Back in my schooldays 1/300th WW2 and
Warhammer Fantasy Battle 2nd edition were pretty much all I played wargames wise. With my regular opponent Simon collecting Dwarves, I opted for the
Citadel Fantasy Tribe Gnolls and Orcs and never picked up any of the
Fantasy Tribe Dwarves, despite liking a number of the figures. One that I remember fondly is
FTD14 Dwarf Stretcher Party which comprised of two dwarves carrying a wounded comrade on a stretcher made of a couple of shields balanced on two wooden poles.
Thirty odd years later and waiting for the metallics on the Athenians to dry thoroughly I decided to try and convert a homage to
FTD14 using some odd plastic Dwarves from
GW's more recent releases...
Whilst not perfect I am quite pleased with how this has turned out even if it has no practical use on the tabletop!
Nice. I love little themed army pieces like this one. Great for one-off scenarios too. Mortally wounded dwarf messenger with vital info must be escorted to the king, anyone?
ReplyDeleteExcellent mini. Who cares if it has no battlefield value, its a 'flavour' piece and adds to the game. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteI traded the original set to Miniature Heroes recently. I don't know if they're on the site yet, but if you're interested, it might be worth dropping him a note.
ReplyDeleteGreat !!! As Biglee says it adds to the flavour of the game. The one thing..having Dwarfs as stretcher bearers means if the casualty falls off...he won´t have far to go :-D
ReplyDeleteCheers
paul