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Height: 23mm (feet to eye level) Material: Metal
This is the third set of figures I have reviewed, and it is also the
first disappointment. The set contains ten figures (with separate
weapons and shields). Four are armored humans, which are fighter/paladin
types, though for no apparent reason the set lacks any sort of barbarian
figure. There is a robed figure with a musical instrument, presumably a
priest - though again this figure makes little sense, it either should
have been clearly a cleric with armour and holy symbol, or obviously a
bard or troubadour of some sort. There is a very typical wood-elf
figure, and also four female figures. A princess of some description, a
woodland fairy, an angel, anda fourth figure, who might be
intended to be a rogue of some sort. For some reason, none of the female
figures come with weapons.
So the first problem with this set is the choice of heroes.
Miniknight have tried to produce a fairly generic set of heroes, but
have missed some obvious types (as mentioned already no barbarian, bard,
or warrior-priest type, but also no spell-caster or wizard). There women
are also unarmed, which makes no sense at all. The second problem is the
scale. The male figures are measuring 23mm to eye-level, which would put
them in the region of seven feet tall if they were stood up straight. As
a result they look absurd next to other plastic or metal 1/72. Thirdly
the quality of the sculpting is well below what the Caesar team are
capable of: hands are indistinct blobs in many cases, some of the poses
are awkward, there is little detail (for example the sculptor gives no
indication of the cut of the angels dress), and some very obvious joins
between wings and body.
In the end I only found uses for four of the figures. The fairy is
the nicest figure in the set, and works well if you remove her base and
mount her airborne. The elf I painted up, though he is badly over scaled
and he probably won't be used once someone releases some elves. The
angel required the addition of a weapon, and her base removing, and her
scale issues are less serious because her wings disguise her height. The
princess required a lot of work, her hand had to be drilled to admit a
sword, and her base removed so that she could be rebased lower to
disguise the fact she is over six foot tall. But the six remaining
figures are going to remain unpainted.
Overall, this is a very poor set which should be avoided.
Caesar can do better and I hope they have sorted out the scaling
problems when their Dwarf and Elf sets are released.
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