Only one contact point, which is easy enough to get level.  Time will tell as to how well it holds up to being manhandled during gaming and transport.

As a bonus, the box comes with a unique Piglet sculpt.  I had a blue mohawk for a few months in college, so I couldn’t resist giving this little guy one.  The giant seam lines on the underside show up more in the completed model than I thought it would.  I wish I had spent the effort to fill it.  Alternately, you could paint on some stitches and call it a stuffed Piglet.

With all the Piglets potentially in play, they need to be easily distinguishable.  When I painted the original set, I thought the poses would be enough.  As it turns out, the two standing ones look too much alike.  So I refurbished one.  The blood either comes from a well-placed Pigcharge, or perhaps he was just Birthed.

I now have seven Piglets to choose from, which ought to be enough.  I’m pretty happy with how distinctive they all look.

First up, Belted.  Based loosely on a real breed of pigs, he stands out pretty well while still obviously being a piglet.

Bessie is based more on cows, but still recognizable.  The wash comes off looking dirty along the top, however.  Perhaps a brown would have been a better choice.

The Ulix story and story encounter in Crossroads features a Golden Piglet.  It’s also a super easy paint scheme.  Done!

Ulix is a bit of a tricky model.  He has three connection points to the base (foot, peg, and cane), but only one is big enough to pin.  As a game piece, he’s a ton of fun.  When Hunting Bow goes off well, it can be truly amazing.  I haven’t done well with his summoning upgrade, though.  I find I spend far too many resources summoning models that then have a hard time getting into the game.

I figured Old Major ought to be an old-timer, so I gave him some liver spots.  I’m not convinced it works, though, versus having measles.  In game, he makes the pigs far more controllable.  I wish that pigs could choose not to charge other pigs, rather than being illegal targets.  I often want to charge myself for extra movement, and then relent/cheat into irrelevant damage results.

I think I went too soft on the highlights for Penelope.  In the photo it looks okay, but in person it’s kind of just a black mass.

As I try to do with repeated models, I try to make something different about each model other than the pose.  For the Wild Boars, it’s the hair down the spines.