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**Gallahad**

Oh man, Reptilian Overlords fantasy will be excellent. They have a very good sculptor and a style I really like.

**mithril2098**

does forbidden psalm do a mordheim like game? given they've done The Forbidden Psalm The Last War i could see a set for a mordheim like game with all the new stuff.

**lord_blackfang**

Yes, the base Forbidden Psalm setting is fantasy post-apoc.

**modelhunter**

I also hope that the Shadokesh make it to plastic. They looked fantastic when first developed and would make a great alien race for gaming. Fingers crossed!

**mithril2098**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Yes, the base Forbidden Psalm setting is fantasy post-apoc.

i know, i was mostly thinking of a stand alone game within the Forbidden Psalm line that has the "warbands exploring a ruined city" type focus.

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First view of the Zombies sprue.. supposed to get 5 of these the box. so 30 zombies, and about 350 spare heads..

personally i feel they went overboard with the heads. that they could cut the number of each back to at most 3 per hat/helmet type (though leave the full 6 bare heads), and you'd be able to fit another 2 bodies+arms. and that mixing the helmeted and bare heads would still allow you to customize your horde to whatever era you want. (and the mix of helmeted and bare heads would actually look better than every single zombie having the same hat/helmet.)

**lord_blackfang**

Epic idea, alright execution.

I agree they didn't need to do the full 6 heads for each theme, but I would go the reverse and also drop a body and add more head themes and more arm poses, maybe an arm with a period appropriate item for each theme (broken musket, etc)

**Perfect Organism**

I think the big problem is that the bodies are all wearing generic rags, which simply don't match the heads at all. A box of medieval-fantasy-ish zombies all dressed in ragged tunics or mail, with a good variety of helmets (viking, nasal, kettle hat, pot helm, bascinet, roman, etc.) and hats would have worked fine. Likewise, an early twentieth century uniform would be generic enough that the various military and police headgear styles would have worked perfectly well, giving a good 'pulp zombie' theme. But as it stands, the bodies only really seem to work well with the bare heads or maybe the iron-age helmets (18-26). The main purpose of this box would seem to be providing heads to attach to other bodies in order to zombify them...

**GreenScorpion**

Never quite understood the heavy obsession Wargames Atlantic has with lots of heads especially when the end result is not particularly a super generic set.

For example Mantic's zombies for Firefight/Warpath have a particular theme of military, scientists and something in between and although that set is far from perfect it works as intended in the particular set.

With this set we are led to believe all clothes become equally ragged regardless of time period, but the helmets and hats manage to stay on in a way that is easily recognizable?

I think WGA wants to do it all at once and that hurts the end result of many of their products. Many of the follow up sets are held up for a while now in the queue (like command and HWT for many death fields factions), the damned seems to be fighting in the queue for attention versus the sets for other companies and the overall planning/scheduling is still far from working as intended (deadlines keep being announced with extremely optimistic time frames).

I am starting to prefer the slow but thematic approach of Stargrave/Frostgrave sets which tend to be released roughly as planned.

**Kalamadea**

The head options are what sets WGA apart, easily my favorite aspect of the kits they make. Probably overkill on this one, but it's the right kind of overkill IMHO

Truly not a fan of the puddle bases, however, that just fething sucks. Really kills the set for me, It's so much work to remove them from an entire unit of models. The werewolves have smaller contact points than these and they work fine with no puddle bases, why are WGA going backwards on this?

**KidCthulhu**

Personally, I find WGA's quality &options are worth the hassle of removing puddle bases:

**GreenScorpion**

Kalamadea wrote:
The head options are what sets WGA apart, easily my favorite aspect of the kits they make. Probably overkill on this one, but it's the right kind of overkill IMHO

As someone who has built hundreds of models from WGA and spent the extra heads from the kits, quantity is not exactly quality or variety.
Some kits are better than others in this regard, but if you spend the almost 200 heads of a grognard box or the over 100 heads of a WW1 Germans box you will see what I mean in terms of variety. Lots of WGA kits have what is essentially the same sculpt with slightly different expressions or mustaches (or just the exact same sculpt over and over for gasmasks) and while that doesn't look bad on the tabletop, especially from the distance, I have started to find it quite boring while building/painting them (there is a limit to what different hair colours and a few variations can do to add variety while painting, especially when some sculpts have no hair/facial hair).

**KidCthulhu**

Woohoo! Just got my ship notice email for my Renaissance Heavy Cavalry!

**Smokestack**

KidCthulhu wrote:
Woohoo! Just got my ship notice email for my Renaissance Heavy Cavalry!

I did as well.

As far as the zombies goes... I had added a set to cart but hesitated and didnt pull the trigger. Now I am glad I didnt as I was planning on using the conquistador heads... which have since been cut... I would have been pretty bummed. So... that hesitation saved me.

Edit:: and just placed an order for 2 saddle/dog sprues and 2 light horse sprues from Mcdougals... so my 2 boxes of Renn Cav will make 24 riders vs 18.

**Ian Sturrock**

I feel like the zombies set will be optimally purchased alongside another WGA set for kitbashing. If you want fantasy zombies, WW2 zombies or sci-fi zombies, just mix and match with the relevant kit and you should probably end up with something that looks good I think.

**Smokestack**

https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/peasant-levy-1100-1350

This HIGHLY useful box set features parts to build up to 30 levy with a wide variety of weapons including spear, bow, club, sling, ax, sword, and a variety of farm implements as a last resort. A variety of heads allow for even more customization and parts can be combined with the other sets in the range.

Two unique full frames make up the set - click the box above to see them in high res. Whether you are building out a retinue for Barons' War or sending your fantasy villagers after a pack of ravenous werewolves, this box has you covered!

TO ARMS!
The peasant levy could make up a bulk of an army during this time period but were rarely the decisive element in a battle. They were raised in one of three ways, as members of a lord's household, as mercenaries, or levied from a town or the countryside. Many of the men were armed, had some training, and came from the upper peasantry, the tenant farmers who would have at one time had prior experience of a battle.

This is the second in a new range - The Age of Chivalry - that will soon include Sergeants, Levy, and cavalry sets to go with the existing Foot Knights.

Models require assembly and painting. Bases are not included. Not for Children. Contents may vary from photos.

Sculpting: Rob Macfarlane
Based on Original Sculpts by: Paul Hicks
Illustration: Peter Dennis
Figure Painting: Steve Beckett
Author of The Barons' War rules: Andy Hobday

**Ancestral Hamster**

Could not find the foot sergeants on the WGA Release Schedule. Has anyone seen anything about where they are in the development pipeline?

**Eilif**

Smokestack wrote:
https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/peasant-levy-1100-1350

Looks like a very nice set. Would be very useful if these pages for these sets listed how many of each sprue they contained. For example, It'd be nice to know how many not-spear pole armed figures you can make in the set.

In that vein, it does not appear that you can make them all bowmen, which seems like a bit of a mistake given that is one of the most likely uses for this kit.

**legionaires**

Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Could not find the foot sergeants on the WGA Release Schedule. Has anyone seen anything about where they are in the development pipeline?

Based on previous posts and news just a few weeks behind the Levy release. I'm hoping for more Baron's War releases after these are all out myself.

**RedRowan**

You can make 20 archers from this set which is more than enough for a couple of missile units in the Baron's War rules I think. Have to remember that they have been designed with that ruleset in mind.

Steve

**Sgt. Cortez**

Eilif wrote:
Smokestack wrote:
https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/peasant-levy-1100-1350

Looks like a very nice set. Would be very useful if these pages for these sets listed how many of each sprue they contained. For example, It'd be nice to know how many not-spear pole armed figures you can make in the set.

In that vein, it does not appear that you can make them all bowmen, which seems like a bit of a mistake given that is one of the most likely uses for this kit.

I guess you could do 25 Archers and 5 command guys/fillers/slingers. I don’t think it's that bad and if you have other sets chances are you have some leftover bows.

**legionaires**

RedRowan wrote:
You can make 20 archers from this set which is more than enough for a couple of missile units in the Baron's War rules I think. Have to remember that they have been designed with that ruleset in mind.

Steve

That was what I was thinking as well. And after these first kits are out, they could slip in another bow on some other kit. I'm hoping for a kit of monks and hospitaleers myself.

**lord_blackfang**

Levy looks great, albeit remarkably similar to Fireforge Peasant Rabble. But certainly the scale will be better.

**Perfect Organism**

lord_blackfang wrote:
Levy looks great, albeit remarkably similar to Fireforge Peasant Rabble. But certainly the scale will be better.

Aren't WA historicals small relative to their Death Fields stuff / GW scale? I thought they were basically the same height as (and a little less chunky than) frostgrave, oathmark, and fireforge figures.

**Polonius**

GreenScorpion wrote:
I have been noticing a lot of comments on the Gamefound page for The Damned about people wanting to request refunds, complaining about the parts that made it in to some sets or the lack of answers to some questions.
I think overall Wargames Atlantic will have to improve a bit on how they do time management and community management if they wish to do other crowdfunding campaigns like The Damned.

Complaints are always to be expected, especially when kits shown are concepts rather than finalized work, but I think they could have avoided a few issues with a bit of investment on time spent going through the comments at least every few days.

Lets see how it goes when they start to ship the boxes once everything is in place.

I don't have a dog in this fight, but in my experience pledging on other monty haul style minis kickstarters, I think you have two forces that both make people more dissatisfied as time goes on:

1) no matter what the company does, the actual product is unlikely to be exactly as cool as what every backer imagined, and rarely does every single feature promised get included.
2) People lose interest as whatever reason they had for the product dries up, or they have moved on to a new shiny toy, etc.

I'm not saying that people don't have legitimate complaints at times with kickstarters, but I do think that a lot of it is people just not wanting the product as much anymore and that showing up in complaints about the process.

**KidCthulhu**

Perfect Organism wrote:
lord_blackfang wrote:
Levy looks great, albeit remarkably similar to Fireforge Peasant Rabble. But certainly the scale will be better.
Aren't WA historicals small relative to their Death Fields stuff / GW scale? I thought they were basically the same height as (and a little less chunky than) frostgrave, oathmark, and fireforge figures.

Yes, the Baron's War guys are closer to historical miniatures in size/proportions:

**Ancestral Hamster**

legionaires wrote:
Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Could not find the foot sergeants on the WGA Release Schedule. Has anyone seen anything about where they are in the development pipeline?

Based on previous posts and news just a few weeks behind the Levy release. I'm hoping for more Baron's War releases after these are all out myself.

Thank you. The most recent Friday e-mail lists them as "Boxes Printing." Basically, I just want a sprue of each foot offering from knights down to peasants.

**KidCthulhu**

Anyone else start building their cavalry?

Definitely gonna have to do a review of this kit for the ol' BFE blog.

**Smokestack**

KidCthulhu wrote:
Anyone else start building their cavalry?

Definitely gonna have to do a review of this kit for the ol' BFE blog.

Mine are supposed to arrive tomorrow

**Smokestack**

To sum up... fingers crossed for March 2025... and no mention of the artillery/ heavy weapons free sprue interaction.

Manufacturing and Shipping Update!
Update #65
Plus a little something to show off.
Well, as they say, better late than never! Apologies for the delay. I have been waiting on images to share with you.

As we get closer to completion I wanted to put together an updated and more accurate production schedule along with a shipping window that we are confident of being able to achieve.

As mentioned in previous updates we underestimated the time it would take to complete this project. We wanted to be sure to have you, the community involved in the manufacturing process and give you the opportunity to influence each of the sets as they moved through production. That was a commitment we did not want to fall short of and I am pleased to say I don't believe we have.

Of course, it is difficult to please everybody and at times we have had to make tough decisions. Even after manufacturing more than 60 plastic frames over the last five years you never really know what's going to work on a layout until the plastic flow engineer yells at you! However, I am very pleased with the outcome and I truly believe we are going to deliver a fantastic product!

Before I get into the production dates let me show you the latest frame layout.

Now let's get to what is coming next and when. The following sets are currently in tooling. For those of you that have missed this in previous updates, that mean the mold is being cut from steel as we speak and is the final part of the manufacturing process.

Tooling:
WAADF022 Damned Females - done! (images inbound any day!)
WAADF022 Damned Heavy Infantry - November 16
WAADF016 Damned Brutes - November 22
WAADF017 Damned Outriders - December 4

I'll be showing off the initial frames for each of those as they come through over the next couple of weeks.

The following sets are in final file prep and being made ready for tooling. All of which should be finished any day now and will then receive a tooling completion date. The good news there is that pretty much all of these should be finished on or before the end of the year.

File Fixes/Layouts Coming
WAADF018 Damned Hounds
WAADF021 Beastmen
WAADF023 Damned Mauler

What comes after that is the final production runs of the frames. This won't take too long at all as we have been stock piling frames of the already completed sets over the last few months.

Once that is all complete we can then begin shipping out your pledges. In the interest of setting an achievable date for this it is our aim to have the project fulfilled by the end of March.

I will continue to keep you updated will all new information and images as it becomes available. We really are on to the final stages now. This has been a mammoth undertaking for us here at Wargames Atlantic and we are really looking forward to you receiving your pledges.

As soon as I have the final layouts I will be posting an update showing every layout, confirming the number of sprues in each set and the final list of free sprues available to choose from.

Thank you again for sticking with us and supporting this campaign, you're all Damned wonderful!

Best wishes,

Charlie

**GreenScorpion**

Charlie from WGA mentioned that they were still evaluating the free sprues and a reply would be given soon, my guess is that they are trying to calculate what they can or can't do to make sure they don't lose too much money on specific sprues, but the more that decision is delayed the more the people asking will be upset.

I am still trying to understand how they keep making up deadlines they can't fulfil, especially when they are producing more and more sets for other companies and obviously occupying the parts of the queue which seem to be the bottleneck (layouts and tooling seem to be their major bottleneck for the moment).

March next year seems mostly ok for the infantry, HWT and artillery but based on how little has been said about the vehicle I am still doubtful about that one being ready for delivery in March, lets see.