Author Topic: Other Manufacturers (Read 681568 times)

Darknight · « **Reply #2075 on:** September 01, 2013, 07:31:31 PM »

I was weak today (and did have a gift card for FLGS for my birthday) and got some Perry Mercenaries, some Fireforge Templar Infantry, and some Wargames Factory skeletons.

All very nice models - the Templar Infantry are particularly nice, and come with a whole range of options (including crossbows, which is rather nice if you like that sort of thing).

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #2076 on:** September 01, 2013, 07:58:07 PM »

Fireforge is on some Mongols

Darknight · « **Reply #2077 on:** September 01, 2013, 11:13:36 PM »

Yeah, chap in the FLGS mentioned as much. I am very happy with the Templar Infantry - making up an elite unit of Sigmarite heavy infantry because I don't have anything Sigmarite in my army yet

arjunstc · « **Reply #2078 on:** September 02, 2013, 07:01:27 AM »

DK, Perry has a plastic plate-armoured foot men-at-arms box set in the pipeline. No word on date of release yet, but I suspect it will be around Christmas as last year.

I am waiting for those to bulk my Greatswords to 30 figures.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #2079 on:** September 02, 2013, 08:19:04 PM »

Are those still the maelstrom bad guys?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mierceminiatures/darklands-a-world-of-war

The miniatures are amazing!

Timbor · « **Reply #2080 on:** September 03, 2013, 12:26:34 AM »

From what I gather, yes, its the same guy. The rumour went that funds from Maelstrom were diverted to Mierce miniatures to fund the sculpting of many of his miniatures prior to Maelstrom's epic crash. Then they ran a KS campaign and raised lots of money, so perhaps they can keep afloat on that. I haven't heard too much about any problems with the KS they ran, but it seems like they said April for their delivery date, and not all the stuff is finished. Though that's nothing new with KS in general...

Darknight · « **Reply #2081 on:** September 03, 2013, 01:24:46 AM »

Quote from: arjunstc on September 02, 2013, 07:01:27 AM

DK, Perry has a plastic plate-armoured foot men-at-arms box set in the pipeline. No word on date of release yet, but I suspect it will be around Christmas as last year.

I am waiting for those to bulk my Greatswords to 30 figures.

I have seen some greens of those (photos, at least) - they look splendid! They wouldn't work with my Greatswords, but i) I am using the Perry stuff for my Tilean mercenary force (just started, with the Perry box I bought on a whim

) and ii) I already have 50 Greatswords . . .

arjunstc · « **Reply #2082 on:** September 03, 2013, 04:32:14 AM »

Well then the plastic Light Cavalry box set must be of interest to you.

I am planning to use those for my pistoliers.

Zalminen · « **Reply #2083 on:** September 03, 2013, 11:03:11 AM »

Don't know if anyone's posted this already but if anyone wants to create a truly personal army, here's your chance:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/giantgoblingames/personalized-gaming-miniatures-of-you

BlackChapel · « **Reply #2084 on:** September 03, 2013, 05:01:49 PM »

WULFLAND / 5 miniatures

Captain of Wulfland / Different assembly options (7 pieces)

Ice Wizard / One assembly option (4 pieces)

Veteran with shield / Different assembly options (5 pieces)

Monk with shield / Different assembly options (6 pieces)

Warrior whith hammer / Different assembly options (4 pieces)

Timbor · « **Reply #2085 on:** September 03, 2013, 11:56:39 PM »

While those are pretty nice, they don't make Teutogen Guard seem any more expensive...

Your Mother · « **Reply #2086 on:** September 04, 2013, 11:43:19 AM »

Looks like Black Chapel makes some imperial guys too. very nice.

DariusZero · « **Reply #2087 on:** September 04, 2013, 06:23:36 PM »

Quote from: Timbor on September 03, 2013, 11:56:39 PM

While those are pretty nice, they don't make Teutogen Guard seem any more expensive...

I would rather put them in the unit of Teutogens as characters then RnF, the price inidicates just that. Spanish sculptors almost never dissapoint. Looks like Brother Vinni has some strong competiton these days.

DariusZero · « **Reply #2088 on:** September 04, 2013, 06:31:39 PM »

It has allready been pointed to the new mongolians by Fireforge. Here are their new horse archers, my favourite choice, I hope they make them sooner then later.

http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2013/04/fireforge-games-pictures-of-plastic.html

Silver Wolf · « **Reply #2089 on:** September 04, 2013, 10:24:00 PM »

Loving the Black chapel's Captain of Wulfland.
The iconography is unmistakable and the style is very GW-like.

I'll probably get one even though I don't have a Middenland army.
It's such a nice figure.
I'd like to have it in my collection.

DariusZero · « **Reply #2090 on:** September 06, 2013, 08:23:41 AM »

I wonder if anyone succeded in mixing these Crusader minis with the Republican guards? When I serched the net these came out as the only viable substitute! If they fit well I would buy dozens of them.

http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=198&cat=5&sub=16&page=1

And you can get them here post free world wide!
http://www.caliverbooks.com/figures/catviewer.php?0c3dffc6ae14ce2b9300213ed7e486d2&producer=63&range=Wars%20of%20the%20Roses

Also these Front Rank musketeers are really growing on me!

http://www.frontrank.com/lev4_13_1_0_Late_17th_Century_1685_-_1700_Infantry.asp?show=all

Painted by this guy:
http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=47074.0

andremmuller · « **Reply #2091 on:** September 06, 2013, 09:10:43 AM »

Thank you to everyone for this amazing resource!

Uryens de Crux · « **Reply #2092 on:** September 06, 2013, 09:25:11 PM »

I've used the Crusader figures in my Republican guards, they are pretty good but a little small - they are fine on the back rank

DariusZero · « **Reply #2093 on:** September 06, 2013, 09:49:22 PM »

I see, thanks for the info, though not so encouraging as I hoped would be. Maybe I could mix them more succesfully with the Leopolds company then, those are preatty small, like 25mm.

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2094 on:** September 07, 2013, 02:09:09 AM »

When I bought those Crusader figures, they were being sold by Corvus Beli. I assume Crusader bought them, because the sculpting doesn't match the rest of the Crusader (Mark Sims) figures. (Either different sculptor, or commissioned from Mr. Sims but in a different style.)

The infantry are taller & thinner than GW, Front Rank, Artizan, even Foundry. So while they're slightly more realistic, they don't quite match the others 100% I did what Uryens de Crux suggests, and put them in the back ranks. They are still very well sculpted figures, though!

The cavalry from that range are also nice. Because the horses are so large, they are also some of the best matches for GW. Because even those other companies with bigger infantry usually have tiny horses compared to GW. Here's an example:

Darknight · « **Reply #2095 on:** September 08, 2013, 12:12:16 AM »

Crocodile Games https://www.crocodilegames.com/ have just finished a Kickstarter - I didn't know about it, but the various levels weren't something I would be interested in, so no worry. Sculpted by Chris Fitzpatrick (who did a lot of the initial Dark Eldar release) they are a Classical mythology inspired collection - some very nice stuff in the offing. I have a few of their models, and they are very nice. If these Kickstarted models are as good, this will be a very happy thing

Well, perhaps not happy for my wallet - I had just decided to finish my army

These new shiny things will add to the units I want to make.

DariusZero · « **Reply #2096 on:** September 09, 2013, 01:11:18 PM »

After realising that old Dogs of war minis size wise actually belong to the historical department, it was easy to find some substitutes:

Renegade make excellent Lost legion minis substitutes:

http://www.renegademiniatures.com/gallery7.htm

a small review of them:https://suite101.com/a/renegade-miniatures-a69141
Crusader make nice Braganza besiegers stand ins

http://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=202&cat=5&sub=16&page=1

Darknight · « **Reply #2097 on:** September 09, 2013, 04:48:57 PM »

The Perry "Mercenaries" set could also be used to make some very nice Brazanga's replacements - I think one could comfortably get 16 crossbowmen in heavy armor with Pavaises out of the kit; the kit is $35 and comes with 40 figures. The resulting figures are close enough for horseshoes, I think.

arjunstc · « **Reply #2098 on:** September 10, 2013, 04:44:51 AM »

The Perry European Mercenaries set will give you enough crossbows for 12 but not enough fully-plate-armoured figures:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/328301.page

If you want to field them with full plate, you may have to wait for the Foot Men-at-Arms set to be released (hopefully) later this year and then use the crossbow arms with the fully-armoured torsos.

Plenty of feathered helmets though.

Darknight · « **Reply #2099 on:** September 10, 2013, 01:41:45 PM »

You could certainly get a bunch of "armored enough" to count as Heavy Armor, I think. HA doesn't need to be all-enclosing plate. Would certainly be an option to fill out the bank ranks inexpensively (especially if you are using the rest of the set elsewhere).

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