Well, here we are at last. After something like 18 straight weeks, we’re at the final Mythic Legions Wednesday. I’d say it’s a sad day, but then I look at the magnificent shelf of figures and realize that isn’t the case. And besides more are on the way. I didn’t save any special figure for the last slot. In fact, we’re just checking out one of the Legion Builders, which are sort of the budget figures in the line, but considering the consistency of quality here, he’s still a fine release to end on. Once again, I don’t have a package shot, because I prematurely put them all into storage. D’oh! But just click back to any one of the Mythic Legions features and you’ll get a good idea of what to expect from the presentation.

As a Legion Builder, this guy is basically a rank-and-file soldier for the dreaded Orc army and he fits that bill quite well. As one might expect by now, this soldier is a composite of parts from both The Urkku and Urzokk. He has the full plate armor of Urzokk, minus the upper arms and upper legs, which are left bare. He also features those same chunky and angular boots, gauntlets, and shoulder armor that these Orcs like to wear. The armor is painted entirely in a darkened iron finish, which is wonderfully appropriate for an Orc Trooper. And while the Knight and Dwarf Legion Builders were almost all one color, this guy mixes things up a bit by showing some of his green skin. My figure has some stray armor paint on his right shoulder, which is one of the very few examples of paint flubs that I’ve seen in this line. Luckily, I can pass it off as just dirt.

From the back, you can see the sockets for the shoulder armor as well as that rather annoying square slot that currently serves no purpose. I know, it’s compatible with the wing packs, T4H are selling, but who is going to put wings on an Orc? WHO??? Once again, I say they should release plugs with sockets to allow the shields to peg in there. This guy doesn’t come with a shield, but a similar plug with a clip on it could be used to hold the axe across his back. That would be cool!

The head is a straight repaint of the one used on The Urkku, with the helmet painted to match this darker armor. It makes sense, as both are anonymous troop builders. I still really dig the design of this helmet, especially the crest, and the way it shows off the Orc’s tusks and pointed ears. The helmet features some wonderful pitting and a formidable nick across the crest, probably from a hero’s axe.

In terms of weapons, this Orc Trooper comes with both the long two-handed and short single handed swords, each painted to match the armor. You also get the brown belt, which can be worn on the hip or across the chest. This allows for a nice bit of variations if you have several of these guys. Display him with one shoulder, no shoulder, sword across the back, sword on the hip, you’ve got options! If they come up for sale again, I’m after two more. My one complaint about the Legion Builders has been where the weapons were painted all gold, which doesn’t really suit troops. In this case, the dark color makes them look perfect as common issue weapons. I would have been happy if all the Legion Builders’ weapons were painted like this.

And the axe makes its final appearance. Once again, you can swap out the blades to make it single or double. Again, this piece looks great in the darker color.

Yes, it’s hard to believe that this guy featured as one of the budget Legion Builders, because he’s still an incredible figure and I’d argue the best of all the Legion Builders I own. Better than the skeleton? Oh, riiiight, you didn’t get that one. SHUT THE HELL UP RIGHT NOW!!!! Anyway, I don’t want to get all sappy, because I’ll have more Mythic Legions features before the end of the year, and we’ve got tons of new figures set to release in the near future. So let me just say this: Mythic Legions is an action figure line that is so good, it’s made me re-evaluate some of my other collecting habits. It’s one of the first times in a while that I’ve actually sold some stuff off in order to afford the initial offering, and I still regretted not picking up everything. I’ve also planned to trim other areas of my collecting next year to prepare for the onslaught of Wave 2.0. Among all the stuff vying for my disposable income, Mythic Legions has actually become a top priority, and that’s saying a lot.

My, how time flies. I’ve only got two more Mythic Legion Wednesdays before the long and impatient wait for more figures to arrive. That may be as soon as next month, but for now, I’m checking out the last of my heroic knights in this line, Sir Ignatius. I know I proclaim a new favorite just about every week, but this one truly is my favorite knight in the line. After looking at sixteen of these figures, I’m going to forgo a look at the packaging and jump right to the figure. Not only because there’s nothing more to be said about it, but also because I was a little short-sighted and already put the packages for these figures into storage.

Behold, Sir Ignatius, for he is 100% pure sex poured into a suit of armor! Yes, from the neck down, the parts are almost completely recycled from Sir Gideon and Sir Owain. The only difference here is that Ignatius has the segmented scale-style armor piece protecting his crotch, whereas Godfrey had the sash and Owain had the more ornamental plate. What makes Ignatius so striking, however, is that amazing new deco. The base plastic is a gorgeous pearlescent shade that really makes him stand out on the shelf. It’s coupled with some sumptuous gold leaf paint and just a little bit of metallic purple, which sounds crazy but works! As always, all the tiny fixtures and rivets are painted as is the chain mail exposed in the joints.  The only part of the deco that dims Ignatius’ Deco of Righteous Glory is the scale piece over his crotch, which is more of that purple.

As always, the shoulders come detached from the figure and peg into the sockets in his back. These are repaints of the shoulders that came with Sir Gideon. He looks fine without them, but all the better with them installed. I can’t help but think Ignatius could have used a cape. The body here features the standard Mythic Legions articulation, which basically means a whole lot of rotating hinges. The modular design also means that you can take the figure apart at pretty much any joint and swap in parts from other ML figures if you want.

As blindingly awesome as the body on this figure is, I still think it’s the head that impresses me the most. The helmet is none other than the one from the sinister Gorgo Aetherblade, also used on The Blood Armor, and the new coloring here makes for a total transformation of the piece. What was once a visage of true evil now looks like a Holy Ass-kicker. I love the contours on this helmet as well as the raised pieces around the eyes. He looks like a medieval Boba Fett. Gorgo’s antlers have been replaced with Sir Gideon’s wings and here they have been repainted to pure gold and add to Ignatius’ majestic countenance. Simply stunning!

When it comes to Ignatius’ arsenal, there isn’t a weapon here we haven’t seen before, but by now that’s to be expected. He comes with the usual brown belt that can be worn around his waist or as a shoulder strap. The sword is the smaller, and less frequently seen, single-handed blade. This time it’s been painted with a black hilt and a silver blade.

The shield is the same piece we’ve been seeing all along, this time painted with a gold surface The coat of arms is a griffon, wearing a crown, and with a cruciform sword in the center of it. It’s basically a palate swap with Sir Owain’s coat of arms. The shield pegs into a clip, which attaches to the figure’s wrist.

And finally, we have the often seen spear, but what’s this? It’s actually painted? Yeah, if you’ve been with me throughout all the Mythic Legions reviews, than you may remember my main complaint about this piece is that it’s always been left all silver. Here we have the shaft painted black and I think it looks great.

Sir Ignatius is without a doubt my favorite knight in this line. And now that I’ve looked at all the ones that I own, I can say that with a bit of finality to it. The amazing armor sculpt that we’ve been seeing since the beginning is elevated ever higher by some truly great looking plastic and an amazing color scheme. I realize that Sir Gideon is meant to be the main hero of the line, but it’s Ignatius that looks like a true paragon of virtue. With these two standing alongside Sir Owain, T4H have delivered three of the finest armored knight figures the toy world has ever seen. And if that sounds like hyperbole, then you really need to get these in hand and have a play with them, because these figures are quite simply Top Shelf. And with that having been said, I have just one more lone Orc to look at next Wednesday!

I’m sad to say that Mythic Legions Wednesdays are drawing to a close. Today I’m embarking on a look at the first of the final three figures that I have left from my initial Kickstarter Backer add ons. I’ve opted to go with the Bronze Dwarf Legion Builder, only because it’s been a while since I last looked at any of the Dwarves in this line. So let’s not delay. Time is short… and so is this figure! That’s a little Dwarf humor!

The Legion Builders are the less expensive figures in this line and are generally designed for either troop building or customization. I only picked up three of the Legion Builders, with the first two being the Gold and Silver Knights. The packaging is still identical to the regular releases. The figure comes on a collector friendly card and bubble and there’s a little bio blurb printed on the bubble insert.

One of Mythic Legions’ best accomplishments has been the ability to mix and match parts from their catalog to create fresh and new figures. In the case of this guy, however, the fully armored body is a straight reuse from the previous two Dwarves I looked at, right down to the upturned toes in their boots. As a Legion Builder, there’s very little here in the way of paint operations. The armor is all a very deep and rich bronze with a slight glittery finish. Thankfully, these beautiful and detailed sculpts still hold up well without the extra paint.

The figure includes a pair of shoulder armor, which peg into the back. These are the same pieces included with Bothar Shadowhorn and here they’re painted to match the rest of the armor. They also offer a quick and easy way to customize the figures, if you happened to pick up a few of these guys to populate your Dwarf army. Put one on, put them both on, leave them both off, it’s nice to have options! I still say T4H or someone out there needs to produce a chunk of plastic to plug up that rectangular slot in the backs of these figures. And if they put a peg socket on it, the figures could wear their shields on their backs. That would be awesome!

The head is the only new piece of sculpting here, and by that I mean it’s the first time I’m seeing it, but it was used for a couple of other Dwarves in the line. It’s a fully enclosed helmet with a very distinctive Norse style and plates designed to resemble a sort of stylized beard. Or at least that’s how I see it. The helmet includes a large set of antlers, which are the same pieces we saw back at the beginning with Gorgo Aetherblade. These are painted in a rather nice shade of gold and offer the only real diversity in the coloring on the figure. Either way, this helmet makes him look like a total badass. While this fellow is indeed a Dwarf, he still offers all the same articulation as the larger figures as well as the same modular design that allows you to break the figure down at the joints. Indeed, from the waist up, the Dwarves use the same parts as the other figures and only the legs are shortened.

The Bronze Dwarf comes with the usual array of weapons that we’ve seen before, this time all just painted gold. I’m still not sure how I feel about the all gold weapons. On the one hand, they don’t seem appropriate for a rank-and-file Legion Builder, but I think the point is that you can customize them yourselves. On the other hand, these make for some pretty cool treasure pieces. or magic weapons, or something like that if I ever get around to setting up a diorama or proper display for these guys. Anyway, the sword is the longer, double-handed one and includes the brown belt so he can wear it on his hip or across his back.

The shield is left blank on the front, allowing people with painting skills (people other than me) the ability to put their own crest on it.

And finally the ubiquitous axe, which can be converted to either a single or double bladed weapon. Even though these are the larger weapons and designed for the full sized figures, they still work surprisingly well with the Dwarves. Still, it would have been cool if we got some smaller scaled Dwarf weapons also.

The regular Mythic Legions figures were $33 as Kickstarter Rewards or $35 each as pre-orders, but these Legion Builders were only $18 or $21 respectively. That’s a pretty huge difference and offers up a great idea of just how much those intricate paint operations can cost. Still, even without the added decos, this figure looks pretty solid along side my regular painted Dwarves and with only three of these guys on my shelf, I’m instantly regretting not picking up more. Next week, I’m swinging back to have a look at the last Orc!

Holy crap, it’s Wednesday again and time to check out another figure from The Four Horsemen’s magical, mystical, and certainly mythical line of kickstarted 6-inch scale fantasy figures. Phew, that was a mouthful. What do you say? Time for another Orc? Yeah, let’s do another Orc…

After looking at well over a dozen figures, I’ve said all there is to say about the packaging in this line, so let’s take a quick look at the bio. Urzokk is what you would call an Orc success story. He buckled down and gave it his all, killing lots and lots of humans. Eventually he rose through the ranks of the army to not only hold a command position among his fellow Orcs, but he also became a trusted colleague of the evil Gorgo Aetherblade. See, kids? If you truly apply yourself and there are no limits!

Urzokk comes fully armored, and boy do I love this armor. It’s grimy and functional, and just the sort of thing I imagine that an Orc General would wear. This is also another brilliant reuse of a lot of parts we saw before in a brand new combination that makes it work as an entirely fresh figure. The torso, upper arms, and upper legs are pulled from the line’s standard knightly armored figures. These pieces are mated with the cruder, bulkier, and more angular Orc armor for the lower arms and legs. The paint here is absolutely phenomenal. The same armor pieces that looked so majestic and noble on the Hero Knights now looks old, worn, and caked in mud. This magnificent new body is capped off with the leather scale style groin piece.

Of course, if you want to bulk Urzokk up, he comes with a pair of the heavy and angular Orc shoulders, which peg into the back of the figure. There is also one piece on this guy that we haven’t seen before and that’s the rather sinister looking neck guard. Both the shoulders and neck guard feature some wonderful nicks and wear in the sculpt and that same amazingly weathered paint job really drives the worn and used look of the armor beautifully.

The standard head is a fantastic sculpt. I’ve been a little underwhelmed with some of the human faces in this line, but the Orcs have been superb. This portrait is just packed with grim personality from the tusks protruding out of his bottom jaw to the pointed ears and the veins sculpted in on the sides of his head. The piercing yellow eyes are creepy and I love the deep shade of green they use for the Orc skin. Urzokk also features some white war paint to set him apart from the rank and file soldiers. If that’s not enough, the figure also includes a spare head without the war paint, which is a great bonus if you want to swap it with any of the other Orcs to make a new style of foot soldier, or just stick it on the end of one of the hero’s spears.

While the extra head is a nice surprise, the other accessories are all things we’ve seen before. The sword is the longer two-handed version with the stylish crossguard and slight swell toward the end of the blade. I love this sculpt, but I do wish they had weathered Urzokk’s a bit. It looks a little too clean for this guy, especially in contrast with his armor. I really liked the patina of rust they put on Urkku’s sword and something like that would have been welcome here. Of course, you also get the standard brown belt so that the figure can wear the sword on his waist or across his back.

Urzokk comes with the same style of shield we’ve been seeing all along. There’s a wrist clip that pegs into the back and it holds quite well. This shield has a unique painted crest, in this case a black skull emblem against a crimson field. While the sword was clean, this shield has some nice distressed paint effects to make it look battle worn.

Finally, it’s our old favorite, the axe, this time with a bronze painted shaft and the usual ability to change it from a single to double bladed weapon. Like the sword, I think the axe is a little too clean for this figure, but it’s still a great piece.

Urzokk was one of those figures that didn’t make my original cut, when budgeting the add on’s for my Kickstarter Backer Rewards. Luckily they later extended the pre-order period and I was able to find some money and add him and a few other figures. He is no doubt a fantastic looking figure and while I’m sure I say this almost every time, this one is very high up on my list of favorites. The new combination of armor pieces works wonderfully and the weathered paint effects are flawlessly executed. And that leaves just three more figures to check out before I’m all caught up. I’ve got a Dwarf, a Knight, and one more Orc left and I think I’ll take them in that order. T4H are expecting new figures to be shipping out in about a month, so I may even have some more to look at by the time I wrap this up.

Is there any better way to celebrate getting halfway through the week than checking out another Mythic Legions figure? I think not! Of all the content I write each week, I look forward to Wednesdays the most right now. The progeny of The Four Horsemen’s 6-inch fantasy action figure Kickstarter has filled a void in my collection that I didn’t even know existed and all I want is more and more and more! Yesterday the Pre-Orders closed on the most recent crop of offerings, so hopefully T4H can get those numbers to their factory and get production underway. Today, I’m Featuring a fellow named Atilla Leossyr. Technically, he’s yet another one of the knights, but he still manages to be one of the more unique figures in the line.

I’m going to keep including packaged shots, but by now there really isn’t anything more to say about it. Unless, this is the first of my Mythic Legions Features you’ve stumbled upon. In that case, let’s just say it’s fairly attractive, very serviceable, and surprisingly collector friendly for a bubble and card affair. The cards are all generic, but the bubbles include inserts with individual character bios on the right panels. I’m still waffling over whether or not to keep the packages once I’m through Featuring all the figures in this assortment. I’d like to keep them, but space remains a premium commodity here at FFZ Central, especially since I have to make room for a lot more of these figures in the near future.

So yes, Atilla is another knight, but one given a lot of personality thanks to his unique headgear. The fully armored body is built from parts that we’ve seen on the other knights more than a few times. The difference here is the combination of the lower sash that we saw on Sir Gideon and Skapular paired with the full plate chest armor. The color scheme here consists of bronze plate armor with silver painted rivets and silver chain mail at the joints. The trim includes some lovely blue and maroon accents. The quality of paint on the armor in this line has been exceptional and Atilla here is no different.

Once again, the figure is packaged with the shoulder armor off, and while the figure looks fine without it, the shoulders are required to attach the cape. While the capes continue to be uncommon accessories in this line, I’ve shown off two types so far, the black and red. This red one is the same one that we saw last week on The Blood Armor and the material is softer and easier to work with than the black ones. The way the capes attach allow them to be bellowed out, but in this case, I prefer to keep it folded and narrow on Atilla here. If the shoulders look familiar, they are the same sculpts that we first saw with Gorgo and several times since. I think they look splendid in this color.

Besides the beautiful new deco on the armor, the real draw here is the head sculpt. There are a fair share of humans in this line, that is presuming the knights are all humans, but very few with exposed faces. I only own two such figures, this guy and Sir Gideon. I recall there being one more, that I didn’t buy. Either way, the head sculpt here is good, but the paint on the face is ever so slightly disappointing. It’s applied very neatly, but there’s not a lot of complexity or depth to it. The eyes, in particular, just aren’t all that convincing. Hey, after gushing on and on about these figures for months, there was bound to be something I could nitpick, right?

But that’s OK, because the real draw here is Atilla’s stunning lion head helmet. I’ve always been a fan of these style helmets, where the face is positioned inside the jaws of the beast. In this case, the top of the lion’s mouth forms a jutting visor over Atilla’s brow, while his cheeks are flanked by the lion’s mane. There’s no bottom jaw, just Atilla’s exposed, stubble-covered chin. Both the sculpt and the paintwork here conspire to make the helmet look like it really is forged in bronze. It’s an important distinction, and one that deserves to be called out. T4H didn’t just sculpt a lion head and paint it, they sculpted it to look like it was hammered out of metal and it looks simply fantastic. This helmet may be the most impressive piece of sculpting in this entire line so far, and that’s really saying something, because it’s all been pretty amazing.

To quote Shakespeare, the articulation in Mythic Legions is “as constant as the Northern Star” and rotating hinges are the POA of choice. You get them in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, as well as some generous rockers for those wide stances. The waist is ball jointed, as is the neck. The neck guard is soft plastic and is designed to shift if need be to accommodate the neck movement. As I’ve said before, the articulation here probably offers a better range of motion than an actual person would have wearing bulky armor like this, but at the same time, Atilla won’t be doing much in the way of crazy ninja-like gymnastics. As always, these figures are modular in construction, so if there’s a joint then chances are good that you can easily detach it and swap it out for another piece.

Naturally, Atilla comes with a bunch of weapons, all of which we’ve seen before. The sword is the larger, two-handed one, with a slightly leaf-shaped blade, a stylish crossguard, and a maroon painted grip. The shield features a wrist clip that pegs on so the shield can be orientated in any position no matter the position of the arm. The crest here features a bronze lion head painted on a field of maroon, which matches his armor quite nicely.

And then there’s this lovely implement of death. If you axe me if we’ve seen this weapon before, I’d have to say yes. Many times! This time around it’s got some bronze paint on the blade reinforcements and maroon on the top and bottom of the shaft. The grips are painted brown. As always, you can remove convert it into either a single or double bladed weapon.

It’s crazy to think that I came very close to passing on this guy back when I was tallying up how much I could spend and playing a game of Sophie’s Choice on which figures wouldn’t be able to make the cut. I think I had this figure ruled out right up until the end when I tossed him in. Why he wasn’t on the top of my list is beyond me, because he’s an amazing figure and definitely one of the more distinctive knights in the line. It just goes to show you how tough it was to weed any of these out to hit the magic number of seventeen figures, which was all my budget at the time would allow. Speaking of which, Atilla is the 13th Mythic Legions figure I’ve featured so far. That leaves four more to go from the initial crop, and two more that I picked up afterwards, so we’re a good bit past the halfway mark!

It’s been one of those days, folks. Meetings ran long at work and here I am getting home late with content left undone. What can you do? It’s those long meetings that pay for toys! I was tempted to take the day off of bloggery, but it’s Mythic Legions Wednesday and I can’t let the day go un-celebrated, so I decided to look at a figure today that wouldn’t require a whole lot of time…

Behold… Vorgus Vermillius and the ubiquitous in-package shot. Nope, there’s nothing new to say about the package. I will, however, do something I haven’t really done with these figures before and give a shout out to this guy’s bio, because it’s just so damn awesome. To make a long story short, the brutal vampyric Knight Lord Edgard got himself some kick ass enchanted armor, but it turned out to be a trap that slowly consumed the life force of its wearer. In that regard, this isn’t necessarily a figure of Lord Edgard, but rather The Vorgus Vermillius, or Blood Armor, that roams the land looking for new victims to wear it so it can be fueled by their goddamn souls. Holy crap, that’s metal! Let’s check him out…

Does he look familiar? The reason this figure won’t take a lot of time is because he’s the closest I’ve come so far to looking at a straight repaint in this line. The Blood Armor is Gorgo Aetherblade, only with horns instead of antlers, and a diffent cape. The figure comes packaged with the shoulders off and the cape comes in a plastic baggie. The repaint is done mostly in one color and it is a very deep and rich red. So deep and rich that it looks brown under certain light. You do get some black wash as well, which adds a certain look of antiquity to the figure. I mentioned last time, when I looked at the Knight Legion Builders, how amazing these sculpts look even with simple paint jobs, and that’s the case here as well. I can still make out all of those beautifully sculpted details in his full suit of armor. As always the figure is modular in design and articulation is constant across the board in this line, so I’ll just refer you back to the Feature on Gorgo if you need to get up to speed. Now, stare into the grim face of death…

Damn, he’s gorgeous! Normally, the shoulders are completely optional, but I can’t imagine displaying this guy without them. They add a lot of menace to his stature, and they’re also instrumental in attaching his black cape. The cape has holes cut in it that you pass the peg through to secure it and as with Gorgo’s red cape, this one really adds to the figure. Every Dread Lord needs a flowing black cape! And yes, you also get the now familiar brown belt, which can be worn on the waist or as a shoulder strap to carry his sword.

Sword, you say? Yes, The Blood Armor comes with the usual array of killing instruments, all of which are repaints of weapons we’ve seen before. The sword is the same one we saw packed in with Gorgo, and several other figures since. It features a vaguely leaf-shaped blade, a two handed grip, and a stylish crossguard that really evokes the style of Tolkien weaponry for me. The blade is painted silver and the hilt is painted to match the armor itself.

You also get a repaint of the same axe that was bundled with Gorgo. It’s painted in the same colors to match the sword and as we’ve seen before, it can be converted from a single-blade to a far more formidable looking double-bladed weapon.

And finally, The Blood Armor comes with a spear. This spear has been recycled time and time again, but that’s not really a sticking point with me. Heh. Heh Heh. Ahem…

Whatever you do, do not mistake my brevity today as any slight on this figure. The Vorgus Vermillius is another absolutely outstanding figure in the Mythic Legions line and one with a damn cool backstory too! Indeed, when I was picking out which figures to get while remaining in my budget, I expressly tried to avoid any that were close to straight repaints. And yet, this guy still wound up on my list. It was quite simply the amazing paint job on the already fantastic sculpt that sold me, and I’ve had no regrets since I have had him in hand. And let me tell you, there is no better reward after a long, hard day at work than to pour a tall Jameson and sit down to admire and write about a magnificent figure like this one.

If there was ever any doubt that the runaway success of the Mythic Legions Kickstarter wasn’t just a flash in the pan, the pre-orders for Wave 1.5, 1.75 and a selection of All-Stars from Wave 1 have been going like gangbusters. Indeed, this is a line that has me seriously re-evaluating my collecting habits in an effort to divert funds to the amazing figures that have been revealed for Wave 2.0. But I’m getting ahead of myself, as I’m barely at the halfway mark of my ongoing look at the figures that I picked up from the initial Kickstarter, so let’s press onward! Today I’m going to delve into the Legion Builders and I’m looking at not one, but two of the knights!

The term “Legion Builder” refers to the figures that featured fewer paint applications than the regular releases. While the regular figures were in the $33 range at the initial offering, these originally sold for only $18 a pop. The idea here is that you could stock up on these guys as troop builders, or if you have customizing skills, you could use them to make your own unique creations. I only bought three of these, two of which are the Silver and Gold Knights that I’m checking out today. The packaging is right in line with what we’ve been seeing all along. The only difference here is that the bubble inserts are the same for both figures, as there are no bios on the side panels, nor is there anything distinguishing whether the package contains the Silver or Gold figure.

As always, these figures are packaged without wearing their shoulder armor, and despite some unsightly notches in the back, they display just fine without the extra armor pieces. From the neck down, these sculpts are identical to each other, as well as two other figures I’ve already looked at: Sir Owain and Gorgo. You get straight silver paint on one and straight gold on the other. The paint on both figures is gorgeous and really brings out the detail in the sculpt, particularly some of the ornate scroll work. They still look great, but it’s easy to see how the extra paint applications make the regular figures in this line look all the more special. I can’t help but think that these resemble what Mythic Legions might have looked like if it went through a major toy manufacturer and had to cost out for regular retail sale. It seems like the paint apps are always the first to go! Even so, these would still be the best looking figures in the toy aisles.

As we’ve seen these bodies before, there’s no surprises with the articulation. You get a hearty dose of rotating hinges, appearing in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, swivels in the thighs, and ball joints in the waist and neck. As the figures are modular in design, all the articulation points can be separated, making it easy to swap just about any part on the figure with any of the other figures in the line.

Each figure comes with a different pair of shoulder armor. Goldy has repaints of the same shoulders that were bundled with Sir Gideon and Sir Silver has the repaints of the pair bundled with Gorgo. And yes, we’ve seen these pieces many times since! They simply peg into the sockets in the back of the shoulders.

We’ve also seen these head sculpts before too! Goldy’s helmet was last seen way back in my first Mythic Legions Feature as the alternate head for Sir Gideon, while Sir Silver’s was last seen as recently as last week on top of Sir Owain’s shoulders. Both helmets have plumes that feature the only variation in paint on the figures. The Gold Knight sports a vibrant blue plume while The Silver Knight has a red one.

Both figures come with the same assortment of accessories, but T4H did a palate swap on them, so the Gold Knight got the silver and gray accessories and the Silver Knight got the gold ones. They each come with the usual brown belt, which can hold the sword and be worn on the waist or as a shoulder strap. The shield and spear should be very familiar, and the sword is the one that was included with Sir Gideon. I’m not totally sold on the gold painted accessories that came with The Silver Knight. They are stunningly beautiful, but they seem a garish for troop builders.

I think the Gold Knight made out better. The sword is left as unpainted gray plastic and it looks like a mass produced weapon that a rank-and-file soldier might have. The spear has a silver painted tip and the shaft is left unpainted. Ironically, I like this unfinished look better than the all silver painted spears we’ve seen with other figures. I just like having the different color to separate the spear head and the shaft. The shield here looks like it does have some paint work on the surface simulating wear. Like the sword, I think this works really well as just a utilitarian shield that your average troops might carry. Goldy’s weapons look like the tools of war, whereas The Silver Knights’ look like they’re ceremonial.

It’s amazing how great these figures look even without that extra paint work that T4H has invested in the regular figures in this line. I’m sure I’ve made mention to the old vintage Knights figures by Marx before and these single color figures remind me a whole lot of those older toys. In hindsight, I’m tempted to say that I should have passed on these and poured that money into one of the other figures that I skipped while trying to budget my selections. But that would suggest regret at buying these, and the truth is I have no regrets. These look great flanking behind the Hero Knights of the line like Gideon or Owain, and while I probably would have preferred both figures came with the gray weapons, I can’t deny that those gold accessories are an eye catcher!

It’s Wednesday and time for another look into The Four Horsemen’s Kickstartered line of amazing 6-inch scale fantasy figures. I began my look at the Mythic Legions line two months ago with the brave knight, Sir Gideon, and after nearly ten figures, today I’m returning to the knights of the line and checking out Sir Owain!

Here is a quick, obligatory look at the figure in his packaging. You get a generic card with a little of the line’s fiction on the back. The bubble insert has “Mythic Legions” printed across the front and a little bio of the character on the right panel. The card is designed to slide out of the plastic bubble front, so everything is collector friendly!

Oh yes, Sir Owain is as classic a knight as you can get. This guy really takes me back to those wonderful Marx Knights that I used to play with at my Uncle’s house way back when. We’re almost ten figures in and by now we’re going to start seeing a lot more familiar parts, but this is as close to a straight repaint as I’ve shown thus far. From the neck down, Sir Owain is just a recolor of Gorgo Aetherblade. The sinister black and red deco has been replaced with a simple yet gorgeous silver and gold color scheme, keeping just a little bit of black. The resulting transformation from evil bastard to noble and heroic knight is impressive. Seriously, the quality of paint on this figure is just breathtaking.

As always, the shoulder armor arrives off the figure in the package. Owain looks totally complete without these pieces, but pegging them into the shoulders gives him some lovely bulk. As with the rest of the body, these shoulder pieces are also repaints from Gorgo. You also get the ubiquitous brown belt, which can be worn around the waist or as a shoulder strap.

While the bulk of this figure is recycled, this is the first time we’re seeing this head sculpt. Known as a Burgonet and popular in the 16th Century, this helmet really captures that classical romantic feel of the chivalrous knight as depicted in the Renaissance Period. The silver, black, and gold deco matches the rest of the armor and he does have a large burgundy plume spilling out the top from behind the crest.

Just in case this is your first of my Mythic Legion Features, I’ll give a quick run down on the articulation for the line. You get rotating hinges in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, as well as lateral rockers in the ankles to steady him for those wide stances. The waist is ball jointed, as is the neck. The neck guard is soft plastic and is designed to shift if need be to accommodate movement in the neck. Truth be told, Sir Owain is probably a little more limber than a dude in full plate armor should be, but that’s what helps make him such a fun action figure. Also remember, these figures are designed to be modular, so if there’s a joint, then chances are that joint can be separated and another part swapped in for easy customization.

Like Sir Owain’s body, we’ve seen his weapons before. First off, he comes with a sword and shield. All the shields we’ve seen in the line so far have been the same basic accessory, but with a unique coat of arms painted on the front. In the case of Sir Owain you get a large bird with a sword in the center set against a black backdrop. The shield clips onto the figure’s wrist and the clip is pegged into the shield. The sword is the same one that came with Sir Gideon. It’s a single handed weapon with a newly painted deco for the hilt.

He also comes with the silver spear that we’ve seen several times.

You will no doubt have noticed that most of this Feature is pointing out how much of this figure is based on reused parts and accessories. Keep in mind, that is in no way intended as criticism. The fact is that T4H developed this line based on a selection ofparts that could be interchanged into different combinations to create new figures. And in this case, they show that even the right repaint can turn the same body into a figure that still feels fresh when standing next to the original. The repaint here is so well done and each figure owns it so well, that Owain doesn’t at all feel like a rehash of Gorgo to me. With all that having been said, anyone looking for just a beautiful 6-inch scale classical knight would be well served hunting this guy down. He’s a gorgeous figure even as a stand alone piece.

In the past five weeks of Mythic Legions Wednesdays I’ve delved into the Skeletons, Knights, Orcs, and Dwarves, but today I’m checking out one of the figures that doesn’t fit into any of the more conventional classifications. His name is Vitus and he is a lone warrior, the last survivor of his people, and an overall scourge of all evil!

Here’s a quick obligatory in-package shot. Once again, they are collector friendly, but I still haven’t decided if I’m keeping the cards and bubbles. Space is always a concern and I may just wind up saving the inserts with the names and bios.

Vitus is obviously themed off a Spartan warrior and he’s one of the best examples so far of how clever T4H are on the reuse of parts. Vitus uses the lower legs, boots, and gauntlets we saw on Sir Gideon and Gorgo. the torso and groin armor from Gorgo, the upper arms, upper legs, and belt from Urkku. This figure should look like a cobbled together mess, but this combination of parts and all new paint makes him look like a unique design that was build from scratch from the ground up.

New paint features smooth and even flesh tones on the arms and legs and a rather striking combination of metallic red and gold for the armor. The intricately sculpted belt, which looked old and tribal on Urkku looks flashy and ornamental on Vitus. The new deco just transforms it into something new. It’s amazing! It’s also worth noting that Vitus is the only figure I’ve looked at so far that does not include shoulder pieces, although the sockets are still there if you want to borrow someone else’s for him.

Vitus’ head sculpt features an intricately sculpted Greek-style helmet with a high crest comb. There’s some lovely raised scrollwork and all the details are painted gold against the metallic red backdrop.

The modular nature of Mythic Legions means the figures feature identical articulation straight across the board. Vitus features rotating hinges in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, as well as lateral rockers in the ankles. There are also ball joints in the waist and neck. Seven figures in and I have not had any issues with stuck or funky joints. These guys are rock solid and oh, so fun to pose.

Vitus comes with the sword we last saw with Sir Gideon. This time it features a simple gold painted grip. You also get the brown belt we’ve seen with almost all the figures thus far. Since Vitus lacks the shoulder pieces, I like to use it as a shoulder strap and have him wear his sword behind his back. I also discovered that the belt has a loop so he can wear the sword on his right hip. This was present in Urkku too, as it’s the same belt, but I didn’t notice it back then. There’s always a sense of discovery around these figures, which is pretty exciting.

The shield is the same mold we’ve seen with almost all the figures so far, but with a new crest painted on the face. It’s a gold lion motif against a metallic red background to match the coloring of his armor. Once again, the arm clip pegs into the shield, which means you can orientate it any way you want no matter what position the arm is in.

Finally, Vitus comes with a spear that definitely suits his hoplite theme. The spears remain my only quibble with this line. Some paint on the shaft would have been nice.

Vitus is not only a gorgeous figure, but he’s a shining example of how well thought out and successful the parts sharing in this line is. Nothing about him looks out of place and I’d be hard pressed to tell you which parts were intended for him and which were borrowed from another design. I also like how T4H have worked some more unique designs into the line by producing characters that don’t fall into the knights, orcs, skeleton, dwarf demographic. Next time, we’ll check out another somewhat unique character in this initial line based off The Minotaur!