Four Horsemen Studios Mythic Legions

For a nautical themed wave, I’m a bit disappointed with how few of the human characters look like seafarers. Ironskull is the only one that reads like that to me, though I guess it’s easier to make animal parts than to make new costumed torsos. But the result is kinda TMNT heavy to me, like if you displayed them together you get Noah’s Ark. Not enough human sailors to dilute the animals.

I was hoping they’d use this wave to make some new “cloth” body parts, since heavy armor doesn’t make much sense on a boat. I am excited to see how the baggy pants get reused in the future.

I’m also excited for a 2.0 of the 2.0 body. I’m hoping for a 2.0 Hadriana and an update to the elves. I have a lot of bulky heavies in my collection already, some updated dexterity characters are needed.

Ultimately I think the Imp might be my only pickup. He’d work great as a minion for The Unknown One.

Speaking of TMNT: Mobu, with a small customization here or there, would make a fun Ray Fillet for the Mezco turtles. Several of these guys would also be fun to pair with Baron Bends.
 
AgentHemlock said:
I was hoping they’d use this wave to make some new “cloth” body parts, since heavy armor doesn’t make much sense on a boat.
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If it helps your sense of verisimilitude at all, it's worth noting that heavy armour was worn in ship-based combat all the time throughout history, right up until armour stopped being a thing. Turns out, the vast majority of seafaring humans couldn't swim, so armoured or unarmoured they'd be dead if they fell in the water.
 
I enjoyed the PBS documentary series How We Got to Now about the mundane discoveries or inventions that would go on to fundamentally alter modern living. The first episode is about water sanitation completely changing our relationship with water, including swimming.

I'm really impressed with the new sea critters. I don't usually go in for anthro animal characters, but I'm a sucker for translucent plastic parts, the new sculpts are fun, they were smart about their parts reuse, and the paint jobs on the koi fish, mermaid, and crab in particular are fantastic. That being said, they don't really fit into my collection. I love their designs enough that I'm a little tempted to try and make a display space for them on their own, maybe grab the manta just to fill it out a bit. I could even pack that imp into my goblin gang shelf.

Hmmm, we'll see...
 
RunestoneCowboy said:
Hold onto your butts, because they aren't done yet. Like with last year's animal wave and the Ninian Guard, they have a new fish grunt they're releasing at the con that will be available online next year.
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I think this might be the winner... The pearlescent paint really sells that koi carp vibe and some of it looks kind of translucent?

Felt pretty confident I wasn't going to be ordering anything post legions con but that may have just been flushed down the drain.

I actually really hope they do a frog, but in imp scale. Mainly because of this:

 
I like the koi man, but the fact that they tied him in as the journal writer in the lore is what really sold me on him. I don't really get into ML lore AT ALL but "this fish guy keeps a journal and is quietly observing everything around him" made me warm up to him as a figure more than I expected. Also I think he comes with EXACTLY the right amount of stuff. I don't feel over- or underwhelmed by him.
 
Yeah, and it's nice to get a character that feels a bit more rounded out and connected to the story. I think that's why the Einsamall wave had a bit more appeal too.

Xue had a similar vibe in the Ashes of Agebendor wave as well, as the scholar/librarian piecing together the stories of the other characters. It was just a shame he had a bit of a generic older bearded wizard headscult, after quite a few bearded wizards had been released.
 
I'm looking forward to whenever they ship Xue too, yeah. I do think they need to break up the "old wizard with beard" thing a bit, but at least we've gotten with him four different distinct skin tones. I'd love it if they broke up the female wizards a bit more too since I think most of our femme wizards are blue.
 
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