Gir Spirit Bane wrote: Is that new Damned vehicle coming out to purchase on pledge manager?
Not officially no. I am hoping that the old entry for the vehicle will still be fine though as having to delete and reenter all the free sprues in the pledge manager is not something I want to do... I have 5 vehicles in the pledge and would just assume (hope) that I dont have to redo it.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Incidentally, I reposted that pic with the bases and mini ashigaru on Facebook and Hudson "liked" it with a smiley face, So I think those actually might be the set.
Oh phew! I would definitely hate to have WGA quality models at this scale which allows hobbyists to pursue the individuality of expression ala 28s or the mass effect of 10s and below. It's a terrible scale and you should never do it and I'd ecertainly never buy a bunch.
modelhunter wrote: So WGA's great secret is they are going to release a few sets in 15mm. Does anyone know what the theme will be for this release?
Good God no. We will never make "those nasty little 15s" as Bryan Ansell rightly called them! 15s are the worst of all sizes and do nothing well. I have spoken.
Re: Damned vehicle the name may change but it won't change anything in the pledge manager. We'll get the artwork updated when we have the finals.
Re: I said 15s are nasty and awful. I didn't say anything about other small scales (although I equally have no use for 6s, 20s, 1/144, of 1/72 either!)
Wargames Atlantic wrote: Re: Damned vehicle the name may change but it won't change anything in the pledge manager. We'll get the artwork updated when we have the finals.
Re: I said 15s are nasty and awful. I didn't say anything about other small scales (although I equally have no use for 6s, 20s, 1/144, of 1/72 either!)
Maybe it depends what you started with, but I've never really seen the point of 10mm (Sorry DZC), it occupies a weird space between 6mm and 15mm without really having any benefits for doing so. Kinda like 20mm between 15 and 28, though I appreciate if you're a grognard who started out in 20mm (1/72) it might still have a place! :p
Maybe it depends what you started with, but I've never really seen the point of 10mm (Sorry DZC), it occupies a weird space between 6mm and 15mm without really having any benefits for doing so. Kinda like 20mm between 15 and 28, though I appreciate if you're a grognard who started out in 20mm (1/72) it might still have a place! :p
20mm (1/72) is also model railroader scale which is why I assumed Airfix choose that scale. 25mm is the golden scale as both vertical and horizontal scale is the same, but with historicals falling out of favor, that no longer matters.
Maybe it depends what you started with, but I've never really seen the point of 10mm (Sorry DZC), it occupies a weird space between 6mm and 15mm without really having any benefits for doing so. Kinda like 20mm between 15 and 28, though I appreciate if you're a grognard who started out in 20mm (1/72) it might still have a place! :p
20mm (1/72) is also model railroader scale which is why I assumed Airfix choose that scale. 25mm is the golden scale as both vertical and horizontal scale is the same, but with historicals falling out of favor, that no longer matters.
Historical wargaming has never been bigger than it is now...and it's growing.
Maybe it depends what you started with, but I've never really seen the point of 10mm (Sorry DZC), it occupies a weird space between 6mm and 15mm without really having any benefits for doing so. Kinda like 20mm between 15 and 28, though I appreciate if you're a grognard who started out in 20mm (1/72) it might still have a place! :p
10mm Wargaming scale (base to eye) is roughly 1/144 which is a common model scale and therefore adds a wider range of terrain and models (same as 1/72) and for most 10mm is the sweetspot between size and detail for human sized models for mass battle were 20mm still makes a good skirmish game size
Shadow Walker wrote: @WGA - do you have plans for oval textured bases, for cavalry, various beasts etc.?
No ovals in the works - ovals?? We do have textured 50mm rounds (3mm bevel) and 25mm x 50mm dual-use pill bases next. After that a 40mm square dual-use is coming.
25mm is the golden scale as both vertical and horizontal scale is the same, but with historicals falling out of favor, that no longer matters.
OK, I'll bite, what does that mean?
For example, if the miniature at 1" equals six feet in height, 1" horizontally is also six feet. Sculpting larger means the vertical dimension is longer compared to the horizontal, and sculpting smaller makes the horizontal longer than the vertical.
I reposted this picture on the Wargames Atlantic Facebook page. They had posted it 6 days ago asking about base sizes... Hudson smiled and Charlie from WA commented "well spotted" So I think these are those... if you get my meaning,,,
Whelp, I’ve been looking to get into wargaming in the Samurai era, and have held off on 28mm from various companies. However, if this is 6mm or thereabouts, with decent detail (like the line of bowmen in that shot with the knight), and in plastic, I’m in for an army or three.
Never cared for 10s in anything but sci-fi and that's mostly just for the cheap N-scale terrain and 1/144 gundam accessories, I still prefer 15mm for historicals, fantasy and sci-fi. Sad to see the scale denigrated so.
They look very nice for 10s, but there is ZERO chance of me ever doing japanese in anything other than 28, and we already have Warlord and Fireforged for that. Plastic ninja from somebody would be nice
Grand Battle Scale gets a deep-dive with lots of photos of the models and why 10mm is the very best sub-28mm size! The new Samurai and Ashigaru boxes are also up for pre-order shipping in August.
I can't say I find the argument from 10s particularly compelling. I supect Ansell would have said the exact same thing he said about 15mm about these after all.
But they do look nice.
For me personally the most off putting thing is yet another scale to get terrain for. That said, after how underwhelming Warlords "epic" ACW range was, if WGA did a plastic CW range of models as nice as these samurai look I might well be tempted even in 10mm (us gamers can be a mercurial lot after all)...
I think there's space for all scales. I once most loved 6mm for mass battles but over the years I've come to land on 10 - a lot of that is due to the Warmaster Revolution thing of late, but DzC and Firestorm Planetfall - and the upcoming Armoured Clash - show it can work nicely for non-ranked infantry too.
I mean, end of the day, ANY scale requires new terrain if you're fussed about it, but naturalistic terrain works for most things, and you can pack in a lot more 6mm or 10mm terrain for your currency unit, especially with how easily accessible 3D printed stuff is now.
The one thing about sub-15s though is how the base widths interact with various games.I know some do individual infantry at 10mm, but these look like strips, so for some that could be the bigger hurdle.
Great stuff. When reading through the earlier posts in this thread I was hoping it would be 10mm for the exact reasons in the article - always struck me as the perfect balance of detailed enough figures to allow for actually recognizable troops, while being speedy to paint, and small enough to fit plenty on a table. The only non-28mm scale I ever got into.
Those models looks ace, and the choice of variable model strips (and some individual ones) is excellent for preventing repetition; so many ways to arrange those. There was a time I individually based all my 10mm, but have come around to multibasing now so these are preferred.
Unfortunately have no real desire for Ashigaru/Samurai, though maybe that will happen if I get back into Age of Empires III or Shogun 2:Total War one day (never really gave the latter a good shot, and then Warhammer Total War came out...). Would love to see European armies from the same period in plastic; Italian Wars and all that. Colourful troops and formations which will look great in 10mm too. Have a bunch of Pendraken which I love, but oh my, cast metal pikes in 10mm are often a bit of a pain. Too thin and bendy, but too much work to replace with something. Plastic would be heavenly. (And honestly, is there anything that looks better at a small scale than a pike formation?) That they would also work as Warmaster/Minihammer Dogs of War is an added advantage.
In a historical gaming? They were simply samurai doubling as professional spies so on the batlefield they will look as everyone else. Unless you mean fantasy black clad assassins?
New sneak peek seems to be fantasy animals / monsters. I see some ROUSs, giant maggots, and what looks like a dire wolf / hyena / warg, as well as some tentacles and ugly humanoid heads (maybe for harpies, nagas, or similar). Looks like a decent, if somewhat incoherent selection which will be useful for many RPG people.
Perfect Organism wrote: New sneak peek seems to be fantasy animals / monsters. I see some ROUSs, giant maggots, and what looks like a dire wolf / hyena / warg, as well as some tentacles and ugly humanoid heads (maybe for harpies, nagas, or similar). Looks like a decent, if somewhat incoherent selection which will be useful for many RPG people.
Could one on the top left be a badger? There is a skirmish game called Burrows&Badgers for anthropomorphized animals wars.
In a historical gaming? They were simply samurai doubling as professional spies so on the batlefield they will look as everyone else. Unless you mean fantasy black clad assassins?
Not to mention, any sensible spy or assassin will disguise themselves to blend in, not stand out. Thus the cinematic black clad ninja is exactly that, cinematic. As is Naruto in his bright orange jumpsuit.
If you want ninja in your sengoku jidai games, just use a servant figure or samurai courier miniature. "A message for you, Oda-sama." *STAB*
modelhunter wrote: So WGA's great secret is they are going to release a few sets in 15mm. Does anyone know what the theme will be for this release?
Good God no. We will never make "those nasty little 15s" as Bryan Ansell rightly called them! 15s are the worst of all sizes and do nothing well. I have spoken.
That's too bad, anything smaller that 15mm is smaller than I can manage to paint.
In a historical gaming? They were simply samurai doubling as professional spies so on the batlefield they will look as everyone else. Unless you mean fantasy black clad assassins?
Not to mention, any sensible spy or assassin will disguise themselves to blend in, not stand out. Thus the cinematic black clad ninja is exactly that, cinematic. As is Naruto in his bright orange jumpsuit.
If you want ninja in your sengoku jidai games, just use a servant figure or samurai courier miniature. "A message for you, Oda-sama." *STAB*
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See this, THIS RIGHT HERE is why nobody takes historical gamers seriously. You have obviously NOT watched The Last Samurai which CLEARLY depicts the Meiji era ninja attacks leading up to the Satsuma Rebellion, nor have you acknowledged the fastidious research involved in the 1985 American Ninja documentaries. I'm not mad, to be utterly clear, mostly just...disappointed. Embarrassed. Embarrased by your ignorance. I've dealt with your like before, the type of ignoramus that says vikings never had horns on their helmets. It's hard to admit you're wrong, I'm sure, but you ARE wrong. Ninja are cool. And historically accurate. Maybe.
No interest in the period, but count me impressed anyway. Nice mix of figures, great price and good choice of scale
I think 10mm is great (my choice for smaller sci Fi). Speed of painting as 6mm, with better detail, especially in plastic. N scale terrain is plentiful and in the niche of period appropriate structures for these figures there should be some excellent options available from Japan.
Shall be watching 10mm with great interest, it's probably beyond their scope but a 10mm set of generuc-human-space-guardsmen complete with infantry, cavalry and vehicles would be heaven... Grognards with a boxy space-Char tank...
I was serious about wanting plastic ninjas. As for everything else... I mean I said American Ninja was a documentary and The Last Samurai was historically accurate, I didn't think it needed a sarcasm tag
For sci-fi I'd like to see 10mm Bulldogs and Ooh-Rah, but sadly none of my scifi 10mm stuff has ever seen the table so far. My group has too much 15mm and 6mm. Someday I'll use all that heavy Gear stuff I painted years ago, but it means learning the game enough to teach vs just playing more Alpha Strike or Team Yankee.
Most importantly, the Sneakfeet snipers and werewolves are supposed to release next week, looking forward to both those sets
I'm another in for wanting a ninja kit. Heck, I'd be happy with just a General Accoutrements digital release. Give them arms with feudal and modern weaponry options so they can be used in samurai fantasy, pulp, and 80's action schlock genres.
Eh, I've gotten used to removing WGA guys from puddle bases. That's not enough to dissuade me from their products. Yes, I agree the Baron's War models are a bit small but no too small for my needs.
A few of you mention them being small, though. Anyone have photos of them compared to GW stuff handy? I'd be curious how much they will stand out.
Here's my pic compared to OldHammer.
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Thank you both! I already have the Fireforge Rabble models and love them, so these look perfect. I kind of prefer having the villagers/humans being a hair smaller than the warrior models.
Ah, men-at-arms and peasants! Good for Frostgrave and RPGs. Will hope that sprue vendors will carry them once they are released.
EDIT: Just noticed the archer giving a two-finger salute. The story behind that was the French would cut off the fore and middle fingers of English archers if captured so they could no longer draw the bow. So longbowmen would taunt the French by waving said fingers. Considering the triad of big English victories* due to the longbow this was not an empty taunt.
* Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Agincourt is more famous thanks to Shakespeare, but at Poitiers the French king and one of his sons were captured as well as 2000-3500 knights, all of whom were held for ransom.
EDIT: Just noticed the archer giving a two-finger salute. The story behind that was the French would cut off the fore and middle fingers of English archers if captured so they could no longer draw the bow. So longbowmen would taunt the French by waving said fingers. Considering the triad of big English victories* due to the longbow this was not an empty taunt.
* Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Agincourt is more famous thanks to Shakespeare, but at Poitiers the French king and one of his sons were captured as well as 2000-3500 knights, all of whom were held for ransom.
EDIT: Just noticed the archer giving a two-finger salute. The story behind that was the French would cut off the fore and middle fingers of English archers if captured so they could no longer draw the bow. So longbowmen would taunt the French by waving said fingers. Considering the triad of big English victories* due to the longbow this was not an empty taunt.
* Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Agincourt is more famous thanks to Shakespeare, but at Poitiers the French king and one of his sons were captured as well as 2000-3500 knights, all of whom were held for ransom.
Ancestral Hamster wrote: EDIT: Just noticed the archer giving a two-finger salute. The story behind that was the French would cut off the fore and middle fingers of English archers if captured so they could no longer draw the bow. So longbowmen would taunt the French by waving said fingers. Considering the triad of big English victories* due to the longbow this was not an empty taunt.
* Crecy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Agincourt is more famous thanks to Shakespeare, but at Poitiers the French king and one of his sons were captured as well as 2000-3500 knights, all of whom were held for ransom.
A popular story, but one without basis in historical record. The gesture is never described to have been made around this time as far as I'm aware, and the French would cut of 3, not 2, fingers (if not killing the captured peasants outright), making this legendary origin unlikely.
Anyway, great looking minis. The rabble are equally suitable as angry peasants, poorly equipped troops, or bandits, and the medium infantry complements the range with all the equipment not found elsewhere - polearms, falchions, lighter armour and less knightly headgear. Good stuff, glad to finally have an alternative to the Fireforge ones (whose outsized weapons and occasionally unnatural poses don't fit well with most other historical minis). Given the era and similarity in gear, they'd also go well with e.g. the WA Halflings I reckon, if you want a Bree-type setting where some Big Folk join forces with Halflings!
Really excited for those Sergeants/Levy minis. I'm working on a small campaign skirmish game (think 2x2 table with roughly 8 minis a side) based around a lesser medieval lord and their retinue using the plastic Baron War kits and I'm happy to see the 2nd and 3rd kits look awesome.
Since there is interest in the Baron's War figures, perhaps the forum will find this blog article on helmets interesting. It is by the manga-ka of the manga The Dragon, the Hero, and the Courier, a slice of life fantasy manga about a courier/mail carrier.
It would be great if some of the more outlandish helmet designs could be sculpted, if not for the Baron's War, at least for WGA Digital so we could have more variety. {Also, some helmets are pre-12/13th C, and some others after that period.}
In particular, I'd like the Savoyard Helm / Totenkopf Helm {Death Head/Skull in German}. The medieval Germans were Grimdark well before a British minis company started putting skullz on everything.
Ignispacium wrote: If that preview image is any indication, it looks like the next grand battle army is Agincourt English/French?
Aye, that's confirmed now: https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/grand-battle-scale-coming-up-next?page=3 "The Azincourt range will allow you to field all the troops to recreate the epic battle between England and France! From the iconic English longbowmen and mounted French knights to Genoese crossbowmen, men-at-arms, foot knights, and much more!"
And the upcoming knights in the 28mm medieval range:
"The mounted knights charge onto the field! Dominate the battlefield or prepare for a jousting match with these incredible mounted units. All arms and heads are compatible with the foot knights set to give you even more variety! These are also about to join the tooling queue and will be with us soon!
Coming on these three sets' heels are Mounted Serjeants and some more surprises!"
Smokestack wrote: It may just be a trick of the angle in this picture but that blue horse head looks kind of long and strange.
I think it's maybe a combination of the angle of the shot and the way the horses head is turned.
Regarding the size of the Victrix stuff, that comparison image was actually posted by me. I have the WA Foot Knights and also have a sprue of the new Victrix Mounted Knights. I find the Victrix miniatures I have are maybe a mm or two taller than the WA Knights. The big difference is the proportions, the Victrix stuff is much chunkier. The helmets especially seem much bigger on the Victrix Knights. Head connections are also different on some of the Victrix figures.
Personally, I really like both sets but I'll likely use them for different projects rather than mixing them.
Seconded, Hamster. I've scouring the internet for decent embossed heater shields that aren't prohibitively expensive. I need at least four for different poses of the same hero made from Baron's War foot knights.
i don't really know why WGA wouldnt put this as an actual update of the crowdfunding, but, oh well, those look very cool indeed! Do we know if the bases are included along the free sprues?
Garrac wrote: i don't really know why WGA wouldnt put this as an actual update of the crowdfunding, but, oh well, those look very cool indeed! Do we know if the bases are included along the free sprues?
I don't think so, from the text in the newsletter there was space on the tool so they used the bases to fill it, so i don't anticipate they'll be part of the sprue sent out to backers, it sound like they'll either be clipped off in the factory or when the tool is used they'll close part of it off so they either make damned or the bases
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lord_blackfang wrote: We still don't know how one unit being split into two sprues affects "pick a sprue" rewards either
good point, hopefully we would get both (so much less hassle for WGA than trying to make everybody re-do their picks!), but if not they'll need to make it clear what sprue is what, and give us plenty of time to shuffle our free picks around
Bit disappointing to have bases for the blank space when it's dead easy to get round bases already.(that is assuming they could have put even more hweap option bits there)
First up, the Vox Populi Conquistador Cavalry and the second Cavalry set we added - the Renaissance Heavy Cavalry!
There were so many parts for this set we decided to divide it up into two unique sets. Both sets will be built on our existing Medium Horses and both sets will share a frame x 4 each of WAARN003/6x. This frame has all the heads, shields, and saddles for the two sets along with the doggos! And as we mentioned you'll get 4 in each box so that's a lot of doggos! Both cavalry sets will feature 12 horses and riders (although you'll actually get 16 riders in the heavy cavalry set)
For the Conquistadors we have less heavily armored troops. The final parts are being added to this. They share a mold with our new dual-use 25mm x 50mm pill bases which will be sold separately!
And here are the armored guys:
Both cavalry sets will feature 12 horses and riders (although you'll actually get 16 riders in the heavy cavalry set)
The unarmored guys are on a half sprue. Wonder how that is gonna compare the sets between each other.
I have a request for people who will buy WGA Werewolves and also own Fireforge fantasy range (Northmen and Living Dead) - please do a size comparison pics with them. Thanks
Llamahead wrote: Sorry Kidcthulu but thats the entire point of them if you want cuirasses buy the European cavalry.
I pre-ordered before they split them into two kits.
To accurately get what I want, I need to buy both kits, cut a rider from each kit in half, and then I'll have a conquistador that matches the foot ones I like and an idiot with a gamebeson and inexplicably overly armored legs
I preordered 2 boxes but the Heavy kit seems way more loaded with stuff than the mounted conquistadors. The article said both kits get 4 horse frames, 4 shield/ head frames then 4 of their individual frame... Which means 4 half sprues for the conquistadors (with 12 rider bodies) vs 4 full sprues for the heavies (with 16 rider bodies).
I kind of want one of each, but the heavy box looks better. More riders and ton more bits.
lord_blackfang wrote: But seriously would it kill WGA to make a left handed pistol just once
Agreed, especially for non-historical kits. Historical sets I can see the justification due to our world having mostly right-handed people and the left-handed being trained out of it in childhood. But for fictional settings ... c'mon, let us have the kitbash opportunities. Heck, there was a short fantasy series that I liked as a boy whose Conan the Barbarian clone protagonist dual wielded a broadsword and throwing axe instead of the typical sword and dagger of history. Plenty of left hand dagger arms nowadays, but other than those left hand swords, never mind axes or maces, are surpassingly rare. Thus one usually has to cut and glue.
Hey WGA, can we get some heater shields with sculpted heraldry? Preferably with a way for me to get 4 of same shield?
My knight needs a shield and I've been having a devil of a time finding ones that aren't crusader shields with crosses or price-gougey Bretonnian relics on eBay.
What the hell is going on with that half-sprue of random creatures? Those look like Damned heads and arms. Did they change the beast-handlers to have more interesting animals than generic sci-fi dog-aliens? I'm totally up for giant-maggot wranglers!
What the hell is going on with that half-sprue of random creatures? Those look like Damned heads and arms. Did they change the beast-handlers to have more interesting animals than generic sci-fi dog-aliens? I'm totally up for giant-maggot wranglers!
according to the newsletter "This frame shares a mold with WAAGA007 Weird War One Conversion Parts. This is going to be included in the upcoming The Last War boxed game to convert our hard plastic WW1 figures!" which i think refers to this https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com/last-war
What the hell is going on with that half-sprue of random creatures? Those look like Damned heads and arms. Did they change the beast-handlers to have more interesting animals than generic sci-fi dog-aliens? I'm totally up for giant-maggot wranglers!
according to the newsletter "This frame shares a mold with WAAGA007 Weird War One Conversion Parts. This is going to be included in the upcoming The Last War boxed game to convert our hard plastic WW1 figures!" which i think refers to this https://www.forbiddenpsalm.com/last-war
Sweet, more conversion Fodder for Trench Crusade....assuming I ever get my hobby space back
It does indeed look like a wheel. Given there's wheel divots on almost all those bases, it might be for something where big spoked wheels are common and the extra one on the sprue is for base decoration. Something with cannons, perhaps? I'm thinking Napoleonics or ACW.
It does indeed look like a wheel. Given there's wheel divots on almost all those bases, it might be for something where big spoked wheels are common and the extra one on the sprue is for base decoration. Something with cannons, perhaps? I'm thinking Napoleonics or ACW.
Those tracks are clearly made by wheels with treaded tires. 19th Century cannon wheels would have smooth rims and leave flat tracks.
We will keep pumping out 28mm sets - and faster going forward. Let us know what 10mm sets you'd like to see. (and check out the teaser image in tomorrow/tonight's) email too.
You have had your say and the new vehicle will be named the...
Firstly please let me apologise for the delay in getting this update out. As ever we have been incredibly busy at Wargames Atlantic.
Following the poll for the new vehicle name I can confirm the final results as per the image below;
The name for The Damned vehicle will be The Mauler! As you will have seen from the article image we also have some awesome artwork from Mark Stacey depicting The Mauler in action!
Here's a few more renders of The Mauler that sculptor Rob sent over to me.
Finally I know a fair few of you have asked to see some of the infantry and command models assembled so I took some time out to build a handful of each to show you what they look like.
Brute Commander and Female Commander from The Damned Command frame.
Two infantrymen with special weapons from The Damned Infantry frame.
I'll do my best to get a few more together for you. We should also have a load more layouts ready to show you by the end of the month.
Once each of the layouts have been shown I will put out an update confirming the closing date of the pledge manager. In this update I will also confirm which frames will be available as part of the "free frame" selections as well as provide a full gallery of every single The Damned product so that you can make an educated final decision on products as for your pledge.
We're in the final stretch now. It won't be long before we begin final production runs. Once the pledge manager closes we can then begin planning each of your deliveries!
So do we know if the damned infantry are modelled in a way that cutting off the spikes will yield generic humans to be used for non-derranged-baddies space soldiers too?
RustyNumber wrote: So do we know if the damned infantry are modelled in a way that cutting off the spikes will yield generic humans to be used for non-derranged-baddies space soldiers too?
They showed the infantry sprue a while back. Looks like it should work ok for that.
Our next game-in-a-box is at the printers and it's time to introduce you to The Last War!
"The Great War, World War, War to End all Wars, the only true name it has is the Last War, for now remains not enough people to fight another.
The War ended not with a bang but a cough and splutter. The disease that took hold spread far and wide. Few survived the fever and filth. With so few humans left those that dwelled in the night took up the arms of man to fight over what was left. Those scattered beings hunt the trenches of the last war for scraps, salvage and weapons."
The Last War is a game by Will Rahman-Daultrey the creator of the popular Forbidden Psalm game system. As we did with the Quar we will be bringing you a game that includes a full rulebook, tokens, dice, and plastic goodness!
Along with lots of frames of World War One models we're including this special conversion frame that features trench maggots, ROUS's, and lots of conversion bits with tentacles, heads, and brutal trench warfare arms to customize your models.
The tooling is finished as are the boxes and the tokens, dice, and rule book are being printed now so we are not too far off from having this fun game in your hands. Stay tuned for more info!
And we are hard at work on the next six games too! (Yes that's not a typo!)
No word on exact box contents. I'd hope for one of each WGA WW1 sprues (German, French, British, Russian) and 2+ upgrade sprues. Also no word on how to get upgrade sprues without the box for those of us who already have everything.
Our next game-in-a-box is at the printers and it's time to introduce you to The Last War!
"The Great War, World War, War to End all Wars, the only true name it has is the Last War, for now remains not enough people to fight another.
The War ended not with a bang but a cough and splutter. The disease that took hold spread far and wide. Few survived the fever and filth. With so few humans left those that dwelled in the night took up the arms of man to fight over what was left. Those scattered beings hunt the trenches of the last war for scraps, salvage and weapons."
The Last War is a game by Will Rahman-Daultrey the creator of the popular Forbidden Psalm game system. As we did with the Quar we will be bringing you a game that includes a full rulebook, tokens, dice, and plastic goodness!
Along with lots of frames of World War One models we're including this special conversion frame that features trench maggots, ROUS's, and lots of conversion bits with tentacles, heads, and brutal trench warfare arms to customize your models.
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The tooling is finished as are the boxes and the tokens, dice, and rule book are being printed now so we are not too far off from having this fun game in your hands. Stay tuned for more info!
And we are hard at work on the next six games too! (Yes that's not a typo!)
No word on exact box contents. I'd hope for one of each WGA WW1 sprues (German, French, British, Russian) and 2+ upgrade sprues. Also no word on how to get upgrade sprues without the box for those of us who already have everything.
the game needs 5 troops for the player team..
the WGA german, french, and russian sprues each have 6 figures, so those would work ok. the British sprue is only 4 guys though, which could be an issue. (though it does have tons of customization). the french one has an options half-sprue with more stuff for their side.
if they want simplicity they could go with two sprues each of german and russian. if they want iconic match ups, they could do two sprues of french and two of germans, with at least one of the french options sprue. or they could do two sprues of germans and 3 of british.
Are you thinking of napoleonic British Riflemen? WW1 British are 5 to a sprue, so they work.
I would really hope for all 4 diferent sprues, the game doesn't operate along national teams, it's a kitbasher. And you can use the extras for Loyals and other monsters. I think the upgrade sprue has arms to turn people into barb wire beasts too.
This Quar's War came with 24 dudes, but they are a little smaller so 12 to a sprue (6 of each faction on the two ends of the sprue). For a similar price point and with the new accessory sprue, 4x 5 man sprues of different WWI flavors sounds generous but nice.
A Chinese nickname for Japanese is 'dwarf barbarian pirates' so I vote for Space Dwarf Pirate Ninja Barbarians! That way they can get a piece of that Legend of Voltron money.
A Chinese nickname for Japanese is 'dwarf barbarian pirates' so I vote for Space Dwarf Pirate Ninja Barbarians! That way they can get a piece of that Legend of Voltron money.
The polearm blades are a bit naff, way too large even for heroic imo. Luckily I don't have a community to pick up Warmaster with otherwise it's be some damage to the bank account!
Latest sneak peek looks like Eisenkern Valkir legs, but the weapons are different to the old sets. Could be a re-imagining, or a death-fields set which has similar armour.
Saw this on Facebook. It was part of the Friday email.
I probably wont use the armor on the horses. The fully armored rider head in the middle looks a bit small in the pic, but hope its just the angle. Was hoping the doggo would be a little bit bigger. But overall I like em.
I probably won't use the armor bits on my Conquistadors since apparently they only have gambesons. Would look weird to have squishy riders on barded steeds.
I probably won't use the armor bits on my Conquistadors since apparently they only have gambesons. Would look weird to have squishy riders on barded steeds.
If you get the Heavy Cavalry box it has armored torsos... 16 to a box vs the 12 gambeson torsos to a box in the Conquistador box.
I preordered 2 boxes... Hopefully I can get 1 of each with that... and then a horse sprue purchase from @McDougals means 28 horseman.
Ideally conquistadores should have a mix of breastplates and gambesons... they were recorded as preferring only padded armour once they made it to Central and South America though. Too hot for steel.
both sets will be built on top of our Medium Horses frame. You will receive four of these in each box (don't use the saddle blankets though!)
We also have a shared frame that gives you the saddles (that are designed to fit on the horses bare backs) along with all the heads, shields, scabbarded swords, and the doggos! You'll also get four of these in each set. Yes, that's a LOT of doggos!
And now is where the sets differ. First we have WAARN003 Conquistador Cavalry. These are soldiers in lighter armor with a mix of sword and lance (and you can build all models with all of either). You will get four of these frames in the box
OR
And then finally we have the main frame for WAARN006 Renaissance Heavy Cavalry. This is a full frame that includes horse armor, both matchlock and wheelock pistols (even a left handed one), and enough swords and lances to outfit everyone. There are also holstered pistols and enough weapons to outfit every figure in the set with one type. You'll notice there are four bodies on this frame. We gave you an extra one to create a slightly more "fancy" ruffle collared type if you so wish. This is a 12-figure set but adding in some of our Medium Horses will get you 16!
....so the best choice looks to be a box of each, and an extra horse frame
I got an email asking me to choose my 2 sets. There is a note that says the Heavy cavalry set is $5 more than the conquistador set but there is no extra charge if you preordered. I went with 2 heavy cav boxes as the value of what you get is just so much more.
Hmm. With 1 left handed pistol per sprue that means 4 to box. So with 2 boxes you could have a 8 pistoliers. With command you could have 7 and have a banner a musician and a champion for 10 total without too much effort.
With 2 heavy cavalry boxes I will have 24 cavalry guys and 8 extra rider bodies... so with 2 horse sprues it would make 32 cav... though the extra 8 would not have the saddles the others have (since you only get 12 to a box) and they wont have armor or armored heads since you only get 12 of each of those to a box as well.
Ruffle neck body will probably make a good champion base. I wonder how much the dog/saddle sprue will be as individual sprues... As I will probably want some more of the new heads.
I decided to go for the heavy cav since it both kits have the same heads (and because I didn't realize until after I made my choice that I won't get the $5 upcharge since I was an original backer).
I really hope warring states is next. The 3D renders they showed a while back looked great, and it's not a period you see a lot of miniature lines for.
I suspect there's more than a few fans like me that fell in love with the period by wasting way too much time in Dynasty Warriors and reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Zombicide: White Death is nearing delivery and I'm excited to get many of those heroes in suitably heroic-fantasy poses, but I'd really love some regular chinese infantry to make armies out of
Back when everyone thought Cathay was coming in the Old World. i had thoughts of getting some Warring states minis. But now... I may get a box for use in RPGS...
...of the items on that list i am most hoping for Halfling Cavalry. Having a full halfling army in WA halfling style would be great.
Of those on the list. I dont think there have been many previews for most... but here is one of the Warring States Infantry and the Halfling Cavalry. I thought there was one for the Germanic army builder but I cant find it.
Exactly the contents I wanted (1 each of the 4 national sprues, 2 upgrade sprues)
It feels a bit on the expensive side to me for some reason but it's really not marked up at all, Forbidden Psalm books are priced pretty high for how niche they are. 10/10 recommended, only reason I'm not getting it is I already have all 4 national boxes and the book
Saw this on Facebook. Wargames Atlantic is doing minis for Green Ronin
Chris Pramas
Hello, president of Green Ronin here. We are doing both crew minis and spaceships with Wargames Atlantic for our crowdfunding campaign that launches in a week. If you are not an RPG player and just want the mins, there will be pledge levels for that. You can sign up to get notified on launch and get a free set of Protogen dice if you back early. https://www.backerkit.com/.../87ac2fa0-e344-4f1f.../landing
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Holy cow! Customisable crew minis that are a little more Expanse-y (because, well, that's what this is) and a little less Stargravey? I was already following along because I wanted the new edition of the RPG so some official minis and ships will be the icing on the cake.
Those non-weapon arms look like they will make great conversion material with the cannon fodder too. I may be in on this. But will be without internet for 3 weeks starting next week. (Trip to Indonesia) So wont get to follow along.
Assuming those crew are normal WA height (i.e. in scale with Ooh-Rah and other DF models), I want a whole bunch of them for NPCs in my Alien RPG games.
Hopefully the turn-around will be quicker than with the Damned, due to only doing a couple of kits.
Well, the Expanse is live... The miniatures seem a bit on the expensive side. The "crowdfunding discount price is $40 a box... and $50 retail. for 18 crew or 30 ships. They have a double pledge that is $80 for 2 boxes... so no actual discount on the double pledge.
I know, but even having had the ability to translate a render into a physical object in my own home for several years now, I still find it hard to interpret stuff like proportions and sharpness of detail from a render.
Smokestack wrote: Well, the Expanse is live... The miniatures seem a bit on the expensive side. The "crowdfunding discount price is $40 a box... and $50 retail. for 18 crew or 30 ships. They have a double pledge that is $80 for 2 boxes... so no actual discount on the double pledge.
Hmm ... about $2.23 US per figure versus $1.38 per Northstar Stargrave figure. I assume the difference is due to the royalties Green Ronin pays. Won't rule them out yet, but will want to see them first.
You've got to take account of there being 2 sets of fees bundled into the box costs (to WGA for manufacture etc and to the Expanse IP owners) so they were always going to be more expensive
but they would be interesting for Stargrave etc, but probably best to wait for (hopefully) retail if thats all i want
Smokestack wrote: Well, the Expanse is live... The miniatures seem a bit on the expensive side. The "crowdfunding discount price is $40 a box... and $50 retail. for 18 crew or 30 ships. They have a double pledge that is $80 for 2 boxes... so no actual discount on the double pledge.
I'm ambivlalent about the price, but as someone who enjoyed the show quite a bit, I would certainly be willing to pay a premium for miniatures of this specific IP.
Consider that it's still considerably less than the cost of almost any other IP-connected minis and you're getting multipart hard plastic rather than the usual monopose boardgame-plastic figs. I'm not totally convinced yet, but I'm willing to be if the sprues look good.[u]
The spaceships are intriguing also. 30 ships for $40 bucks is a pretty darn good deal, especially if there's some customization possible. I'm not even into spaceship gaming, but having a bunch of Expanse ships on my shelf sounds like fun.
The backerkit page mentions the ships are mostly one or two part so they're probably not that customisable without some work, but the joins could be modular in some cases, potentially? We don't know yet though.
With the figures I don't really know how much of a premium I'd pay specifically for The Expanse. I read and loved the novels and haven't seen the show, so my headcanon visuals of things may or may not match the minis. But given it mostly follows civilians and other irregularly equipped people, I don't expect it to be too heavy-handed with the IP in terms of miniatures design. I don't think they're so much more pricey that I won't go for them at retail, and I'm very keen on seeing more about them.
The ships are basic, but potentially fairly widely useful. Curious about the other four designs.
The crew figures would benefit from some physical samples... They seem to have some odd proportions, and it's difficult to tell how much of that is just the renders looking weird, as renders often do.
New SP looks very ooh-rah. Think it is a manned HMG-style weapon rather than an autonomous platform, but could be some kind of 'sentry gun' I guess.
Not totally blown away by the design, but don't hate it either. Will probably end up getting some eventually.
here is hoping it's a sentry gun and not just another crew served. my own suggestions in the WGA idea thread for the set was to lean into the light infantry feel. with the heavy weapons being stuff like ManPad rocket launchers, portable MG's, Grenade launchers, etc. and the command squad parts being stuff like SMG/PDW versions of the 'lasgun' weapons the basic set uses, as well as various customization bits for non-combat gear.
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No idea how well the game will play, but it's an interesting concept. No hard details other than it's a semi-coop warband game where each player plays a guard captain and 5 guards and you are competing against each other to go around town and solve crimes, help NPC citizens and apprehend NPC criminals. I was not particularly impressed when I played the 1st ed Test of Honour, but 0200 Hours is pretty fantastic. Even if the game is awful, those figures look great
mithril2098 wrote: here is hoping it's a sentry gun and not just another crew served. my own suggestions in the WGA idea thread for the set was to lean into the light infantry feel. with the heavy weapons being stuff like ManPad rocket launchers, portable MG's, Grenade launchers, etc. and the command squad parts being stuff like SMG/PDW versions of the 'lasgun' weapons the basic set uses, as well as various customization bits for non-combat gear.
To be honest all you need is a sensor pod that can be swapped out for rear gunner trigger assembly, or even just some infantry arms with a remote control, and you have a nice little remote OR manned turret depending on whether you put infantry controlling it or not.
Ancestral Hamster wrote: I'd like to see the civilian side. IIRC, they did say there would be civilians and criminals.
"'Ere now, guv'nor, I'm cutting me own throat 'ere."
And C.M.O.T. Dibbler counts as both!
Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.
Last I've seen of the rules they were a "concept scribbled on a napkin at lunch" level nothingburger, which feels at odds with going all in on commissioning two plastic sprues and pre-printed mdf terrain. Hopefully they do actually get as polished as everything else, or else this is all just a very aggressive marketing campaign for some plastic minis.
lord_blackfang wrote: Last I've seen of the rules they were a "concept scribbled on a napkin at lunch" level nothingburger, which feels at odds with going all in on commissioning two plastic sprues and pre-printed mdf terrain. Hopefully they do actually get as polished as everything else, or else this is all just a very aggressive marketing campaign for some plastic minis.
You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.
Like we did with 02 Hundred Hours we've made plastic sets for the game but these will also be part of our Classic Fantasy range. The City Folk set will be pretty amazing for populating your D&D towns and for kitbashing. The guard will make good adventurers, mercenaries, etc.
The plastics for both will be ready next month.
Valkir plastic T1 due on October 8th. Barons' War Levy and Serjeants plastic T1s at end of October. Bunch of Damned frames in between those too.
Wargames Atlantic wrote: You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.
I admit so far I've not seen anything tangible enough to be classed as something more than a marketing pitch, until the new WIP posted an hour ago. Which does seem like there's an actual game there, and if this is an established author, of course it's easy for them to have a game in their head, but it was surprising to me how little actual typesetting had been done for something that feels like it should release any moment now. And I'd still say there's a few dozen games in 1-box-challenge that look more polished at this moment
Wargames Atlantic wrote: You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.
I admit so far I've not seen anything tangible enough to be classed as something more than a marketing pitch, until the new WIP posted an hour ago. Which does seem like there's an actual game there, and if this is an established author, of course it's easy for them to have a game in their head, but it was surprising to me how little actual typesetting had been done for something that feels like it should release any moment now. And I'd still say there's a few dozen games in 1-box-challenge that look more polished at this moment
Looking forward to Damned-tober!
There's a 6-page article about the game in the latest issue of WI.
Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.
I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.
As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.
Wargames Atlantic wrote: You probably haven't been paying attention to his development of the rules over the last couple years. Remember that Graham is a consummate perfectionist and that the foundation of this game is built from the same concepts as the 02 Hundred Hours one.
Like we did with 02 Hundred Hours we've made plastic sets for the game but these will also be part of our Classic Fantasy range. The City Folk set will be pretty amazing for populating your D&D towns and for kitbashing. The guard will make good adventurers, mercenaries, etc.
The plastics for both will be ready next month.
Valkir plastic T1 due on October 8th. Barons' War Levy and Serjeants plastic T1s at end of October. Bunch of Damned frames in between those too.
Looking forward to both those sets. Happy to see the Barons War Levy and Sergeants are not far off too. Any chance we’ll see a preview of the mounted Sergeants soon?
Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.
I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.
As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.
Thing is, overall there was no "City watch" in reality, there were citizens who brought their own armament and, depending on century of course, they were equipped with what they could afford. Plate was cheaper than mail usually, both affordable for an average citizen if he saved for about a year. Or inherited them from their fathers.
The "City watch" is something made up in fantasy universes where you have modern times polices projected into the past. Totally fine if you do a fantasy setting, but putting them in plate armour wouldn't be the fantastical part about them .
Civilians? That's going to seriously hurt my wallet then. I love and need more civilians. The guards not so much, but that's mostly because I'm not the biggest fan of plate and prefer them to only have mail. But that's just me.
I've enough guard types both from wargames and RPGs that I do not need them. I don't have civilians, so that's my main interest. EDIT: Though I'll get a single sprue each of WGA Baron's War Foot Knights, Men at Arms, and Levy once the latter two are released and so available from 3rd party resellers.
As for plate, that does not fit my image of city watch. Plate was expensive and it is highly unlikely that someone working as the watch could afford it, or that the city would provide it. Mail, leather, or a cloth gambeson are all more typical. There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.
That makes a lot of sense. The city watch, in my opinion, would probably be akin to militia duty for citizens and I wouldn't expect them to be so heavily armed indeed. It's the same reason why you don't see the police patrolling in full military kit. It's heavy and unpleasant.
as there was no city watch in reality, how that one looks like and which encounters there might be depends on the fantasy setting anyway
like a Warhammer City Watch were Undeads and Skavens appear during the night, being heavy armoured is much more useful than in a setting were the only encounter would be drunken down people
I mean, it's pretty standard D&D armor for town guards, just basic platemail/half-plate. Medieval economics are interesting, but they don't account for magic or alchemy or dragons. History is fun and should inform fantasy, I just never understood the need to constrain fantasy worlds too closely to the real world.
Ancestral Hamster wrote: There's also a practical consideration. If you're walking a beat for the day, do you really want to bear that much weight when the most violence you're likely to encounter will be from pickpockets and footpads? The lighter armors should be enough for the average violent criminal encounter.
Plate is pretty much the lightest form of armour. The stronger your materials, the less mass you need to be effective. Cloth and leather armour was astonishingly heavyweight stuff; twenty layers or more of dense fabric, often covered with leather, and treated with wax and oils. Nothing like LARP 'quilted' (two layers with some wadding between them) and leather armour.
Chef kiss, I'm going to be buying some more not-imperial-guard from them when these release! Really awesome to see enough arms and things there that *aren't* spikey too, for the loyalists!
Their latest email has a snippet of some armour tracks/suspension. WGA if you're listening as someone who just uses an FDM printer it sure would be nice to have a vehicle or two to purchase and print that is suitable separated into parts that have been sliced up with consideration for FDM printers! ie minimal scaffolding required, or the angles of bridges set so they don't require scaffolding.
Artillery sprue seems to spend an awful lot of space on spent shell casings. Feels like they could have squeezed one more weapon on there instead. Love the two that we do get though.
Brutes look great. Only objection from me is that their gas-masks don't look creepy enough for my taste.
Not Online!!! wrote: I forsee a lot of ogryns in my future.. and more fieldguns. Now if only Wargames atlantic made an earthshaker sized gun for a reasonable price...
Have you seen the Victoria Lamb/ Reaper Sledgehammer?
Hard plastic gun with Reaper Bones material crews.
Not a sales person for Victoria Miniatures but I picked up my three from the Kickstarter and upgraded them with the resin tracks that are now available as an stl.
Perfect Organism wrote: Artillery sprue seems to spend an awful lot of space on spent shell casings. Feels like they could have squeezed one more weapon on there instead.
Not Online!!! wrote: I forsee a lot of ogryns in my future.. and more fieldguns. Now if only Wargames atlantic made an earthshaker sized gun for a reasonable price...
Have you seen the Victoria Lamb/ Reaper Sledgehammer?
Hard plastic gun with Reaper Bones material crews.
Not a sales person for Victoria Miniatures but I picked up my three from the Kickstarter and upgraded them with the resin tracks that are now available as an stl.
Pro of the Damned artillery is that it fits perfectly as a proxy for ordnance battery. Would be interested in the sledgehammer if GW did not see FW as something to eliminate at every point.
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Preview is up for the townsfolk. No sprue shots yet, but according to on Tabletop it's a single sprue of 3 male and 3 female bodies, hands are empty and the weapons & items are separate, aprons/capes/sashes are also separate
Indeed. They should also market it to the role-players. There's a need for civilian NPCs: plenty of "adventuring types" out there already.
Mind, that's a mighty sinister looking florist. I wonder what other bits will be on the sprue, and if I can make someone similar to Eliza Doolittle (the flower girl in Pygmalion and My Fair Lady).
You've noticed the Grand Battle Scale (10mm) Orcs we're working on and probably heard whispers of the Dwarves too! Well, we're here to tell you these are just the first sets leading up to the release of a Grand MASS Battle Scale game: Classic Fantasy Battles!
We've been hard at work behind the scenes to prepare the way for this massive release. Over the course of the next year we'll be previewing (and releasing!) new hard plastic factions for the game along with deep dives into the core rules, scenarios, army lists, and more!
The first step though is to get at least 10 factions into hard plastic so that you have plenty of time to build your armies! Watch this space for the Orcs, Dwarves, and more!
Very hyped for townsfolk, but even more so for robot dogs. Hopefully these will be in plastic with plenty of options, but digital is good too if they are available to purchase in printed form.
If anyone from WGA is reading this thread, a small request: if you're doing modern / near future looking robots like this quad-legged 'dog' in plastic, can you try and fit some small flying drones onto the sprue? There's a surprising dearth of suitable models on the market, given how much hype military drones are getting at the moment. Would especially appreciate a recon / spotter type quadcopter, but FPV 'loitering munition' kamikaze planes would be cool too.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Totally agree on flying drones. Maelstrom's Edge has some good ones but I think that's about it in plastic.
Having recently assembled some of the MEdge ones, I disagree on them being good models. The legged chassis isn't too bad, but the rotor / control surfaces for the flying ones are a nightmare to fit exactly right, and the guns are extremely fiddly too. They seem perversely resistant to the idea of just putting nice thick slots and tabs where the parts fit together (far from the only manufacturer with this flaw; plenty of GW models over the years have been similarly awkward).
EDIT: I'm also not too fond of them aesthetically. They seem too small for proper combat aircraft, but too big to be a recon unit, and they are a bit more 'sci-fi' and less 'realistic' than I like.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Totally agree on flying drones. Maelstrom's Edge has some good ones but I think that's about it in plastic.
The Concord range from Beyond the Gates of Antares have some useful drone models that also appear on the basic strike team sprue - a small recon one, and a larger drone acting as a weapons platform.
Kalamadea wrote: Preview is up for the townsfolk. No sprue shots yet, but according to on Tabletop it's a single sprue of 3 male and 3 female bodies, hands are empty and the weapons & items are separate, aprons/capes/sashes are also separate
interesting on the 10mm for sure. We are just starting Fantastic Battles. I hope they keep the conventional 40mm wide basing that seems to be the industry standard, so we can try the rules.
Shrapnelsmile wrote: interesting on the 10mm for sure. We are just starting Fantastic Battles. I hope they keep the conventional 40mm wide basing that seems to be the industry standard, so we can try the rules.
Please.
Otherwise it would be a disaster.
And I am not going to rebase all my armies (in fact I'm basing the ashigaru on 40mm for use in fantasy grand battles). Even though I am not using Warmaster rules.
We've had to do a few parts fixes on the Beastmen and the Beasts in order to get them right for plastic which has caused a slight delay of a couple of weeks on those sprues. I hope to have the layouts for those within the next week.
this is going to be my wallet's doom...
And then finally we have the main frame for WAARN006 Renaissance Heavy Cavalry. This is a full frame that includes horse armor, both matchlock and wheelock pistols (even a left handed one), and enough swords and lances to outfit everyone. There are also holstered pistols and enough weapons to outfit every figure in the set with one type. You'll notice there are four bodies on this frame. We gave you an extra one to create a slightly more "fancy" ruffle collared type if you so wish. This is a 12-figure set but adding in some of our Medium Horses will get you 16! 
