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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

antohammer wrote:
I dont like the frontal plate armour and the armour on the shoulder.... do you like em??? O.o

I like them, but I am a sucker for that Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament look.

ah ... not my stiyle... I prefere those made from momminiaturas ... and what about humans??? I hoped for something like gondor or doll amrot... T . T

It looks to me like a Celt with salvaged Roman gear.

Since that's how many Celts got their gear, this works for me alongside more typically Celtic models.

 Vulcan wrote:
It looks to me like a Celt with salvaged Roman gear.

Since that's how many Celts got their gear, this works for me alongside more typically Celtic models.

Actually, a lot of Roman equipment was of Celtic origin...

Personally I'm liking what I see so far... old school low fantasy. I got some of the Dwarves and I believe I'll get some Elves and Humans too... I may even check out the rules too.

What if anything do we know about the rules so far?

There's an Oathmark facebook page, mostly previews of upcoming minis but they did mention rules a few months back. There was a mini rules FAQ.

https://www.facebook.com/Oathmark/photos/a.1849091175120321.1073741832.1714950415201065/1849091615120277/?type=3&theater

There's also an Oathmark player group, strange but true given the lack of a game. Maybe that has rules snippets, don't know cos I didn't join.

Apparently there's some female plastics upcoming too.

I hope they don't look like gnomes.

I am tentatively excited, reservedly on the edge of my seat.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I hope they don't look like gnomes.

I am tentatively excited, reservedly on the edge of my seat.

Nope, just looks like gnolls

 Zywus wrote:
Apparently there's some female plastics upcoming too.

Worth noting the females will be for Frostgrave rather than Oathmark

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Zywus wrote:
Apparently there's some female plastics upcoming too.

Worth noting the females will be for Frostgrave rather than Oathmark

True. But they should be usable for the latter as well. Although possibly best used as militia or similar, rather than professional soldiery due to the presumably more rag-tag appearance of a Frostgrave kit.

is everyone annoyed they can't buy from distributors because distributors (or the FLGS they sell to) give a discount, over buying them straight from the source?

We will see Halflings maybe too.

RazorEdge wrote:
We will see Halflings maybe too.

If you’re going off the Facebook comment, it looks like a joke to me?

Various broadly applicable cavalry models are inevitable, provided that the line as a whole sells well enough.

What I personally would like to see is unarmoured infantry, berserkers and various animal handlers. A dwarven war beasts box with some beastmasters plus bears and hunting dogs or whatever would be nice.

Several down-to-earth cavalry types sound like a good investment. Realistic infantry types, too. In fact, they should only create miniatures in direct competition with established historical miniature ranges from now on. Success is inevitable.

Yeah, I think they may be overestimating how well these are going to sell. Those are some grand plans they have for ranges that don't seem that popular.

That can obviously be rectified by introducing a reptile faction.

How many plastic reptilian infantry kits are on the market these days that aren't made by GW?

...exactly.

It's beautiful seeing that "Annie is right" quote all over the internet...muahahaha.


-Annie

BobtheInquisitor wrote:Several down-to-earth cavalry types sound like a good investment. Realistic infantry types, too. In fact, they should only create miniatures in direct competition with established historical miniature ranges from now on. Success is inevitable.

Albino Squirrel wrote:Yeah, I think they may be overestimating how well these are going to sell. Those are some grand plans they have for ranges that don't seem that popular.

What do you guys mean? Oathmark will be the only player in the 25mm plastic guy with chain mail and sword market. And feathers! Don't forget the feathers.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
That can obviously be rectified by introducing a reptile faction.

How many plastic reptilian infantry kits are on the market these days that aren't made by GW?

...exactly.

This may be the "Let's change the name to National Biscuit Company" of pseudo-historical fantasy minis. You deserve the million dollars.


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Galahad, I assure you the feathers will never be forgotten.

 Annie wrote:
It's beautiful seeing that "Annie is right" quote all over the internet...muahahaha.


-Annie

I just want to ask, Annie - are you ok?

 bubber wrote:

 Annie wrote:
It's beautiful seeing that "Annie is right" quote all over the internet...muahahaha.


-Annie

I just want to ask, Annie - are you ok?

Exalted so hard chrome shut a window with a crescendo.

Something tells me that you guys aren't exactly the target market here...

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Several down-to-earth cavalry types sound like a good investment. Realistic infantry types, too. In fact, they should only create miniatures in direct competition with established historical miniature ranges from now on. Success is inevitable.

How do goblins, dwarfs and elves compete with historical miniatures? I mean, I'm all for orcish doppelsöldner and elven pikemen but those still wouldn't strictly compete with historicals.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
That can obviously be rectified by introducing a reptile faction.

How many plastic reptilian infantry kits are on the market these days that aren't made by GW?

...exactly.

Lizardmen would be excellent, yes.

I think you guys are vastly underestimating the market that exists that doesn't post ITT on Dakka.

Otherwise all of the other companies wouldn't continue to pump out plastic kits for this stuff...

I don't think Perry, Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Warlord, Plastic Soldier Company, North Star, Victrix are making plastic kits on charity. There's a TON of stuff available now. Generic fantasy was inevitable, about about a legion of grognards will buy these to put in their closets and garages...

Rosebuddy wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Several down-to-earth cavalry types sound like a good investment. Realistic infantry types, too. In fact, they should only create miniatures in direct competition with established historical miniature ranges from now on. Success is inevitable.

How do goblins, dwarfs and elves compete with historical miniatures? I mean, I'm all for orcish doppelsöldner and elven pikemen but those still wouldn't strictly compete with historicals.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
That can obviously be rectified by introducing a reptile faction.

How many plastic reptilian infantry kits are on the market these days that aren't made by GW?

...exactly.

Lizardmen would be excellent, yes.

The goblins are the only Oathmark kit I've seen so far that I would buy. The dwarfs are fairly boring, and have to compete with more exciting plastics from GW, EM4, Mantic and AoW, and soon Conquest. The elves are ...let's say easy to proxy with historical minis if you like their Oathmark design. And they are also competing with many, many kits. The human minis look dumpy and gnome like--if you armed them with shoes you'd have an army of Coco's Abuelitas. I have a hard time imagining the customer who chooses Oathmark's humans over their Frostgrave, Conquest, Mantic, Runewars, CMON, or cheaper historical equivalents.


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 judgedoug wrote:
I think you guys are vastly underestimating the market that exists that doesn't post ITT on Dakka.

Otherwise all of the other companies wouldn't continue to pump out plastic kits for this stuff...

I don't think Perry, Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Warlord, Plastic Soldier Company, North Star, Victrix are making plastic kits on charity. There's a TON of stuff available now. Generic fantasy was inevitable, about about a legion of grognards will buy these to put in their closets and garages...

Hope you're right for Oathmark's sake. However, is there a lot of overlap with historical mini "whales" and customers looking for elves and dwarfs?

There are definitely people who like the dwarfs' simpler look. Even without that, the Oathmark dwarfs are cheaper than GW and AoW, and are multi-part unlike the EM4 ones. Mantic is closer in value and they've got their own style so that's a matter of taste. I haven't found anything about Conquest dwarfs.

The very first concept art has appeared of the Conquest dwarves, if you look in the latest news thread over there. They are a much more radical looking dwarf, I don't think likely to look much like these guys.

 judgedoug wrote:
I think you guys are vastly underestimating the market that exists that doesn't post ITT on Dakka.

Otherwise all of the other companies wouldn't continue to pump out plastic kits for this stuff...

I don't think Perry, Fireforge, Gripping Beast, Warlord, Plastic Soldier Company, North Star, Victrix are making plastic kits on charity. There's a TON of stuff available now. Generic fantasy was inevitable, about a legion of grognards will buy these to put in their closets and garages...

Yup, many of us will.