Warlord Games plastic Celtic Warriors- unboxing, review and sprue inspection

This review is for the Warlord Games Celtic Warriors boxed set

Bought two of these in the past when my army was originally going to be a WAB celtic warband many moons ago. I think they make great bondi, thralls and beserkers for your viking armies though. 

You get 40 high quality figures spread across 4 sprues- 3 standard and one upgrade.

Lets look inside:

You get these adhesive shield covers to apply to shield faces for easy and speedy decoration. Nice celtic patterns but would also suit Dark Ages armies.

This is the standard sprue, flipped so you can see both sides. As you can see torsos and legs are separate allowing for loads of combinations. You get 10 torsos per sprue- 2 of which are in chainmail with an awesome mail collar. The detailing is great and very little clean up was needed before putting the kit together. The torsos come with arms already attached, and most already have weapons in their hands. The hnds can be swapped for gripping east plastics vikings very easily and look great as simple conversions.

A few poses are tricky to work with as they hunch quite far forward, making ranking them up quite an issue so I tend to use the hunched guys as permanent skirmishers mounted on round bases. 

The heads glue on to flat plateaus just above their adams apples. They do combine with the gripping beast heads and bodies with a bit of work but its not a perfect mix and tbh you get a lot of heads with both sets so theres no need to go swapping around.

Along the bottom of each sprue you get your weapons and shields. They combine perfectly with all other 28mm ranges, which is ideal! Nice mix of shield shapes too. 

This is both sides of the upgrade sprue. Unfortunately I took a few guys off here before photographing it, but that shouldn't get in the way. Its almost identical to the standard sprue but this one has a command section where the heads usually are. 

Instead of heads you get a choice of two pagan banner poles, a large carynx war horn on the shape of a boar, two severed heads, a decorative bird and a mane of hair to attach to your leader. The detailing on the standards is great- the boar even has celtic tribal patterns on it. As my army are pagans they fit right in.

There are no bases supplied but check out Famous Gaming for all your basing needs. They've got everything you'd want, as long as it's in stock!

So for your money you get 40 multipart posable figures, with a range of weapons, shields and heads and an upgrade sprue. They mix well with other 28mm ranges and although they are designed to be celtic they make perfect thralls, bondi or fyrd. With some minor converting they could also make great beserkers as quite a few of them are half dressed.

Detailing & sculpting: 9/10- barely any mould lines, great detailing, but lack of poses and joined arms.

Scaling: 9/10- scale well with most other 28mm ranges, could be slighty chunkier but overall good.

Amount of bits: 7/10- dont get an abbundance of bits, although what you get is of a good standard.

Ease of construction: 10/10- incredibly easy to build.

Value for money: 9/10- 40 men in a box is great, although id like to see more upgrade parts!

Over all: 44/50 - pretty good!

Will definitely be investing in more of these as my army grows!

Thanks for looking, to see how these figures scale up against other 28mm dark ages miniatures please check my other posts.