**Special Note For Anyone Using My Review**
1. I review individual miniatures based on their quality, not what I think their rarity slot should be.
I've seen a couple reviews that, after praising a piece with a solid sculpt and paint job, knock down the rating a couple stars seemingly because they feel it would fit a better rarity slot. That is nonsense to me. I don't think it helps anyone looking at reviews trying to determine the actual quality of a piece in hand. I keep that type of conversation reserved for Erik's weekly Friday Preview blog or the review of the set as a whole.
2. For those new to pre-painted miniatures, please understand that no piece is going to look as close to quality as the digital 3D render. It just isn't going to happen. Think of the renders as what to expect conceptually. But in practice digital renders don't have to deal with real world techniques such as shading, washing, and other methods used to make a miniature look more than just a shiny cartoon once it is on the table. **
My Official Grade For Barrel:
Quality of Sculpt: 2 out of 2 Stars:
The sculpt on this is surprisingly great. I thought, with it being so small it might not turn out that great. I was wrong. You can clearly see from the sculpt that this is a wood crate. You can see the splinters and little breaks here and there in the boards. The steel band is also well sculpted.
Quality of Paint Job: 2 out of 2 Stars:
The paint job is simple yet so good. It's honestly one of the better looking Dressing pieces out there.
Overall appeal and usefulness: 1 out of 1 Star:
If you use these, you'll definitely want to pick up some extras. They look great, and you can customize your tavern scene with barrels anywhere you want.
I'm slowly warming up to Dressing pieces. I've thrown a couple of the pieces from the last set into a campaign. Without a doubt I'll be using all the dressing pieces from this set. These barrels go a long way towards that step.
My Advice For Cherry Pickers:
If you don't plan on using the dressing or setting up your tavern scene, you don't need this.
However, the bar set and pieces like this barrel look great enough that even if you don't plan to utilize them in a campaign, you can still set one up in diorama form.
(based on 3 ratings)
