{"id":11346,"date":"2018-12-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11346"},"modified":"2021-11-27T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T00:15:46","slug":"impressions-spectre-miniatures-ember-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/12\/15\/impressions-spectre-miniatures-ember-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressions: Spectre Miniatures Ember Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To say I have an interest in Black Powder Red Earth is putting things mildly. I think it’s an incredible series that, despite having a few issues with the pacing sometimes, details the activities of a PMC named Cold Harbor operating in international hotspots, all detailed in a striking (and sometimes very unpleasant) art style. It feels unlike any other comic book, presenting a realistic take on the world packed full of action and operators operating operationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More importantly, I love the look of these operators. Equipped to the nines with the latest military kit, their faces covered by bandannas, these guys look operators. Hearing that Spectre had managed to sign an agreement with Echelon Software to bring these guys to the wargaming table made me very happy indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first pack represents several operators from Ember<\/g> team, a force shown in the Black Powder Red Earth Yemen series. This set includes 6 operators, all equipped with heavily modified 5.56 carbines. As someone who has an interest in all the latest gear (such is the curse of the airsofter<\/g>) it was easy to spot that these guys are covered in all the latest and greatest kit. The carbines are decked out with parts that you may recognise if you have been on the BCM website recently, including cool details like offset red dot sights alongside short dot scopes or upgraded stocks and rail kits. The operators themselves, over their civilian clothing, have Haley Strategic rigs and belts. Even their side arms, a tiny detail, are setup<\/g> like they are in the comics, in custom holsters and with red dots on their slides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to note that this pack includes the NOD sprue – you don’t need to buy additional packs unless you want to swap some of the two tubes out for the panoramic versions (maybe your operators got a particularly well paying client this time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As with all these Spectre figures, the posing is one of the unique features that sets them out from other manufacturers. This pack has a neat variation in terms of poses with two in the firing pose, two in the rapid movement and the last two readying up. Out of all of them though, I really have to say I’m a fan of the guy using his backup optics (pictured here in his red shirt). However, all of them look as cool and dynamic as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s well worth looking at the selection of operators currently available from Spectre and showing off the different options each of them provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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