Sexy legs competition (by IG standards...)

Today, I have short comparison of 3 sets of 28 mm guardsmen legs. They all sport autumn/winter outfit, i.e. greatcoats.

1) Maxmini.eu - set of 6 metal legs costs 7 euros (~9.7 USD). Very good detail and cast quality, although the material (white metal) makes them looking less attractive in the photo. Don't be fooled, upon painting they will be not worse then resin bits. One complaint, they have only 3 unique poses.

2) Blight Wheel Miniatures - set of 5 resin legs costs 8 euros (~11.1 USD). Again very good detail and quality. Resin material makes them more pleasant to work with, and all bits are unique pose. They are also the most expensive to purchase, with only five pieces per set.

3) Mad Robot Miniatures - set of 5 standing resin legs or 6 kneeling ones, each for 8 USD (~5.8 euros). Quality of the cast is the same good like both competitors, however detail is slightly worse, IMO. But this set has its own advantages. They are 7 unique poses in total, at the lowest price and in easy to process resin material.

So, finally, direct comparison of three sets:

I am happy with all of them. Even if some cheap plastic alternatives are in fact easily available since few years (like Wargames Factory troopers below)...

By Fire and Sword - a historical wargame

This is relatively new historical game, which sports a novel army composition rules and put huge attention to reflect historical realities, yet avoiding unnecessary complications. According to information on the Facebook profile, it soon will be officially released in English.

"The premiere of the English version of By Fire and Sword will take place on
20 April 2013 at the SALUTE 2013 in London. Before the premiere, at the
beginning of March, we will start a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo in
order to gather means for the print of the English version of the rulebook."

 Check also this blog for more information (reviews, interviews, ect.)

Alternative Minotaurs - appendix A

A continuation of minotaur-searching quest.
My previous post about minotaurs is already so large, that I decided to put some additional models into the new one:

1) Gaspez-Art will have soon an additional model (currently WIP).


2) Otherworld Miniatures has its brave but inexpensive proposition.


3) Ścibor Teleszyński (Scibor Monstrous Miniatures) finally finished his three models and is selling them separately.

Alternative Minotaurs - quick look

Minotaur converted from old Citadel daemon prince.
( http://coolminiornot.com/244446 )

With a release of new army book Beastmen lost many monsters (like Shaggoth or Dragon Ogres in general). Instead, they got these plastic Minotaurs, which many regard as controversial models. Personally, I see obvious flaws of these figures, but I'm also far from rejecting them. It is just one of this cases, when the sculpt is not enough good to make "auto-win" mini, but everything depends on painting. You can hide the flaws with your brush, or grave the model completely, and this will be much more pronounced than for other sculpts.
So, for those who do not like new plastics, I did some CMoN/Google search and below are some alternative (non-GW) miniatures. Definitely, it is not a complete range, and to be honest, I even did not go through all CMoN "minotaur" pictures.
(Minis are in random order - no offense to any artist ;-).

1) Scibor Teleszynski has one in stock and three more in WIP section. Additionally, he made some conversions spotted on CMoN, so probably also you can ask him to do modify his figures.


2) Ilyad Games does not exist any more (as far as I know), but you can look at Bay of E...

http://coolminiornot.com/186339

http://coolminiornot.com/176300

http://coolminiornot.com/164006

http://coolminiornot.com/186641

3) Rackham made many Minos for Confrontation. Maybe not my favorite style ... but nice figurines by themselves...

http://coolminiornot.com/154643

http://coolminiornot.com/196307

http://coolminiornot.com/210503

http://coolminiornot.com/212728

http://coolminiornot.com/174163

http://coolminiornot.com/183673

http://coolminiornot.com/154429

4) Hasslefree Miniatures has currently some limited edition offer (resin), but regular metal version is expected later. This will be only with two heads options (as you can read in the picture inset). Notice that, this is probably the only fully armored minotaur I have seen...

5) Heresy Miniatures

http://coolminiornot.com/156554

6) Troll Forged Miniatures

7) Inch High Games, seems they also do not exist as a company, any more.

http://coolminiornot.com/163774 ; .../163775 ; .../163776

http://coolminiornot.com/179345

8) Gaspez Arts

http://coolminiornot.com/244445

9) Reaper

10) Hurloon Minotaur from Magic: The Gathering

http://coolminiornot.com/178070

11) old Chainmail Zombie Minotaur

http://coolminiornot.com/158073

12) Yedharo Models
Rather beastman than minotaur but is so big that can "cout as"....


13) Avatars of War


14) Enigma Miniatures - the second one (Ahnamoth) is huge, as it has 80 mm in hight.


15) Minos Miniatures


... and probably many more. Feel free to post any links in comments.

Resin models from Eolith Miniatures

Some miniatures from Eolith Minis. They are partly new sculpts but partly re-editions of old Spyglass figures. Just from beginning, this things are rather for collectors than players. They are very detailed but also very tiny, except the barbarian. I did a size comparison with Sebastian model from Hasslefree (on far right, with a torch), as their figures come to mind immediately when you see Eolith resins.


Below are some close-ups.
Barbarian is the biggest one and can easily compare with respective model from Avatars of War.

Casting quality is good, the single issue which I've seen is indicated in the photo below, and can be moderately difficult to clean.

Finally, my favorite model from this set.