North Star - Frostgrave Cultists II review The temperature in Felstad may be rather chilly, but the North Star figure forges are still running at high temperature. We take a look at their Cultists II plastic set. The North Star plastic production juggernaut rolls on and this time it’s pumping out new Frostgrave Cultists. Anyone familiar with the numbering of North Star box sets will know the score by now; set two flips the gender to cover female figures, and that’s the case here. A broad selection of parts is packed into each box: 21 heads, just about every set of arms and weapons you can imagine, and plentiful extras feature on each frame. Along with those options, there are five body and leg parts. Each set allows you to build 20 figures, with four frames in each box, and you’ll be pleased to hear that bases are included too. These are ragged-looking ladies, bedecked in heavy clothing with plenty of tears and tatters. As soon as you put heads onto the torsos you begin to define some wonderfully characterful and often rather maniacal characters. Faces look frenzied and wild and are often wrapped in bandages, adorned with trophies, or in the shadows of a hood. They all have their flavour of danger and menace. That’s greatly enhanced by the armoury of weapons here. There are bows and evil-looking crossbows, a vast selection of improvised blunt and bladed weapons, traditional melee options, and more. Most are pockmarked with rust and wear or have gnarled wood, making them look less regimented and a little wilder. We’ve found that North Star’s sister line for Stargrave has sometimes struggled with natural poses due to the size and heft of some of its weapons; thankfully that is not a problem with the Cultists II set. Poses look dynamic and ‘right’ even when figures are given two-handed axes and spears or crossbows. As well as some shields there are a ton of extra pouches, stashed knives (often with evil curved and wobbly blades that look like they will cause some damage) and hanging chains and trophies. These add a final dynamic extra to bring life and movement to your builds. This set is a kitbasher’s dream as the parts will match up with other sets in the range for maximum variety. Players of Joe McCullough’s sci-fi game, Stargrave, will be chuffed to hear that the parts also fit that range’s plastic sets nicely, making for even more build options and some creative mash-ups.
