Thanks for the review. I've often found metal minis disappointing on arrival but after cleaning up and base coating they quickly look good and then painted they are great. I'm eagerly awaiting my Agema Etruscans.
Scuttering off to your painting desk with a box of new 'stuff' and opening it up is a high for us wargamers. I'm sure you'll get your 2 packs of ax men. The smaller companies are where the treasures are for sure. I'm still in the plastic-bigger-company phase for ancients, but these figures are pretty bad ass. Tamiya has pin vise drill bits that are tiny enough to drill out gun barrels on 1/35 rifles, so you might be able to drill out them hands. Awesome score of minis. No doubt!
This will be a very intressting project to follow. Maby green stuff the hands together with the spears? Could work, it works as soft clay/superglue. That is what I would try. Hope you get your axemen. Keep painting and take care. 👍
I have my kickstarter too. The metal is unusually soft. I have a number of old Footsore (Musketeer Miniatures) and those are well cast figures with some heft. Don't know if the new Footsore have changed. I'm hoping to not only use these figures for Etruscans, but for early Romans too. We know so little about the period - I'd expect the two neighboring states to have much in common with their military hardware.
Thanks for the review. I've often found metal minis disappointing on arrival but after cleaning up and base coating they quickly look good and then painted they are great. I'm eagerly awaiting my Agema Etruscans.
Yeah, I am sure once they are painted up they will look just fine.
Look forward to seeing you paint these up! Interesting miniatures and some history I wanna learn more about.
Scuttering off to your painting desk with a box of new 'stuff' and opening it up is a high for us wargamers. I'm sure you'll get your 2 packs of ax men. The smaller companies are where the treasures are for sure. I'm still in the plastic-bigger-company phase for ancients, but these figures are pretty bad ass. Tamiya has pin vise drill bits that are tiny enough to drill out gun barrels on 1/35 rifles, so you might be able to drill out them hands. Awesome score of minis. No doubt!
That poor spearman's arms look like he was modeled after Holy Diver's!
Seems the spear-in-hand issue may only be resolved by gluing spears on the hand itself rather than within its grasp. More the pity.
yeah might be what i do
This will be a very intressting project to follow. Maby green stuff the hands together with the spears? Could work, it works as soft clay/superglue. That is what I would try. Hope you get your axemen. Keep painting and take care. 👍
Green stuff is a good suggestion
I have my kickstarter too. The metal is unusually soft. I have a number of old Footsore (Musketeer Miniatures) and those are well cast figures with some heft. Don't know if the new Footsore have changed.
I'm hoping to not only use these figures for Etruscans, but for early Romans too. We know so little about the period - I'd expect the two neighboring states to have much in common with their military hardware.
oh yes, i think these would be perfectly fine for a 6th century roman army as well, i mean there were Etruscan kings in Rome....
I can feel your disappointment with these. Hopefully you’ll be able to get weapons onto them and I’m sure they’ll looks decent enough when painted up.
Yeah we will make the best of it, the worse part is they don’t really fit in with any other mini maker
Nice miniatures, phone camera these day are better then cameras.