Post by Gilvan Blight on Sept 11, 2008 10:19:43 GMT -5
Quickly: nice looking but man are they a paint to assemble.
[glow=green,2,300]Summary:[/glow]I needed three Skeleton archers for my ongoing D&D game. I checked out D&D minis and found out that there was a Skeleton Archer released but the local shop didn't have any in stock (or maybe I didn't want to pay whatever the price was, I can't quite remember). So I went into the shop and looked through the racks of Reaper minis. Checking every pack I couldn't find anything that would work. Giving up hope I went to check out and noticed the 30% off GW shelf and had a thought. Why not buy a Warhammer Fantasy Regiment of Skellies, I'm sure in time I will need more then just a few archers. So looking through the sets I picked out the Tomb Kings Skeleton Regiment (none of the Vampire Counts skellies had bows).
This boxed set contains a set of sprues that will allow you to make a full regiment of Skeletons. They can be equipped in a variety of ways including hand weapons, Bows, sword and shield, etc. There are enough bits to make 16 skellies with lots of bits left over. Like all of these GW plastic kits the models are all in separate parts, arms, heads, legs, torso's, shields all separate. This allows the painter to assemble them in a wide variety of poses. The sprues also have some extra bits like Tomb Stones. Bases are also included.
[glow=green,2,300]The Good:[/glow]Pretty cool looking models. I've always been a fan of these regiment sets and this is no exception. The variety of poses and possible equipment combinations means that pretty much no two models in your army or on your table need to look the same. One of the things I liked about this set is there wasn't anything Warhammer specific in it, Skeletons are Skeletons, I didn't have to worry about Chaos symbols or anything like that, that may not fit into whatever game I use these guys in. The extra bits are always nice, especially skeleton bits. These will be perfect for decorating scenery or the bases of other models.
[glow=yellow,2,300]The Bad:[/glow]I was disappointed there were only 4 tomb stones in the set, one per sprue. It also looked like they just took two Vampire Counts Skeleton Sprues and added two Tomb King Specific Sprues. Now this didn't matter to me, but may disappoint someone who picks up both sets hoping for some variety for their army. The one part of all of these models I really didn't like was the feet. They just looked wrong and odd in all cases. Now I don't know exactly how you should sculpt skeleton feet, but I do know it's not the way these ones were.
[glow=red,2,300]The Ugly:[/glow]The worst part about this set is putting it together. These guys are a PAIN to assemble. All of the bits are just so small. A tiny bone going into a tiny socket. The body attaches to the legs at the spine and that spot is maybe 2mm across. Everything is so small I don't even think you could pin the parts if you tried. Besides being small everything is very fragile, I had a really hard time holding the model just to wait for the plastic glue to set. There just wasn't a good way to 'pinch them'. Lastly like everything GW these guys aren't cheap. The boxed set is $45, that's almost $3 a mini. Thankfully Hugin and Munin still has their GW stuff on sale, so I didn't pay quite that much.
[glow=purple,2,300]Overall:[/glow]This is a good way to 'bulk' up your mob collection. Whether to use in Warhammer, D&D or some other game. $3 a mini isn't cheap, but it's really not that bad either compared to the price of similar miniatures. The way the sprues are made, it gives you a lot of options regarding equipment and pose, but it also means that there is a lot of assembling to do. This assembly is not easy at all either, due to the small size of the parts.
[glow=green,2,300]Summary:[/glow]I needed three Skeleton archers for my ongoing D&D game. I checked out D&D minis and found out that there was a Skeleton Archer released but the local shop didn't have any in stock (or maybe I didn't want to pay whatever the price was, I can't quite remember). So I went into the shop and looked through the racks of Reaper minis. Checking every pack I couldn't find anything that would work. Giving up hope I went to check out and noticed the 30% off GW shelf and had a thought. Why not buy a Warhammer Fantasy Regiment of Skellies, I'm sure in time I will need more then just a few archers. So looking through the sets I picked out the Tomb Kings Skeleton Regiment (none of the Vampire Counts skellies had bows).
This boxed set contains a set of sprues that will allow you to make a full regiment of Skeletons. They can be equipped in a variety of ways including hand weapons, Bows, sword and shield, etc. There are enough bits to make 16 skellies with lots of bits left over. Like all of these GW plastic kits the models are all in separate parts, arms, heads, legs, torso's, shields all separate. This allows the painter to assemble them in a wide variety of poses. The sprues also have some extra bits like Tomb Stones. Bases are also included.
[glow=green,2,300]The Good:[/glow]Pretty cool looking models. I've always been a fan of these regiment sets and this is no exception. The variety of poses and possible equipment combinations means that pretty much no two models in your army or on your table need to look the same. One of the things I liked about this set is there wasn't anything Warhammer specific in it, Skeletons are Skeletons, I didn't have to worry about Chaos symbols or anything like that, that may not fit into whatever game I use these guys in. The extra bits are always nice, especially skeleton bits. These will be perfect for decorating scenery or the bases of other models.
[glow=yellow,2,300]The Bad:[/glow]I was disappointed there were only 4 tomb stones in the set, one per sprue. It also looked like they just took two Vampire Counts Skeleton Sprues and added two Tomb King Specific Sprues. Now this didn't matter to me, but may disappoint someone who picks up both sets hoping for some variety for their army. The one part of all of these models I really didn't like was the feet. They just looked wrong and odd in all cases. Now I don't know exactly how you should sculpt skeleton feet, but I do know it's not the way these ones were.
[glow=red,2,300]The Ugly:[/glow]The worst part about this set is putting it together. These guys are a PAIN to assemble. All of the bits are just so small. A tiny bone going into a tiny socket. The body attaches to the legs at the spine and that spot is maybe 2mm across. Everything is so small I don't even think you could pin the parts if you tried. Besides being small everything is very fragile, I had a really hard time holding the model just to wait for the plastic glue to set. There just wasn't a good way to 'pinch them'. Lastly like everything GW these guys aren't cheap. The boxed set is $45, that's almost $3 a mini. Thankfully Hugin and Munin still has their GW stuff on sale, so I didn't pay quite that much.
[glow=purple,2,300]Overall:[/glow]This is a good way to 'bulk' up your mob collection. Whether to use in Warhammer, D&D or some other game. $3 a mini isn't cheap, but it's really not that bad either compared to the price of similar miniatures. The way the sprues are made, it gives you a lot of options regarding equipment and pose, but it also means that there is a lot of assembling to do. This assembly is not easy at all either, due to the small size of the parts.