Confrontation: Legacy Miniature’s Griffon Kit
It’s been about six months now since we first heard the news that a new company would be breathing some life back into Rackham’s Confrontation line. Legacy Miniatures currently holds the rights to produce the IP as a miniatures line. They have gradually been churning out resin recasts of old favorites and some other sculpts that were never released.
This Griffon is one of their latest releases. Available exclusively through Cool Mini or Not, it commands the hefty price of $99.99. This sort of pricing has been the norm with Legacy’s Confrontation releases. So far they’ve kept their runs small, confident that a devoted fan base will pay any price to get their hands on these minis. I tried to learn a little more about the company but that URL on the box doesn’t actually go anywhere.
This is what I found in the box. Protected by an outer layer of bubble wrap were these 4 Ziploc baggies and a base. And that’s all I found. Anyone reading this who’s familiar with Confrontation should notice something is missing. The rules cards that all these kits are supposed to come with are absent. Pretty annoying, but I never really planned to use this model for play in Confrontation. And these cards are up in the Cool Mini or Not store, so I can always save and print them.
And here’s your first look at the actual pieces. I’ve heard this griffon was actually intended to be part of Rackham’s ill-fated pre-painted plastics range. While this may be the case, the quality is still very high. Now’s as good a time as any to point out that there seems to be one negative side effect to this resin. While it can carry a very high level of detail, its somewhat brittle. While this guy isn’t going to just fall apart on you, be extra careful you don’t drop it once you’ve got it put together.
The detail on the head is very crisp.
Here’s a closer look at the foot.
At nearly 6″ in length, this is a pretty big Griffon. And the wings are almost as long as the body.
It’s also a very clean kit. You can barely spot the mold line running down the back here. And fur is one of the hardest surfaces to keep clean.
And here are the knights that come with the kit. I was under the impression that the kit only came with the rider, so the foot version was a nice little surprise.
It was actually possible to get the knight on foot to hold together like this with no glue required. All the pieces fit together great. Although looking at this guy pretty much confirms this kit was intended to be part of Rackham’s plastics line. He’s just not up to par with the knights from Rackham’s metal range.
My final shot is going to be of the riding knight’s legs and saddle. Now this is what I’m talking about. It almost has the same level of detail as the Rackham sculpts of old.
~So that’s a Legacy Confrontation miniature. The absence of cards is pretty disappointing, but otherwise I won’t hesitate to say that this is a quality kit. And the good news there is that you can probably expect to see the same quality in their other products. The only question now is whether or not you love Confrontation enough to pay the prices they’re asking.
