Durinn’s Folk: Ragnarok Dwarves from Gripping Beast

The whole gang photographed in front of a Jon Hodgson Backdrop

I was delighted when old chums Gripping Beast became the distributors for the Ragnarok range of Norse fantasy minis, sculpted by GB co-founder Colin Patten. I already have a number of Colin’s Dwarves from various companies, so while I didn’t really *need* any more longbeards, the Durinn’s Folk range had to be sampled!

In the pictures, you can see a collector’s pack of Hearthguard Attacking With Heavy Weapons plus a Warlord. The hearthguard are supplied with separate mattocks (very Tolkien) and double-handed axes, but I couldn’t resist replacing a few of the weapons with a sword and a pair of halberds borrowed from Front Rank medieval weapons packs (also available from Gripping Beast).

As I already have a Dwarf army painted in a blue/ grey colour scheme, I didn’t want to deviate from that. With the armour and helmets on these chaps – heavily influenced by the early medieval Vendel culture – I went for a black undercoat, drybrushed all the metalwork with silver, and then built up layers for the main colours.

Corridor combat: Durinn’s Folk vs Goblins deep in the mines. Plastic goblins made from Oathmark, Wargames Atlantic and Perry Miniatures parts

The shields come with a nice moulded hammer and anvil design which I highlighted in various shades of blue before blocking in the metalwork and adding a few rivets for variety.