Bard of Esgaroth. First sculpt of this character by Mithril, in 1990. Solid figure, in quite a theatrical pose: not really suited to be used as a playing piece, but easily associated with the topical moment of Bard's life - when he shoots the Dragon.
I always liked Bard, since my first reading of the Hobbit. There is something fresh with him, that being essentially an anti-hero, a stern man with a coarse voice, whose grim advice goes unheeded by the people until the moment of need, when he turns into a real hero, a Dragonslayer and then a true king, not only by blood but also by merit. Like Bilbo, he was underestimated by all, and possibly by the reader too, which makes his rise even more surprising.
He's been variously portrayed in graphic arts:
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A perpetually angry archer by M. Belomlinsky (1976)
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A scruffy looking man from the animated Rankin/Bass animated movie (1977)
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| A determined warrior in the Dixon graphic novel (1998) |
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| A bewildered vagrant by Denis Gordeev (200?) |
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A handsome single father in PJ's movie trilogy (2012-2014)
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Say what you want, Belomlinsky's Bard is my absolute favourite, by far. Here's mine, a sand-blonde fellow with yellow, black and brown clothing, aiming his longbow high to shoot the Dragon.
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