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Victrix has their vikings now up for pre-order!

Those are superb. I need them.

Yeah, those look great. That two handed axe power pose is very impressive in plastic at this scale.

Ooooh those are really nice

Are they in scale with GW plastics? I know they are historical so the proportions will be off, but I'm talking about size.

The bees called and want their honeycomb back. I'm sorry but that chainmail is not good.

(Patiently waits for the people who spit out their coffee realizing they get 60 figures in a box)

Gotta love Victrix. They stil around $38-40 a box or have they gone up?

It's refreshing to see realist weapon sizes from time to time.

Need to know how big these are. If they're tiny historical dudes, hopefully they're at least Frostgrave compatible.

Guys, we all know that once you join the vaunted company of those who produce miniatures, you have to swear an oath in front of masked lawyers to never post scale shots of your product lest you inadvertently summon IP-LAWYER the dreadful from Nottingham.

On a serious note, they are probably made to scale with Vikings Grenadier or Mirliton produced in the mid 80s because otherwise the historical crowd won't buy them (all the while asking if Victrix plans to release them in 6mm).

I don't know about that. I picked up some of the Victrix Early Imperial Romans, and the tower over my Warlord Romans (who are arguably small to begin with). Victrix figures tend to be larger than the usual historical miniatures.

That being said, they are probably also more anatomically realistic, and so will look thinner next to the largish (chunky) arms and legs and heads of Frostgrave or other fantasy models.

I'll be getting them for some skirmish gaming, as 60 to a box will give me two forces.

 Cruentus wrote:
I don't know about that. I picked up some of the Victrix Early Imperial Romans, and the tower over my Warlord Romans (who are arguably small to begin with). Victrix figures tend to be larger than the usual historical miniatures.

That being said, they are probably also more anatomically realistic, and so will look thinner next to the largish (chunky) arms and legs and heads of Frostgrave or other fantasy models.

I'll be getting them for some skirmish gaming, as 60 to a box will give me two forces.

Could you take a scale shot of your Victrix Romans with some common fantasy minis?

I can do that later this afternoon

 Cannibal wrote:
It's refreshing to see realist weapon sizes from time to time.

That's a weapon? I thought the close-up Viking was having a bad day at the mini golf course.

They should produce Late Romans.

I like them. Might pick them up. The chainmail does look a bit off though.

Eh, I think it's classic "stage" chainmail...i.e. modeled to take paint and show off well at tabletop height vs. accuracy (never seen anyone really model perfect chainmail).

 Elbows wrote:
(Patiently waits for the people who spit out their coffee realizing they get 60 figures in a box)

Gotta love Victrix. They stil around $38-40 a box or have they gone up?

Website says 37.95 GBP. Still a bargain for 60 minis!

Here are some comparison photos, I'll apologize for the pose of the Victrix Roman, I just slapped him together. As you can see, he is taller than the Warlord Roman, and the Perry plastic, but about the same height as the Corsair, Skeleton, and Mordheim champion. His arms are noticeably smaller and thinner though. Hope this helps.

Thank you, that is helpful. The Vikings might not be too small then.

They could work as Fantasy stand-ins, but they probably would look really weird with fantasy scaled weapons. The weapons on the roman sprues (and as you can see, their hands) are fairly thin and more "proportional". It would look weird with a GW tree trunk of a weapon haft.

The Roman is also on a slight raised sprue base, making him appear a couple mm taller as well. The Auxilia and the Warlord roman are similarly mounted. The GW models are all "foot on base" as it were. But they are still larger than the common historical model.

Looks like I need to buy some Romans.

The Vitrix guys are nice, but I find the weapons too thin and close to true scale.

I got some naked Celts and the War Elephant and they are a bit taller than Gripping Beasts historical but they head swap well.