Impact Chibi Pit Lord

My final (for now) review of Impact Miniatures' range of 28mm scale Chibi figures focuses on one of their larger figures - the demonic Pit Lord.

You can find him in the Chibi Adventurers section of Impact Miniatures' webstore as CA-PITF Pit Lord. He costs £12.57 but he is huge! Compared to GW prices for a similar sized monster that is a bargain. He stands 65mm tall from the bottom of his hooves to the tips of his horns and he has a wingspan of 90mm.

He was beautifully sculpted by Juan Miguel Lopez Barea and he comes in 8 parts - body, head, left hand with sword, right hand with half the flaming whip, the second half of the flaming whip, two wings and a 48mm diameter base. Please note that as with all Impact Minis' bases that come with their figures, the slottabases are plain and untextured. However, Impact do sell textured bases with a dungeon floor pattern on them with both a slot in them and without the slot. They come in two diameters - 24mm and 48mm. The Pit Lord does not come with a slottatab under his hooven feet so I pinned and glued him onto a textured base that did not have a slot in it.

The figure fit together extremely well. I used superglue to stick him and it worked just fine. I added a small bit of Milliput to the join between the two halves of the whip just to strengthen it a tad. Please note that he is made of Trollcast resin, as are the majority of Impact's figures. I feared that his fiery whip might easily snap but actually, it is quite springy and providing you take good care of your figures he should last a lifetime. Incidentally, I store all of my Chibi figures in foam-lined cases made by KR Multicases.

I like demons a lot and the main reason that I bought this particular one was to use him as a substitute Dungeon Boss for Starfire the Dragon in Super Dungeon Explore. Yes, he does have a big head and big eyes (all four of them!) but I would certainly use him in other fantasy games like AD&D or Warhammer (a Chaos Khorne Demon) if I still played them.

Impact Chibi Pumpkinheads and Giant Pumpkins

I have a few more 28mm scale Impact Miniatures Chibi figures to review, which this time consists of three Pumpkinheads and four Giant Pumpkins.

The Pumpkinheads to the left and right of my photos are listed as CA-PUMP on the Impact Miniatures' website and the cost £3.49 each. I bought two. In the centre of the group is the Pumpkinhead General who is listed as CA-PMPA. He is slightly dearer at £4.19.

The Pumpkinhead General is the same sculpt as the ordinary Pumpkinheads but he comes with extras - a cloak, top hat and pet crow, which have to be glued in place. I used superglue, which worked fine.

The Pumpkinheads are unarmed but no doubt they will have some special power. I do not have any game stats for them yet, but I suspect that will change when Chibi World, the Impact Miniatures' RPG, is released.

It is just the way they have been photographed but the fire within their heads seems to be glowing with a white hot intensity. That is just the effect I was hoping for.

The Giant Pumpkins can be found in the Impact Elfball Sideline Figures range. All four can be bought for £11.69 and their reference code is EO-PMP4.

From left to right we have Looking Up, Side Look, Big Grin and Single Tooth.

Individually, they cost £4.54 each, except for Looking Up who is £5.93. I have no idea why he should be more expensive than the others. Clearly, you'd be better off buying the set of four.

I bought these figures after seeing one of the Spawn Points from my Von Drakk Manor expansion set for Super Dungeon Explore. It was a spooky animated tree holding a Halloween pumpkin aloft. As soon as I saw these Impact figures I made a connection. These will fit in perfectly as Minions of Von Drakk, no doubt brought to life by the Coven Witches of Glauerdoom.

Impact Chibi Skeletons and Zombies

Impact Miniatures are a company who make 28mm scale resin figures, including a range of Chibi Adventurers who are very compatible with the figures used in Super Dungeon Explore. You can find them here - http://www.impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=chibi

The skeleton is listed as CA-SKEL Chibi Skeleton on the Impact Minis website and costs £3.49. I bought four of them to help supplement my SDE Skeletons.

He is very lightly armoured with just a helmet and shoulder guards, which I have painted rusty and ancient looking.

He is armed with only a rusty sword.

I have no game stats for him yet. A rulebook for using these figures called Chibi World will be coming out later this year. I can't wait to get my hands on it as I know the author, Steve Gilbert, very well and I know that writing it has been a labour of love for him. You could use this figure as a Bonehead or Rattle Bone in SDE.

The zombie is listed as CA-ZOMB Chibi Zombie on the Impact Minis website and he also costs £3.49. Once again, I bought four of them.

The zombies are unarmoured and carry a wooden club. I have deliberately kept my gore effects to a minimum on these figures.

As yet there no game stats for zombies in SDE but they will be making an appearance as an expansion set for The Forgotten King, which is available now.

Given my love of all things undead I simply had to add these delightfully cute figures to my collection. I never thought I'd ever describe a skeleton or a zombie as being cute!

Vampifan's Views 60 - Monthly Musings 38

Miss Vampirella January 2015 - Alisa Kiss

Every time I post one of my Monthly Musings I always start off with a picture of my favourite vampire - Vampirella. This year, I have decided to do something slightly different and show you 12 of my favourite real life Vampirella models - one per month. I am showing them in alphabetical order by Christian name. I have my favourites as some I like more than others but all 12 have something going for them that I like. Some of the ladies are professional models posing as Vampi and some were official models when Vampirella was published by Harris Comics. Some, like Alisa here, are cosplayers. Alisa is certainly one of my favourites. She has such a cute smile and a great body that is very close to that of the comic heroine, i.e. well proportioned without being too busty.
What I found interesting when I was building up this collection was noting how Vampi's costume changes depending on who is wearing it. It seems the ladies all have their own ideas on how this iconic costume should look like. Most get it right. Alisa's version is near perfect. However, as I'll show, some don't quite get it right. One model does something I wouldn't have thought possible. She takes Vampi's skimpy costume and makes it a lot more skimpier! Sorry, guys, but you'll have to wait until August to see it. Yeah, I know, I'm such a tease! Anyway, in the meantime you have plenty of lovely eye candy to look forward to.

Moving on to hobby news, it has been another busy month for me, with most of my spare time taken up with Super Dungeon Explore. On the painting front I have finished painting all the figures from the Von Drakk Manor expansion set and all are worthy of a place on this blog, which is after all, dedicated to all things undead. I have made a start on painting the figures from my second SDE expansion set, Caverns of Roxor. In addition, I have painted all the individual SDE figures I was able to buy from Amazon UK and eBay. These were all rare figures and I'm thrilled to have been able to purchase so many of them. My collection of SDE figures is not complete but I do have all the figures I want, so I feel lucky in that respect.

My collection of Impact Miniatures Chibi Adventurers and Monsters

Towards the back end of last year I discovered a figure company called Impact Miniatures who made a range of 28mm scale Chibi Adventurers. These perfectly complemented the official SDE figures. They do a large range of Chibi figures and so I decided to send them an order. The photo above shows you what figures I received. Not shown are a load of dungeon tile bases that I ordered. They are a close match to the sculpted bases used in SDE. The figures I ordered were mainly bought to supplement my monsters from Von Drakk Manor. From left to right are four giant Pumpkins, two Pumpkinheads and a Pumpkinhead General. The reason I bought these is because one of the Von Drakk Manor Spawning Points depicts a spooky tree holding a large Halloween Pumpkin. So they were an obvious tie-in. Next up are four Skeletons and four Zombies. They were "must have" figures for me. The four individuals are a Pit Lord Demon, a Fire Mage, a Mummy and Red the Barbarian Warrior. The Pit Lord and Fire Mage will be alternative Dungeon Boss and Mini Boss to replace Starfire and Rex respectively from the basic boxed set of SDE. The Mummy is yet another undead type, who could either be used as a Mini-Boss for Von Drakk or held over for when the Desertlands expansion set is released. Red is an even closer match to Red Sonja than the Claw Tribe Barbarian I showed you last week. Heck, Impact even called her Red, so she has to be Red Sonja. Finally, are a pair of Gargoyles, who won't look out of place in Von Drakk Manor. These figures are all resin-cast and can be rather fragile if not handled with care and respect. I'm not a big fan of resin figures and would have preferred to see these in metal or plastic. I'll be reviewing these later but for now here's a sneak preview of the two Gargoyles.

Impact Miniatures Chibi Gargoyles.

I said in my last Monthly Musings post that my New Year's resolution was to play more games in 2015. Well, I'm off to a good start, having played two games of SDE already. The first was a simple 8-Bit game played on two boards with two Heroes (Ember Mage and Riftling Rogue) against Rex the Kobold Ogre Mini-Boss and a few Kobold Minions. It was a very one-sided fight which the Heroes won easily in less than half an hour. Still, it did what it was meant to do, which was to give me a flavour of the rules and how the game is meant to be played.
Then I played a 16-Bit game played on three boards with three heroes against Starfire the Dungeon Boss, Rex the Mini Boss and a lot more Denizens and Minions. This was a much tougher fight and took a lot longer to play but was also a lot more fun. The Heroes I chose were what I thought were a good mix - the Deeproot Druid (who is a Healer and can transform into Angry Bear), the Glimmerdusk Ranger (an elf archer with good ranged attack ability) and the Hearthsworn Fighter (a dwarven fighter specialising in melee attacks). I felt I'd covered all bases and was confident they'd do well. They didn't, despite getting off to a good start by destroying two Spawning Points very quickly.
But a horde of Kobolds Mob attacked the Ranger and swiftly killed her. When Rex the Kobold Ogre Mini Boss arrived he cleverly positioned himself at the entrance to the third board. That meant if the Heroes wanted to destroy the third Spawning Point, they'd have to go through him. Destroying ALL the Spawning Points before the Dungeon Boss arrives is the key to winning the game if you're playing the Heroes. Angry Bear tried his hardest to defeat Rex but he proved to be too tough. In the turn after Rex appeared, Starfire the Dragon arrived. Because there was still one Spawning Point left, it meant that Starfire could activate twice per Turn. Believe me, you do not want any Dungeon Boss activating twice per turn! The Heroes stood no chance against him and he killed them both. I knew that Starfire was tough (he really is rock hard!) but until I saw him in action I never knew just how powerful he actually was. Despite the Heroes losing I thoroughly enjoyed playing this fun game. Because I have so many expansion sets and extra figures for it, its replay value is incredibly high. I can't wait to play it again.
In my next post I'll review the Glimmerdusk Ranger, Deeproot Druid and Angry Bear but for now here's another sneak preview just to whet your appetite.