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December rush



December ushered in a whirlwind of work and I haven't been able to game nor paint for a week. Arcane Legions made an appearance at my local gaming shop and I'm considering picking up some army packs first. Personally, I'm not planning on trying out the rules. Warmaster and Battlesystem seems to suit our needs quite well already and most of our minis are being based using these rules. On the other hand, I may buy these figures to bulk up my 1/72 plastics, especially with the magical/mythical troops. I've gone thru the Arcane Legions website and would like to get my hands on these models, especially the centaurs, guardian lions and bear cataphracts. Most of the cavalry and infantry though look uninspired and with only 1 pose per figure type, it gives more of a boardgame feel rather than a miniature wargame.

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  1. EYDecember 15, 2009 at 10:02 AM

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  2. EYDecember 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    You mean the minotaur, not centaur, yeah?

    I've discovered that by looking for the heaviest booster for the Han, you can get the guardian lions without having to deal with getting too many extraneous miniatures. This may work with the bear riders as well.

    As for the lack of poses, I think that there is some room for conversion due to the fact that the figures take glue well, but in general I agree that they are toy-like. Still I can't complain too much, given that almost nobody else is doing a thing in this scale.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    Hi,

    I will be in Manila for most of January and would like to meet up with some ganers and hopefully play some historic minatures games. You can contact me paul-reynolds at clear.net.nz

    Paul

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  4. cooey2phJanuary 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    Hi Paul,

    I just got back to Manila this weekend but will be out again by the coming one. :(

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