Warlord Games British Line Infantry Circa 1879

My Warlord British Line Infantry arrived I haven't had a chance to assemble any yet as I've worked the weekend through. I can give you my initial impressions of this box set. These are my first Warlord/Empress miniatures I've ever owned so I wasn't sure what I would get. What I got was 20 plastic and 4 metal miniatures of good quality. However I did not get any of the customizable options I have come to expect from a plastic miniature kit so that was very disappointing. The kit contains 4 trees exactly the same. No other company (Gripping Beast, GW, Perry Bros, Wargames Factory) does this and had I known that I would not have bought this kit.

Now if your don't like arsing about with plastic figures and you want a company in two lines like this picture on the back of the box then this kit is for you.

The four Empress metal command figures are full of flash which was disappointing. I haven't had flash on a miniature I've purchased for many years now and I by from many companies; Reaper, Westwind, Hasselfree, Black Scorpion, Wyrd, GW, Ral Partha and Foundry so Empress won't get high marks from me. The sculpted details are nice so they may prove to be nice figures once I put the work it but again why do I have to put that work in?  I would have much preferred a plastic command options tree in place of the metal figures but then that's just my personal preference.
So lets recap, if you want the company pictured above buy this set, if you are looking for skirmish figures for this period or want Victorian soldiers to steampunk up this isn't the kit for you. There will be a lot of hobby saw work for me in the future with these figures.

Some of you my be wondering how I purchased this set after reading my financial woes in my last post I sold some Osprey books (gasp) to make this purchase.

Not so Shinny Shinnies

This is Crate Barricade WTW-09010 from War Torn. These are one piece casts, you get two different barricades in the set. They are pre-painted a medium brown so they are technically ready to use right out of the package. These are labeled as Green-Cast recycled rubber that means they are made from recycled tire rubber. They impressively are durable and not bendy. They will find use in both my Victorian and pirate projects. This particular item seems to be out of stock but you can find their other interesting items on there site.

Bases4war.com Review

 While I was in the hospital Lunatic R. was on the hunt for quality cobblestone bases he found them from this new little English company called bases4war. This is a new company producing some surprisingly quality bases for a very reasonable prices. He purchased 5 sets of bases for $28 US including shipping, that's 32 resign bases for $28 dollars! These are not base toppers but in fact complete bases lip included. The casts are clean with no flash and little to no bubbles unlike a much more established company I could name. Here are some pictures of the bases:

You can buy cobble stone bases in 30mm, 40mm and 50mm. There are  few bases will a cobble stone or two missing but that's it for variety.

Fortunately Lunatic R. as purchased 3 random assortments of Rivenstone bases as this company calls them. This is a fanciful range of flagstone bases designed with Malifux and Warmachine in mind.

While this are not cobblestone nor strictly speaking Victorian, I can imagine basing vampires, and sewer spawned horrors on these. These bases have wide variety of styles and are available in 30mm, 40mm, 50mm and 120mm.

These are only 2 of the 8 styles of bases this company makes so give their shop a look you might find something you like.