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Arms r9 and r12 are very interesting. Remind me of those big guns the cabal use in destiny.

Likely another view of the power armored chick from earlier. Definately seems to have front plating from the looks of that belly

some painting of resin masters of the Landsnecht Ogres..... and what are those in the background? possibly more WGA stuff

WGA does have some Ancient Greeks planned for release I seem to recall.

They're not bad, I just resent that they exist...

Love the Ogres. Thinking of preordering a 3 box deal when it opens. Wonder how many of each head you will get... as to whether you can do a whole unit with the same head type...

Those Ogres look great. With the addition of the Conquistadores set, you're halfway to an Empire army!

Hmmm. I think I would have preferred the swords to look more like zwiehanders but not bad.

I think they make for a great middle ground between zweihanders (landsknecht) and falchions / langmessers (ogre).

 Ian Sturrock wrote:
I think they make for a great middle ground between zweihanders (landsknecht) and falchions / langmessers (ogre).

The more I look, the more they grow on me.

Yeah they're amazing minis all in all. Probably not for me but I know my daughter is going to need a box or three.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They're not bad, I just resent that they exist...

Yeah, same thoughts here.

Yeeeah, I'm gonna need a box of these.

What they really need is a flamberge/Flammenschwert option for the leader.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They're not bad, I just resent that they exist...

Why? They won the big poll so there is clearly demand there.

pgmason wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They're not bad, I just resent that they exist...

Why? They won the big poll so there is clearly demand there.

I'm going to maintain that once all the historical options dropped off, historical players voted for this en masse just to troll

We'll see (well, we probably won't, but WGA will) when it comes to actual sales numbers.

John D Law wrote:
Likely another view of the power armored chick from earlier. Definately seems to have front plating from the looks of that belly

Yup. Can't tell for certain yet, but it looks like rather than having a separate helmet, the chest and head might both be covered up by that round "belly," in the egg-shaped manner of Antenocitis' Komodo battlesuits:



(Incidentally, it seems like the komodos are out-of-print again. Found some online chatter from two years ago saying "they're available again!", but the business link provided to fate-amenable-to-change.co.uk seems to have been retired.)




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Concerning the Landsknecht Ogres, unfortunately I don't need them and can't use them, but for what they are, they look great to me. This looks like one of the best designed plastic kits I've seen yet from Wargames Atlantic, and I can easily see these WGA's Empire Ogres presenting real competition for whatever GW's current, much more expensive equivalents are.

That is, unless they scale badly with GW Empire Ogres and armies. I know some won't care, and as I won't be getting these I don't have a dog in this race, but there's no denying that "small Ogres" relative to Warhammer fantasy would negatively impact sales to some gamers.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
I'd rather have the Yee Haws

I'll take the I'll Be Backs, myself.

 lord_blackfang wrote:

pgmason wrote:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
They're not bad, I just resent that they exist...

Why? They won the big poll so there is clearly demand there.

I'm going to maintain that once all the historical options dropped off, historical players voted for this en masse just to troll

We'll see (well, we probably won't, but WGA will) when it comes to actual sales numbers.

We did, for the sole reason to piss, just you, off.

Well, I voted for them because I wanted them... but hopefully others actually do as well. otherwise we will never get the follow up female swiss guard ogres.

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:
WGA does have some Ancient Greeks planned for release I seem to recall.

They look like Macedonian phalangites to me. No hoplon shield, and the length of the weapon suggests a sarissa (pike) as opposed to a hoplite's spear.

The ogre resin masters do look good. However, I've all the ogres I need for Kings of War already.

Those Ogres look pretty good. My only complaint is they look like they are bare foot. I hope its a trick of the eyes on me or stylized boots, but I just cannot unsee giant toenails on them.

 kurhanik wrote:
Those Ogres look pretty good. My only complaint is they look like they are bare foot. I hope its a trick of the eyes on me or stylized boots, but I just cannot unsee giant toenails on them.

The original announcement said they would have boots, but I guess they decided against that.

From the origibal news info we got back in the day...

"First, we need to lock down a size and proportion for these boys as they are our first "monster" size. Having looked around yesterday we settled on the excellent Westfalia versions. I have really loved their design aesthetic and their half-men were an inspiration to me when starting Wargames Atlantic. If you haven't seen their work click on this image to go to their site:


So these fellows will come in around 45mm or so. This will be a full frame set aiming for three unique bodies on the frame with four frames in the box for 12 total figures.

The bodies will be armored cuirass with square-toed shoes/boots to emulate the classic Landsknecht look. Slashed style sleeve arms will hold a variety of historical/fantasy weapons including Zweihänders(very big two-handed swords), halberds, a matchlock style hand cannon, large, ornate dueling-style pistols. Spear or double-duty standard pole. We will experiment with some options. Maybe a dagger or mace too. Will need at least one larger shield and some buckler style for the swordsmen. Perhaps some segmented plate armor pieces for the legs. The iconic floppy hats and helmets will be included and Morion helmets as an extra option.

Since this is a Wargames Atlantic set, we can't leave it there though! Alternate arms with heavy autoguns and plasma weapons with shoulder pads on the arms, futuristic helmets and bare heads, and a variety of packs comm units holsters etc to equip the bodies will also be included to sci-fi up these fellows.

Officially this set will be part of our Death Fields AND the Classic Fantasy ranges. Within DF the backstory will be that these are a group of abducted Landsknecht - The Vain - who after some time on the circuit succumbed to flattery and allowed themselves to be genetically modified to be bigger and stronger. Their alien owner of course didn’t explain that they would also become grotesque. They now operate as guns for hire and are lent out to the highest bidders as a supplement to regular teams on the Death Fields circuit.

For fantasy they are also mercenaries fighting for and against the High Queen - a band of brothers united in their love of fashion and fighting.

We hope you like these ideas for this set. We hope also that we can fit all the ideas we keep coming up with onto the frame! Let us know what you think below!

and here is the digitl image they showed in the past.

Maybe there's boots. The feet look like they would have to be separate on the sprue.

Worst case scenario; greenstuff square shoes aren't too difficult to do.

 Vermonter wrote:

John D Law wrote:
Likely another view of the power armored chick from earlier. Definately seems to have front plating from the looks of that belly

Yup. Can't tell for certain yet, but it looks like rather than having a separate helmet, the chest and head might both be covered up by that round "belly," in the egg-shaped manner of Antenocitis' Komodo battlesuits:



(Incidentally, it seems like the komodos are out-of-print again. Found some online chatter from two years ago saying "they're available again!", but the business link provided to fate-amenable-to-change.co.uk seems to have been retired.)




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Concerning the Landsknecht Ogres, unfortunately I don't need them and can't use them, but for what they are, they look great to me. This looks like one of the best designed plastic kits I've seen yet from Wargames Atlantic, and I can easily see these WGA's Empire Ogres presenting real competition for whatever GW's current, much more expensive equivalents are.

That is, unless they scale badly with GW Empire Ogres and armies. I know some won't care, and as I won't be getting these I don't have a dog in this race, but there's no denying that "small Ogres" relative to Warhammer fantasy would negatively impact sales to some gamers.

Antenociti's Workshop closed permanently earlier in the year (2022). Heresy Miniatures picked up some of the FatC line, and ran a kickstarter to bring the Komodo suits back into production.

Still on pre-order, but here's the link:

https://heresyminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_130

If you wait until the winter, that £16 will be worth about ten cents...

Those ogres look great. I have some westfalia ogres, and they are fantastic, perfect size too, so good choice IMO. Anybody know how many ogres come per box? I think I need a unit in my empire army.

The mech suit looks good when the pilot is not visible.


Edit: Saw it now, 12 ogres per box! That is hefty.

Finally getting around to assembling some of the sprues I bought. Will do mini blog reviews later, but here's a trio of Hobbits.
Neat figures but infuriating if you want to do adventurers and with something other than pole arms or bows.

Right to Left.
-Stock Figure with the shortest pole arm on the sprue.
-Mostly stock figure. Slight mod of bow arm to lower angle
-Hero figure with WGA orc blade. Right arm is pole arm left, bow hand and shield from conquistadores weapon sprue

Oh, I do like those Ogres....

 Eilif wrote:

Neat figures but infuriating if you want to do adventurers and with something other than pole arms or bows.

There is a sling and a knife too but yeah, it would be nice to have some more variety of hand weapons there.

I didn't like the ogres as a concept, but the sculpts look amazing. I just hope they actually translate well to plastic.