to enjoy!
We'll kick things off with my favourite subject, the Dwarves of said Alliance. At the top we have the Dwarven Lord complete with gun and a pair of rangers, one with a great axe and the other with axe and shield. I like their style of Dwarves that isn't like the norm. They've gone with a more Witcher or Dragon Age style of Dwarf with the shorter cropped beards and the barbarian style attire is cool too.
The Wulf'Kin aren't to be left out either as they have this render showing off one of the deadly were-creatures joining the Alliance. I like the challenging pose and it's always good to see more werewolf miniatures out there, there isn't enough of them.
The current stretch goal they're aiming for will unlock additional parts for said Wulf'Kin so if you want more werewolves you'll be wanting to pledge towards that.
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It always seems a bit odd to me to give a wolf-man type figure ordinary weapons. I suppose they would need more than just claws when faced with heavily armoured foes, assuming they were capable to forging blades or trading for them, but why not something they fits better with their fighting style?
I think the alliance with the dwarves may have provided them with weapons. As it is in the back story that the dwarves are a dying race wishing to pass on customs, knowledge and the arts to another race. It just so happens its the wolf guys. So they could have learned how to forge from them or where just handed weapons made for there size.
I was meaning more that the style of weapons seemed at odds with how they are likely to attack naturally; I’d assume they would mainly slash and tear with their claws rather than hack with an axe. Perhaps wrist / forearm mounted weapons or perhaps a blade they hold in their hand and run down their forearm with a curve that goes over their fist, a bit like a tonfa but bladed.