It’s the end of our week of Privateer Press review posts, and we come to Una the Falconer. Horgle Ironstrike’s model embodies raw power. Tyrant Zaadesh’s speaks of skill and finess. Unas? Cries out “Holy heck look at all the detail on this model! Oh, and it’s set to shepherd in a new wave of Circle players fielding flocks of griffons. Perhaps not surprisingly, I have no problem with this.

Una’s model comes in six pieces, three of which are her birds. We should name them Huey, Dewey and Louie. I’m just sayin’.

Una herself is a single piece with an absurd amount of detail. Between stitching on her cloak, armour trim, and rampant feather accessorisation, this is one heck of an impressive model.

The view from behind is no less impressive. You’ll note the growth jutting over her outstretched left arm; these are the feet of one of her birds, and a fairly elegant solution to attaching them to the model.

Her staff is in two pieces, and it took me a minute to figure out that the knob on top of the staff (A wizard’s staff has a knob on the end, just ask Rincewind) slipped past the feathers and ribbons to pop quite nicely into the socket with the potential for multiple contact points, happily removing the need for a pin.

The two birds on the staff pop nicely onto their feet, which are already a part of the staff head. Each foot has a tiny peg and socket connection, so a good glue will happily hold them in place, but I wouldn’t rule out pinning if you have a thin enough gauge wire.

We now return to Una’s outstretched arm, from which she’s launching one of her birds and wishing really hard that it worked like the Lord of the Feast’s raven.

Paint duties on Una were assumed by Solon, who will happily tell you how irksome it was handling all that detail. I will add to his diatribe by referencing the difficulty of properly photographing a model with the birds creating multiple planes.

That said, DAMN it’s a beautiful model, and one I’m excited to see on the table.

The detail from behind the model also paints up beautifully. In the end I think this is a display quality model and one that I could see appearing in many painting competitions.

Una the Falconer is a June release from Privateer Press for the Circle Oroboros. Take wing down to your FLGS and see if your retailer can’t wing one your way.