 20thmaine  | 18 May 2017 5:27 a.m. PST |
Well, doesn't suck completely anyway  link Rarely see MARS figures painted up – has Paul (of PaulsBods fame) ever painted any ? If anyone could make them look good it might be him….. |
| Norman D Landings | 18 May 2017 6:58 a.m. PST |
Oooh, that's not nice.
Useful pack composition, poorly executed, with the seemingly-obligatory pose weirdness. The best that can be said is: not as bad as most MARS offerings. My immediate reaction when I saw the post title was: What, the plastic figure company, or the barren, airless planet? Because both possibilities sounded equally unlikely. ;) |
| Scott MacPhee | 18 May 2017 7:52 a.m. PST |
I have never been tempted by any of their sets. Where are they from? |
| 20thmaine | 18 May 2017 8:11 a.m. PST |
Plastic Hell  |
| 20thmaine | 18 May 2017 8:19 a.m. PST |
That's a little unfair of me – their Zombie Pirate sets are quite nice. Of course anatomical oddities look less bad on Zombie Pirates…. |
| 20thmaine | 18 May 2017 11:04 a.m. PST |
Couple of picture reviews, from the SWA's website, of both sets to prove my point ! PDF link PDF link |
| Pauls Bods | 19 May 2017 7:02 a.m. PST |
I´ve painted some :-) ;-)
Pirates
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Polish field artillery
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Polish siege bombard
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and the crews from the medieval gun crews (with head swops)make excellent orcs
link The Burgundian Field Artillery has some potential, one or two of the figs (head swopping etc)and especially the guns. I´ll have to get hold of them and dab some paint on :-)
The one sitting, is he holding a jug of ale or a breech charge ? |
| 20thmaine | 19 May 2017 7:27 a.m. PST |
The cover art suggests he's relaxing with a beer. Very laid back. |
| Pauls Bods | 19 May 2017 8:14 a.m. PST |
Missed the boxart. Maybe he needs the beer after hanging around with the misshaped crew |
| 20thmaine | 19 May 2017 11:24 a.m. PST |
Those figures are very nice – and to be fair to MARS the artillery always look pretty good. I'm amazed at how good you've made the Polish gun crew look. The Orcs – wonderful. Give yourself a pat on the back time. |
| 20thmaine | 19 May 2017 11:26 a.m. PST |
I always feel that MARS are aiming for this look
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| Marc the plastics fan | 20 May 2017 2:33 a.m. PST |
What I find most interesting is how good Paul's paintwork makes these look. Just shows that perhaps, before we (I) criticise the raw figures, I should pain some up. Years ago we would have loved such a wide diversity of ranges, but nowadays I guess we are all a lot fussier. But Paul shows how s an error of our ways |
journeys to and from the Australian national convention - and tells us what he thinks of panicking tank hordes and flat terrain!
