DarkSword Update 7-2-2008

[Custom_Hobby]

Hello fellow miniature enthusiasts -

I hope everyone is staying cool this summer. It is really starting to get warm here in MN.

We have a good deal of new greens to post up in the weeks leading to Gen Con Indy in August. We will get new greens posted up about every week leading to Gen Con Indy.

But to start the 4th of July Festivities off with a bang, I figured it would be best to kick things off with pictures of our 6th Anniversary Miniature (or Miniatures I should say) of:

Miss Marike Reimer - Mistress of the Bugs - Sculpted by Mr. Tom Meier.

Yes folks, we decided to immortalize the very talented Miss Marike Reimer in pewter. And to make matters even better, there is a 54mm version and a standard 28mm version of her in different poses. So if you always wanted a Gigantic Marike in your army to stomp on your opponents, now is your chance. Both versions go together in terms of the storyline of her journey to becoming a Goddess of well...Bugs.

So check out the site and enjoy the pictures.

On another note, I wanted to take a moment to let you all know that there will most likely be a good-sized price increase coming down the pike very soon unless metal prices drop like a rock. Metal prices have more than tripled since I started Dark Sword six years ago. I wanted to hold prices down, but I need to also ensure I keep things profitable so I can invest the proceeds into making cool new miniatures for everyone.

Dark Sword is a very small miniatures company when compared to the big dogs that can pull their money out of a new miniature upon release into the distribution system. Our print-runs are much smaller than the big boys so it takes us much longer to fully pay for producing each miniature. In addition, we are a niche company for discerning collectors of realistic proportioned miniatures and crisp details. So our audience is much smaller than the major companies with built-in fan bases for their games.

So long story short, if you have had your eye on some of our miniatures, I would pick them up now at the existing prices as odds are they will going up very soon. I wanted to provide a heads-up on this so it did not come out of nowhere even though every other miniatures company out there is feeling the squeeze as well on massive increases in metal prices.

Cheers,

Jim
www.DarkSwordMiniatures.com

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[Baldemyr]

Both are excellent.  Ill need to pick them up at Gencon this year.

[gi6ers]

both technically very good but not my thing.

[alrith72]

I'm really not convinced about the faces on either of these. They look like they have wind!

[Keeper]

There are two things that bug me about the first mini:

1) Her feet.  My 2 year old nephew walks with his feet turned in like that and is always falling over his own feet.  It just makes the model look clumsy.
2) If it is a model of Marike Reimer it isn't that good.  Marike Reimer is a really pretty lady.  The mini is not pretty.  I don't mind the face per-se, it is a well executed face and there are a places in my collection for the non-beautiful people as well :icon_smile:  However it just doesn't do Miss Reimer's good looks credit.

Same thing is true for the second mini, excpet the feet don't look wrong.

The quality of the sculpting and representation of a lady are still good, as always.  It has just been the execution of the subject that has been lacking in the last couple of releases, for me.  :shrug:

[Custom_Hobby]

Maybe it will look more like her painted?

[Caerban]

I quite like them both but then I've never seen the lady in question so I can't debate the likeness.

[Custom_Hobby]

Ya know if you clicked on the link :icon_wink: They do have some nice minis over there at DS :dragon:

This is the picture they had posted with the mini. Sort of a DS hall of fame, you have from left to right: Larry Elmore, Marike Reimer, Tom Meier and Jim Ludwig.

[Balgin Stondraeg]

I'm really not convinced about the faces on either of these. They look like they have wind!

I avoided commenting on the faces because it's based on an actual person (and people come in all shapes and sizes). This one doesn't really appeal to me very much 'though so I didn't comment on anything else either.

[alrith72]

It's like catchphrase, i "say what i see". As keeper said Marike is a very pretty lady and i don't think these do her justice at all but each to their own.