Author Topic: Other Manufacturers (Read 680643 times)

White Knight · « **Reply #2000 on:** July 16, 2013, 09:33:19 AM »

I'm afraid I don't remember that part.

Victor · « **Reply #2001 on:** July 16, 2013, 10:26:51 PM »

The Assault Group is releasing their new Tudor range now:

http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/pages/page.php?Tudor-Militias-release-327
http://www.theassaultgroup.co.uk/pages/page.php?Tudor-Light-Horse-released-325

Uryens de Crux · « **Reply #2002 on:** July 17, 2013, 07:31:51 PM »

Mountainshield · « **Reply #2003 on:** July 26, 2013, 08:31:16 AM »

Though there probably is some good non GW products on the market, and for one I really want to buy crusader miniatures american civil war riflemen to use instead of empire gunmen but I'm very skeptical after buying warlord miniatures. One thing is that the models are much smaller than GW so if you are planning on using it in GW games it will look out of place and more like human sized goblins when compared to normal humans, of course this is not warlord fault but my own for not checking out the sizes prior to purchase. The thing that got me dissapointed was the utter crap and lack of quality in the miniatures, especially the tin models but the plastic were also horrible. GW models are far from perfect but when compared to warlord games models they are pretty close.

I will most likely buy some civil war and the beloved perry's pikemen though since they do look cool, but I don't agree with the whole "buy non gw products or you are wasting money" argument. Most of the time you do get what you pay for.

Shadowlord · « **Reply #2004 on:** July 26, 2013, 09:12:26 AM »

Quote from: Mountainshield on July 26, 2013, 08:31:16 AM

"buy non gw products or you are wasting money"

Sounds like something from Mantic fans.

I wonder who is wasting money.

I do love the new "rangers" from AoW.

http://www.warseer.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=175094&d=1374769589

Uryens de Crux · « **Reply #2005 on:** July 26, 2013, 12:19:25 PM »

Nice rangers

Some figure ranges and styles simply don't exist elsewhere than GW

For us Empire players though I do agree that you're throwing good money away buying just from GW

Midaski · « **Reply #2006 on:** July 26, 2013, 08:28:53 PM »

Quote from: Shadowlord on July 26, 2013, 09:12:26 AM

Sounds like something from Mantic fans.

Just had the Mantic email about the launch of their Basilean humans.

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Advance-Orders/Advance-Order-Basilea.html

Not really impressed at first glance - definitely ones I would want to see close up.
I see the Men-At-Arms are plastic, but most of the rest seems to be 'plastic resin'.

I wonder if they are multi-part kits or one-piece bodies?

Victor · « **Reply #2007 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:00:46 AM »

Quote from: Midaski on July 26, 2013, 08:28:53 PM

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Advance-Orders/Advance-Order-Basilea.html

Not really impressed at first glance

Neither are most of us. I think there was quite a big thread in th Elector's Forum when the first pictures showed up a couple of months ago.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #2008 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:07:45 AM »

Those are really really bad. Like Bantam 2 $ for a whole sack plastic soldiers

Midaski · « **Reply #2009 on:** July 27, 2013, 11:31:29 AM »

If the plastic Men-at-Arms are a multi-part kit there might be some potential.
They are offering a double box set for £25 for I think 40 minis and it looks like there are different arm options on the same bodies.

So maybe the arms are separate at least.

The paint job on the cougars is just great isn't it.

Shadowlord · « **Reply #2010 on:** July 27, 2013, 01:13:57 PM »

If you want non-GW potential, AoW is your best call.

There is no potential with Mantic.

They did decent ghouls and zombies once and... Well that's it.

oak_prince · « **Reply #2011 on:** July 27, 2013, 10:03:12 PM »

I have my eye on the Mantic Orc Boar Chariot for a beastman chariot. But otherwise, yeah, I agree.

Victor · « **Reply #2012 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:29:01 PM »

Stumbled across this company: Claymore Castings. The minis are not so much suitable for the empire, but for a technologically advanced bretonnian army they would be fantastic.:

https://www.facebook.com/ClaymoreCastings
http://claymorecastings.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=20

Shadowlord · « **Reply #2013 on:** July 31, 2013, 02:35:39 PM »

Too historical for my taste but there is no denying good sculpts (the ones I looked at).

Metal though and very similar to the older M@A from GW.

The paint job on finished minis was good.

Midaski · « **Reply #2014 on:** July 31, 2013, 03:53:22 PM »

I bought a few in 2012 when they were launched, at Salute and they are very nice.

Very period and possibly a tad expensive

Victor · « **Reply #2015 on:** July 31, 2013, 04:37:03 PM »

And something else: By no means is this anything "new", but I have only recently discovered where to buy the following minis, after having seen them now and then on the web (ebay). I'm talking about former Grenadier models, who are these days produced by 2 different companies it seems. The designs are pretty old (mid 80's, early 90's) - most minis are not that great, but there are some gems in there with a nice oldschool feel to them. I'm talking about the Human Fantasy (warrior) range:

Mirliton offers a wider range, has decent preview pictures on their site, but is more expensive.
http://www.mirliton.it/index.php?cName=fantasy-2528mm-humans

The halfling range seems to be pretty decent as well, if you're in to that. Even the Barbarien range is quite nice.

The second company to possess a license and to produce these minis is em4, which can be bought here (cheaper than mirliton, but their preview pics are horrendous):
http://www.forlornhopegames.co.uk/product.php?PK_UniqueID=156

arjunstc · « **Reply #2016 on:** August 01, 2013, 12:51:28 AM »

I use the Mirliton figures alongside my Perry plastics. They are a good fit.

Victor · « **Reply #2017 on:** August 01, 2013, 02:03:36 AM »

Looking good! Thanks for sharing.

ZeroTwentythree · « **Reply #2018 on:** August 01, 2013, 02:29:17 AM »

I agree, they're nice figures. They looked good mixed with Front Rank as well. And the barbarians go great with Foundry Ancient Germans (same sculptor.) At one point I had some of the Wood Elves, and although they didn't exactly match the old GW WE from the same period they had a similar stylized feel. In fact, Jes Goodwin (GW) and Mark Copplestone (Mirliton-via-Grenadier, Foundry, etc.) are two of my favorite sculptors from the old 80's miniatures era.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #2019 on:** August 01, 2013, 05:29:36 AM »

Pro Gloria Miniatures rumours....there might be a kickstarter for a Landsknecht plastic box coming up.....now that would be rather sweetish

Here is a rumoured sketch of the cover box

Also rather nice a painting tutorial on their site.

http://progloria.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/painting-tutorial-for-core-landsknechts/

Shadowlord · « **Reply #2020 on:** August 01, 2013, 08:20:34 AM »

If those landsies will be plastic and the right size... Will. Be. Getting. Tons.

Midaski · « **Reply #2021 on:** August 01, 2013, 08:43:10 AM »

Quote from: Shadowlord on August 01, 2013, 08:20:34 AM

If those landsies will be plastic and the right size... Will. Be. Getting. Tons.

OK call the Inquisition - who's hacked fanboi's account .................................

Realjuan · « **Reply #2022 on:** August 01, 2013, 08:48:26 AM »

Anyone does his/her own models? I am thinking of theme army of models done by people around the world, or painted by people around the world. (of course paying for the work)

Anyone has something similar?

White Knight · « **Reply #2023 on:** August 01, 2013, 09:41:59 AM »

Plastic Pro Gloria would be perfection.

arjunstc · « **Reply #2024 on:** August 01, 2013, 12:05:05 PM »

Quote from: Realjuan on August 01, 2013, 08:48:26 AM

Anyone does his/her own models? I am thinking of theme army of models done by people around the world, or painted by people around the world. (of course paying for the work)

Anyone has something similar?

Many years ago the members of TMP did something similar for Bill the editor.

http://theminiaturespage.com/workbench/200194/

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