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 Slinky wrote:
Very unexpected choice, but a very welcome addition to the wider miniatures range!

Indeed. Unexpected and highly welcomed. Will be an awesome set for all things fantasy in general.

Good choice!

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

Spoiler:

I checked back through the Northstar photos on facebook and that was were I'd seen them (show above), plus plenty of built examples so they aren't afraid to show them (and I'm sure the Gnolls will show up there as they're done)

but as you say frustrating that they don't shown them in the store..... And poor show by the other stores that sell the stuff for just grabbing a stock photo to use in their own store rather than taking some pics themselves when they realise it is just box art

Those cultist are nice, they could be used in another system as cultist or as redemptionists

The 5e D&D Campaign I'm running just got that much more expensive. First the Cultists, and now these Gnolls.

Frostgrave/Northstar have already ticked off two of my long standing wish list items, thugs and cultists.

The kits are pretty simple, just one sprue, but they really cram a lot in to make diverse and interesting models.

Gnolls aren't my thing, but they are something new and welcome. I'll keep my eyes open.

If we're wish listing though, Amazons (wearing practical looking armor, not bikinis), pirates (ARRRR!) and Arabic warriors would top my current list.

But aren't there a lot of other Arabian warriors already on the market? Didn't Gripping Beast and Wargames Factory make some?

I wouldn't mind a bit more fantastical Arabians though...

Or some non- Meso American lizards...

I'll wait until I can see the sculpts, but I'm down for some plastic Gnolls.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
But aren't there a lot of other Arabian warriors already on the market? Didn't Gripping Beast and Wargames Factory make some?

I wouldn't mind a bit more fantastical Arabians though...

Or some non- Meso American lizards...

WGF Persians (which are out of production) are the only plastics I know of.

http://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/GBP04_Arab_Spearmen__Archers--product--4778.html

Now we know... and knowing is half the battle!

I only double checked this since the local store here has a box for 25 dollars and was curious about this myself. 40 dual kit guys for 25? I may have to hit them up on that just for the hell of it and conversion possibilities...

Want to split it? I doubt it normally sells for so cheap.

The WGF Persians are ...not the best kit.

I did not know about those, thanks.

(Dang it! Where were you when I needed conscripts for my Tallarn? WHERE WERE YOU?)

US link
http://www.hobbybunker.com/products/gripping-beast-arab-spearmen-archers40-unpainted-unassembled-28-mm-hard-plastic-multipose-miniatures-gbp04

Well then I amend my wish list.

Any chance of Northstar doing plastic cops and SWAT teams or terrorists?

So, I was curious.. any chance the Frostgrave soldiers would work well with Wulfen heads? I know SM scaled heads sometimes are too large for regular human-sized folks but Spellcrow just previewed some wulfen heads that would make for some cool D&D Hobgoblins on the right bodies.. which.. the FG Soldiers.. could be..

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
But aren't there a lot of other Arabian warriors already on the market? Didn't Gripping Beast and Wargames Factory make some?

I wouldn't mind a bit more fantastical Arabians though...

Or some non- Meso American lizards...

Some Modern (Lizard-y) Kobolds would be great. Serpent men or Lizard Folk would also be nice. Just more generic fantesy kit on them, then the super specific meso american stuff that GW's stuff has.

Lockark for small reptilian Kobolds like DDO think about maybe 15mm lizardmen (regular lizardmen in 15mm).
They'll be about half the height of a human adventurer and look like a lizard. Usually dirt cheap too.

FG minis so far are pretty much spot on for being "heroic" scale i.e. same as 40K humans.

It's exciting to see a company releasing gnolls in multi-part hard plastic, I don't think that has ever been done before. If I wasn't up to my eyeballs in unpainted minis I would snatch some up when they release, and some of those thugs and cultists as well, since they are all very nice looking.

I put my vote in for generic plastic lizardmen and troglodytes. I have a ton of bones and GW already but some nice generic fantasy ones would still get my money.

 Slayer Dragonwing wrote:
If I wasn't up to my eyeballs in unpainted minis I would snatch some up when they release

That's no excuse!

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
FG minis so far are pretty much spot on for being "heroic" scale i.e. same as 40K humans.

Is the nub on the bottom of the heads largish like Space Marines (if you're familiar) or a bit smaller like IG??

I'm trying to figure out if these would look out of place.


I've been looking for hobgoblins for D&D and I think the Frostgrave kit plus these could do it but I don't want them to look like super deformed chibis..

Frostgrave plastics scale with historical manufacturers like fireforge, grippingbeast, and Perry. They will look like chibis with space marine heads. You may try wargames factory orc heads.

 Gallahad wrote:
Frostgrave plastics scale with historical manufacturers like fireforge, grippingbeast, and Perry. They will look like chibis with space marine heads. You may try wargames factory orc heads.

Thanks.. hmm.. I will have to explore my options a bit then. I use GW style Orcs for orcs so WGF Orcs would look different enough to provide that look. Plus it gives me an excuse to buy some Frostgrave stuff for experimentation

Gallahad -- do you think? I used Statuesque's Heroic Female Heads on mine, and I also use them on terminators and stuff... I will try to get some pics (just moved house, though, and most of my minis are packed).

I never knew I needed plastic Gnolls until I saw this news. I don't play frostgrave but a box of 20 will make a unit for my KoW nature army.

It's a good move releasing something so under represented. Hopefully they do more similar kits. Maybe Centaurs next? (he says in hope)

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Gallahad -- do you think? I used Statuesque's Heroic Female Heads on mine, and I also use them on terminators and stuff... I will try to get some pics (just moved house, though, and most of my minis are packed).

The Statuesque Heroic heads are scaled to humans, most of the Marine heads are larger still, and additionally will look larger than a female head due to the structure of the face.

Yeah, fair point. I am pretty sure I had a look at using some spare Space Wolf heads on FG minis though. The only thing that put me off was the presence of the SM helmet stuff on the backs of the necks of pretty much all the SW heads. I don't think the scale was noticeably off.

 MLaw wrote:
Lockark for small reptilian Kobolds like DDO think about maybe 15mm lizardmen (regular lizardmen in 15mm).
They'll be about half the height of a human adventurer and look like a lizard. Usually dirt cheap too.

But then it comes back to the fact everyone dose their lizard men running around with stone swords and/or meso-american bling on them. lol Plus I like how alot of modren art gives them big eyes for seeing in the dark. It makes them suddenly alot cuter. lol

Now thinking about it, I just want the Super Dugeon Explorer Kobolds. XD (Thow with less chibi proportions, more scrawny.)

 Yodhrin wrote:

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
Gallahad -- do you think? I used Statuesque's Heroic Female Heads on mine, and I also use them on terminators and stuff... I will try to get some pics (just moved house, though, and most of my minis are packed).

The Statuesque Heroic heads are scaled to humans, most of the Marine heads are larger still, and additionally will look larger than a female head due to the structure of the face.

I am a bit of a stickler on scale, so your results may vary depending on how much exaggeration you can take. The actual heads on the Frostgrave sprue are pretty close in size to Perry heads if that helps at all.

 Tamereth wrote:
I never knew I needed plastic Gnolls until I saw this news. I don't play frostgrave but a box of 20 will make a unit for my KoW nature army.

It's a good move releasing something so under represented. Hopefully they do more similar kits. Maybe Centaurs next? (he says in hope)

*twitch* please centaurs.

Please, no centaurs. Hobgoblins though.... that is something I could get behind.

 Wehrkind wrote:

 Tamereth wrote:
I never knew I needed plastic Gnolls until I saw this news. I don't play frostgrave but a box of 20 will make a unit for my KoW nature army.

It's a good move releasing something so under represented. Hopefully they do more similar kits. Maybe Centaurs next? (he says in hope)

*twitch* please centaurs.

Wargames Factory Plastics made that super easy when if was possible to order their plastic horse sprue on it's own, and then kitbash with their amazons and/or other historical ranges. The celts were poular for that conversion i recall. Sadly with the WGF and Warlord Games partner ship I don't think you can do that anymore.

In all honesty I don't even know were you go to buy their awsome skeletons,Vikings, and samurai any more. they're not on the warlord website.
=/


edit: found the orcs buried dead on that website....

http://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/other-games/products/orcs


edit: Alot looking into it more, Modren Lizard Kobolds are REALY HARD to find. Almost everything is the older Dog-faced Kobolds.

PIRATES! Yarrrrrr!

 Lockark wrote:

 Wehrkind wrote:

 Tamereth wrote:
I never knew I needed plastic Gnolls until I saw this news. I don't play frostgrave but a box of 20 will make a unit for my KoW nature army.

It's a good move releasing something so under represented. Hopefully they do more similar kits. Maybe Centaurs next? (he says in hope)

*twitch* please centaurs.

Wargames Factory Plastics made that super easy when if was possible to order their plastic horse sprue on it's own, and then kitbash with their amazons and/or other historical ranges. The celts were poular for that conversion i recall. Sadly with the WGF and Warlord Games partner ship I don't think you can do that anymore.

In all honesty I don't even know were you go to buy their awsome skeletons,Vikings, and samurai any more. they're not on the warlord website.
=/


edit: found the orcs buried dead on that website....

http://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/other-games/products/orcs


edit: Alot looking into it more, Modren Lizard Kobolds are REALY HARD to find. Almost everything is the older Dog-faced Kobolds.

Most probably Warlord will gradually release all of Wargames factory plastics.

Recently I saw an announcement by Victrix, which is going to release plastic riders on bare horses. Maybe it would be a good alternative.
https://scontent-mxp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12669489_739690619500168_2277749248047172010_n.jpg?oh=cabb75916b7bda11173341516c01047a&oe=5729AE00