Dark Souls Fan Finds Huge Dragon Slayer Ornstein Figure in Tokyo

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Dark Souls was the game that catapulted FromSoftware into the mainstream gaming consciousness. The game built off the cult success of its predecessor, Demon’s Souls, and introduced many players to a new style of game that felt equally fresh, but also reminiscent of the days of retro gaming. This was felt particularly from Dark Souls’ unforgiving approach to difficulty.

Dark Souls’ steep difficulty curve did push some players away, but those that persisted with the game were rewarded with a rich dark-fantasy world full of interesting locations and characters with striking visual designs. The main draw of Dark Souls became its many varied boss fights which would act as tests of the player's ability.

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The game’s most infamous player-testing boss fight is against Ornstein and Smough, who are often seen as Dark Soul’s make or break obstacle. The Ornstein and Smough boss fight sees the player fighting two enemies at once. The smaller of the two is Dragon Slayer Ornstein, and a stunningly detailed figure of this character has been found in Tokyo by a Dark Souls fan named iBoyToyi on Reddit.

The Ornstein figure measures 26.5 inches tall and 22 inches wide. This is extremely impressive, considering most figures made for video game characters usually only measure around six inches tall. These smaller figures will also usually lose a lot of the character’s more intricate details as it becomes more difficult to accurately sculpt and paint these smaller details. Large statues have also been made depicting other infamous FromSoftware boss fights such as Malenia from Elden Ring. However, these to-scale characters are meant for promotional purposes and are not readily available for