Thursday, 2 July 2015

(009) Review - Statuesque Miniatures.

http://www.statuesqueminiatures.co.uk/
 
 

Statuesque Miniatures first came to my attention when I was looking for a supplier of 28mm heroic scale female heads. I was planning on building an all-female Imperial Guard/Astra Militarum army, I still might one day, if I can get the unpainted legion under control.
 
In the meantime I decided to buy a couple of complete models from them, just to see what the quality is like and how they compare to other 28mm scale miniatures.
 
All of the models on their website look fantastic and I had to restrain myself from ordering them in bulk. I intended to pick a single figure as a sample, but their prices are so good and the models look so great I couldn’t settle on any one single figure.
 
I ended up buying a set of three miniatures; ‘SM019 Resistance Specialists’. Consisting of;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
These three models are priced at £4.75 individually, and the set of all three together is discounted to £13.00. I believe that postage is a flat-rate of £3 within the UK. So my order cost me £16.00 in total for three models, which seems more than reasonable to me.
 
I placed my order on Monday evening, it was shipped on Wednesday, and it arrived today, Thursday morning. That’s pretty quick, I wasn’t expecting them to turn up until the weekend at the earliest.
 
Statuesque Miniatures’ models seem to be all metal. In recent years I have become a complete convert to resin and plastic and I have developed a bit of an aversion to metal miniatures. That said I am very pleased with these models, they could not have been easier to assemble. The joints fit together so snugly and flush they’re unlike any metal models I have assembled before.
 
 
 
 
 
Even the mould lines are barely visible, in fact I didn’t even bother to scape them smooth. My only criticism is that on two of the models I bought, ‘Rosa’ and ‘Eva’ the basing tab was wider than the slot in the base it was meant to slot in to. But this isn’t a big problem for me as I will be mounting them on 40mm bases eventually, to match my Raging Heroes models.
 
 
 
The detail is good, very good, but it isn’t as sharp or as extensive as Raging Heroes resin figures. Some people might regard this as a criticism, but not me. Excessive detail on small scale miniatures often makes painting them overly time consuming and isn’t always noticeable anyway.
 
Speaking of scale, they are almost identical in size and proportion to Raging Heroes' figures, and will fit perfectly into my Warhammer 40K setting.
 
 
 
All in all, I am very pleased with my Statuesque Miniatures order. I think that their website is good, their models are great and their pricing and service are fantastic. I will definitely be placing more orders with them in the future.



Current Size of the Unpainted Legion: 252 models.


Currently Reading: (Non-Black Library) 'Broken Monsters' by Lauren Beukes.

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