September Release Third Preview: King Ulric of Thrym-Heim!
Good evening guys! 👋🏻
Today we can finally show you the last big miniature coming this September 2022 to Highlands Miniatures: our first dwarf hero miniature, King Ulric of Thrym-Heim and the his two shieldbearers! 🪓🪓
Let's talk a bit about this hero miniature..
We have had a hard time designing this miniature as we couldn't find a style and overall look that appealed to us. We had one important idea in mind: this miniature is going to be painted professionally and we want to find clear shapes, elements and details so it leaves the artist some room to create, to play and to put different techniques in practice, like NMM, leather and cloth, glazing for skin colours...
At the end we came up with this design, with a nice balance between detailed areas like the shoulderpad or the kneepads, and some clear areas like the cape, the skin or the leg armour.
The very same goes for the shieldbearers. At the beginning we though about making them with armours and in the same line as the dwarf kingguard already showcased, but we really wanted to show the anatomy of these dwarfs to represent the dynamism and muscular efforts of carrying a heavy armoured dwarf with your arms. Also, it creates a nice balance from a painting perspective, between the more metal coloured hero miniature and the predominant skin colours for these shieldbearers.
This big miniature will come split in some pieces so it can be painted and assembled properly.
About the King Ulric
… King Ulric of Thrym-Heim, also known as the king of the Silver Mountain, received by his people between tears, prayers and applauses, always appears mounted on an ancient dwarf shield, forged in gold, being carried by two of his faithful servants.
With a dominant gaze and a glorious bust, he is one of the most powerful kings for the dwarfs. His wisdom and experience in battle is known to all and the songs and legends about him cross horizons and realms.
A king who has never been defeated,
a king to die for with honor,
a king who guides and protects...
The September 2022 Release is around the corner guys and will be composed of:
5x Dwarfs Kingsguard Core miniatures with two handed hammers and heavy armour
3x Dwarf Kingsguard Command Group
5x Dwarfs Crossbowmen Core miniatures
3x Dwarf Crossbowmen Command Group
3x King Ulric of Thrym-Heim upon a shield
Dwarf Crossbowmen Barricade
Dwarf Movement Tray
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Hope you like it guys, we read you as always! ❤️
Comments (31)
And flying machines? :)
There will be more dwarfs units, like Berserkers or similar??? :)
Of course! Our goal is to create an entire fantasy dwarf army along the next few months and along 2023, so this is just the beginning! :)
Recién llegado y flipando con vuestros enanos!! Estoy como un adolescente con este ejército. Felicidades por el trabajo. Ojalá os acordéis del gremio de matatrols, en Fantasy dan mucho juego y Gotrek es quizá el más salvaje de ellos. Una unidad de estos locos llenos de tatuajes molaría mil. PD: Seguid así!!
Very nice! They remind me of the shieldbearers from Asterix
Thank you! That was one of our references for this miniature, we love Asterix and Obelix!
El modelo, cómo el resto de vuestros enanos, es sencillamente espectacular. Soló por preguntar, habra opcion de portaestandarte de batalla?
Muchas gracias Manel! Nos gustaria hacer uno en el futuro para este ejercito de enanos, aunque no sabriamos decir cuando :)
Yes.. he is great. Love the Dwarfs.
Thank you Christian! Glad you like it!
Truly inspiring, my dwarf force is coming on nicely.
Thank you very much Martin, we are trying our best with these miniatures! Glad you like them! :D
I can’t wait to print, paint and fight with him!!!! Awesome job…. As usual!!!!!
Thank you very much Alexis! We really want to see this miniature printed and painted by the community!!
Definitivamente, si la cosa sigue así, vendo todo mi ejercito enano para imprimírmelo entero con vuestros modelos. Cada mes me maravilláis!!
Muchas gracias Jose Luis, eso es todo un cumplido!! Me alegro que te gusten las miniaturas! :)
This is everything, pure fire!
Thank you very much Mikkel! It was a difficult miniature to design but we are quite happy with the final result! Glad you like it :D
Brilliant, really brilliant! I think it will such fun to paint, I can't wait to print mine *-* If I can suggest something for the October release (if you keep doing these amazing Dwarfs, of course!) it would be nice to see some Ironbreakers look alike!
Thank you very much Durgin! This October Release will be a little mix between dwarfs and undead, because it is also Spooktober season with Halloween around the corner! But soon we will create a unit following that idea! :)
Fantastic 🥳🎉👏
Brutal!!! Que gran trabajo
Muchas gracias! Nos ha costado bastante pero estamos contentos con el resultado!
Is the king separate from the shield?
Yes, it is!
This new dwarf line hits hard like a train and the king with shieldbearers is mind-blowing!
Thank you very much! It is soo much fun to work on these dwarf miniatures. And soon they will start coming from other parts of the world too!
Wow, simply wow. Im so happy ill be able to paint such beatiful and retro style dwarves. Chapeau..
Thank you very much Alessio! We really want to see this miniature printed and painted by the community!!
Impresssive! The whole dwarf range is a home run!
Thank you very much Tonny! We really are enjoying this army like true kids! :)