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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
When time allows I'll need to cross them with Medge Broken make that civilian mob I always wanted

Oooh that's a cool idea, might have to pinch it.

I was only planning to get a couple of boxes, might up to three.

Do they scale well with heroic scale Medge, or are they meant to go more with the truish scale ASOIAF minis?

The line of miniatures scales very much with slightly older Warhammer Fantasy plastics. Not the more absurd AoS sizes.



So, bigger than Perry classical 25/28's....but not as big as some of the more 35-40mm style AoS minis.

Wow, never really saw a comparison before. Those would really make for some beautiful Old World setting Empire humans in a pinch, or Bretonnian Men at Arms/Archers.

 Dr Mathias wrote:

 Strombones wrote:


Nice. Certainly getting a box of these. I'm finding the Forgotten World stuff serves my old world needs better than the GW lines.

Same here, I've been using them along with older GW for Rangers of Shadow Deep.

I've been meaning to pick that book up.

I've been mixing my Northmen from the Kickstarter with Empire heads with some success. I like the "grimdark" aspect of the Old World, but it got a little too over the top toward the end. I prefer models with far less bling.

Yeah, Fireforge is looking like the best of "fantasy....just". The undead models are looking good, the peasants are great, etc. Really digging the aesthetics. Nicer materials/sculpts than Mantic, etc. Huge fan. Waiting on a box of zombies to show up!

The Northmen warriors are lovely, chunky models. Definitely fantasy/AoS scale rather than Fireforge's historicals.

I find the head to torso join a bit clumsy, and the mould lines are more prominent than with many other plastics- although in fairness, with the Northmen warriors at least it's obvious that where the lines would be was thought about- you won't lose any details shaving them off.

I'm using mine- with the odd conversion here and there and Warhammer thickness bases- as chaos 'marauders'- the mortal retinue of a nurgle lord. Very happy with them overall

So I just got Wave 2, the peasants are real nice.

Living and dead


However, they are a good half foot shorter than the undead fighters

WHY? Why do they do stuff like that? They were already on the bottom range of acceptable heights for modern fantasy miniatures.

 Gallahad wrote:
WHY? Why do they do stuff like that? They were already on the bottom range of acceptable heights for modern fantasy miniatures.

Do stuff like what?

 Dawnbringer wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
WHY? Why do they do stuff like that? They were already on the bottom range of acceptable heights for modern fantasy miniatures.

Do stuff like what?

Make fantasy kits compatible with 28mm historicals rather than other fantasy kits. Or make kits within the same line different heights.

This is so unfair! It's not like I don't have enough projects on the ole list already!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
This is so unfair! It's not like I don't have enough projects on the ole list already!

At least they made the project smaller for you .

It looks like the undead peasants have a body with neck and separate head, while the living ones a head with neck and separate body.
It's probably to make each kit looks better on its on but feels a bit like a missed opportunity to not make them fully compatible.

 Gallahad wrote:

 Dawnbringer wrote:

 Gallahad wrote:
WHY? Why do they do stuff like that? They were already on the bottom range of acceptable heights for modern fantasy miniatures.

Do stuff like what?

Make fantasy kits compatible with 28mm historicals rather than other fantasy kits. Or make kits within the same line different heights.

The comparison there looks to be between a male undead soldier and a female peasant, and as pointed out the peasant has no neck while the soldier does.

Unless they randomly re-scaled the CAD files before cutting the molds for the living peasants relative to the dead ones, they're not scaled to historicals, they're a pretty much spot-on match for GW Empire. Certainly a better match than other plastic stuff floating about like Frostgrave.

Yep Peasants are a perfect match for 2000s GW scale, while the Soldiers are AoS scale. The former is still significantly larger than historicals.

Darn, I was hoping they would be spot on so I could use them to make peasant militia to go with my Perry miniatures.

Still look pretty good though.

Folk Rabble (or as I like to call them, Revolting Peasants) are up for preorder.

http://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=14736&fbclid=IwAR07EEpPXnee0KiRghiPXwHU3r3nNUbuWJQLR2VPLMYijRryL14RsHlaBOQ



18 figures for 18GBP

And they're available, 18 for 20 Euro.

https://fireforge-games.com/northern-kingdom/370-folk-rabble.html





Just the thing for my upcoming Plague Doctors vs Covid 19 game.

I'll be ordering those, ayup.

I actually saw a rumour floating about that is very probably just some numpty screaming nonsense into the void, but in case anyone from FF is browsing here: is it true you guys are working on a Skeletons box in the Forgotten World scale?

Because depending on a few details, that is something I would be *extremely* interested in.

We really need some sort of peasant on peasant skirmish ruleset for those dudes.

Some pics on the Forgottenworlf face book page of the orcs they are planning. They had said these will be a plastic kit with both male and female orcs in the same box. They had Ilos said previously there will be an infantry set and a beast riders set. The orcs on their world are big and the miniatures will be primaris size.

they look really nice

Looks like they could make fun demons or aliens.

Or just more modern fantasy orcs with actual females, not the ape-like caricatural GW standard.

I like that they are primaris sized it sets them apart. Overall I like them the fur needs work it’s too chunky it needs to be finer but I’d get a box or 2. I assume it will be 12 to a box like the other ranges 4 male and 2 female per sprue. €20 per box.The quality of the fantasy plastics is great overall.

I am a fan of their Northmen (especially the Folk Rabble) and Living Dead (especially Peasants) lines but these are not to my taste (and yes, I like GW orcs/orks with no females).

It might just be old trauma from D&D but yeah, once you decide that Orcs (etc) have women and children and villages and such then you create situations where our 'heroes' adopt genocidal tactics against a whole species.

I kind of prefer the idea of evil wizards make them come out of the ground.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
It might just be old trauma from D&D but yeah, once you decide that Orcs (etc) have women and children and villages and such then you create situations where our 'heroes' adopt genocidal tactics against a whole species.

I kind of prefer the idea of evil wizards make them come out of the ground.

I hear what you are saying, but I also like to think that the Orcs are also trying to genocide humans, so it is kind of a "genocide or be genocided" kind of situation, which only ever gets resolved with violence.

Back on topic, I really dislike those! I'm not sure if it is the size or the style but they are not working for me.