So the (Zombie, Plague, Economic Collapse, et al) Apocalypse has come and gone and you are one of the "lucky" survivors. You have to head out into the Brave New World and do that whole survival thing. Well, Wargames Atlantic has just released a set of 24 male survivors so you can play out your mission before heading out into the madness. This set provides six different poses, all standing and moving with varying degrees of alacrity. The heads (as usual, lots of them) and arms are all cast as individual items to provide maximum flexibility. You can send your guys out bare-knuckled or armed with a good variety of modern assault rifles, and just about anything in between (I am certain this set will be popular with converters such as I who will revel in the endless opportunities with all the spare arms and armaments).
On the technical side there are four sprues with the minis in them and three sprues of extra arms and firepower. All of these are molded in the medium gray plastic that is standard with Wargames Atlantic products without a trace of flash and only the slightest of mold-lines. These will also mix nicely with the other sets from Wargames Atlantic, so I can look forward to grafting arms and heads back and forth between the existing ranges. You can model anything from "peaceful protestors" to the street gangs of a Third-World favela.
everything from cricket bats to assault rifles,
although I have to say that I'm disappointed that there isn't a Winchester lever- rifle
poor Shaun will have to stick with a cricket bat detail on the firearms is very crisp
and the tons of spare arms will allow for dynamic poses
the ability to model the two-pipers open or closed made me smile,
I will have to see if I can build an Ashe model from Army of Darkness
the hands are nicely in proportion, no huge fists or bratwurst-sized fingers
the only weapon missing is a golf club
six bodies, fifty-five heads, however will I make up my mind!
I'm shocked that there are only two cowboy hats,
Rednecks are the ones most likely to survive a societal collapse
there is a pretty good supply of ballcaps however
the minis are normally and naturally proportioned and posed while
the clothing fits well and drapes naturally over the body of the miniatures
them there are the heads, a bewildering array of characters
most are distinctly different from the others,
these will be a treasure-trove of spares going forward
As survivors, revolutionaries, protestors, gang-bangers or just civilians this box opens a thousand different options. I am likely to get a box to use as a source of spare bits. If you want to game the Zombie Apocalypse, overthrown and imaginary government or game a protest over the dog park closing at dusk everything you could desire is in this box.
Very Highly Recommended
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