Footsore Miniatures News & Rumours - Baron's War Fantasy Kickstarter

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**zedmeister**

Coming soon - plastic foot knights:

https://footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/new-releases/products/foot-knights-1150-1320

Posted by Andy Hobday:

Exciting News for The Barons' War!
Paul and I understand that the wait for the promised Outremer campaign supplement has been longer than anticipated. We apologise for the delay and appreciate your patience. The good news is, we haven't been idle!
Exciting New Plastic Miniatures:
Since early 2023, we've collaborated with Wargames Atlantic to create a fantastic range of plastic miniatures for The Barons' War game. We're thrilled to unveil the first of five planned box sets: The Foot Knights!
This versatile set launches at the end of April 2024 and is available for pre-order now from @Wargames Atlantic and @Footsore Miniatures & Games. The plastics have been scaled to fit in seamlessly with the current The Barons' War range, and each plastic release will be interchangeable, providing endless options.
Stay tuned for announcements on the upcoming releases in this exciting new plastic range!
Outremer Campaign Update:
We haven't forgotten about Outremer! Paul is diligently working on a substantial release planned for later in 2024. We'll share more details soon.
We appreciate your continued support and enthusiasm for The Barons' War. We're incredibly excited about this collaboration and the fantastic new options it brings to the game. Stay tuned for further updates, and prepare to bolster your armies with these stunning new plastic miniatures!

**RaptorusRex**

Those are badass!

**NH Gunsmith**

Man, those are great looking.

**Prometheum5**

Those are really great, but forgive me for not being versed in historical armoring... did knights really go around in full chainmail bodysuits including mittens and footies for a time?

**Smokestack**

Prometheum5 wrote:
Those are really great, but forgive me for not being versed in historical armoring... did knights really go around in full chainmail bodysuits including mittens and footies for a time?

Google search for "did knight wear chainmail mittens and footies ?" turned up this:

https://steel-mastery.com/evolution-of-knights%E2%80%99-hand-protection

**Prometheum5**

Fair enuff.

**Maniac_nmt**

Prometheum5 wrote:
Those are really great, but forgive me for not being versed in historical armoring... did knights really go around in full chainmail bodysuits including mittens and footies for a time?

13th century illuminated manuscript showing the murder of St Thomas Becket

Spoiler:

13th century Westminster Psalter

Spoiler:

German Codex Manesse from 1304

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848?&ui_lang=eng

https://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/08/codex-manesse.html

Almost every piece of art from this period shows them with maille chausses with foot protection and hauberks with incorporated mittens. Certainly some knights would have had older/hand-me-down equipment, but it was pretty universal from some time in the mid/late 1100s up until plate gauntlets completely took over.

Even the Bayeux Tapestry from 1096 has full or almost full maille:

https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/

**Dolnikan**

As someone with a huge weak spot for exactly that period, I will be getting these for sure. And I'm hoping to have some more options for sergeants and the like as well. Can never have too many of those!

**Pacific**

These look lovely, I wonder if there might be a sneak preview at Salute in a few weeks time? Fingers crossed!

**zedmeister**

Baron's War Fantasy Expansion Kickstarter coming soon!

**zedmeister**

Kickstarter launched:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hobbers/orc-vs-elves-28mm-fantasy-miniatures

**lord_blackfang**

So I assume this isn't the same Barons' War that they already make all those medieval foot knights for?

**zedmeister**

lord_blackfang wrote:
So I assume this isn't the same Barons' War that you already make all those medieval foot knights for?

It is - so Baron's War is a written by Andy Hobday and the sculpts are pretty much all Paul Hicks. This is their attempt at creating a spin off company and expansion for the Baron's War rules (Which the WA Knights are for). The idea being you can use Baron's War mediævals as part of the human armies for the fantasy game

**KidCthulhu**

Very Tolkien. Nice sculpts.

**Sgt. Cortez**

I feel there's room for improvement concerning the presentation. There were some awesome painted minis by HvM months ago and they don’t show them here. Also spearmen without spears and shields.
Single metal bases on every foot of cavalry is a strange design choice. I really wanted to like this and the sculpts are nice but I think I'll wait for retail on this one.

**Kid_Kyoto**

I dunno they seem a bit generic. With Oathmark, Lord of the Rings and whatever else, does the world want more of this?

**Sgt. Cortez**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I dunno they seem a bit generic. With Oathmark, Lord of the Rings and whatever else, does the world want more of this?

On the one hand I get what you're saying, on the other I look at dozens of producers that do green GW/Warcraft orcs so I'm always happy to see classical orcs like these

**Smokestack**

Wonder why they didnt go multipart. looks like the Elven cavalry is using WA multipart horses. I probably would have backed for some multipart kits