I was cruising around eBay looking at old Mage Knight minis when I stumbled across something interesting. All of their orc minis that I'd looked at in the past were from the original line so they had a kind of WoW cartoony look to them. Nothing wrong with that IMO but the figure I found was definitely not that style. In fact it reminded me more of the orcs from the Reaper Warlord miniature line. Looking around I realized that it was actually from the 2.0 version of the game so I did a little more exploring.
For those of you who don't know the 2.0 Mage Knight figures are a made of a stiffer plastic than the original figs and also seem to hold their detail better as well not to mention the paint jobs are typically better. Don't get me wrong, these are still mass produced prepainted figures so the painting is nothing to write home about but they are much better than the originals.
I was able to piece together an eight figure warband for about $20 including shipping with only a couple of repeats and even a pretty good sized warbeast which isn't half bad. I want to rebase them onto 30mm lipped bases but I thought I'd throw up a couple pictures to show everyone what they look like "out of the box" as it were.
First up are the grunts of the band, two marauders on the left and two hunters on the right.
This should give the group a nice mix of ranged and melee.
Next are the three personalities for the band, a warrior in light armor on the left, another in heavy armor on the right, and a blood shaman in the center.
Unfortunately both of the warriors are equipped with spears so I might do a weapon swap on the heavier armored one to make him more of a melee monster. This shouldn't be too hard to do but it will definitely require me digging around in the old bits box... well, first I need to dig out the bits box before I can dig in it but you get the idea.
And finally here is the warbeast to round out the band.
I have no idea what this thing is supposed to be but I wouldn't want to run into it in a dark alley that's for sure. Oh and to give you an idea of the size, here is the warbeast and a marauder next to a wizard from the Reaper line.
Not the best angle to see the height but it should give you an idea of how they match up.
As you can see the paint jobs are not that bad considering they are just a bunch of prepaints. I know I can do better but if you are looking for some figs you can just swap the bases on and run with these really aren't a bad option.
Overall I'm really happy with all of them and I'm looking forward to getting them to the table and giving them a run. Heck, maybe I'll do an orc vs. goblin battle just to mix things up! After all, those poor little gobbos are just too much fun to beat up. That's it for now but more Malifaux is coming... next week. Until next time...
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