I received some
Hinterland figures in the post yesterday, and found myself admiring
the Medics pack.
It contains a rather
nice dog, which I found myself admiring, and comparing to the other
dog models I have.
It was then it dawned on me what a lot of dog miniatures I have.
My Inquisition agent
for Dark Heresy has a dog, my officer from my old 40K Imperial Guard
army has a pack of dogs (rather nice huskies from Copplestone).
Canine companions seem to have featured in most of my old
role-playing parties (we used miniatures for combat to save arguments
over movement etc.). I have over 30 dog miniatures from various
manufacturers. Big dogs, small dogs, even chaos hounds (and lets not
even start on the number of wolves I have)
My VSF Queens
Electrical Rifles have a regimental mascot that's a goat, but that's
a different story..
Now that I think about
it, I seem to collect more livestock generally than is absolutely
necessary (donkeys, mules, cattle etc), as most of my forces have
some kind of baggage element, although none of the rulesets I use
require them.
So, I now realise I
seem to have a bit of a miniature animal obsession, with the emphasis
on dogs, :?
I'm not particularly a
dog lover. I don't have one, and haven't had one since I was a kid.
So why my miniature dog
obsession?
I have quite a few animals of all sorts in my collection. I think they're a nice change from painting masses of troops, they can add character and interest to a stand or a unit or a game, even if they have little or no function in the game itself.
ReplyDeleteI agree on the character, and "humanising" that baggage elements can bring to a force. Also, its fun to include little vignettes and colourful character figures with support units, and it keeps your interest up..
ReplyDeleteDidn't realise that dogs featured quite so heavily for me though, :-).