Take a first look at the Sons of Marduk

Introducing the Sons of Marduk

The Sons of Marduk gather inspiration from many historical sources, including the Assyrian and Babylonian cultures of the ancient ages, but also the Achaemenid Empire -commonly known as the Persian Empire- and some Middle Ages armory and equipment.

Marduk, in Mesopotamian religion, is the chief god of the city of Babylon and the national god of Babylonia; as such, he was eventually called simply Bel, or Lord.

The influence of the Neo-Assyrian, Persian and other Mesopotamian images and representation of their deities and warriors -like those you can find currently in the British Museum in London- will play a huge role in the design of these miniatures, along with armory and pieces of equipment from more recent period, like the Ottoman Empire.

Marduk Warriors

The Marduk Warriors are the core infantry of the Sons of Marduk. Armed with hand weapons, great weapons and shields, they represent the first line of infantry against any force brave enough to enter their domains.

We gathered inspiration from many historical and fantasy sources to create these miniatures, including videogames like For Honor. We decided to follow a more Persian based design with the helmets and overall aesthetic, while keeping the traditional assyrians beards.

Here you can see some of the references that have inspired us to design these miniatures.

A Marduk Warrior basemesh. We use this basemesh as a design template to later modify or add new elements in order to keep everything on scale and properly suited for the miniatures. The miniature is designed over a 20x20mm square base.

A sample selection of weapons for the Sons of Marduk, from one handed axes to halberds.

A sample selection of shields for the Sons of Marduk.

There will be two available options for the Marduk Warriors, one with a modular hand to build a hand weapon and shield miniature, and a pre-assembled two handed great weapon miniature (non modular).

A sample selection of Marduk Warriors with modular hand weapon and shield. As mentioned before, the armour design will remain the same across the Marduk Warriors to reinforce the visual of a homogeneous unit. Beards, accesories and poses will vary within the unit to avoid repetition.

Finally, here you can see a size by size comparison with a sample dwarf warrior from our Sons of Ymir range of miniatures.

Marduk Shooters

In order to bring more variation to the Sons of Marduk, as they rely heavily on infantry miniatures, we decided to break the designs in two for the basic dwarfs: melee and range designs.

For the Marduk Shooters we decided to follow a slightly modern approach, gathering inspiration from the Ottoman janissaries and their iconic helmet. Even though they belong to a different time and period, we believe the final design blends very well with the Marduk Warriors.

Here you can see some of the references that have inspired us to design these miniatures.

A Marduk Shooter basemesh. We use this basemesh as a design template to later modify or add new elements in order to keep everything on scale and properly suited for the miniatures.

The guns available for the Marduk Shooters: a shorter barrel with a big muzzle to be used as a blunderbuss, and a longer barrel with a smaller muzzle and a sharp close combat weapon attached to it, to be used as a jezzail.

The Marduk Shooters will come with two alternative fully assembled options: blunderbuss and jezzail. Therefore, these miniatures won't be modular.

Marduk Heavy Guard

The Marduk Heavy Guard brings back the iconic cylindrical helmets from many historical sources while increasing the armour of the Marduk Warriors. The face mask plays a huge role in this miniatures, setting them apart from the basic core infantry.

We opted for leaving the mask to just cover the face, while keeping the beard properly visible as we did not want to loose one of the key design elements of this new fantasy race.

Here you can see some of the references that have inspired us to design these miniatures.

A Marduk Heavy Guard basemesh. We use this basemesh as a design template to later modify or add new elements in order to keep everything on scale and properly suited for the miniatures

Here you can see a sample build with halberd and shield. As the Marduk Warriors previously showcased, the Marduk Heavy Guard will arrive with two optinal builds, one with a modular hand to build a hand weapon -or halberd- and shield miniature, and a pre-assembled two handed great weapon miniature (non modular).

We'll continue working on these miniatures to bring a full set of Sons of Marduk this upcoming November 2025 to Highlands Miniatures.

Stay tuned for the final publication coming by the end of the month!