funded The Dark Ten - Westfalia Miniatures

[aku-chan]

 

Another project from Westfalia Miniatures, this time it's to celebrate their 10^th anniversary, and is mostly centred around some gender-swapped Lord of the Rings characters (Plus skeleton pirates).

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westfaliaminiatures/the-dark-ten/description

 

I get their argument that they needed to run an anniversary campaign while it's still their anniversary, but I wish they had cleared their backlog first (Although they only have two unfulfilled projects now).

Nothing really jumps out at me with this one, I do like the face on old lady Gandalf though. 

[haldir]

Never have been a fan of gender-swapping ideas, thou I do like the sculpts. I do agree about "cleaning the plate first" before continuing.

[BlazingTornado]

I like the armor on the lady dwarf and the lady in mail but holy crap the way those two bodices (on shield-lady and overencumbered halfling) just make the ta-tas jut out ends up looking more uncomfortable than sexy.

[JoeGKushner]

My Monster and Virus showed up.  The Mork is still running late but I trust them enough to throw some money at this.

[Jeronimus]

Boris' sculpts are among my favorites, for sure. There's something special about them. The hand-sculpted detail at that scale is so wonderful to look at.

 

I quite like these as well, though I'm the least sure about 'Boromira' (I think she's the busty human, at least?). I appreciate the distinction between the two, but she maybe stands out a bit too much. The rest feels a bit more conservative/realistic, which I really like about them, and makes them useable in a different context as well. It distracts a bit from how good the other figures really are. I love the Frodo, I think Sam's curls have gorgeous texture. The Gibson girl bun on Gimli is great -- and she has sideburns!!! Lego-lass feels more like your standard elf lady, but then again, all of these characters have become archetypes, and I like how she looks practically dressed.

 

There's a lot of character, same with the undead side of the campaign. Very expressive stuff.

They had a big delay with the Virus & True Monsters campaigns, that's definitely true, but they finally ended up shipping those recently. That sort of timespan seemed like an outlier, though. I had a bit of an issue with one mini swapped out for another, which they quickly responded to and quickly found a way to settle it. All good in my book.

[Adrift]

Two unfulfilled projects ahead of this one is a no-go for me. Plus, I like LOTR but I’m not a fanboy by any stretch. I think I’d like not-Gandalf better if she still had a beard.

Edited December 8, 2022 by Adrift