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The GW minis are badly proportioned on purpose. A sculptor at the company told me that they have the order to sculpt them with exaggerated features and elements to make painting easier. Chainmail is much more dented, weapons and gems are very large, facial features and hands large... etc etc. it was quite a revelation for me when this was pointed out, since I was really puzzled: I knew of miniatures form the same sculptors that looked way better proportioned and this had been bugging me for years.

Xavi

I do appreciate that, it makes them easier to paint for Wombles like myself.

Just a note, I think the Hobbit range are sculpted more realistically and are therefore harder to paint!

How do you use the miniatures? Just as indicators on a stance board or on a map making the combat less abstract?

Mordjinn wrote:How do you use the miniatures? Just as indicators on a stance board or on a map making the combat less abstract?

Hi Mordjnn, sorry for not replying sooner - just catching up after a busy weekend...

I just use them as visual props to be honest, the Stance Mat is still the 'go to' element at the table for running combat. Take a look at the following pic:



... Highlighted in red, the Stance Mat still holds information important to the PC's stances, etc; the miniatures and scenery just give a little context regarding their positions to each other and the various enemy positions. I don't apply any hard and fast movement but just use it as a visual aid, to point out bow ranges, and other information that can be easily represented and visualised.

I very rarely use such a detailed miniature and scenery setup often using the miniature with the Stance Mat, for example:



... Which more than meets the needs of me and my players.

New figure for Iwgar the Woodman, one of the PCs in my campaign. It's a Dunlending warrior but I think it works as a Woodman as well with it's equipment and style of clothing:

That's great for Woodmen, Rich. Very nice!

Here my setup for upcoming second and third stages of the Defence of the Crossings of Celduin:

(sorry for quality took with the phone. hill troll about to crush the gates of the bridge, goblins keeping him in check, the Gibbet King in the middle and rest of his vile army at his back I need some wargs ASAP.)

http://i.imgur.com/acvGhof.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/U6v8fDt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/189y7z5.jpg

It certainly works as a Northman. Great painting, I specially like the freehand on the shield. Not sure ifthey would use bronze armours in late T.A. though, it seems to be a Easterling thing.

My lastest:

Nice ranger! I really liked the Rich's free hand on shield too. The animal's pose looks very authentic.

One more, Beorn himself!

Arthadan wrote:It certainly works as a Northman. Great painting, I specially like the freehand on the shield. Not sure ifthey would use bronze armours in late T.A. though, it seems to be a Easterling thing.

I can't take credit as I didn't paint this particular miniature - someone did it for me. The colour of the armour is a bit strange; it doesn't look as 'bronze' in real life and looks more leathery in colour.

Like the mithril miniatures as well, Arthadan. They lack a little on the detail front (from what I can see) but I prefer their less heroic poses. Often a miniature would be better served in a more passive pose but it seems to be the fashion for many of them to be posed in heroic action stances and I'm not always sure that works for me.