The Poet Lionel Pigot Johnson

The name is a nod to the Victorian poet whose verse The Dark Angel gave grimdark's most secretive knightly order its title, and the miniature plays that straight. Here is a robed warrior of that monastic brotherhood, heavy armour worn beneath a hooded cloak, carrying himself less like a soldier than like a man bound by an oath he is not permitted to explain. Sombre is the right word. Where other chapters run to fury and flourish, this figure is about restraint and weight, trading dynamic action for a stillness that fits a character defined by penance and buried history. Supplied as a single file, it makes a straightforward addition to a robed force or a display shelf, and a rewarding subject for anyone who enjoys painting cloth, hoods and heraldic detail at tabletop wargaming scale.