As I trek my way through the Advent of Decay series, I’ve been trying to spread the love evenly to the many races of Mythoss. But it’s been a long time since I revisited the noble Knights. Probably because the armored warriors take a back seat to the other factions in this line. Nonetheless, today I’m going to check out the two new Knight Legion Builders, Iron and Steel!

For those of you not following the line, the Legion Builders are sort of the budget figures. They cost less, they feature less paint applications, and they’re general purpose is to either beef up your ranks, or if you’re talented at painting figures (Not Me!), you can even use them as custom fodder. Unlike the previous Black, Silver, and Gold Knight Legion Builders, the Iron and Steel Knights draw parts from the Advent line. As the names suggest, Iron features a darker gray finish, whereas Steel is silver. And since these are Legion Builders, there are no other paint applications on the figures. Both figures share the more slender armored arms and legs introduced for the Elves and females. The biggest difference is found in the torsos. Steel Knight features the armor used for the Elves, which has doubled as both leather and plate, whereas Iron Knight’s torso uses the female plate armor. The sculpted belt and hip armor pieces are also different. Steel has the belt with the disc in the center and has the leather scale-male type armor for the hips and groin. Iron has the simpler waist piece, with the segmented plate armor for the same areas.

The same two head sculpts are included with each figure. One is the Gothic Sallet style and the other is the Bascinet style with a beaked front and a spike protruding from the top. The shoulder armor for each figure is different. Steel Knight comes with the simpler segmented pieces, while Iron Knight has the more decorative ones. And for some reason, these were especially hard to plug into the sockets on these two particular figures.

Each knight comes with more or less the same accessories. T4H switched up the colors of the accessories, so Steel Knight’s gear is all colored in the darker gray and Iron Knight’s is all silver. It’s the same juxtaposition they did with the Gold and Silver Knights in the initial Kickstarter. They also each come with the standard brown sword belt, which can be worn on the figures’ waists or across the chest as a shoulder strap. The first weapons included are the standard single-handed cruciform swords. Yup, we see this sword almost every week. Sometimes, the single colored weapons can be lacking, but I think they work well in these colors.

Next up are the larger two-handed swords, which feature the pointed skull-crusher pommels, sexy down-swept cross-guards, and the blades that swell toward the edges. Again, nothing new here, but I dig these swords a lot!

Oddly, Steel Knight comes with a shield, but Iron Knight does not. It’s the same shield we’ve seen many times in the original Kickstarter series, but with the updated grip. I’m not sure why they cheated Iron Knight out of the shield. These figures are in the same price point and it just leaves one figure with one less accessory. It’s a weird omission, but I’m not terribly upset about it. I have plenty of these shields to go around.

And finally, each figure comes with the standard spear that we’ve been seeing over and over again since the beginning of the line. Nothing special, here, but I’m always happy to get more weapons for my Legions.

I dig these two figures a lot, even if I’m not really the target audience. I mean, I’m not going to army build a bunch of them, and I’m not going to customize them either. Nonetheless, I think they look great even without any additional paintwork, and it’s pretty cool to just have a plain example of all that beautiful sculpting. I’ve remarked plenty of times about how aspects of this line remind me of the old Marx Knights and these Legion Builders do that more than any of the other figures.