Dark Art Studios Get Torturous & Knightly
July 3, 2012 by brennon
Dark Art Studios have featured here before with their Ogre model. Well, they are back with a distinctly darker and grim feeling in their new model and accessories. Check out the Cranium Knight as well as the other releases for July below...
Above then is the Cranium Knight both painted and un-painted. Could he be a good hero figure for you're armies or simply a piece of dungeon terrain?
There is also a range of skull bases in 40mm for you to use on your warriors of the far future or fantasy. Then, even more fantasy furniture, albeit for the more deadly gentleman. Would add a certain air of the creepy to any dungeon your planning.
And then there's this fellow. The Renegade Warrior is a preview of what's to come. Potentially something for Fantasy allowing him to be a good hero choice. Although depending on how you paint the armour, as he is he would make a good fighter for role-playing games.
What's your thoughts on the current range from Dark Art Studios?
Kind of a retro ‘dawn of sculpting’ look. A bit chunky and not very dynamic. I’ll pass.
I have to agree I’m afraid… pretty basic work by modern standards… looks like stuff from GW about 15-20 years ago. Very rigid/static looking, no dynamism to them.
The dungeon pieces however are very well done.
The Cranium Knight is incredibly static and too crude to look as if there’s life in it despite the pose to use as a character model. With a stone effect paint job it would be a great ‘classic’ style statue for dungeons though, and it could complement the other dungeon furniture. The round-lipped base is perfect for Cryx bonejacks in size, style and skulls, but my fave piece is the Renegade Warrior. While it is also quite simplistic it’s also quite well done and despite being too big to be a regular hero figure (if that’s a 40mm base) I… Read more »
Sculpt is pure old school with those porpositions and that pose.