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Magister Militum
Navigator Miniatures
28mm Rus
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First Thoughts
Taking the figures out of their bag, I laid them out as usual and had a good look at them all.
As is always the case there was a couple that I was drawn to immediately, I don’t know if it was the poses they are in or the sculpting, they just did.
I’m not saying that the others were not a good standard, (they are all the same standard in my opinion), But as most of you will have experienced yourselves, every range has some figures, no matter who manufactures them, that you’ve just got to add to your collection, (you with me now?).
Looking over all the figures, (7), I found them all to be well proportioned, good facial detail, nice well sized hands and plenty of detail to work with.
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The movement and posing of the figures is realistic and not overly done.
Clothing is presented nicely and contained lots of nice folds and creases but again this is not overly done, put it this way there is enough to work with when painting them, without going to far.
Brooches buckles and belts are also detailed sufficiently.
Overall I reckon on this first look at the figures that they should be a nice set of figures to paint, but as I always say the proof is in the pud, so I’ll comment on that later.
Spears and shields are cast separately.
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The spears are nice, although I was taken aback a little with the shields, I was a little disappointed with these as quite a lot of detail was put on them the only problem was the wood grain, on a close inspection it could be seen very faintly, although the joins were very apparent, this bemused me a little as I would have thought that if it had been cut a little bit deeper then these would have been exceedingly good.
Flash
Not a lot at all, just the odd bit here and there, and this was in the usual places where I expect to find the odd bit.
Mould lines, again a couple were apparent on the odd figure but these were soon sorted out with no hassle what so ever.
Painting
Wow! I had no trouble with these what so ever, put the paint on them and watch them come to life!
The faces are really nice to paint and you do get plenty of detail to work with, if I was to suggest anything to make these even more realistic I would say have the odd figure with an open mouth to make it look like the figure was shouting or the odd grimace, like I said only a suggestion, as it would benefit these figures and add even more to there character.
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Details are easy to pick out and in this the figures tend to work with you as you add the different build up coats to them.
I found myself just trying to get the last bit of the buckle just so etc…
Final Thoughts
These are an excellent set of figures and are a definite must see range, Have a look at them the next show you attend and you’ll see what I mean.
They do paint up lovely and have plenty of detail to work with.
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They have movement and a certain amount of character that I for one like to see in a miniature, in fact, and I hope he does, but if the sculptor picks up on the suggestion, then I think that these minis would be made into the full monty!
Apart from the minor detail that I mentioned to do with the shields I think that these are a cracking set of figures and that anyone thinking of starting building up a Rus army then they should take a good look at these.
Well done Navigator, a beautiful addition to your existing ranges!
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