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Re: Ice and Fire in 28mm?

If we did do 28mm minis, they would still look out of place as our proportions& detail are so much tighter. Our Parkinson Masterworks range was a tad on the smaller side when we started out and it was stunning looking at them next to other companies miniatures. Same height, but a whole different look/vibe to them. In other words, they did not fit in.

We have no plans to do a smaller sized range of minis as you cannot get the subtle variances in height, weight and facial features that come to play in the books to reflect in the smaller miniatures. They would be really rough caricatures in a smaller size/scale.

We are going to do more general troop types in the near future for people that want to do skirmish/wargaming with them (knights, Men at Arms, archers, skirmishers, etc), but this is not the main intent of the line. It is a premium collectors line that is more about detail and personality attributes on each mini vs. cheap/rough sculpts that are one piece and can be pulled out of the mold super fast - but no real stand-out detail or personality - but does not matter as they are just being ranked up for a huge table top game.

Tom Meier and Jeff Grace only have so much time in the day to devote to sculpting up Dark Sword pieces. So we want to do something special that will stand the test of time with those who collect our ranges. Doing smaller war gaming miniatures with less detail and rougher proportions where price/qty is more important than quality would be like taking a champion race horse and making them pull a plow all day long in the field - not an effective use of their talents.

Thanks!

Jim
www.DarkSwordMiniatures.com

Re: Ice and Fire in 28mm?

Jim
Just keep doing what your doing. Those of us who buy your miniatures buy them for a reason. "QUALITY"
(I wouldn't be upset if you had a mounted line though)
Ken