Having received a small hills worth of miniatures recently from Splintered Light, I thought I would write up a small review of the 15mm Skeleton Centaurs and Skeleton Centaur Archers.
First off these are sold in sets of 6 for $8. USD
They are nice clean miniatures for the most part with only the occasional piece of flash that easily cleaned with a razor knife.
The minis come in two parts (horse half/human half) and when assembled are very nice looking. For the Archers I do wish for more than the two poses of each half, but by mix-matching it gives you four poses so it's all good. For the 'regular" Skeleton Centaurs there is supposed to be 3 poses. I only received one of the sword wielding ones as opposed to the spear carriers, but that was fine with me as he stands out as a commander.
It would be nice if the minis were available as like armed sets, (like all the skelies wielding spears etc) as I am building fairly large units, but I also understand the reality of producing and packing minis for a small company.
Notes on assembling:
These minis can be a touch finicky as the human spine part needs to be bent slightly and inserted into a hole at the base of the horses "neck" area. I recommend using a pin vise to slightly enlarge and deepen the hole and using a fine pair of pliers to slightly bend the bottom end of the spine prior to assembling in order to provide a better fit and look.
Be careful of bending the spin too far, as it will break off if not handled carefully. If this does happens (I had 1 do this out of 18 minis) the best fix is to use a pin vise to drill a hole in the human torso part and use a thick paperclip to make the spine connection between the two halves
These are good minis from a good company in my opinion
saves some broken figures from the lead pile.
