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Avatar Somer Review

Welcome to my review of my latest Avatar from Malifaux (Wyrd Guys). This time it is Somer and Peaches or Avatar of Indulgence;

The Box

As you can see it is a pretty standard Wyrd box which is the smallest possible box you will see for the size of the miniatures. And like all instances of these boxes you will need to deal with bent parts on occasions but from my experience nothing great than you get from other companies. As usual you get the miniature artwork on the front which matches the book. So overall a feeling of familiarity.

The Bits

Thats a lot of bits……..

Now comparing this to the aSeamus kit I have also reviewed Somer takes the number of parts to the next level with a lot more metal than resin in this kit than the Seamus one.

The Cards

Like all Avatars Somer comes with the standard 2 rule cards. Which is much easier on old eyes ;)

The Miniature

So first a confession I was not a fan of the miniature when Wyrd first previewed it something didn’t sit right but not one to let my gremlins suffer I picked him up anyway and I must say I am mightily impressed with him now (will teach me not to trust Wyrd).

First up the resin piece (back bacon)

It is the same resin we saw with aSeamus and is well finished although the detailing is not as impressive but expected due to the nature of the miniature.

What I will say is this is one BIG pig.

The Build

As you would imagine this is not the most difficult of miniatures to put together. Everything fits relatively well but some GS work is needed to fill in the odd gap going on with the metal-to-resin pieces.

The one issue I had with this build was that I had to find pictures on the internet of the finished miniature to see how the moonshine still fitted onto peaches perhaps I was being daft when I put it together but I needed the pics to get everything right. Although not essential a little diagram would not have gone a miss.

The Scale

The usual scale picture with the usual characters as you can see this is the fully painted mini for a change I forgot to take pics of the bare metal/resin like I would normally do.

The Finish


May Wyrd Releases

SO lets have a look…

This is my favourite of the riders…relatively plain but very well done.

holy moly that thing is HUGE very nice although not a fan of little head..

 

Sorry but this is poor for me although dynamic I am a fan of the original.

Very nice I like these guys a lot.

Wow liking Iggy must go read his rules ;)

Really close to the artwork I approve

again I approve great concept.

Again I am liking it although not as much as the arcane one.

 

Still not as good as the arcane one but I really like it though.

 


Easter Gremlins

The crazy people at wyrd have some special miniatures for the Easter period and what better way to do it than with Gremlins :D

Gremlin in a bunny suit………..what can I say but AWESOME!

That is one scary 4 legged chicken….


Some more WIP

So I have been busy recently with conversions.
First up a Ork buggy made from a 6 wheeler airfix APC thingy

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And then I wanted a pigapult but not a fan of the model so out came a cannon/mortar kit and we have a start.

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Some future Wyrd releases

Well it’s that time again some more juicy releases from Wyrd for December.

Not bad although the left hand is a bit off, looks like he is doing an international sign for something…

Not sure, it’s all very dynamic which is nice but he has WAY too much gel in his hair..

mmmh very nice I like him a lot (plus the spiders as well) I do worry about how stable he would be on those thin legs..

Very nice much much better than her first edition sculpt!

Love it! An amazing sculpt and surprisingly she is fatter than the artwork, but looks better for it.

I like me some Gator ;) that gun is pretty impressive and we all know I like a swamp dweller.

Again another nice sculpt AND how can you say no to a flaming guitar??

Now as an extra treat as it will be the season of giving here is some January/February releases as well.

Very nice and this has me hungry for some more of these guys in book 4 ;)

This is one very busy sculpt but the fact it is SO close to the artwork. I applaud Wyrd I really do.

I know we have seen the greens and the miniature elsewhere but here is the studio miniature and I still like it :)

Finally here is Rafkin, I like him a lot.


Malifaux Avatars

With the release of the 3rd book of Malifaux ‘Twisting fates’ and the new miniature type the Avatars.
I thought I would cast a look over them and give some brief thoughts. Continue reading


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