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Wren the Bard
Although I was interested in Dungeons & Dragons throughout high school, I didn't get the opportunity to play seriously until I was in college. In 1990 or so I was looking over the miniatures in a game store. I was surprised to find this one, which was very like how I envisioned my character Wren the Bard in a lot of respects - kinda plain with a bob hair cut, wearing gladiator-style armour skirt, and armed with a sword. Although we didn't use minis in our game, one of the guys was kind enough to paint up the mini on the left for me. (I did ask him why he didn't paint eye dots, and he said they wouldn't be seen at that scale. ;->) The figure was sculpted by Julie Guthrie and dated 1988. Fast forward to 2003, when I decide to start painting miniatures as a hobby. My husband dug out a box of figures he had bought in the late 80s, and there amid the blobby knights was another copy of this sculpt. I set it aside with the idea of painting it one day when I got much better at painting. When Gary Gygax passed away a few weeks ago I got to reminiscing about my days playing D&D, and decided to revisit my old character and give her a bit of a facelift. She had a psuedo-dragon familiar named Trin, and I found a tiny Iron Wind Metals familiar that suited quite well. She definitely is a little smaller than a modern figure, and there are a few rough areas on the sculpt, but I had a lot of fun doing this.
Posted: 31 Mar 2008
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