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Excellent!

That elf sorceress looks so nice and relaxed...

"You shall not pass? I guess, whose to say in this economy? Sigh."

Still waiting to see anything about the actual rules of Oathmark.

 infinite_array wrote:
Still waiting to see anything about the actual rules of Oathmark.

Yeah.

I'm digging the old school feel of the minis, but like you I'm curious about the rules.

The words serviceable and adequate come to mind. Of course there are so many middle of the road elves out there it's hard to make a mark.

Genuinely interested in who makes all of these middle-of the road elves. GW? BTD? Gamezone?

I can’t think of that many elf producers tbh

I am still excited for the plastics.

Not sold on the king though, I think the Sorceress looks good, but her boobs look too big.

MattW wrote:
Genuinely interested in who makes all of these middle-of the road elves. GW? BTD? Gamezone?

I can’t think of that many elf producers tbh

Reaper, Ralpartha, Iron Wind, Mantic...

Of those four, only Mantic really do actual units, the others just do characters. I wouldn’t really put RPG mini producers in the same market as the Oathmark stuff.

The Mantic ones are also pretty hideous in my opinion. But I agree that these are a little bland.

Spoke to Joseph @ Adepticon.

Sounds like the plan is heavy infantry for the races, then onto cav. I got the impression Dwarves are not getting cav.

The rules are at where it's been stated. In playtest. Release depends on how that all goes. Plus, it'll be helpful to have more units out before publishing the book.

How do these guys look up against GW figures? If they're anything like the Frostgrave plastics, those were a bit small (noticeably small, like 80-85% sized) against GW and other figures.


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(by these guys: I mean the Oathmark figures that are out so far. Just wondering how they look alongside other popular minis-makers)

 pancakeonions wrote:
How do these guys look up against GW figures? If they're anything like the Frostgrave plastics, those were a bit small (noticeably small, like 80-85% sized) against GW and other figures.


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(by these guys: I mean the Oathmark figures that are out so far. Just wondering how they look alongside other popular minis-makers)

They are small, even a little less chunky than frostgrave. Osprey wants their fantasy miniatures to scale with historical miniatures because they're target buyer has been wargaming for 30+ years and will only be coaxed out of historicals and back into fantasy if the miniatures are compatible (scale and style) with miniatures produced 25-30 years ago. At least, that is my best guess.

The miniatures do look great painted up. The shield freehand really sells them. I might even pick some up if they scaled with fantasy miniatures better.

Mac V wrote:

The rules are at where it's been stated. In playtest. Release depends on how that all goes. Plus, it'll be helpful to have more units out before publishing the book.

Any info on game mechanics? Army building or game size?

I was afraid of that (the smaller scale), but I'm still tempted to pick up a box of goblins because all my orcs and goblins are all over the place - so that's A-OK by me!

Gallahad wrote:
The miniatures do look great painted up. The shield freehand really sells them. I might even pick some up if they scaled with fantasy miniatures better.

The shields are transfers- they’re available as part of the preorder.

pancakeonions wrote:I was afraid of that (the smaller scale), but I'm still tempted to pick up a box of goblins because all my orcs and goblins are all over the place - so that's A-OK by me!

The goblins scale with the GW Mordor Orcs pretty well. There’s a photo floating around the internet somewhere.

I did a couple of reviews on my blog, the goblins scale well with LotR (if you treat them as orcs). I guess the elves will be similar in scale, so more like 25-28mm rather than 32-35mm of GW.

https://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/oathmark-goblins-review.html

https://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/oathmark-goblins-painted.html



EDIT : Found this image over on LAF, originally from facebook, so yeah, good match with LotR, significantly smaller than WHFB

These are fantastic looking models, nice simple designs that do not clutter the models. All too often we see models that are over detailed and as a result the overall look of the model is lost.

I'm not sure I'll be using these for the intended game system by Osprey, but I think I may have to start a small KoW force using a few of these box sets. Not sure which force to go for initially, I have never collected a Goblin force so would be tempted to give them a try, my one point of concern is that the Goblins look a bit too big to use as Goblins, they look more like Hobgoblin sized.

Has anyone done a size comparison of the models next to each other and other similar models?

 stonehorse wrote:
Has anyone done a size comparison of the models next to each other and other similar models?

They're closer to GW's Lord of the Ring's Orcs in size.

WHAT is that chubby dude on the left there...!?!?

lol

A Bloblin or maybe a Blork?

MattW wrote:
Of those four, only Mantic really do actual units, the others just do characters. I wouldn’t really put RPG mini producers in the same market as the Oathmark stuff.

Reaper actually do a few Elven units in their Warlords line. They're kinda hidden behind their single-mini, D&D type lines, though.
https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/elf%20warlord/sku-down/page4
https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/elf%20warlord/sku-down/page5

Thanks for the photo of the Goblin next to LotR Orcs, that does help get an idea of their scale.

Far too big for Goblins, but perfect for Hobgoblins. I haven't seen any of the Dwarves next other Dwarf miniatures, I do hope that the models scale well.

I read that they are wanting to do Humans, Orcs, and Undead in the future. I can only imagine at how big their Orcs are going to be.

The Orcs might be one of the races that buck the trend of weapon options, spear and shield tactics aren't really associated with Orcs. Maybe hand weapon with shield, 2 hand weapons, and bow.

 stonehorse wrote:
Thanks for the photo of the Goblin next to LotR Orcs, that does help get an idea of their scale.

Far too big for Goblins, but perfect for Hobgoblins. I haven't seen any of the Dwarves next other Dwarf miniatures, I do hope that the models scale well.

I read that they are wanting to do Humans, Orcs, and Undead in the future. I can only imagine at how big their Orcs are going to be.

The Orcs might be one of the races that buck the trend of weapon options, spear and shield tactics aren't really associated with Orcs. Maybe hand weapon with shield, 2 hand weapons, and bow.

The dwarves don't scale well. They're about twice the height of Red Box Games dwarves and LotR dwarves, going by the Gimli I have. The plastic dwarves are essentially Gripping Beast Viking hirdmen with big Dwarf heads.

Facebook had pictures of the human soldiers, plastic.

They seem a good substitute for Brettonians among other things.

Seems like a lot of new mass-fantasy wargames make their own fantasy humans.
While affordable units of basic elf and dwarf soldiers are relatively uncommon, humans are a dime-a-dozen.

Seems like a waste to make those products when their are so many historical and fantasy competitors.

Wouldn't something more unique than basic fantasy humans be a better investment? I dunno, I guess they are popular enough, since all the companies are making them regardless.

But I'd kill for more plastic fantasy weirdness. Frostgrave has been doing a lot of that though, to be fair- Gnolls and Cultists spring to mind.

Decent boxes of plastic skeletons (and to a lesser degree, zombies, although Mantic have those well-covered) are rare, and that would be good to see.

I see your point and these probably overlap quite a bit with the Frostgrave humans and pirates.

But everyone likes humans, some of my best friends are humans, and unlike Elves or Orcs everyone agrees what they look like.

Still I do hope for some generic skeletons, zombies, orcs and such. Shame that WGF's generic fantasy line is dead.

I loved the goblins (use them as LotR orcs), but these humans seem particularly bland. There are lots of historical kits around that do this kind of thing but much better. I guess they are going for a certain aesthetic because they do seem similar to the elves. For a quasi-medieval-fantasy vibe I reckon the new Fireforge figures work much better.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
I see your point and these probably overlap quite a bit with the Frostgrave humans and pirates.

But everyone likes humans, some of my best friends are humans, and unlike Elves or Orcs everyone agrees what they look like.

Still I do hope for some generic skeletons, zombies, orcs and such. Shame that WGF's generic fantasy line is dead.

They said they want to make generic Skeletons in the future.

RazorEdge wrote:


They said they want to make generic Skeletons in the future.

If the Oathmark line releases generic, unarmored skeletons to these standards without them constantly snapping at the skins and ankles, they'll get a lot of custom from me.