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the bottom, a flowering section
in the middle and a long large
vine, surrounded by many
smaller thin ones, that ends in a
big hook that would probably do
well for piercing and injecting
poison. The long vine can be
bent if you're careful. There was
a small mold line up at the top
where the hook is, but otherwise
there was no cleaning needed. It
definitely looks like a big and
nasty plant that could put a hurt
on you.
The Pilgrim
Reincarnated is
a new version of
one of first, if
not the very first but my memory fails me here,
figures produced by Magnificent Egos. There
are a few immediate differences with this new
version. First, it's a female. She's also carrying
a single pistol and a sword instead of the two
daggers (with a sword across his back) of the
original. She does still have his daggers with
her, but they are on her belt. Her clothing is
similar, but I think that the details are more
crisp on this newer version of the character.
Her right arm carries the sword and comes as a
separate piece that attaches to the model at the shoulder. The
joint is small, but could be pinned if you have a very small drill
bit. I think that glue will hold it well enough though. As much
as I liked the initial version of the Pilgrim I like this one better.
She would work just fine leading a group of Gun Mages in
Warmachine or even as a Griffin character in Confrontation,
Ragnarok or Cadwallon. There were a few small bits of flash to
be cleaned on her gun and cape and one mold line was just
barely visible along one long edge of her cape.
Like Nazchryst, the Planar Warrior, we have another new githyanki
model (not a re-sculpt though). This one wears the same
detailed and ornate plate armor of the first one, but is posed
differently and wears a long cape instead of a flowing sash.
There's lots of fine filigree work sculpted on the model's armor
that will need to be carefully picked out with a steady hand (not
mine) or hope for the best with
an ink wash (that would be me)
to really bring them out when
painting. The head is a separate
piece that fits into place easily.
The sword is just massive and is
covered with lots of pokey bits.
When he means to kill you he
also plans on inflicting as many
wounds at one time and really
letting you know that you're on
the receiving end of one heck of
a beat-down, I guess. The sword
would end up being taller than
the whole model if stood on end
and compared to him so it makes
good sense that he's carrying it with both hands. Getting both
hands/arms on in the right place will take both of your hands
and you'll want to do a dry run first and consider pinning the
joints because it is a big honkin' sword that they are holding and
if any part of the model is going to bang into something it's the
sword. The two githyanki models together would make a good,
and quite different, encounter for a D&D game and I'll have to
think of a way to include them in mine at some point.
Ok, saving the best for last is a new dragon, named Giger. Yes,
as in homage to the artist H.R. Giger. Seven parts (three legs,
tail, two wings, and the rest of the model) make up this figure
and while each one needed a bit of cleaning up before starting
assembly I really do expect that on large models
and there was nothing difficult about the
cleaning that was needed. The head of the
model is what really gives it away as being
inspired from H.R. Giger's work as it's reminiscent
of the aliens in the, well, Alien series of
movies. The body of the model is a mix of
regular dragon scales and parts that also look a
bit alien-ish. Putting on the legs and tail was
easy as they fit into their joints without problem.
One of the leg joints needs a small bit of
putty to hide a small gap. The back has two
longs slots cut into it to accommodate the
wings of the creature. Both are your pretty
standard looking dragon wings and they drop
into place into the slots in the dragon's back.
Like with one of the legs I needed some green
putty at some of the seams where the wings meet the body. I
have not encountered a single large dragon model that didn't
need some kind of putty work so to me this is just part of the
assembly process for a model of this size.
Look for all of these to be available soon from Magnificent
Egos.
Reviews by Mark Theurer
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