@Brian Van De Walker I won't say you're wrong since it's all an opinion, but I will say I disagree with you. Let's start with rehashing the fact that Oathmark are not norse, and neither are the old Grenadiers. Oathmark, well my mate calls the general aesthetics there fantasy Arthurian and I think that's the best description, more or less. The heavy ones are roman-ish, both in helmets and the armor got vibes of lorica segmentata, the medium ones are pretty close but the helmets are not, the light ones, ditto. Splitting hairs, maybe, but what else you gonna do on the internet? I do like them and unless something better comes on the market am likely to buy more of them but I am not excited of the prospect.
Sure, there's lots of variety in 3d prints. I think you can get most anything, really, even make your own. Don't think that's really relevant to discussion as you can probably get whatever else you want, too. Metal, personally I'm not a fan. I got traumatic experiences of the constant chipping of paint and the hardened layers of cyanoacrylate I always end up with on my thumbs when working with metals. If I didn't have this aversion I'd buy loads of Ragnarok, Medbury and when they come on the market, the Warhost dwarves. The latter are at least partially Rus inspired, so it's likely there's gonna be some sculpts I won't like that much but what are you gonna do.
As to the rest of your post, I just don't think that's true. I keep hearing that thing but I'm never seeing it. Warhammer, steampunk-renaissance. Warcrow, steampunk-renaissance. Kings of War, steampunk-renaissance. Warmachine, yeah. What else, just everywhere I look I see sculpts I personally do not like in aesthetic styles that I do not like and frankly think are overdone. Unlike the personally preferred dark ages. Hell, most fantasy seems to be this cod-renaissance thing these days. Have you seen the artwork in the newer editions of dnd?
As to the whole last paragraph, I just don't think that's true either.
@timbus the thirteenth Exactly. There is An Objectively Correct And True Version Of Dorfiness. Now, as I just stated there I'm not sure the market is saturated. Granted, I'm only a market segment of one and might be weirdly particular in my tastes but I have trouble finding what I'm seeking. If I wanted dorfs with high medieval-renaissance armaments, Guns, what have you, it would be super-easy to find. I may be wrong, I have been before, but this is my experience.
