Friday, March 16, 2012

Fireforge Knights - Glued - Nekkid Plastic

Just wanted to show off these nice models after gluing the parts together. All the parts fit together very nicely.  There really aren't that many parts too. For the horses: two halves for the bodies, separate tails and choice of head/neck (some with cloth barding and some without). The knights have torso and legs as one-piece, separate head/helm and arms; there are options with left arms molded onto the backs of the shields too. The plastic is very sturdy and should hold up well for gaming - including the lances. I only armed half of the guys with lances, actually one was converted to be the unit standard (a cross). Also, I plan to only paint half as actual Teutonic Order; the rest will be painted as other historical personalities with nice heraldry - maybe even a rouge Templar or two.
They are really cleanly cast - no mold lines and barely any flash. Details - like the eyelets and breath holes for the helms are very clear. There are a lot of spare parts - including helms, shields and arms holding weapons. Note that all of the heads are wearing great helms, so I substituted the musician's head with a spare without a helm - how else could he toot his horn?

6 comments:

  1. I do really like these minis, they are very well done.

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  2. Yes, they are great. Lots of possibilities. I just pretty much built them straight from the box - only sliced off the horns of one guy's helm. I mean how many horns can one unit handle!? Best, Dean

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  3. I thought they were already painted. Thought maybe it was the color scheme of the ghost of X-mas past or maybe they all just came back from a Klan meeting.

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  4. Yeah, they have that appearance ;)!

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  5. They look nice and not a spot of paint on 'em yet!!!!

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  6. Oh dear, I was really hoping they were going to be a bit disappointing! I can feel the will power failing! Teutonic knights and dinosaurs perhaps!

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