Unt l Somebody Loses An Eye

Previously on " Unt l Somebody Loses an Eye " I talked about the new Kings of War : Champions starter set, but didn't go into detail on the new Basilean models (men-at-arms and Paladin Knights).  So it is time to do that now. So first are the Men-at-arms.  No, this is not a new sprue, but when it came out I never actually did pictures of it, so time to rectify that now. This was the first hard plastic sprue the Mantic redid - because the quality of the original sprue (from the original Kings of War kickstarter back in 2013).  It wasn't that the sculpts were bad, the casting was just very soft on the detail.  In addition, in order to make crossbowmen it required metal add-ons. So when they did the Vanguard kickstarter in 2018 the redid the sprue - and added all the options - so you could now build them with crossbows, spears or hand weapons. The 'new' men-at-arms come on a sprue and a half.  The half is for the bodies and shields.  I found it interesting tha...