June 2023 Preview: Sons of Ymir Vol. 8!
Good evening guys,
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. We went to the mountain this weekend to see a little bit of green and to catch some... sun! Yeah, even in Scotland we see the sun once in a while. 🌞
In today's post we will take a first look at the upcoming June 2023 Release, a very special one for many reasons, full of exciting miniatures and awesome news for Highlands Miniatures.
But first... We know you wanna know, so... let's talk about the upcoming miniatures! The June 2023 Release will be composed of:
Summer Event in Highlands Miniatures: an incredible set of miniatures... more news coming soon!
1x Three Years Anniversary Miniature: Dwarf Brewmaster
1x Dwarf Lord with Battle Banner
1x Dwarf Prince with hammer and shield
1x Great Dwarf King on Throne
5x Dwarf Servants Carriers
3x Mounted Dwarf Heavy Cavalry
3x Mounted Dwarf Heavy Cavalry Command Group
4x Bears
Now, let's dive into the Mounted Dwarf Heavy Cavalry!
After working on the goats for this current May 2023, we have been challenged again to create these bears -for our very first time- and even tho it seems we always end up with cute animals instead of angry, ugly animals, we are quite happy with the final result.
We tried to maintain the essence of the Sons of Ymir with these miniatures, to not deviate much from the overall norse aesthetic, but adding a few touches to reinforce the fierceness of these miniatures.
These miniatures were designed over 40x60mm square bases. These miniatures are not modular.
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Comments (45)
hey i know its a past post and stuff but now that i have actually printed a set f these heavy dwarf riders off and some ram riders. Have you guys considered not doing the hand holding reins ? it is difficult to get them to line up perfectly and would also make mixing mounts easier? just a suggestion 😁 amazing models
Hi Darrien! Thank you for your feedback! This what we currently think about the topic: When we design cavalry miniatures we always have to think about how the rider interacts with the mount. In some occasions the rider carries a weapon and a shield, so both arms and hands have to be design to hold those elements, leaving the reins of the mount completely separated from the riders, like the more recent Sunland Pistoleers or Knights of Gallia. But when the rider only carries a weapon in one hand, the second hand should be in contact with mount to balance the design of the miniature. In this case, we only have two options, to leave a hand fully attached to the reins as part of the mount, where only the rider asigned to that model can be glued to, or to leave a space between the reins that gives people a little bit more freedom -not much- to use other similar miniatures in the same position. Right now we are currently following this second path, but we are always looking for better and easier ways to do it! :)
Guys, Kings of War has Dwarf Cav and Mounted Dwarf heroes. You pretty much already know how to play if you've played any version of Oldhammer. TBH, these new dwarves are what earned my patreon $$$ for a time. Bravo!
Having printed these out now, its hard to express how incredible these models are and just how much I love these miniatures. However, at the same time being almost depressed because I don't see how I will ever get a chance to actually play them on the field of battle as I play WHB and Dwarf cavalry of any kind does not exist. Still they look amazing on my display shelf, even though they are as of yet, unpainted.
I wish Dwarfs had Cav in WFB because these are soooo cool
These look fantastic! You're going from win to win.
Really looking forward to these minis they look so cool. You have probably been asked before but are we going to see new armies in the near future.
Great work!
Looking great! I'm printing off dwarves for Old World Warhammer atm, what would you suggest to use the bear riders for? Can't remember seeing units of dwarf cavalry, but they're too good not to print!
And another awesome unit! When i first subscribed, i thought i'd stay for 2-3 months, but you keep creating all these incredible models and now it's been almost a year!
Same, I've just resigned myself to being subbed to Highlands forever...
Damn nice bears! I generally don't print anything I can't use in my game of choice, but this time I might make an exception!
Download Age of Fantasy rules and get them (and the rest of the Dwarves) on the table!
The bears still ended up being cute!
Okay, ideas here. A Ram chariot and a Bear chariot! Ram chariots are light. Bear Chariots are heavy armored!
Wow. This is literally the best idea I've heard. If this ever came to light, I'd be taking the dwarf off it and sticking an Ogre on!
Beartastic 🐻
Ils sont magnifiques !!! félicitation
Wow these are so great :). Cant wait for there release. Just painted my first Unit of you Dwarfs(20 Warriors and already on 25mm ;))and they where so much fun to paint.Can we make suggestions for future release ? In case it is possible i really would like to see your take on Damnaz Drengi and ad a certain grumpy and doomseeking dwarf slayer and his slighlty sarcastic human friend
Amy chance for a throne preview?
Of course! There will be a preview as soon as we have it ready, like always! 😄
Either those dwarves are very large or those bears very small. 🤔
Try to get on a real mountain bear being a dwarf... You would need a ladder!
Im sorry to see that the dwarfs get so much "useless" units for the game I (and I guess a lot of other patreons i presume) play. I mean they look amazing and all, but the dwarf range looks kinda complete to me. As opposed to the goblins for example. We could really use some mangler bullfrogs! Or fill in some new army from the poll a few weeks ago. I really like the mini's, but will never print them sadly. Enough dwarfs is enough 😵. (Still happy though, i know this post seems a bit hatefull)
Indeed it seems a bit hatefull haha 😜 But do not worry Joost, keep an eye this week to Patreon and you will have an answer to many of your questions!
I thought you couldn't possibly add to those fantastic rangers... I have never been so happy to be wrong!
Thank you for the incredible support, as always! ❤️❤️
Juas! Os supierais cada día!!!
Muchas gracias Bruno, me alegro que te gusten!!
Amazing, I think I need another display cabinet just for your dwarfs
We already ran out of space for the dwarfs! Glad you like them Chris!
Yes! Been having my fingers crossed for this. And of course they look amazing as always! Now we just need a leader with a bear ripping apart a goblin! 😍. (I may still hold some resentment over the Goblin with the Dwarf head 😡)
haha that would be a quite a composition! Glad you like them Karsten!! 😍
Just awesome! Rams, bears... the only thing that I would need on top of that would be dwarves on boars.
Glad you like them François!! 😍
Heavy Cavalry!!!!!!!!
Stronger than ever!! 🥰
Fuck yes!
Glad you like them Nicholas! 🥰
What is cooler than a dwarf riding a bear?
Two dwarfs riding a bear!! haha Glad you like them!
AMAZING!!! cannot wait these dwarfs have been the talk of the table
Thank you very much Darrien, glad you like them! 🤩
Amazing 🤩🤩🤩 future is bright for the Sons of Ymir!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for your support Remi!! And we expect a Summer Event full of dawi!!