Last year,
the relatively new company ‘Wargames Factory’ went through a rather nasty, and
rather public, change of ownership. Basically the original owners lost control
of the company to their Chinese manufacturer.
I don’t claim to understand exactly what happened, nor did I have any
horse in the race. The unfortunate thing
about the whole story is that it overshadowed the miniatures the company was
producing at the time.
Wargames
Factory miniatures are not the best.
Some of the sculpting is a bit wonky, and the casting tends to be ‘soft’
(the details are not sharp). However, that does not mean all of their miniatures
are without value. I’m a big fan of
their fantasy orcs, and I have considered picking up their Ancient Greeks and
their skeletons. However, the only
figures I have painted from them recently is this fire-team of sci-fi
troopers.
Again, these
figure aren’t the best, and I didn’t really have high hopes for them. I figured I’d just throw some paint on them
and use them as generic bad guys. Well,
I threw on some paint, and they came out looking much better than
expected. In a departure from my normal
painting style, I decided to go with a gloss black for their armour. I usually
hate gloss paint, but in this case, it gave them a nice, sinister, beetle-like
appearance. I’m more than happy with how
they came out and intend on painting up a few more teams. I can definitely see the crew of the Black
Moab having a confrontation with these guys in the not too distant future.
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