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Oh nice, simple models.

 Gimgamgoo wrote:
With those flat boney feet, they're going to be a real pain removing from those integral bases.

cut them free leaving the plastic under the feet is probably easiest, you can then thin it to fit whatever base they're going on

Think I've got about 300 various plastic skeletons. Guess it's time to get another 100.

Do we know how many will be in a box? I hope it's comparable to warlord games.

 howie wrote:
Think I've got about 300 various plastic skeletons. Guess it's time to get another 100.

Do we know how many will be in a box? I hope it's comparable to warlord games.

So far 30 infantry per box. Dunno if they will stick with that but it seems likely.

Oh my goodness! These skeletons might be exactly what I've been waiting for all these years.

Nice skeletons indeed.

Those skeletons make me wish I hadn't just bought a lot of Mantic Skeletons.

Very nice models.

Oh well.

 privateer4hire wrote:


So far 30 infantry per box. Dunno if they will stick with that but it seems likely.

Thank you very much, if that is the case then 4 boxes should bolster the forces nicely.

I think it's the archers more than anything and the possibility of chariots which are really luring me in.

If they make a metal bad-Ash leader figure then I will have an army of deadites.

Waiting for undead Heroes and champions!

Yea those are really nice skeletons.

I didn't see anyone else posting this picture.

This has made me want them even more. Ancient skeletons with cool looking bows. They'll certainly be getting added to my you dead hordes.

So many uses for those skeletons. And, knowing Northstart, they'll be cheap.

I already have plans to use a bunch in Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadow Deep...

They look nice, but the integral bases damps my enthusiasm.

Not that I exactly need them, but having more variety among my skeletons - and for relatively cheap - is always nice to have. Looking forward to when these hit my FLGS!

dyndraig wrote:
They look nice, but the integral bases damps my enthusiasm.

Not a fan of integrated bases but it takes about thirty seconds a miniature to be rid of them.

niall78 wrote:

dyndraig wrote:
They look nice, but the integral bases damps my enthusiasm.

Not a fan of integrated bases but it takes about thirty seconds a miniature to be rid of them.

Pretty much my take on the situation. I've got 180 of the warlord games skeletons and 40 of the old GW ones. While I enjoy the fact they don't have integral bases a bit more contact with the base wouldn't go a miss.

zedmeister wrote:So many uses for those skeletons. And, knowing Northstart, they'll be cheap.

I already have plans to use a bunch in Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadow Deep...

I'm hoping it'll be 30 for £25 which is what their other kits are currently at. I'll be getting a few boxes as this has once again peaked my curiosity for undead options.

 zedmeister wrote:

I already have plans to use a bunch in Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadow Deep...

...and Sellswords and Spellslingers, and Nightwatch, and Dragon Rampant, and...the list goes on ...

THOSE are some pretty impressive figures. Great batch too, you get quite a few for the sprue.

Oh, wow. I love them. Time for a bunch MORE skeletons for the horde.

There's even enough unhelmeted skulls for all five bodies! I wonder how well the arms scale with the Wargames Atlantic skeletons? I prefer my skeleton archers unarmored...

Some painty goodness:

Yeah I definitely like those models, they are on my "to buy" list ASAP

Skeletons are one of the time I really don't mind having the integral bases. Keeps them stable. Plus they aren't hard to cut off.

I'm sure I'll end up with a box.

love the bronze age aesthetic! refreshing to see that as opposed to over done greco-roman skeletons

Gosh am I glad I haven't pulled the trigger on any of the other affordable skeletons kits, not because there's anything wrong with them, these just nail the aesthetic I'm after almost exactly.

Those skelies are looking really nice:

Their huge buck teeth are a bit distracting to me. Might like them more if I head swapped them to have citadel skulls perhaps.

not a fan of the helmets or the axes but the bare heads & bow arms look great!
Sternums look a bit too beefy though.

How big is the head with the Thulsa Doom helmet? Would it fit on a Basilian or Frostgrave soldier like a head in a helmet?

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Skeletons are one of the time I really don't mind having the integral bases. Keeps them stable. Plus they aren't hard to cut off.

If anything, Skeletons are extra bad for integral bases IMO, as spindly skeletons legs has a bigger tendency to bend when you cut of the base.