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 Shrapnelsmile wrote:

 Khornate25 wrote:
Here's the finished product

Nice Khornate!

I'm curious, how tall is she and what size round base does it fit on?

I"m thinking of getting the starter for their skirmish rules, and using this model for Kings of War.

Almost as tall as an imperial knight questoris

we decided to wait on the conquest minis until we see some battle reports / demos of First Blood. word is that it may be better as a primer for the rank and file game than as a good stand-alone skirmish / squad system.

You can get the rules for free on their site to make up your own mind.

I'm not sure how one would compare it as a primer compared to the good stand-alone skirmish system?

What would make it not just a primer?

Its a full rulebook for it. Its got more content than say Frostgrave or other fantasy skirmish systems and plays as its own game as well as Frostgrave, or Ragnarok. Much better than the AOS skirmish version IMO. So not sure what else it would need to do.

Additionally the underspire (underspire.net) has a skirmish scale ruleset as well for free to download that is a squad based skirmish system.


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Demo of which can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJonBYf6skM

All videos on the conquest playlist on youtube are on the underspire as well.

 auticus wrote:
You can get the rules for free on their site to make up your own mind.


Additionally the underspire (underspire.net) has a skirmish scale ruleset as well for free to download that is a squad based skirmish system.


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Demo of which can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJonBYf6skM

All videos on the conquest playlist on youtube are on the underspire as well.

Cool checking out the links now, thank you.


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I enjoyed the podcast this a.m. covering First Blood skirmish. I learned a lot about it.

The best news -- faction starter boxes for First Blood are on the horizon, along with printed rules if one desires. Very exciting.

We are proxying and trying it asap.

For those that do not check the news part of the forum https://www.flipsnack.com/Conquestcatalogue/may-2020/full-view.html
Tons of the new stuff for Conquest/FB.

The orcs don't look quite what I was expecting, tbh. Which is weird because they do seem to look just like the art I've seen. I don't know what my brain was doing with those expectations.

A lot of people expect orcs. Like warhammer/warcraft style orcs. This is the pb style orcs. I like the visual. Not an army i'm interested in but i like the visual.

For me the PBW orcs do nothing although I can understand the appeal. From the catalogue, I am really impressed with the Hunter Cadre/Longbowmen kit and the Fenr beastpack. Shame that there is no pic for Trolls-I would really like to see if they are close to the resin prototypes shown long ago. I am dissapointed with the decision of going with the resin for Bow-Chosen and Incarnate Sentinels. I guess they are cutting the costs for the Restricted units.

The Dweghom Drake doesn't seem changed compared to the initial test model. I thought it was going through some changes?
Trolls are maybe the same as seen previously.
Really interested in seeing what the Sentinels end up like. Proper nightmarish spire madness, please.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
For those that do not check the news part of the forum https://www.flipsnack.com/Conquestcatalogue/may-2020/full-view.html
Tons of the new stuff for Conquest/FB.

Thanks so much.

We dived into First blood last week. Picked up the Conquest starter to split with a friend, and printed the rule book for now. Grabbed a Battle Mage as well.
I like the upcoming FB starter army boxes because I can get one more faction + an additional copy of a rule book -- good for introducing freinds. Currently building 100 Kingdoms.
The models are lovely and painting them is a different exeprience from 28mm!

And yes I want to swee those trolls (and werewolves someday)

 Shadow Walker wrote:

(and werewolves someday)

 Shrapnelsmile wrote:

I would like the 100 kingdoms to get something a bit more fantastical to field.

PBW said (I think it was in some video) some time ago that eventually 100K will get a Monster base, which I interpret as a war machine, maybe trebuchet?

I like that 100 kingdoms are rooted in historical imagery instead of everything being busted over the top fantasy like AOS.

It gives those that like the more realistic style to have a faction that they can enjoy without everything needing to be riding skull hippogriffs bleeding magic demon dust and morphing into celestial dragons with cow horns.

The nords have some monsters for those that like that, plus the new steam punk faction which is coming after the wadrun will have some of that fantastical imagery.

 auticus wrote:
I like that 100 kingdoms are rooted in historical imagery instead of everything being busted over the top fantasy like AOS.

It gives those that like the more realistic style to have a faction that they can enjoy without everything needing to be riding skull hippogriffs bleeding magic demon dust and morphing into celestial dragons with cow horns.

Agreed 100%. That is why I hope that when this Monster base will finally be revealed it will be a trebuchet, ballista or similar construct known from the historical armament.

I'm not sure how warmachines would work in Conquest, the deployment would look weird if you have a big trebuchet popping up in the 3rd turn. Perhaps small mobile bolt throwers but maybe those could fit in cavalry stands. Monster bases are really huge.
And although ranged warmachines seem the obvious choice, it'd be cool if they expanded the Church options with some like a big theist chariot pulled by penitents or similar.

But definitely try to avoid generic high fantasy tropes (please no griffs, dragons, etc...).

VBS wrote:
I'm not sure how warmachines would work in Conquest, the deployment would look weird if you have a big trebuchet popping up in the 3rd turn. Perhaps small mobile bolt throwers but maybe those could fit in cavalry stands. Monster bases are really huge.

We already have a huge walking artillery in the form of Hellbringer Drake which is a Medium Monster = a trebuchet does not need to be Heavy Class. Also they could always add another Type to the existing Infantry/Cavalry/Brute/Monster with its own rules. Anyway it is rather a far future before we see it as there are still 9 units to be released yet for the 100K.

VBS wrote:
The Dweghom Drake doesn't seem changed compared to the initial test model. I thought it was going through some changes?

I'd guess something to do with the really glaring gaps the previewed versions all had that you could see from space.

I think that the Konungyr model (yeah, I know, crappy resolution) could be relatively easly converted from a Huscarl. What do you guys think?

I'm not tuned into all the communication channels, is there a more specific release date or even estimate of one on the Wadhrun? My friend has fully bought into the game with Nords and I'm kind of antsy on whether I do 100k or Wadhrun and only having the low res renders from the preview packet to go off of isn't making the decision any easier.
If the Wadhrun aren't even going to be released until mid next year or whatever it seems like I'd just want to jump in with 100k sooner rather than wait it out.

March for Wadhrun. They start releasing in March.

 auticus wrote:
March for Wadhrun. They start releasing in March.

I see. Thanks!

https://www.underspire.net/battle-reports/underspire-open-tts-battle-report/

Underspire qualifying round tournament battle report using Tabletop Simulator Mod.

Do not forget to go to PBW website and vote for the faction you want to see after orcs (click on Project 6 button) https://www.para-bellum.com/living-world/
My choice was the City States.

The description for the Weavers is waaaay cooler than anything else. Sounds like an extremely difficult to "pull off" range. I hope they win!

I read it twice but I didn't get an idea of what the Transferance was for the City States? Was Platon trying to transfer himself into a computer or was he trying to transfer his people into steampunk robots?

The Weavers indeed look really cool. Much better than the initial artwork. This new pic along their background has me hyped.

However, I'm going with the Old Dominion. The whole undead byzantine vibe is awesome too.

I also think Conquest could benefit from more variety, such as introducing an Undead faction. Fluff wise it is also the most logical step. A second Exile faction or yet a another human based faction (the third...) wouldn't help too much in that department. But City States seem to be the most popular so I guess I won't be giving too much money to PB in 2021.

I'm holding out for Old Dominion as well.

Hopefully we get some more concept art before Friday. All depends on how different weavers look from the spires.

Jerram wrote:
Hopefully we get some more concept art before Friday.

They wrote that there will be more about each faction at the start of each round, and the second round begins at 9th of January.

Has anyone played First Blood?