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Simmons of KISS<br />
jealous. The monster<br />
comes as a three<br />
piece model, with the<br />
two large arms<br />
coming separate from<br />
the body. They fit<br />
easily into place and<br />
there is a little bit of<br />
room for movement<br />
before they will look<br />
noticeably out of<br />
place. There was a<br />
little bit of cleanup<br />
needed with the Eviscerator, but there were no flaws and<br />
the large arms did not need to be pinned into place. You<br />
can go to that trouble if you wish, but I think they’ll be just<br />
fine being glued. His little ‘T-rex-ish’ baby arms are there<br />
to shred you up after he beats you down and drags you in<br />
with the big ones. In addition to his muscles he has lots<br />
of big bony plates all over his body and there are more<br />
teeth in his mouth than I care to count. Another cool<br />
touch is the fact that he has three eyes. Obviously, he’s<br />
going to make his way into Naresh armies for Chainmail.<br />
In fact, two are in line to be painted at my house. Other<br />
uses could include (with a bit of conversion work) use as<br />
Bloodletters in Warhammer Fantasy Battles or as Dusk<br />
Realm Warriors in Chronopia. Do I need to mention that<br />
they would make, and will in my game, great adversaries<br />
for your player characters in Dungeons and Dragons?<br />
Nope, didn’t think so. He’ll set you back $6.00 USD, and<br />
like I said he’s cool enough to warrant be picking up two<br />
of them so he’s good to go.<br />
Over to the right you’ll<br />
set your eye upon one<br />
of a pair of Skeletal<br />
Dwarf Soldiers. These<br />
come two to a box for<br />
$6.00 USD. That’s not<br />
a bad price for two<br />
miniatures, but I’d really<br />
be happier if there were<br />
two sculpts instead of<br />
just one. I found each<br />
model to be complete, but in need of more than a few<br />
minutes of cleanup. Mold lines were visible and needed<br />
filing and flash was present in a lot of places. The shield,<br />
a separate piece, is nicely detailed with a skull on the<br />
front and is reinforced with an iron band around it. These<br />
undead dwarves retained their beards into the afterlife<br />
and their skeletal remains are visible under their helmets,<br />
in their boots, and in their gloves. They are wearing<br />
chainmail armor with a few bits of plate and leather that<br />
has certainly seen better days. Their helmet, in the open<br />
position so you can view their skull, has been made into<br />
the visage of some demon. These little guys also have<br />
several uses beyond Chainmail. The Devout army for<br />
Chronopia specifically fields Dwarf Risen (Skeletons) and<br />
a couple of these standing next to the ones by Excelsior<br />
6<br />
would look just fine. Also, for Warhammer Fantasy you<br />
could drop these into a regiment of Skeleton Warriors<br />
(Gothic or Vanilla) and they would look good and also add<br />
a little variety to your unit. Again, I’m not thrilled that<br />
there’s only one pose, but I can live with it.<br />
Last up from the Chainmail line<br />
for this issue is the Human<br />
Shadow Priest of Ahmut’s<br />
Legion. This evil cleric is<br />
wearing loads of plate armor<br />
and has a sash hanging from<br />
his waist. His face looks very<br />
cool. It’s pallid and sunken, but<br />
not quite undead looking. The<br />
shield is very nice, bearing a<br />
raised image of the logo for<br />
Ahmut’s Legion, an Equiceph<br />
skull. The mold line was<br />
visible, but needed minimal<br />
filing. The flash was about the same as with the Skeleton<br />
Dwarf Soldiers. Meaning that there was more than I’m<br />
used to seeing on Chainmail figures, but nothing<br />
horrendous. A few minutes of cleaning up and he’s ready<br />
to go. The more I looked at this figure the less I started to<br />
like it. It took a little while before I could put my finger on<br />
it, but I think that I’ve nailed it down to the pose that just<br />
doesn’t do it for me. Specifically, him holding up his<br />
unholy scepter up like it’s the Olympic torch. I’ve decided<br />
to clip and rotate his left arm so it’s in more of a forward<br />
position like he’s about to unleash some spell focused<br />
through the scepter. He’ll set you back $4.00 USD,<br />
which is not bad at all for a character model, but out of<br />
this bunch he’s at the end of the line.<br />
Miniature Stock # Army Price (USD)<br />
Ogre Delver 88390 Drazen $8.00<br />
Half Dragon Mage 88780 Ravilla $4.00<br />
Abyssal Eviscerator 88760 Naresh $6.00<br />
Skeletal Dwarves 88460 Ahmut $6.00<br />
Shadow Priest 88550 Ahmut $4.00<br />
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