This veteran warrior brings historical grit to your tabletop, armed with a heavy black-powder musket and a massive berdiche polearm. Featuring a traditional topknot and distinctive padded gambeson, he is the perfect representation of a battle-hardened mercenary or specialized gunslinger from a northern realm.
A veteran sharpshooter takes careful aim at a distant target, using his heavy axe to stabilize his massive firearm.
A veteran sergeant of a city watch, a mercenary leader from a northern realm, or a mid-level Gunslinger player character.
Artist: Vae Victis Miniatures
Type: HERO
Pose: The figure is in a braced firing stance, leaning slightly forward with the rifle resting on the blade of a poleaxe.
Action: Attacking
Mood: focused
Action Category: Attacking
Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Steampunk
Suitable Locations: frozen steppe borderland, fortress ramparts, imperial guard room, snowy mountain pass, mercenary camp, siege line trenches
Encounter Scenarios: A border guard demanding papers at a snowy gate, A mercenary hired to provide long-range fire support, An elite member of a Tsar-like figure's personal guard
Power Level: Medium (score 42/10)
Compatible Game Systems: Warhammer Fantasy / Age of Sigmar (perfect): Fits perfectly as a Kislevite Streltsi or Kossar with a handgun.; Dungeons & Dragons (5e / general) (good): Excellent for a Fighter (Gunslinger) or a specialized guard NPC.; Mordheim (perfect): Ideal for a Kislevite warband marksman.; Frostgrave (good): Works well as a Marksman soldier in a frozen city setting.; Saga (usable): Could represent an Eastern European mercenary in an Age of Crusades or similar expansion.
Race: Human, Sex: Male, Build: Stocky, Size: Medium, Age: Middle-aged, Style: Stylized Realistic
Also suitable as: Half-Elf, Dwarf (if scaled down)
Distinguishing Features: Large drooping mustache, Shaved head with a single long lock of hair (topknot), Intense, focused expression
Weapons: Musket / Arquebus: An oversized black powder rifle with a heavy stock and long barrel.; Berdiche: A long-shafted axe with a large crescent blade attached to the shaft at two points, serving both as a weapon and a gun-rest.
Armor: Padded Armor / Gambeson (Cloth/Leather, Torso and arms)
Clothing: Trousers, Boots
Equipment: Apostles (Powder Charges)
Accessories: Belt Pouch
Character Classes: Gunslinger (high%), Fighter (high%), Ranger (medium%)
NPC Role: Elite Guard, Marksman, Mercenary
Aesthetic: Cool / Badass, Gritty / Realistic, Classic Fantasy, Intimidating / Imposing
Cultural Aesthetic: Slavic / Eastern European
Hairstyle: Shaved, Topknot
Similar to characters: Olgierd von Everec-type, Kislevite Streltsi, Vostroyan Firstborn, 17th Century Musketeer, Historical Cossack Warrior
Miniature Dimensions: 33.0mm H x 40.1mm W x 20.4mm D (base: 50.0mm)
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