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Norsgard Miniatures is pleased to announce the launch of their first Kickstarter. Norsgard is a highly detailed fantasy skirmish game. It features a line of incredibly detailed Heroic 32mm models. So join the conflict in the icy land of Isbarn. Build your war band, equip them, train them and conquer. Running now through November 30th only on Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1620970905/norsgard-miniature-game

You have some awesome looking models! Hopefully I can save up enough scratch before the end of the month to pledge!

FINALLY!!

In for the full Orcs set plus all the other Orc models.

Beautiful work - Orcs are seldom portrayed as more than savage beasts, this is fantasic, plus I love the Rackham and Ilyad influences.

Miniatures look great. I'm curious as to what is meant by 4 to 10 figures for an average force however. Does that mean that 4 is the minimum and 10 is the maximum? Or that the average points cost means 4 elite guys for some factions and 10 for the lower cost guys? Following up how typical are the starter sets in regards to game size? Low end, high end, inbetween?

I'm also concerned about the costs of the add ons. When a single figure is being discounted down to $13, what is its rrp? And how much does it add on to my army?

Thank you for positive feedback! Indeed, it took a lot of time... but I am really happy with results.

Yes, my orcs are brave and proud protectors of Isbran... of course there is something dark in their history at least in Scarlet Watch. Second part of the army (not on this KS) will be much closer to paladins.

Number of miniatures. - well, this is always important issue. I playing skirmishes for a very long time and there is always a problem when numerous army of bad fighter is beating elite. This is something what should not happen. Both armies should fight on equal footing.

So, I made upper limits:

Scarlet Watch (orcs) - max. 10 models - most of the time elite & tough fighters

Howling Horde (barbarians) - max. 14 models - this is really interesting army, because you can make something close to swarm... or play using specialists - warriors with a lot of skills and tactical possibilities, but not so tough as orcs

Alliance of the Bat (dwarves and wulfkin) - max 12 - if you are using more wulfkin than you will be playing less models


Now word about prices - well, Norsgard miniatures are really big and this rises costs. However, prices will be on similiar level to the Infinity (which is great game in my humble opinion - well, just a side note)

I hope that I answered on all your questions.

What scale are the minis at? They look really nice, but I'd like them to be compatible with other minis in my collection.

Would love to be able to buy individual minis, such as the mohawk barbarian chick, Mistress of the Hunt, the Scout, etc.
Also, more barbarians/norse without ridiculous amounts of muscle would be nice.

It's funded!!

Dammit, I haven't been this excited about a Kickstarter in a long time!

Time to take my meds ...

Tommorrow I attach pictures with scale comparisom.

Thank you very much for your help. It is funded so fast!

Thank you for answering my questions, alas I'm a nosy bugger. Are there any more than the three factions you've mentioned planned for this kickstarter? If a third faction is unlocked (or more) will there be some sort of get everything pledge?

At first I thought, more scantily clad fighting women? Really?

Then I saw the men next to them had even less on. And that the proportions on the women were pretty reasonable.

So great job, I'm now actually interested in what you're offering.

First of promised photo with scale - Privateer Press (Hordes) and Corvus Belli (Infinity) miniatures are used as scale comparison.



@Zond here we go with answer on your questions: Yes, I have already plans for next 3 factions, but they will not show during this KS, because we are still working on concept arts and we barely started working on rules. So, we will end this campaign with 3 factions (hopefully). Yes, we are thinking about such pledge.


By the way campaign is goind really good and first stretch goal is already unlocked!

With the Armsmaster unlocked we are now moving towards the rest of the Alliance of the Bat. This new starter set will be unlocked at $15,000 and include 2 Dwarven Rangers, 1 Wolfkin Warrior, and the Dwarf Lord. Here is a sneak peak at the new Dwarf Lord to help keep you going. Thanks again for all your support folks. We couldn't have done this without you.

Will be watching this eagerly!

Very nice stuff. Looks like Rackham stuff which is always awesome. However, just to add more challenging questions, what makes your game stand out from the competition? We've got Orcs, Barbarians and Dwarf Wolves (actually stunty Werewolves would be awesome), but what's the unique selling point which you feel differentiates you from other fantasy games and settings?

Zond wrote:
Very nice stuff. Looks like Rackham stuff which is always awesome. However, just to add more challenging questions, what makes your game stand out from the competition? We've got Orcs, Barbarians and Dwarf Wolves (actually stunty Werewolves would be awesome), but what's the unique selling point which you feel differentiates you from other fantasy games and settings?

I hear there's a campaign system.

And some really great looking dwarves.

Those are both enough to pique my interest.

Mixing wolves and dwarves part of the same faction is an interesting choice.

@Zond - here we go with answer on your question. First of all armies are not typical. Orcs are proud templars not just mere brutes. You have also dwarves and wulfkin in one army. Barbarians... ok they are just barbarians. I think that game mechanic is totally different. You are rolling a lot of dice in single test. During combat you can modify your combat stats thanks to different combat styles.... well, we are working now on movie. I will let you guys know it will be ready.
Also we have campaign system - I guess nothing new for those of us who are long enough in this hobby. However, for new game it is quite rare. Norsgard has also wonderful arts. Well, I will not tell that this is the best game, because it is not my way of working. However, it is for sure worth to try if you like the theme and I belive that you will not be disappointed as player. As a painter for sure you will enjoy the minis.

Well, time to show the Mistress of the Hunt.






Thank you very much for all your feedback. And let me know if you will want to know anything else.

@red - I must say, I'm a HUGE fan of the Mistress of the Hunt. Great design there.

Mistress of the Hunt looks cool, and original...
love the Pan's Labyrinth style head, and the etchings in the axe blade...
very funky...

congrats on getting funded...
i look forward to seeing what else you have planned...

cheers
jah

Thanks guys. It is also one of my favourite miniature in Norsgard line. Our leading concept artist made awesome job working on her.

The original minis did not interest me, but that mistress of the hunt render looks fantastic!

 Wehrkind wrote:
Will be watching this eagerly!

I was wondering if you'd noticed this yet with the wulfkin.

Just woke up and saw this. Great, that's another $40 bucks from me - for the Mistress and the Wolfen!

Are you saying I need to make a WEHRKINDS ARE GONNA WEHRKIND! image for everything werewolf related?

 jah-joshua wrote:
Mistress of the Hunt looks cool, and original...
love the Pan's Labyrinth style head, and the etchings in the axe blade...
very funky...

congrats on getting funded...
i look forward to seeing what else you have planned...

cheers
jah

What he said about the head. The "body" already looks pretty good and I love to see the axe handle with a proper wood texture but that head reaaaaally makes the model shine.

Any chance of getting some miniatures in full Armor suits?

Will it be possible to play a Wolfkin only force?

Actually, is there any chance you would consider an 'all-barbarians' or 'all-orcs' bundle, where you get ALL the figures from a single faction?

Could we have a (simulated) scale comparison between the Mistress and a few GW minis please?

I.e. for example taking the Mistress render and scaling it to proportion besides an Dark Elf, Chaos Marauder, Empire Wizard and a Gor...

Will definitely back this KS if she is usable in WHF!

@Piston Honda - now it will be impossible to play pure wulfkin force. They lack commander now. After releasing all miniatures from the rulebook wulfkin will get commander and than you will be able to play full wulfkin army. Now you can muster 0 -4 Wulfkin Warriors, 0 -1 Armsmaster (there is an army variant which allows to take 2nd Armsmaster), 0 -1 Silver Fury (she-mage). We have in plans Iron Guard (dwarves) they will wear really heavy armor.

@Gohkm - we can think about it. However, we do not have many add-ons and I do not see a point for making such bundle.

@Kendoka - I hope that this will help:

I like the Mistress, she's awesome. Don't misunderstand me, I wasn't trying to imply you only had fantasy stereotypes on the go, proud orcs and human barbarians are awesome, there's a reason they're popular and we don't need to reinvent the wheel. :-) Looking forward to the mechanics being discussed.