CalebTGordan
(RPG Superstar Season 9 Top 16, RPG Superstar 2015 Top 32)
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Great miniatures give you good and attractive details all around the mini. Unfortunately this one has hair obscuring the traditional front. From that angle the face is completely hidden and gives an effect that reminds me of Cousin It. This means the miniature is nearly unviewable from the front. Looking at it from the side and back the miniature has a great image to it, and the details really work well. If the hair had been pulled back a bit more, or the head made to look slightly more forward, this would be a much better miniature.
Incidentally there are two pieces of art for this character. While I don't know when or where either of them were published, the other piece would have made for a much better miniature. The pose is more traditional, and while the hair may have obscured the back, where there is a large tattoo I imagine is important for some reason, the hair could have been lifted up to give it a good wind swept appearance. Granted, the piece they used was more dramatic of a pose but I believe it didn't pay off here in a miniature.
The mold lines are in good, accessible areas that make them easy to file down. My mini didn't have much work that needed to be done to clean it up.
This mini comes in three pieces. The hand with the sword, and a sheath for the sword both need to be attached.
