The Black Powder Epic Battles: Revolution! - Commanders pack is actually pretty good! At first I was hesitant when I saw the figures were Warlord Resin as I had read on various forums and blogs that the Warlord Resin was brittle, etc. Then I read that they had redone their formula and they did a great job. I found very little "flash" mold lines which were easily trimmed or filed down with a gently with a hobby file. The resin is firm but flexible enough that items like bayonets and swords will not snap off. Supposedly you can paint them without priming but I prefer to prime my figures.
The resin allows some incredible detail on the small figures and in fact, the horses are fantastic. As you can see, Sir Howe is charging at the head of the troops with sword in hand. They are many documented events that he did this, as did other senior commanders such as Cornwallis. This figure will usually serve as an army commander for the upcoming battles.
I will put my painting philosophy on how I am doing my forces for the AWI in a latter post, but at this scale (and many others!) I like to paint to gaming distance; especially since it has been a while since I painted figures smaller than 28mm. If I look real close at the figure, I notice the gold trim is not straight on the cuff or a missed a button. When gaming, it looks great. On the other hand, I am going to go back and work on the face just a little bit since I am now looking at the pictures!
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