Adventurers!

A couple assorted adventurers rolling off the workbench:

(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)


From left to right we have a wounded adventurer from Mega Miniatures (from a “townsfolk” pack, I think…), an old Citadel Miniatures Female Fighter, and… um… I’m not sure, but I’m going to guess that this is a Ral Partha dismounted Crusader Knight (if anyone knows otherwise please feel free to correct me!)


Here they are again from the back – all kitted out for adventuring… well the adventurers are… The knight probably has a squire carrying his stuff while clopping two coconuts together to make horsey noises…

The wounded adventurer is fun, but not entirely useful (as a PC anyway…) could be an NPC met in a tavern with some rumor of marauding orc tribes, or whatever. Or maybe a recurring one to add some comic relief: Dan the wounded hireling - no body ever sees him in action, but he always seems rather beat up...

I really dig the female fighter character – so rare to find one in a full mail shirt without some ridiculous deep plunging V-neck shirt of mail to show off cleavage… (or the nearly ubiquitous chainmail bikini top…). Now don’t get me wrong, I dig cleavage as much as any red-blooded, heterosexual male… but in the miniature world it’s just gotten a little silly… she’s also totally kitted out for some serious adventuring. You can’t see it but she’s clutching a miniature crossbow behond the shield.

Speaking of the shield it was inspired by some shield designs done by Neldoreth over at An hour of Wolves and Shattered Shields (Thanks n!)

I like the crusader – nice dynamic pose. But I’m guessing it was probably one that was originally available in packs of six for wargaming. As cool as the pose is I think it’d look odd making an entire unit of them!? I’m not against units of identical figures – I have plenty, from all eras – but for such a unit I prefer a more generic advancing/marching pose. More committed or dynamic poses look just… well… odd. Especially once you get to the age of gunpowder – all shooting poses kind of look like firing squads if they’re not done right..

Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:

Oh probably some more fantasy nonsense. Maybe a battle report…