Painted Dwarf Knights And Assembled Metals

Master Painter Jaeckel put his brushes to this Dwarf Knight command group and they look amazing. I'll let you admire the pictures, that speak for themselves, but would just like to add that you should go check out his blog Jaeckel Alone, for more painted dwarf magic!

In a related theme, if you wondered what an assembled unit of the dwarf knights look like en masse, prior to painting, check out Purplebeard's pictures!

The Weisz Sisters - Greens

Another first, some human greens. Like the elves, these are sculpted by Mark Evans and represent two young nobleman's daughters. Apologies for the bad quality of the first picture.

The daughters of Graf Weisz von Schnee:

First, Graf Weisz' eldest daughter, Katarin. She has a fondness for apples and hanging out with dwarfs and will probably be in need of rescuing at some point:

Graf Weisz (von Schnee)'s youngest daughter, the more unruly Kristin Weisz. Like her older sister, she has a soft spot for dwarfs, but unlike her, she is more interested in fighting and adventure than learning how to be a proper lady:

Sea Elf Greens - Part 2

I've shown these on the facebook page, but only got around to adding them to the blog now. All the figures are sculpted by Mark Evans.

First off, the greens for the second set of Sea Elves. These will come with separate hands and include weapon options for handweapon+shield, halberd+shield, spear+shield, twohanded halberd, twohanded spear or crossbow.
The bodies (4 male, 4 female). The female and the one in the upper right corner are just wonderful in my opinion:

Some of the weapon options:

An overview with most of the bits (the weapon+shield options are the same as in the first set and not shown here):

The third set will not be modular and is a pure crossbow set. Again, there are 4 male and 1 female figure. I love these!

A closer look at the female figure:

And the loader, one of my favourites:



Sea Elf Greens

The upcoming new faction will be Imperialised Sea Elves. Sculpted by Mark Evans.

"When the seafaring Elves reached the lands of men, some settled down in the great port cities and set up a trade network between the elven homeland and the New World, as they called it, of men, dwarfs and other races. While they tend to stick mostly to their secluded quarters in the cities, over time they adopted a fashion sense that mimics that of their new home, albeit more elegant of course than the fabrics made by mere men." - from "A treatise on the people within the borders of Emperor Willem Karl's realm".

Unlike my previous projects, for this one we started out with dollies, which are generally basic figures consisting of a head, armless torso and legs. Because I wanted to avoid having all the poses have the same combination of torso and legs, we made some separate components instead to mix and match in the final figures:

Trying out a few combinations:

The various weapons and bits that will eventually be used in this project:

And the finished bodies for the first set. These will come with spear, halberd or axe option. More sets (in different poses) are being worked on:

Some assembled examples and a look at the weapon options:

More to come soon...

New releases

Time for another round of releases. These are now available from the "getting some" section.

For the dwarfs:

* WKD-24: Dwarf Imperial Knight/Knights of the White Boar Command on Armoured Ponies (2) (by John Pickford)
* WKD-25: Dwarf Imperial Knights on Armoured Ponies (4) (by John Pickford)
* WKB-02: Armoured ponies (4) (by John Pickford)

* WKD-70: Dwarf Stretcher Party (3) (converted by WK)

* WKD-71: Dwarf Ammo Team/Petard Team (2) (converted by WK)

* WKD-72: Wounded Dwarf  (1) (converted by WK)

* WKD-73: Dwarf Guard with Halberd/Spear (1) (converted by WK)

* WKDH-20: Dwarf Heads (sallets) (8) (converted by WK)

* WKDH-21: Dwarf Heads (9) (converted by WK)

For the goblins:

* WKG-20: Goblin Artillery Crew (5) (by Kev Adams)
* WKH-20: Halfling Artillery Crew Conversion Kit (5) (by Kev Adams)

For the Hors Série range:
* WKHS-06: Female Half-Orc Warrior (sculpted by Mark Evans) - £3

Getting some - How?

You've looked allover the blog and drooled at some of the wonderful specially commissioned figures (just admit it, there is no shame) and now you want to get some.

As exposed elsewhere on the blog, this is first and foremost a private project and not a commercial venture and there are no plans at present to make it one. This blog is not a webshop and I am not a company. This being said, I understand the cruelty of dangling these in front of you and then saying you can't get any. So, on these pages, I will offer the possibility to buy some as long as supplies last. The aim here is not to earn a profit, everything that is left after deducting the (various) costs will be invested back into getting more figures made.

So the easiest way would be to write your wants list in an e-mail and send it to wknight192@live.be, along with your address and paypal account (if you have it) and we will get back to you.

Pack prices are indicated in the "Getting Some" section and are subject to change if the costs go up.

Shipping is at cost. Outside the UK postage will be Air Mail Small Packets unless "signed for" is requested.

Check out the "Getting Some" section.

Dwarf Knightly Order 1 - Vanilla knights

Time for a closer look at those dwarf knights I've shown a few teaser pictures of. This is the first of 3 planned knightly orders and the one I refer to as the "vanilla" knights as they are pretty much your basic classic knight figure with feathers on his helmet, lances and blank shields to fit any design. The next orders will have a specific theme (one of which can be guessed from the alternate add-ons in the command set).

Let's start with the captain of the order, he of the magnificent feathers. This model would work well as a Grandmaster of the order or an Army General as well. He is shown here with his optional sword (other options include the traditional lance and the "morning star" as shown below).

This is the same captain with the alternate head and weapon. He has a matching shield shown in the bits pics below. 

A couple examples of assembled combinations. All bodies can be assembled with a vertical or horizontal lance.

This one works well without a beard, but if you must have one, well it comes with an optional beard (shown to the right).

This particular visorless head comes with 3 visor options. The grille and the bars visors allow you to see the dwarf's face behind it. The third one is a closed visor that will require you to trim his eyebrows for a good  fit.

The command set comes with a standardbearer upgrade for the rank and file bodies. One is this rather characterful boar standard and the other is an armoured glove making a fist.

The musician,  at last, comes with two options to decorate his helmet top (not shown here, but pictured in the group shot below):

Group shot of the bits

Teasers For Things To Come In 2013

It's been a while since any real update on what's in the pipeline and I'm not going to give you one now. Instead, I'll just show you a couple teasers and be done with it. Oh, and there is now a new facebook page where you can also follow updates.

Can you guess what these are?

And this?

This should be fairly obvious (painted figure for scale)...

I've also been playing around a bit more myself and completed the second member of the stretcherbearer team and added some bits that offer the option to use them as an ammo/petard team instead. We'll see if it looks halfway decent when it's moulded (if it doesn't, they'll stay in my personal collection).

Some heads to go with them. Only the best will go on to be turned into metal.

And I've finished mister twohands here (after tearing off parts of it more times than I can remember in order to start over) or at least got him close enough to stop fiddling with him. He'll get two optional weapon tops that will be spear and halberd, though he should look good with one of the dwarf standards as well.

Painted Dwarfs From All Over the Web...

No new miniatures update in while, but don't be worried, there's a lot of stuff in the pipeline, even though it is unlikely any of it will be released before the end of the year.

Meanwhile, take a look at some other people's brushwork on the dwarfs. The occasional Marauder dwarf snuck into the pictures as well. If you can spot them all you get a cookie (from the tin in the cupboard in your home).

First off, here are Darkblade's fantastic dwarf pikes. He's made excellent use of the sallet helmet variants for a striking unit of hard steel.

Then there's Blue's fantastic Zweihänder unit (spot the intruder), later joined by the new Zweihänder sergeant:

More Zweihänders, very well, how about this unit of 25 from the hand of Fanai Glimmerclaw:

And last but not least, certainly not LEAST, this massive horde painted by Alain Pigeaux. I could only show a small selection here, but he has lots more pictures of the whole force for you to check out!