Like many other gamers who grew up in the 80's, I have a soft spot for the art of the Monster Manual, and lots of other publications of the same vintage. However, to really hit my nostalgia buttons, I need to pull out some of the old
Asgard Miniatures that, along with my friends, I would buy from the
Asgard shop in Nottingham, every month or so.
Citadel Miniatures were also based in Nottingham, but they were almost regarded as the
enemy - such was our devotion to
Asgard's precious castings.
My favourite
Asgard figures were sculpted by Jes Goodwin and Nick Bibby. Before Goodwin defected to the
enemy, he sculpted a superb range of Dwarves.
Pictured here is The Black Dwarf (photo borrowed from the net), which I asked Marg to look at for inspiration for the cover of the next issue. I'm so chuffed with the outcome, I wanted to show it off straight away.
Here's the sketch, and the almost finished, photoshopped image. I think someone's made him angry.
