Reply To: Kobolds

[Rhoderic]

The question of what specific cultural type of humans to go for is an interesting one. Personally I think that what I’d most like is a culture similar to Cyrodiil / the Empire from Elder Scrolls, i.e. middle ages western Europeans but with a fair deal of ancient Rome mixed into their aesthetic, and all of it seen through a strong fantasy lens. They would make for good Aquilonian-type opponents to the Copplestone Barbarians, while at the same time they wouldn’t look out of place alongside elves and orcs in a pseudo-Tolkienesque / Gygaxesque fantasy setting (at least not once one has gotten used to the sight of them in the Elder Scrolls world, where they’re a very central, flavour-giving element).

A culture similar to the WHFB Empire would also be nice, mainly because the Khadrin’s Miniatures dwarfs are already rocking the (pre-AoS) WHFB look.

That being said, I certainly wouldn’t say no to “generic” middle ages western European type humans, as long as they have something distinctly fantasy about them to set them apart from the historical ranges.

Regarding the SLM Men of the East, I’ve bought a bunch of them and am not happy with the sculpting. Weirdly short legs and long torsos. Many other SLM ranges look fine or even excellent to me, but this specific range I regrettably can’t recommend. I intend to salvage some of them by using only the upper halves and sourcing new legs from other figures, sculpting new sashes to hide the joins.