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ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2975 on:** December 11, 2015, 11:10:33 PM »

Quote from: Midaski on December 11, 2015, 10:23:23 PM

The WF announcement back in August was from I guess a Chinese gentleman which supports the suggestion that they were getting their product made 'overseas'.
Maybe there is no WF Sales or even Company in the USA anymore, and the Chinese factory is just looking for an outlet for its sprues.

From what I recall of the history, the overseas manufacturer did take ownership of the company, and replaced the original owners/staff with their own (still here in the US.) So it's entirely possible that they wanted out of the sales/management portion of the equation and sticking with manufacturing.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #2976 on:** December 11, 2015, 11:36:37 PM »

I wouldn't want to work for them or with them, and wonder how long the agreement with Warlord might last.

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2977 on:** December 12, 2015, 01:44:26 AM »

If Warlord is just selling, then they probably have very little to lose, even if the artangement doesn't last.

Ursa Doom · « **Reply #2978 on:** December 12, 2015, 02:49:04 AM »

I'm gonna take a guess that they have a hard time fitting them into the schedule because they didn't have any plans to buy up Pro Gloria to begin with and the owner of Pro Gloria had to sell for sudden personal reasons.

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2979 on:** December 28, 2015, 07:32:28 PM »

Ogre Mercenary Bagpiper from Werewoolf

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/281895972797?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2980 on:** January 06, 2016, 03:56:13 AM »

Alternate robohorse?

https://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/closeout/microartstudio-wolsung/snorri-rottstein-on-golemic-flea-1.html

GamesPoet · « **Reply #2981 on:** January 07, 2016, 06:10:03 PM »

New landsknechts from The Assault Group ...

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/index.php?article=274

Commander Bernhardt · « **Reply #2982 on:** January 08, 2016, 11:39:28 AM »

http://www.momminiaturas.com/

Syphon · « **Reply #2983 on:** January 08, 2016, 12:28:42 PM »

Children of the Lion, children of the Gryphon? Hmm...

Commander Bernhardt · « **Reply #2984 on:** January 08, 2016, 12:33:21 PM »

they have some really cool dwarves and "barabarians" though for not much money

and a cool banner dude

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2985 on:** January 08, 2016, 02:09:36 PM »

I agree, some nice figures and the price seems good (not sure about that once shipping to the US would be included.)

DariusZero · « **Reply #2986 on:** January 13, 2016, 11:39:56 AM »

Quote from: Commander Bernhardt on January 08, 2016, 11:39:28 AM

http://www.momminiaturas.com/

the only figure of which the sculpting and the casting look decent is the banner bearer. mybe some day.

The new robogriffin, Saint Mary from the Dark age I think:

from the tutorial on Bols: http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2016/01/draft-dark-age-painting-saint-mary-part-1.html

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2987 on:** January 13, 2016, 02:15:03 PM »

(I feel a little guilty, since a lot of time and technical skill obviously went into it. But I can't help thinking it looks like '70s rock art/cover.)

Midaski · « **Reply #2988 on:** January 29, 2016, 10:25:29 AM »

Apparently Avatars of War have gone bankrupt - is that old news or new news

The Red Graf · « **Reply #2989 on:** January 29, 2016, 01:31:03 PM »

It's new to me. Damn.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #2990 on:** January 29, 2016, 03:58:09 PM »

They'd run sales middle of last year and into the fall (bought a Perry carraccio with oxen and crew on sale), and the number of products they were selling was decreasing. Then they seemed to fall off the map, yet I hadn't seen nor heard anything regarding bankruptcy. Did they really file for bankruptcy?

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2991 on:** January 29, 2016, 05:20:10 PM »

That's a shame. Although none of the AoW stuff was of personal interest to me, it was very nice. It was also good to see a talented sculptor strike out on his own and do well -- at least for a time, it seems. I hope that we have not seen the last of either the figures or the sculptor.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #2992 on:** January 29, 2016, 05:47:42 PM »

Looks like I'm seeing other info on this today. A letter from the owner has been posted on a couple of other websites regarding the failing of the business, and various viewpoints are being expressed.

If it is as bad as it appears, maybe the rights for making and selling the various products can be sold to help alleviate some, if not all, of the situation.

Gneisenau · « **Reply #2993 on:** January 29, 2016, 11:28:37 PM »

That's sad. Felix is very good and I hope that he finds an employer who lets him use his skills.

red shift · « **Reply #2994 on:** January 30, 2016, 07:46:24 AM »

@Gamespoet can you provide a link? My google fu is weak

I liked the sculpts but never really trusted AoW after the indigogo and the pre-order delays

Zygmund · « **Reply #2995 on:** January 30, 2016, 09:42:42 AM »

They wanted to create their own range of Fantasy Battles type of game, and entered the hard plastic business. The costs of hard plastic + the splintering of the FB scene might have hit.

But nothing yet on their own website, or forum, or on facebook. Indeed, I could find nothing. Where is this discussed?

-Z

Midaski · « **Reply #2996 on:** January 30, 2016, 04:12:06 PM »

North Star had a post up on their twitter page on Thursday/Friday - they have been running a January Sale and the post said:
"Now AoW have gone bankrupt this might be your last chance to get ....( various models in the sale which finished Friday morning UK time)"

After the sale finished I looked Friday evening and the post had been taken down. North Star have their finger on the pulse of the hobby and are usually pretty accurate.

GamesPoet · « **Reply #2997 on:** January 30, 2016, 04:32:48 PM »

Quote from: red shift on January 30, 2016, 07:46:24 AM

@Gamespoet can you provide a link? My google fu is weak

I liked the sculpts but never really trusted AoW after the indigogo and the pre-order delays

Try Lead Adventure and TMP forums, both site's have threads going on those, and search functions.

AoW seemed to have some quality products, yet when I was at a historical gaming convention or two, I didn't get positive feelings from those behind their booth. They carried Perry products and I purchased a couple of small boxes of WotRs metal figures, but beyond that I typically bought Perry plastics from other folks. I own one or two of their scenery products, and would have liked to obtained more, yet the cost usually got in the way. I really liked their fortification structures, and it is a bummer I didn't get to pick one or two of those, yet it is what it is.

Zygmund · « **Reply #2998 on:** January 31, 2016, 04:57:57 PM »

You're talking about Architects of War?

I thought it was Avatars of War. No wonder, then, that I couldn't find anything.

-Z

Padre · « **Reply #2999 on:** January 31, 2016, 07:04:18 PM »

I thought you guys were talking about Age of Wigmar.

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