Rubbery Barbarian Slingers

At Devizes last year I picked up some Warlord Games resin barbarian skirmishers from the bargain bucket on their stand. 

I'm not even sure if these figures are still in their catalogue, as the bright future that was supposed to be "Warlord Resin" (aka rebadged Siocast) never really took off due to, well, Siocast resin turning out to not be some form of magic new material, not being particularly cheap, seemingly reliant on one company in Spain for machinery and raw materials, and often covered in flash..

.. but hey ho, these guys actually seemed pretty nice sculpts, and I also picked them up for a bargain price - and here is how some of them have turned out. 

The chap on the far left who has just released his sling seems to be ideally suited to this resin material, as the resin is rubbery but tough - I can imagine a metal casting of this "opened up" sling being so long it might be hard to cast, and prone to stress breakages as it bent.

 

They are all on 60x30 bases for ADLG in 28mm.

They've all been done quickly and simply with GW Contrasts, and Vallejo flesh to pick out the muscles (OK, sort of..) on the bare arms and highlight their faces. 

 

I really like some of the facial expressions the sculpts have captured here 

And this guy, poking a finger at whoever he's about to hurl a slingshot at, is super!