Hi everyone :)
Following up from my initial unboxing review of Pirates of the Dread Sea last week, I've now had a chance to paint some and wanted to give you a post-paint review! As I mentioned last week, I was sent this miniatures free by Dead Earth Games who produce them, but this is an honest, unbiased review. You can check out the results of my painting in the video above. I painted one mini each day for a week (you can follow my #MiniADay over on my twitter). I'm still learning the videography side of things, so may post an updated video at some point soon, but you can see the miniatures well here. The Painting Experience
I mentioned in my previous review that I was impressed with the moulding on these, and that held true while I was painting. There were a few mould lines which proved all but impossible to remove without performing surgery on the miniature, but this is often the case with metal miniatures. You can see from the video that these were few and far between.
The level of detail of the sculpts was also impressive. In this blog post I discuss some of the inherent strengths and weaknesses of metal miniatures, and these minis combined that satisfying feel of metal with a good clean sculpt. Metal can sometimes be a little difficult to work with in terms of the adherence of paint, but I didn't have any real problems here. An extra base layer was required compared to working with plastic, but once the paint was layered up the finishes were good and even. The Miniatures
I really like the level of detail on these miniatures - as I mentioned in my unboxing, a middle ground of enough detail to get to grips with, but enough to do a little something different is perfect for me. These have nice, detailed faces, but also left me room for a little freehand. In the incredibly detailed miniatures (think GW) there's little space to add stripes, polka dots and other things I was able to with these miniatures.
Another thing which stood out to me about these sculpts was an eye for detail. I love that one of the Skrier (the Squid-like pirates) is carrying what appears to be a Narwhal tusk. I liked, also, that there was a diversity sculpted in to these minis which you don't see from many companies. Any miniature can, of course, be painted with any skin tone, but elements like hair style suggest that these were not simply Caucasian sculpts you could paint differently if you were feeling daring. Much as that should be the norm, I think that Dead Earth Games she be praised for that in a market which tends not to. Finally, I want to talk a little about the size of the miniatures. I mentioned in my unboxing that these are 35mm miniatures, and that the standard scale is 28mm or 32mm. As I mentioned then, I think that these could easily fit alongside miniature from companies producing in that scale, but I wanted to offer a size comparison to help you make that decision yourself. This is a picture of the miniatures standing alongside the miniature from Reaper Miniatures commonly called 'Sir Forscale'. Where can I find these miniatures?
If you're interested in picking any of these miniatures up for your own collection, head over to deadearth.co.uk. The human and undead crews are currently available on the website, costing £25 per crew, which gets you 5 miniatures. From my experience with these minis I would say that is a very fair deal.
The skrier (squid-like pirates) and orc crews will be available very soon as part of a kickstarter which launches on July 28th 2020. If you head over to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chappellm/pirates-of-the-dread-sea-orc-goblin-and-skrier-pirates you can sign up for a notification when the project launches. I'm not sure what the prices are going to be just yet, but I imagine you'll be able to find a bargain or two. I hope that this review has been helpful. If you have any questions or comments feel free to ask them below. Goblin Squire :)
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