"Barrow Wight" Topic

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Grelber	30 Jun 2018 4:08 p.m. PST
Any suggestions for a 25/28mm barrow wight figure? I'd initially planned to use a wraith figure, then I realized that (in LOTR) Frodo cuts off its arm and can see the arm squirming, so it apparently wasn't invisible. My theory is that a barrow wight would make a good leader for a band of draugr for my Vikings to fight. Grelber
mwindsorfw	30 Jun 2018 5:04 p.m. PST
Reaper makes a litch Lord figure that should serve the same purpose.
Aethelflaeda was framed	30 Jun 2018 5:20 p.m. PST
mithril figures out of Ireland do a good barrow wight.
Wyatt the Odd	30 Jun 2018 6:16 p.m. PST
The original Citadel LotR Barrow Wights – also released in the Night Horrors range as "Wight" link
Dave Jackson	30 Jun 2018 7:16 p.m. PST
Well, GW has a LOTR set with Barrowwights.
Parzival	03 Jul 2018 7:43 a.m. PST
Technically, a wight is just another word for "man." Tolkien's "barrow wight" appears to be a reference to Norse and Germanic folklore undead creatures often called "draugr." They're sort of a combination of zombie and vampire, without the voodoo of one and the superpowers (and restriction baggage) of the other. I'd look at armored zombies, "revenants," ghouls, etc.. (Mantic has a nice "revenant" armored zombie fig that's part of their Dungeon Saga line.)

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