The barbarian dwarf is a two-piece figure consisting of a plastic slotted base and the dwarf figure proper. The dwarf wears a horned helm, two horns from the front and two more on the sides but no armor, and has his battle axe raised back in his right arm. His arms are adorned with studded bracers. His clothing consist of simple breeches. The dwarf has great detail in it’s bear which spreads out in three paths from the heavy mustache under the helm.
The helm has little details on it, like having the horns on the side separated from the helm, allowing the painter to decide if they’re bone or a different metal. The axe has two skulls under the dwarf’s meaty grip. The end of the axe is almost a reflection of the top part being double bladed. The shaft where the blades meet has bands around it for further details.
The dwarf fits into the slot with no issues as far as actually fitting. One of the things I hate about the Rackham figures is that you have to cut your own slot out of the base. Never a good idea to have your customer base playing around with a sharp knife when every other company that uses tabbed bases does not make them do so. The only bad thing is that the slot will have to be filled with spackle or putty as the dwarf tab doesn’t fill the entire slot. I just pushed him to one side so that I only have to fill one part of the slot as opposed to putting him in the middle and filling both slots.
In terms of proportion, the dwarf is more the standard size as opposed to the Warhammer size. For those who’ve never played or heard about Warhammer dwarfs, they, like the Rackham ones, are generally mutant squatted creatures with huge heads and generally come in the shape of squares.
One of the weaknesses of this figure, despite the great sculpting on the muscles, bear, and horn, is the left arm. It’s like the sculptor couldn’t decide what to do with it. About the only thing I can figure, is that the miniature is supposed to come with a shrub or something that he’s pushing out of the way. It’s just an open hand face down close to the body. No weapon in it, no shield to attach to it. It just looks odd.
One of the strengths of the figure, is that it’s simple. Not simple in that the details present aren’t done well, but simple in that the figure doesn’t have a dozens bags, pouches, backpacks, side weapons and other accessories. It’s a barbarian dwarf with beard, helm, weapon, boots, bracers and breeches.
If the sculptor could’ve did something with that left arm, this would be an almost perfect figure but as it stands, is ripe for conversion like say, the addition of a shield!
