While I impatiently wait for the spiders and space dwarfs to make their way to my side of the hemisphere, I couldn't resist the lure of a big box of plastic from Wargames Atlantic any longer. It was either these guys or the Persians, but the Irish come with a bunch of attack dogs so the decision was pretty quick.
The sprue looks nice upon initial inspection. One thing to note is everyone has a left arm already attached to their body. This is an easy to fix issue for most of you converters, but something to be aware of. Each sprue frame has 6 warriors and 2 dogs, so you end up with a good solid warband of 30 guys and 10 woofers. Each sprue has two cloaks, which I forgot to even put on the initial batch of guys I built (and naturally already started painting).
There's enough spears for each and every model, but other hand weapons are a bit more limited, and you only end up with a grand total of 5 slings when all is said and done. To balance that out there's a good selection of heads (which absolutely need to be fiddled with on other bodies) and shields of assorted shapes and sizes.
My only other nitpicky issues are the lack of plenty of scabbards/ sheathed blades for everyone, and the fact that there isn't a single body with shoes on across the entire kit. YES, I am aware they tended to fight barefoot. It would have been nice to have at least one guy with a pair.
The scabbards I can probably source from another kit or two at least. As always I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to start tinkering with other bits...
I thought the arm issue would make things feel limited, but having built a good dozen and a half guys now, it hasn't been an issue.
I feel like these guys would make a nice set of adversaries for skirmish games that need a little more mundane encounters, in addition to more historically accurate games.
As always I look forward to seeing what WGA are cooking up next!
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