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- (from the left) Eureka Anvil Dwarves, Copplestone City Spearmen, Eureka Warspite Elves
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- Copplestone City Spearmen (left) and Eureka Warspite Elves
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- (from the left) Copplestone City Spearmen, Eureka Anvil Dwarf, Eureka Warspite Elf
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- (from the left) Copplestone City Spearmen, Eureka Anvil Dwarf, Eureka Warspite Elf, Eureka Wood Troll
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- Eureka Wood Troll (left) and Copplestone City Spearmen
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- (from the left) Eureka Wood Troll, Reaper Saproling, Eureka Wood Troll
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- Reaper Saproling (left) and Eureka Wood Troll
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- Eureka Elf Archers (left, x3) and Eureka Warspite Elves
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- (from the left) Eureka Elf Archer, Warspite Elf, and Halfling Militia (x4)
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- Eureka Anvil Dwarves
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- Eureka Warspite Elves
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- (from the left) Eureka Elf Archers (x2), Warspite Elves (x2), and Eureka Elf Archer
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- Eureka Elf Archers (left, x3) and Warspite Elves
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- (from the left) Eureka Halfling, Elf Archer, Warspite Elf, Anvil Dwarf
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- Eureka Warspite Elf (left) and Anvil Dwarf (right)
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- (from the left) Eureka Elf Archer, Warspite Elf, Halfling Militia (x2), Anvil Dwarves (x3)
I’m pretty excited about the new Eureka 10mm fantasy releases. For me, the most anticipated models from this release were the wood trolls, because I’ve scoured the universe looking for good miniatures to represent ents for 10mm Middle-earth. I’m aware of nearly every alternative available on the market, but none of them were able to deliver the level of detail and aesthetic composition I was after. Now the wait is finally over, and I’m more than satisfied with what Eureka has delivered.
That being said, I would have liked at least one or two more unique wood troll sculpts, as two is not enough for anyone planning to field more than four of these. Fortunately, I think I’ve come up with a remedy for this minor problem: Reaper’s saproling models from their WarLord range. They fit perfectly, in terms of size and structure, with the Eureka wood trolls, and will lend a sense of variety to my ent army, which will number around twelve models total. I also see some potential for customization here, taking bits and parts from the Eureka and Reaper models to make custom heroes à la Treebeard.
I plan to mount the saprolings and wood trolls on 40mm round bases to match my Balrog.
Eureka’s new anvil dwarves were a welcome surprise. Eureka sent me a free sample of one of their chaos dwarves when I first ordered a bunch of war elephants, and they were a nice match with the GW BoFA plastic and metal dwarves. I only ordered one pack of the anvil dwarves, because I wanted to check them out before making a larger investment. I’m definitely ordering at least three more packs. These are fantastic models. The anvil on the shields will have to go, but that’s a minor problem.
The packs of anvil dwarves include three unique sculpts.
The new warspite elves are a huge improvement over the elf archers and warriors (wood elves) from Eureka’s first release. The wood elves were true 10mm (to the top of the head), but too small to work with any other ranges beyond the plastic GW BoFA stands. The new warspite elves are a tad smaller than Copplestone 10mm, which, while not necessarily the industry standard, are the yardstick by which I measure all other potential models at this size.
Packs of the warspite elves include two different sculpts, spears-up and spears-down.
I only bought one pack of warspite elves, but will get at least three more. I intend to paint them up like first-age elves: blues, grays, greens, and gold.
