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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: black hat miniatures on September 03, 2009, 08:58:20 AM

Title: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: black hat miniatures on September 03, 2009, 08:58:20 AM

These are the next release for our 28mm Shattered Isles Fantasy range - five packs of Highland Dwarfs sculpted by Whiff-Whaff.  The War Haggises are sculpted by Mark Sims.

All being well these will be released at Colours on 12th September and be available the next week online.

(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/Greens/highland/hdwarf1.jpg)

Gunners

(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/Greens/highland/hdwarf2.jpg)

Polearms

(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/Greens/highland/hdwarf3.jpg)

Swords

(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/Greens/highland/hdwarf4.jpg)

Command

(http://www.blackhat.co.uk/images/Greens/highland/hdwarf5.jpg)

Haggis Herder and War Haggis

Packs will be £5.00 for 4 miniatures, 3 command or 1 herder and 4 different haggises.

Mike

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: gamer Mac on September 03, 2009, 09:22:36 AM

The haggis is not anatomically correct.  >:(
A real haggis has two long legs on one side and two short legs on the other side for running around hills. ;)

 lol lol lol
Very nice figures I may add these to my WHFB dwarf army. Don't know how the haggis will fit into the army list though?

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on September 03, 2009, 10:08:50 AM

Quote from: gamer Mac on September 03, 2009, 09:22:36 AM

The haggis is not anatomically correct.  >:(
A real haggis has two long legs on one side and two short legs on the other side for running around hills. ;)

 lol
I dimly remember a story in the Beano or Dandy (or somesuch) where they had the anatonically correct Haggises running around a hill. Chasing Dennis the Menace, possibly  ???


Age-muddled reminiscence aside,  I do like those wee porridge-scoffers!

I would probably never play a game with them, but would love to paint up a unit or two like Jolly Bob did with his Halfling militia.

I don't usually like the GW-style "Christmas-pudding-on-legs" approach to Dwarf anatomy, but these have so much character and charm that they are impossible to resist  :)

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Renfield286 on September 03, 2009, 10:22:54 AM

These are great.  :D

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: meninobesta on September 03, 2009, 10:28:54 AM

the moustaches really stand out!  :) I think they add lots of charisma to the minis!

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Lowtardog on September 03, 2009, 10:58:43 AM

These are cracking :-*

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Plynkes on September 03, 2009, 11:06:41 AM

Don't like the Haggis-herder's trident. It is silly-big. Other than that, they are wonderful little heeland laddies, full of character.

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Matakakea on September 03, 2009, 05:51:12 PM

I feel the urge to create yet another HoTT army ;D

Now then, what will make a good stronghold for these laddies....

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Sinewgrab on September 03, 2009, 06:29:47 PM

These are so awesome. You have to love Sims sculpts.

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: black hat miniatures on September 03, 2009, 06:45:19 PM

Quote from: Sinewgrab on September 03, 2009, 06:29:47 PM

These are so awesome. You have to love Sims sculpts.

Only the Haggises are Mark Sims,  the dwarves are all by Whiff-Whaff.

Mike

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: JollyBob on September 03, 2009, 06:59:07 PM

Lovely.  :) Very characterful and fun little sculpts.

I do not want to buy them.

 ;)

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Tacgnol on September 04, 2009, 10:53:34 PM

There's no way I can pass up War Haggises. Not when the Dwarfs took so much time to breed out the leg length issues. It would just be unkind.

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Poliorketes on September 04, 2009, 11:25:58 PM

Wonderful, a must have!

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on September 05, 2009, 04:22:40 PM

Quote from: Matakakea on September 03, 2009, 05:51:12 PM

I feel the urge to create yet another HoTT army ;D

Now then, what will make a good stronghold for these laddies....

How about a cave mouth, with a  spider hanging from the roof and a big pot of porridge simmering over a fire?  ;)
Good idea about the HOTT army though, it would also work for Chipco's "Fantasy Rules", which I haven't played for a while.

A little more incentive to buy some  :D

Title: Re: Shattered Isles : Highland Dwarfs
Post by: OSHIROmodels on September 06, 2009, 03:23:19 PM

Cracking lil' chaps those, on sale at Colours you say... Hmmm... Don't need them but what the hell  :D

cheers

James