Review:

Qualiticast

US Plains

Reviewed by David Barnes


The pewter really does take excellent detail and a good modeller can take advantage of these qualities. Here, with these figures it is. I will list the figures and comment.
MC1 Woman carrying child in arms. Mob cap, shawl neckline, long dress.
MC2 Woman with rifle. Looks as if she knows what she's doing with it.
MC3 Woman in bonnet, loading a musket with ramrod.
MC4 Woman in bonnet, puffed-sleeve dress, pistol. She's holding the pistol in both hands. Looks like a dragoon pistol and they weighed 5lbs or so.
MC5 Cowboy, waistcoat, hat, pistol. Big boots, leaning into the shot.
MC6 Kneeling Settler, rifle. Very good pose. Peaked cap - a sharps carbine perhaps.
MC7 Standing firing rifle, hat. A Henry or Winchester. Pistol at his belt - moustache. Excellent detail.
MC8 Kneeling, firing pistol, bareheaded. Hat is in his left hand down by his knee.
MC9 Moving forward, two pistols, hat. Right hand pistol raised above head height. Second pistol down by his left leg. Pose full of movement.
MC10 Kneeling firing rifle. Bowler/Derby. Another good aiming pose.
MC11 Standing, hat, firing Winchester, in duster. Range hat on his head.
MC12 Kneeling firing pistol, rifle, butt grounded, in left hand. Run out of ammo for the rifle - or a jam?
MCC1 on MCC6 Well posed rider on nicely modelled horse.
M6 Wagon, Settlers. Excellently modelled and crisply cast 4 wheel wagon.
M7,8 & 9. 7, Canvas cover; 8, wagon driver seated; 9 is a well tacked up draught horse. All to go with M6 of course.
MCC2 Mountain Men, mounted, cradled musket, racoon-tail hat, buckskins (use horse ACWC9). Marvellous evocation of the furthest west.

Plains Indians


PI1* Brave, breechcloth, running.
PI2* Brave, breechcloth, running, arm raised.
PI3 Brave, breechcloth, firing bow (one piece galloping horse and rider casting). Good action of the horse.
PI4 Brave, breechcloth, standing firing. Good cuddled aim pose.
PI5 Brave, breechcloth, US Army fatigue jacket and kepi, running. Maybe a scout? Feather in his kepi!
PI6 Brave, breechcloth, leggings, arms raised.
PI7 Brave, breechcloth, leggings, Texan hat, standing firing bow. Good pose. Noble people always look faintly ridiculous in whiteyes clothes.
PI8 Chief, breechcloth, war bonnet, one arm raised. Breast-plate also.
PI9 Brave, breechcloth, reloading bow from quiver. (Horse and rider, one piece casting). Shield on the mount's right shoulder - great action piece.
PIC10 Brave, breechcloth, Buffalo head-dress firing rifle. (Horse and rider, one piece casting). Going lickety-split. A Sagamore taking part in a fight?
PIC11 Brave, breechcloth, head back, arm raised casually: designed for use with PIC12 but can be used with PIC5, 6 or 7.
PIC12 Collapsing Horse casualty figure (separate base for mounting with PIC11 or can be used without base as a wounded horse writhing and kicking on the ground or as a live horse scratching its back on the turf!). Excellent animation.

Mounted


PIC1* Chief, breechcloth, war bonnet, arms raised. A 'pipe' breast plate.
PIC2* Brave,breechcloth, arm raised. Shouting, hand open to take separate weapon.
PIC5 Galloping horse variant 2. Stretched neck, flying tail, really pounding along.
PIC6 Galloping horse variant 3. Going legs at full stretch.
PIC7 Standing horse. Has a hackamore or jaw rope bridle. The modeller knows his horses.

* Separate shield (two types) choice of weapons: knife, tomahawk, lance or carbine. State preference when you order.

Finally, Napoleonic 1815, French Imperial Guard.
NF20 Grenadier à pied, standing firing musket. Wonderful detail. Just put a wash of white acrylic on this figure and se all the detail bloom. "Old Trousers" himself.

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