I picked up another assortment of loose World of Warcraft miniatures for use in our AD&D Battlesystem game. These could be the nucleus of either a Tauren or beastman army. Since I got these secondhand at the 4th TAGCOM ( a Philippine toy and hobby convention), each figure came at around $1 each. I only went thru the monster figures and passed over the elves, dwarves and humans since they towered over most of my 28mm figures.
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The figures are well sculpted in terms of detail and the painting is way above the style I've seen commonly used in prepainted minis -- yes, I'm referring to the barely tolerable paintjobs on Mageknight, Starwars ( have you seen the Han Solo in Stormtrooper armor? UGLY!) Heroclix and D&D minis.
And what is it with huge weapons and shields? The guy's already a freakin' minotaur with huge muscles and horns! And he needs a boss-heavy shield?!!!
Not in my fantasy world he won't. I'm just not too fond of the oversized shield and the huge pauldrons on the warrior. It's a pity cuz the sculptor could have concentrated instead in scultping the bull-like neck as well as tried achieving instead the look of a massive auroch charging, sinews and veins stretching and popping out. Oh well.
The color choice on the Tauren warrior is a bit odd for me, especially the blue armor. I've always imagined the Taurens to be more "fiery" and earthy and would have not added any cool colors to their paint scheme. The blue here badly matches the browns and reds of the bull itself. The cleric turned out a bit better being nicely posed -- as if it was generating somekind of magical pillar of elemental force -- but again, the paint job missed out on the detailing especially on the nice, raised lines of the armor. Anyway, I'll probably repaint these as well as remove the offending shield and sword. All in all, a good enough buy for starting another fantasy army.
And what is it with huge weapons and shields? The guy's already a freakin' minotaur with huge muscles and horns! And he needs a boss-heavy shield?!!!
Not in my fantasy world he won't. I'm just not too fond of the oversized shield and the huge pauldrons on the warrior. It's a pity cuz the sculptor could have concentrated instead in scultping the bull-like neck as well as tried achieving instead the look of a massive auroch charging, sinews and veins stretching and popping out. Oh well.
The color choice on the Tauren warrior is a bit odd for me, especially the blue armor. I've always imagined the Taurens to be more "fiery" and earthy and would have not added any cool colors to their paint scheme. The blue here badly matches the browns and reds of the bull itself. The cleric turned out a bit better being nicely posed -- as if it was generating somekind of magical pillar of elemental force -- but again, the paint job missed out on the detailing especially on the nice, raised lines of the armor. Anyway, I'll probably repaint these as well as remove the offending shield and sword. All in all, a good enough buy for starting another fantasy army.
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