Great looking savage orcs! €25 for 20. (For reference, the GW ones are €23 for 10, these are nearly half the price)

Shieldwolf Miniatures in collaboration with Renedra Ltd is proud to announce the release of it’s first plastic set of Mountain Orcs and it’s up for pre-orders.

Definitely aimed at GW customers, there's a big stabba included on the sprues. Really like the look of these, they're properly brutal-looking.










http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=46

EDIT: Found some better pics on facebook, the ones on the webstore are bad.

They look interesting but it's kinda hard to see the detail in the pics. Need some solo minis unpainted.

Best pics I could find of solo minis:




Bases are 25mm, to give some idea of scale.

Excellent for filling units.

The detail is a bit soft for front ranks though, imo, and if they were to be mixed with GW orcs, they'd all need headswaps.

I like the face - it looks suitably monstrous. I reckon that if you gave the ears a trim and painted them right, they'd make a good Wendigo-like monster. Normal skin tone on the body, blood on the face.

da Teef! Not sure I like the wierd fangs..

-P

Demon orcs. Really nice and scary

They do look a bit soft. I would like to see a close up of the sprue. The look otherwise is fine. More brutal and monstrous than comedy orcs.

If the lower is a box cover they do need to get a better graphic designer. The illustration is fine, but the rest?

I'll agree too

neat look but a little soft, but very hard to tell if that's the painting or the underlying plastic

I'd also like to see how the sprue breaks down

They look like a mix of GW and Rackham Orcs to me - nicely done!

wow, after these and Mantic's great orc design, GW is looking not only ridiculously expensive, but the worst looking of the lot.

Definitely agree on the Rackham style.

I would assume since the images are grainy and out of focus, the paint and miniatures would look a little grainy and out of focus, too.

Wonder if they'll mix well with Mantic orcs.

Those are definitely very savage looking. I also think the picture quality could be the reason why some are having issues with the details.

Looking at them, they'd match Mantic stylistically (similar proportions). Maybe not in the same unit, but they'd not look out of place in the same army at all.

The tooling is done by Renedra so there really is no chance in hell that the details on them will be soft.

And yeah, I'm seriously eyeing up using them as Mantic Morax since they're a bit cheaper than the hybrid metals. It'd be a useful extra source of bitz as well (especially the command).

They look pretty sweet to me! Never heard of Shieldwolf before, though.

I like them, I guess, but the paint jobs and photos don't show them off very well. I don't currently own any savage orcs for my large orc and goblin army, so I might pick some up- the price is quite nice.

Still, not sure about them without better photos.

Their lines look interesting- the trolls they have are very distinctive.

I think I have enough Orcs from the KoW Kickstarter, but if they made a set of Orc archers, I'd be all over them.

Judging from the images found here the sprues look rather sharp and good. Would still like to see close ups of the heads. I still can't understand how one can spend thousands of £ for renedra tooling and not spend some money on descent photos and graphic design though.

They look quite interesting, not 100% sure on the faces but I'll probably pick up a box at that price to see what their like. A sprue shot would be great and a much better promotional tool. It'll be interesting to see if they expand the range with more plastics.

ah the sprue looks pretty good.

^ Brilliant, thanks for finding that. Sprue pic added to OP.

It looks like the jaws are separate parts from the rest of the head, unusual.

would explain how they get so much detail 'in' the mouth, though.

great idea for the Morax, SS. i'm thinking fight wagons and chariot crew, though, so i don't have to cut off the integral bases on the Mantic orcs


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would like to see the 'command sprue' as well, with the banner and horn and whatever other fun bits come on it (loved the Avatars of War plastic berserkers and their command sprue)

You could probably make some great axes using those spear/pole arms.




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Bit of info on the company for those interested.

Shieldwolf Miniatures is the largest 28mm scale miniature producer in the Balkans and in continuous growth. It is specialized in the Fantasy World it has set up and it is one of the very few companies worldwide producing groups of interchangeable minis (regiments) apart from single-item miniatures.

From the very beginning we released (and will continue releasing) a variety of models. Those will be Regiments, but also Characters, Monsters, Great Monsters and lots more. In the meanwhile our Sculpting Teams (both Traditional and 3D) are continuously creating new and exciting models to capture you. This is done by allowing as much freedom as possible to -what we consider- some of the best concept artists in this sector. The Shieldwolf Casting Team uses only supreme quality resin and is continuously improving our methods of production, so to always ensure stock is available and customers receive their orders as fast as humanly possible. In 2014 the company will hit hard plastic production. All this is master-coordinated by Dott. Angelos Margaritis, whose passion for fantasy led him to the creation of Shieldwolf Miniatures.

 edlowe wrote:
You could probably make some great axes using those spear/pole arms.

Definitely. They look like crude halberds, which basically functioned as spears with a hafted blade for chopping. That's what I'm thinking for Kings of War, as Orc Gore Chariots have crew with great weapons and the Orc Fight Wagons have crew with multiple hand weapons. It looks like, with two per four guys, half the box can have the halberds.

Oh and the release date is 17/03/2014

browsing their site theres this cool shaman.

Really looking forward to seeing what else they come out with now!

 Alpharius wrote:
Really looking forward to seeing what else they come out with now!

Yeah, definitely! Renedra is expensive so they'll have to make back their tooling costs, but I'm definitely getting a box of these when they get released.

It's definitely growing on me, the idea of front rank of GW for WHFB and then 4 or 5 ranks of mantic or this company's work. Their northern barbarians for example, instead of GW marauders.

I'm not quite convinced about the legs, but the rest looks good on the sprue pics soI'm probably up for grabbing a box too

Having a look at their other stuff, there's some cool bits and pieces on there. The Nothern Warriors are very Skyrim-esqe (which is awesome), but could certainly work for WFB Chaos Marauders or possibly even a less-cultured Empire army. The Skellies are a very different style to Mantic (lots of heavy armour) but still look very cool, and there's also some pretty interesting scythe-wielding necromancer-ghost type things that are unusual to say the least. If I played fantasy games, I'd certainly be putting an order their way.

is there a price point for X number of minis or details like that?

€25 for 20.
Top of 1st post

some more images from the store site.



Im actually thinking of using them as bigger ghouls, minus the top knots.

Those are certainly very gnarly, and the price point is damn nice. Goodly amount of modularity, and far less goofyness than in the GW versions. You could do headswaps if those horrifyingly toothy visages weren't to your liking. but I think it lends them a cannibalistic je ne sais quoi.

Those pics are much better, can actually see the things now. Added to OP!

I think I'll be buying these once they hit UK distribution, might headswap for better mixing in with my mantic stuff, will get a couple of boxes. 4 banners will definitely be useful for converting army standard bearer minis.

A 40K feral ork army based on savage orks has been on my list of maybe projects for a long time. I'd say it just got a bit closer.

Fantastic! I would buy these out of principle anyways just to support anybody that is willing to put out fantasy troops in injection plastic, but as an added bonus, I think these look great.

I will likely paint them up with red or very pale blue skin (or both!) as some sort of demons/ghouls. I love the heads. Hopefully they can get some distribution in the US.

 Agamemnon2 wrote:
You could do headswaps if those horrifyingly toothy visages weren't to your liking. but I think it lends them a cannibalistic je ne sais quoi.

I concur, in fact I think the teeth are what sell the models to me.



Sweet.

Hm? What's that? You...you want me to... buy you?

Well, once they hit the Troll Trader or Firestorm, I guess I really have no option, do I?

Here's my quick photoshop attempt to make these look even more horrific:

http://i58.tinypic.com/2552jk8.jpg

I love those orc-demons. I can't wait to buy some and paint them some nongreen color!

Does anyone know if they will be sold through US distributors or retailers?

I would say that what makes them look really horrific, apart from the fangs and crude weapons, is the absence of pupil in their eyes. With a pupil painted, they will still look savage, brutal and wild enough, while not looking so devilish.
Really nice looking figures.

It would be very interested to have a picture of one of them next to a Mantic and GW ones for scaling comparison. Eh..Shieldwolf? Would that be possible?

Brilliant stuff!

Also it's very much the lack of lips....

These are a great alternative, half the price for a more or less comparable product. Looking forward to seeing what they tackle next in plastic.

 Azazelx wrote:
Also it's very much the lack of lips....

Definitely. The skull-like faces are great.

They look good. Might buy some since they are only slightly less good than the GW savage orcs (wich i find awesome), at nearly half the price.

Those orcs look pretty nice, glad to see they are releasing some good products (well at least based on the pictures on their site) as when I first saw this company they were only selling those skeletons which to me are awful.

Interesting points about the demonic look of them (I hadn't noticed that before). I think that, from what we've seen of Mantic's Abyssals (concept art and a few sculpts) these could make very nice Abyssal troops when in non-orc colours/

 jorny wrote:
It looks like the jaws are separate parts from the rest of the head, unusual.

That's what it seemed like to me from the painted pics. I'm not surprised to see that, though I agree it is somewhat unusual.

I really like the lack of lips... almost as if it is a right of passage for their tribe or something.

They really are fantastic models. Cheap, Plastic, Good sculpt... Amazing a company can make a model which fits all these metrics without needing a Kickstarter in today's age.

The question is: Why is this base level of model not accessible to all companies? Anyone who makes something worse in sculpt, cost or material than this is a failure in my book.

They've clearly rolled the dice

If they sell well (and continue selling) Shieldwolf will be well set to grow

If they underperform it could sink them

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
They've clearly rolled the dice

If they sell well (and continue selling) Shieldwolf will be well set to grow

If they underperform it could sink them

This is exactly the case. The risk is quite big. I really hope them to do great. Such kind of braveness and vision has to be successful!
I will give these orcs a try. I would like to see their size next to the big competitors.

 Paradigm wrote:
Interesting points about the demonic look of them (I hadn't noticed that before). I think that, from what we've seen of Mantic's Abyssals (concept art and a few sculpts) these could make very nice Abyssal troops when in non-orc colours/

That sounds like quite a good idea for them, and of course they'd make a fine destination for the Various Savage Orc tribesmen heads from Maxmini, Kromlech, et al.

Shipping from Shieldwolf is quite reasonable with most of Europe at a flat rate of 3,90 € and the rest of the world at 5,90€. I am tempted to pick up a box of Orcs when they are released and some of the trolls. I have no idea what to do with them though.

Just a thought, isn't 20 resin miniatures for 20 € very cheap?

These are definitely a fine alternative to GW's Savage Orcs. Nice!

 jorny wrote:
Shipping from Shieldwolf is quite reasonable with most of Europe at a flat rate of 3,90 € and the rest of the world at 5,90€. I am tempted to pick up a box of Orcs when they are released and some of the trolls. I have no idea what to do with them though.

Just a thought, isn't 20 resin miniatures for 20 € very cheap?

They're not resin, they're polystyrene (ie the same stuff as GW uses)

(but they're cheap for that too)

there's actually a few units of 20 resin minis up for sale for either €20 or €25; I've been eyeing those skellies with interest.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:

 jorny wrote:
Shipping from Shieldwolf is quite reasonable with most of Europe at a flat rate of 3,90 € and the rest of the world at 5,90€. I am tempted to pick up a box of Orcs when they are released and some of the trolls. I have no idea what to do with them though.

Just a thought, isn't 20 resin miniatures for 20 € very cheap?

They're not resin, they're polystyrene (ie the same stuff as GW uses)

(but they're cheap for that too)

Wasn't talking about the orcs, there are other regiments on Shieldwolf's site that cost 20 € for 20 miniatures, supposedly in resin.

I may have to work these into Darkest Africa games. They're looking pretty damn brutal.

Pre-orders now up at a small discount and including extra stuff release date 17th March

"Note: In support to our Community and in auguration of our first plastic kit, all pre-orders will be honored a discount and be marked as <<Limited-Special-Edition>> and in addition, the first 500 orders will have an exclusive bonus "Leave-None-Alive" pack of items included in each box -these boxes will (for obvious reasons) carry the respective number. This exclusive offer will cease after the official date of release and will not be repeated."



direct (seems cheapest for European buyers)
http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=46

Northstar (cheaper for UK and US? buyers)
http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=6079

I'm really liking these - with a few guns they could make great nurgle cultists:

Those orcs are fantastic. A perfect blend of GW and Rackham... in plastic!

 bubber wrote:
I'm really liking these - with a few guns they could make great nurgle cultists:

They remind me of the first bad guy out of the first Witcher.

Too many skulls?

 Alpharius wrote:
Too many skulls?

I feel like if I squint my eyes just right and concentrate real hard, I can imagine a paint scheme that wouldn't make those cultists look like crap!

The orcs on the other hand... gimme gimme!


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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Pre-orders now up at a small discount and including extra stuff release date 17th March

"Note: In support to our Community and in auguration of our first plastic kit, all pre-orders will be honored a discount and be marked as <<Limited-Special-Edition>> and in addition, the first 500 orders will have an exclusive bonus "Leave-None-Alive" pack of items included in each box -these boxes will (for obvious reasons) carry the respective number. This exclusive offer will cease after the official date of release and will not be repeated."

direct (seems cheapest for European buyers)
http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=46

It is definitely cheaper to order direct than from anywhere else - and get this, free shipping worldwide for 60 Euros or more. 25 Euros is about $34 USD so only about $1.75 per figure, which is great. I'm tempted to order two boxes or see if any of my friends want to go in on this, or order one of their other regiments as well. I'd really like to support this company in the hopes of more excellent affordable plastic kits!

 corgan wrote:
I would say that what makes them look really horrific, apart from the fangs and crude weapons, is the absence of pupil in their eyes. With a pupil painted, they will still look savage, brutal and wild enough, while not looking so devilish.
Really nice looking figures.

I would be very interested to have a picture of one of them next to a Mantic and GW ones for scaling comparison. Eh..Shieldwolf? Would that be possible?

A warm good morning to all!
We don't like to (and we almost never) interfere in conversations, leaving time and people do the judging on us. Anything we want to state is (almost always) done on our FaceBook page, trying to answer all questions there as best as possible. In the meanwhile we appreciate all feedback and are very busy working on our next releases.
We own no rights with these companies you mentioned, nor are we affiliated in any way with them. We have been asked for and sent a box for a detailed review to (what we believe) a neutral and independent source. I'm sure it will show up soon. :-)


Edit: We'd also like with the opportunity to note that the Death Deceivers are resin as clearly described in our website.

Thank you.

Got my Orcs pre-order in now

looking forward to seeing them in real life

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Got my Orcs pre-order in now

looking forward to seeing them in real life

Could you post a quick review on Dakka when you get them?

Will do

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Will do

Cool! Thanks!

The UK distributor has just posted on facebook that the freebie with the (first 500) pre-orders for the orcs is going to be a resin weapons pack

I have just finished this exclusive review of the Shieldwolf plastic orcs for the people interested, you can find him on my blog. The review includes comparison pictures with GW and Mantic Games.

Review link: http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2014/03/shieldwolf-miniatures-plastic-mountain.html

Cheers!

I like this one. That's one orc that takes pleasure in his work.

The heads still strike me the wrong way... will be interested to see a different paint job on them, though.

leadfanatic wrote:
I have just finished this exclusive review of the Shieldwolf plastic orcs for the people interested, you can find him on my blog. The review includes comparison pictures with GW and Mantic Games.

Review link: http://wargameterrain.blogspot.be/2014/03/shieldwolf-miniatures-plastic-mountain.html

Cheers!

Great review!

I think I'll definitely get some of these to go with my Mantic Orcs, they'll need a headswap, but look like they'll work great as far as armswaps go. Thanks for the comparison pics.

Looking at them, I'm not sure I can accept the ginormous heads on them. It's a bit too heroic scale!

Might order some for my KoW orcs as well. I think I have plenty of extra heads left over as well.

I'll take the extra heads if you're not using them. I love the demonic look.

I think they could work mixing with both GW and Mantic Orcs, because the variation can be defined as them being a slightly different, savager version.

Nice review. I could see using spare GW heads on them for use as Orcs, and the stock heads on them (with a different paint job) to use them as Daemonic models, or Beastmen, or so forth..

I love them. I wish I had an excuse to buy these but I don't play fantasy, nor do I have an ork army for 40k

Am I the only one who likes the heads? They look rabid as insane as feth. Just like rabid melon-fething orc berserkers.

Now I want to make an orc army with these plus Mantic orcs. After I finish my human army first.

 heartserenade wrote:
Am I the only one who likes the heads? They look rabid as insane as feth. Just like rabid melon-fething orc berserkers.

Now I want to make an orc army with these plus Mantic orcs. After I finish my human army first.

Nope. I think there are many (including myself) who love the look.

Me too. Ordering some right now, in fact.


Not sure what I'm going to do with them - don't care.

Is there a US retailer whom we can order through?

Yes they look more "scary" than other orks on the market. I like them.

I just went to the gw site.

Yeah these are way better than the gw equivalent. And for half the cost.

Sign me up

 heartserenade wrote:
Am I the only one who likes the heads? They look rabid as insane as feth. Just like rabid melon-fething orc berserkers.

Nope, I think they're great. The biggest point against them, in my opinion, is the lack of bits on the sprue. There are two distinct types of noses and not enough heads to use just one or the other.

 heartserenade wrote:
Am I the only one who likes the heads? They look rabid as insane as feth. Just like rabid melon-fething orc berserkers.

Now I want to make an orc army with these plus Mantic orcs. After I finish my human army first.

I like them as well. They look scary, which you can't say about most orcs.

I really like them, but the heads are too big. They look great, just... not quite my style.

Blackhoof wrote:
I really like them, but the heads are too big.

"All the better to eat you with!"

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Is there a US retailer whom we can order through?

I didn't see one. I ordered direct, and shipping wasn't bad (6 Euros). If you order is large enough (60 Euros) they'll ship for free.

Those heads... they are on hinges haha

I think I could deal with them if I assembled the jaws to be less wide open... hmmmm.....

Glad you all enjoyed the review and more importantly the miniatures. I hope to test some GW heads on them in the near future. When I have managed to source some I will post the result here.

Oh, they don't have cheeks! that is the weird thing i couldn't quite place. i realised no lips but they have no cheeks.

maybe i could greenstuff some on... would that look good... hmmmm


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 bubber wrote:
I'm really liking these - with a few guns they could make great nurgle cultists:

I love the arabian/middle eastern feel of these cultist dudes

I'm looking forward to getting these Orcs. I wonder how long the post will take from Greece to Australia?

 Azazelx wrote:
I'm looking forward to getting these Orcs. I wonder how long the post will take from Greece to Australia?

September.

I also like the cultists.

I got mine today. They put in a resin orc hero model, as well. I'll try to paint some up this weekend.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Azazelx wrote:
I'm looking forward to getting these Orcs. I wonder how long the post will take from Greece to Australia?

September.

They said 3 weeks. Which is about the same as Poland, so it sounds about right.

kestral wrote:
I also like the cultists.

I also ordered a set of those to try out. If Josh's stuff arrived today, hopefully mine come this week, but if not, next week is still ok.

 Azazelx wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Azazelx wrote:
I'm looking forward to getting these Orcs. I wonder how long the post will take from Greece to Australia?

September.

They said 3 weeks. Which is about the same as Poland, so it sounds about right.

I'm just living in a post-Kickstarter world.

I painted up the resin hero they sent with my box of orcs. The plastics are still very much WIP, so no shots of those yet.

Mine just arrived. They look nice. Will update with more on them a bit later.

Continuing with their amazing Orc line, I see that Shieldwolf introduces now a chariot.
Here the news:
http://www.beastsofwar.com/fantasy/shieldwolf-charge-hills-mountain-orc-chariot/

And some amazing pics:




The level of detail in this chariot is just astonishing and uncomparable to any similar model!

I'm very interested in any thoughts or especially pics you guys can share. These are high on my "to buy" list. I'm interested in seeing some of the halberd arm options. Some of the builds looked a little off in the official photos, and I'm wondering if it was just the fault of the person who put them together, or a small flaw with the kit.

I'm also interested in how they look with a closed mouth.

Good evening!

We would first like to thank you all for your positive comments and -although the news came before us- inform you better of what is coming. :-)
As you know -and as already stated- we don't like to interfere and let the Community express their feelings and opinions on the result(s) of our hundreds of hours of work for us to listen to. This is only our 4th(!) post at Dakkadakka after more than almost 2 years of commitment and vision.
This Policy of ours may however soon change since we feel that much smaller companies than us manage get more attention from their direct interaction with the community and our FB page just isn't enough (although the numbers pleasantly continue to grow). We monitor important wargaming forums like this one and appreciate the additional chance it permits to get closer to you -and what you have to say-.

We aim to prove our worth first. After a huge long-lasting effort, we have finally come to a point to have established a chain of production of superb concept artists, sculptors, painters and casters. Our facilities and manpower has proven more than adequate regarding packaging and distribution. Every new release is a new challenge for us, to make it better than the one before, or not produce it at all! We believe at this point we are trully producing the most brutal and detailed Orcs worldwide.

@Gallahad One of the things we are still fighting to solve is the way we present the images of our miniatures, probably we still have some way to go before reaching this goal -far from perfect- so apologies if our pics do not show you clearly the product. This is the only picture we could find of an Orc with "closed mouth version" (the one on the far right)




Aslo, we would like to apologise for the "spear" version description. As many of you have correctly pointed out, these are halberds. Our mistake, we have deleted the image and thank you for the correction.


As for the "Charging Forest" release, it is about Orcs as stated and will include the following products:

Pack of Great Wolves (x5) fitting on 50mmx25mm bases
Pack of Mountain Boars (x5) fitting on 50mmx25mm bases
Mountain Orc Boar Chariot fitting on 100mmx50mm base
Mountain Orc Great Wolf Chariot fitting on 100mmx50mm base

along with some combinations to service better our customer base.

This is a picture we haven't published before of what our Boars look like and how they will be attached to main log in the centre of the Chariot. We believed it an awesome idea. We hope you share our opinion and look forward to commenting upon its' release next month (May).



Thank you.

I really liked my mountain orks (and the resin knives for pre-ordering) so I'm looking forward to these too

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I really liked my mountain orks (and the resin knives for pre-ordering) so I'm looking forward to these too

Thank you :-)

You can send me free minis and I'll paint and photograph them for you in the most professional way possible? Totally serious btw.

@Shieldwolf, No worries! I think the kit looks great, and you had very nicely painted and photographed examples. I will be ordering soon. There was just one elbow angle that looked a tiny bit off in the photos, but certainly no deal breaker. From everything I have seen it is a very, very impressive release for your first hard plastic kit.

Personally, I think your best plan would be to interact here on "neutral" forums (i.e. not your own) with fans as much as possible. In my opinion, it helps build brand loyalty, and most people here will generally give positive and at times helpful constructive feedback on WIP sculpts, etc.

I cannot wait to see your wolves. There are not many good wolf sculpts out there.

heartserenade wrote:You can send me free minis and I'll paint and photograph them for you in the most professional way possible? Totally serious btw.

pm'ed

Gallahad wrote:@Shieldwolf, No worries! I think the kit looks great, and you had very nicely painted and photographed examples. I will be ordering soon. There was just one elbow angle that looked a tiny bit off in the photos, but certainly no deal breaker. From everything I have seen it is a very, very impressive release for your first hard plastic kit.
Personally, I think your best plan would be to interact here on "neutral" forums (i.e. not your own) with fans as much as possible. In my opinion, it helps build brand loyalty, and most people here will generally give positive and at times helpful constructive feedback on WIP sculpts, etc.

I cannot wait to see your wolves. There are not many good wolf sculpts out there.

I'd wait in your place for the chariots to come, you will probably benefit on the P&P expenses.

We thank you for your kind comment and interest. We will follow this path to see where it leads us.
We agree with you and we appreciate the feedback and council, we would however like to note that -in our humble opinion- brand loyalty is also build when your work respects the Community. We find it funny -and at times frustrating- when companies who have failed their supporters keep on enjoying their faith. This only shows how much space there is in this market and that a more serious player should take things over. (Then again, we may be wrong. Also, no offense intended to any of our colleagues).

We'll start right here answering your question on the wolves, here's a sample from 2 of the head versions of what's coming. We believe them to meet expectations...




Thank you.

Those wolf heads look pretty cool!

I've just put an order in for some of the orcs, looking forward to being able to build up a decent sized force for kings of war now I know there will be further orc releases I can use. Just realised I should have ordered the shaman aswell, guess he'll have to wait till my next order.

Ordered direct and the postage seems pretty reasonable, I'll have to see how quick they ship out.

Are the Deceivers designed to be the Arab infantry, or are the soultan/wizards just separate character models?

The neck of those wolves appears to have a lot more volume than it should.

I like the wolf head quite a lot. It will be very interesting to see the full figure.

Agreed. My orcs are very nice, as was the special bonus, and I had excellent service from Shieldwolf as well!

Uriels_Flame wrote:Are the Deceivers designed to be the Arab infantry, or are the soultan/wizards just separate character models?

The Deceivers were our very first models, we have more than 20 pages of fluff for these. They have nothing to do with the Araves race though, apart from some wars they have raged against them (but then again in our world, almost everyone has encountered everyone else at some point).:-)
We are waiting to see if our plastic experiment goes well, if so we are considering going full plastic and we want to avoid cheaper Chinese manufacturing and plastic pieces in little bags, we've been there and it's inferior quality. We aim for the best and therefore sprue manufacturing only. Also -unlike other aspiring kickstarters who have never produced anything- we know first hand how many hundreds of thousands of euros that would cost and so we keep our feet on the ground.
The plan C is to go full resin, but we allow time decide. We mean bussiness.
Here are a few pics from 2 out of 5 Araves core units.

Araves Infantry








Araves Slaves

AlexHolker wrote:The neck of those wolves appears to have a lot more volume than it should.

An accurate point. They are Great Wolves and we wanted them to be just that. :-)

grefven wrote:I like the wolf head quite a lot. It will be very interesting to see the full figure.

Appreciate the comment. Well, I see no reason why not...



Thank you.

Nice work on the humans. Are these designed as one piece miniatures? If not, it might be an idea to stick some alternate right arms on the sprue for the slaves, so they can be built as unarmed prisoners as well.

Thank you, they are not completely finished yet but our Policy is to allow as much convertibility as possible in our range, so no regiment will ever be produced from us as single/one-piece miniatures.
Your idea of the Araves Slaves being totally unarmed had not been mentioned before, although I can't see why you'd use them unarmed during a battle. Tying up one hand and leaving them swinging with the other is both a threat to the enemy and controllable by your own army. (edit: unless you are referring to making some of them totally unarmed for other uses like conversions/dioramas. Then yes, that's a great idea.)

Unfortunately the Araves faction according to our findings wasn't promising enough for us to launch them full range as starter, that's why the Orcs were chosen as a more popular race. We hope that with the support of the Community we will be able to complete the Araves too one day, almost all their artwork and most of the book has been finished anyway but for the time being has been put aside...

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
Your idea of the Araves Slaves being totally unarmed had not been mentioned before, although I can't see why you'd use them unarmed during a battle. Tying up one hand and leaving them swinging with the other is both a threat to the enemy and controllable by your own army.

Sure, I'm not suggesting unarmed should be the only option, just that one kit that can make either armed or unarmed prisoners might have broader utility outside of an unusual regiment.

(makes note) :-)

I would definitely spring for just the chariot cart, that would make for fantastic scenery, maybe not the mounts or riders but the cart alone looks fantastic.

Not half bad, way better than Mantic Orcs, I don't like the weird mouths though.

6/10, still aint up there with GWs though.

I like those greens. I'm watching closely. Sorry I didn't read about the background.

 mattyrm wrote:
Not half bad, way better than Mantic Orcs, I don't like the weird mouths though.

6/10, still aint up there with GWs though.

And how many years has GW been at bit? I think these are exceptional for what is essentially an initial offering.

I can't wait to see what else these guys put out.

 edlowe wrote:
Those wolf heads look pretty cool!

I've just put an order in for some of the orcs, looking forward to being able to build up a decent sized force for kings of war now I know there will be further orc releases I can use. Just realised I should have ordered the shaman aswell, guess he'll have to wait till my next order.

Ordered direct and the postage seems pretty reasonable, I'll have to see how quick they ship out.

Well I recieved my package from sheildwolf today! Pretty quick delivery considering we've just had a bank holiday weekend in the uk.( my dad an ex stamp collector was very interested in the stamps!)

The box was well packed and arrived in perfect condition. A quick look over the sprues and they look very nicely cast. I'll have to see if I can get a proper review put up later but all seems good so far.

 edlowe wrote:

 edlowe wrote:
Those wolf heads look pretty cool!

I've just put an order in for some of the orcs, looking forward to being able to build up a decent sized force for kings of war now I know there will be further orc releases I can use. Just realised I should have ordered the shaman aswell, guess he'll have to wait till my next order.

Ordered direct and the postage seems pretty reasonable, I'll have to see how quick they ship out.

Well I recieved my package from sheildwolf today! Pretty quick delivery considering we've just had a bank holiday weekend in the uk.( my dad an ex stamp collector was very interested in the stamps!)

The box was well packed and arrived in perfect condition. A quick look over the sprues and they look very nicely cast. I'll have to see if I can get a proper review put up later but all seems good so far.

It would be very welcomed indeed

Any news yet Shieldwolf? Looking forward to seeing your next release.

We have finished the casting and have been packing for the past week. Painted versions are also almost finished and we'll be adding 360 views first week of June on our website page. When the Chariots are revealed they will be also ready to ship (reveal date=release date). As hobbyists and gamers we prefer it that way and find it amusing and unprofessional when companies reveal something that will however only be ready to ship after 3-5 months! Lol...

Here's a very small sample from one of our wheel versions, brought to our HQ to be inspected for a second time, cleaned up and packed. After that, it will be taken away to be stocked in our warehouse, waiting for it's new owners...




With the occasion I'd like to add that we believe to have produced the best looking wolves and boars in the market, therefore we have considered sculpting some riders to put atop (and not release wolf and boar packs with the mounts alone as initially planned). Once we finish sculpting our September releases, we'll have to jump right atop of that I guess...

 HisDivineShadow wrote:

 mattyrm wrote:
Not half bad, way better than Mantic Orcs, I don't like the weird mouths though.

6/10, still aint up there with GWs though.

And how many years has GW been at bit? I think these are exceptional for what is essentially an initial offering.

I can't wait to see what else these guys put out.

This.

Now that's a great looking chariot and these Orcs full of character

Just wanted to chime in on the quality of these figures.

I ordered a box from FRP since they're pretty quick about shipping to me, and was not disappointed.

Liked these figures enough to go and order some GW savage orcs, and was a bit let down with GW's stuff in terms of poses (everyone has their hand up in the air like they just don't care).

My only real niggle is the lack of detail on the ears. Nothing a knife and some paint variations can't cure.

Thinking I'll order some of those resin lizard types next. Any chance we'll see sprues of lizards at some point (probably quite a while from now) in the future?

Glad you liked the minis and quality

We have more plans than we can deal with, although we have produced a lot of stuff in a very short while, we need to speed up our production. We have adapted a lot and seen what the market mostly needs. Our initial plan was to have at least one release every month, and we did manage to do that for a time but it was too stressfull and we risked -more than once- to get derailed. Thankfully we have not failed once to deliver what we have announced
We will keep on releasing our miniatures in "waves", just like we did with the "Charging Forest" which was released today. Now, it's the turn of the Kingdom of Talliareum (Humans)
As for the sprues of lizards, ours is more of a Dragon race and lizards are more of skirmish units supplied to them. The "serious" fighting will be done by them however. As for plastic sprue tooling for all our races, we will probably be able to answer that question after this Summer.

Furthermore from April 29, Shieldwolf Policy changed and we are going to interact directly with the public. We have the vision, the dedication, the facilities and the manpower to do what we have planned to. To our knowledge we were the first to produce a barbarian army line in 28mm heroic scale and to have sculpted army minis for the Araves race (arabic). For a new company we find that both daring and innovative.
"Shieldwolf:War is coming" is an army game and we will need a lot of minis to see this accomplished. With some luck and the Communitys' trust, we will keep on bringing more and more miniatures to life while keeping our prices as low/reasonable as possible.

Thank you all

Sounds great Shieldwolf!

Looking forward to seeing what you guys have in store for us.

Glad to hear your reptile faction is more dragon than lizard. Will keep my eyes peeled for more!

And here is the Wolf pack for a great looking unit!

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=57
In this price is unbeatable

Thanks for posting that! :-)

Nice wolfpack! Are they the same models as the chariot wolves?

I haven't had a chance to do anything with my Mountain Orcs yet, aside from admire them on the sprue - work has gotten way too busy in the last couple of months, and of the 9 other fantasy units in the queue in front of them that I'd planned to have completed by this time, I've only finished two of them...

Yes, they are the same. From what we know of they are bulkier than any other wolf we have gotten our hands on, but still fit very nicely on their 25x50mm bases.

PS. We received some pm's on our FB page to enlarge the 360 version, so we have almost doubled it now. Hope you enjoy these as much as we have :-)