Darksword Miniatures Upcoming for 2008

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Visions in Fantasy, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law (http://www.shadowscapes.com/), as sculpted by a personal fave of mine Gael Goumon:
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/steph_ls2_g.jpghttp://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/steph_f_g.jpg
More images available Here: http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/V_Steph.htm

There is just tons more over at their site, but here are some highlights:
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/elmore_dg_set5_jw_front_p.jpg
I suspect this one has been covered but its still a beauty:
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/grrm_lliw_x4_g.jpg
Something for you Elf lovers:http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/v_7011_Eagle_farleft_p.jpg
And a new Tom Meier Sculpt for their 6th Anniversary:
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/miniatures/Marike2_rs_g.jpg

They are also advertising the Jen Haley Miniature Mentor DVD. The vids are great and worth taking a look.

[Duende]

Gah, everything else on the first one I like, but I hate what I call "anti-gravity" hair, I think it looks ridiculous.
The last girl looks a bit long in the torso, I really like the middle one the best, she's gorgeous!

[demonherald]

the thing is with the hair if say that is a phoenix on her shoulder and she is say a summoner offire the hair would go up with the heat?? or just burn off.. still love that Gael sculpt.

[Duende]

say that is a phoenix on her shoulder

That's a phoenix? I thought it looked like a Canadian goose....

[TheBugKing]

That's a phoenix? I thought it looked like a Canadian goose....

HAH!

Yes exactly!
I thougt this was a model out of the fairy tale about the goose girls or something.

Phoenix? Nope. Total fail there.

[Wren]

The girl on the bottom is a sculpt based on a real person, painter Marike Reimer. Given Tom Meier's almost-frightening precision, I would have to guess that if it is long in the torso it's probably because its model is long in the torso. There is also a 54mm version available. Pics of the green and Marike's painted version of herself are on this page (http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/6th_anniv_mini_v1.htm). She painted some great transparency effects on that piece. (Don't break a finger clicking over there guys, it's tasteful not salacious transparency. ;->)

[TheBugKing]

Oh my god.

That transparency work is very impressive. I don't think I have seen transparent fabric painted so well before. The resemblance to the model is striking of course but the paint job is really impressive.

Thanks for the link.

[demonherald]

HAH!

Yes exactly!
I thougt this was a model out of the fairy tale about the goose girls or something.

Phoenix? Nope. Total fail there.

I did say ..say that's a phoenix as in a suggestion..... it's got a longer fecking set of tail feathers than ay goose I ever saw.. :laugh:
I think this topic got done to death on CMON and the universal opinion was people didn't like it....

I personally do and no matter what others think I think it makes for a nice phoenix.. not OTT fire and flames version but more in subdued mode..

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Here - let this confuse you even more:
http://www.darkswordminiatures.com/gallery/images/StephArt.jpg

[Ritual]

The 54 mm version of Marike seems to have a very large head! It seems to be about 1/5 of the entire body height.

[Wren]

I don't care about the bird, when I saw the artwork my first thought was Gael skimped on the number of cats that should be in that piece. ;->

[TheBugKing]

It's a Japanese Crane!
That makes sense. I think the fairy tale about the Goose Girl came originally from Japan too. Much of the iconography in the drawing seems to draw from the art I have seen from the story as well. I believe there is even an anime based on the story.

The basic premise of the story is that a family of girls gets cursed by a magician and becomes geese during the day. Only under moonlight can they change back to girls. The typical prince rescue results. He is helped by a fox, some cats and I think a raven in the rescue, but ultimately the youngest goose girl uses her magic to finish the magician.

So as I said, phoenix is definitely no. However the figure looks very much like a Japanese crane which fits the Japanese version of the tale.

[ThunderhawkerMinis]

Hm... Ladyhawke anyone?

[Jubilee]

I don't care about the bird, when I saw the artwork my first thought was Gael skimped on the number of cats that should be in that piece. ;->

Join me in bugging Jim for more cats. =)

/ali

ps. the bird looked like a white swan to me..

[Wren]

I will! Maybe we should start a petition or something. And he could sell them separately in a pack with the little dogs from the 5th Anniversary set.

[PaintMinion]

Jim! More Cats! What Rhonda and Ali said! Your painters demand cats! :-) Siamese-ish please for me. ;-)

[waghorn41]

Not over keen on the first scupt, or the last but I love the middle one. Just got to get round to ordering on, or maybe two.

Cats? Yes please, Burmese for me.