Games Workshop

Army of the Dead Blister Packs
Reviewed by Steve Crofts

First Thoughts


For this review I was sent two blister packs.

First thing I had to do upon opening the packs and my usual first inspection was to straighten the weaponry, my thoughts on the packaging situation and it’s remedy have been aired in a previous review so I’ll refrain from mentioning it in this one.

Once the weaponry had been carefully straightened it was time to look at the minis properly for the first time.

First impressions were decent, all the figures were different, no duplicates, that to me in a fantasy set is a plus, all the poses were also different, another bonus, and all were of a high standard, (You’re doing well so far GW!).

Now for the crucial bit detail and cut! 

This was to a really good standard, all the minis concerned had a high quality about them, detail is at a premium and it is at this point where I am actually disheartened to have to do one of the most basic paint jobs on them, which to me is a real pity as I would have loved to use plenty of colour on these and picked out all the little details on the figures.

The cut of the sculpts is decent, although on one or two of the minis a little more cut in some of the details would have helped by working more with the painter and helping to emphasise the light detail a little better, but again over all a good standard.

The Posing of the figures is good, very lifelike and not overdone, each is realistic and each has plenty of movement and the clothing works well to emphasise this movement.

As a pointer, even before the cleanup and undercoat, some of the fine detail items do stand out, so this gives an indication of what can be done with the figures. Like I mentioned earlier it is a shame to paint the figures to get them to appear ghost like but if you were to paint them as a standard undead figure you could get some really stunning results, (Now there’s a thought for you!).

Flash

Yes there was some flash on the figures, this was mainly in expected areas. The worst place was between the spear and the spearman’s body, but this is to be expected due to the difficulties of it being an awkward place to cast.

Mould lines, again there were a few present, these were on the whole easy to remove although a few of the castings had them on the helmets and a lot of care was needed to remove this without destroying the helmet details.


Painting

This I found quite boring, not because of the figures, no far from it, it was the colour scheme to make them ghost like, an overall grey then slowly dry brushed using lighter shades right through to white, Highly exciting…. NOT!

Saying that once finished the overall effect was not bad, but it seemed a pity to waste all the small details with the simple dry brushing technique, think I’ll try something different next time!

Final Thoughts

Overall two very nice sets of figures, quite likeable compositions and well detailed. 

Overall I like them!

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