I think the debate between norman or saxon skeletons is kinda beside the point. In my theoretical sprue scheme, the norman skeletons would be in the medieval skeleton army builder set, while the sa...

for skeletons, mostly the use of kite shields instead of round shields.

honestly, I have basically no clue what the difference is between saxons and normans, lol. all I want is scale mail and curved swords, which to me is classic 'armored skellies' look. Its definitely...

@Brian Van De Walker honestly i think saxons would be slightly more useful, since if it's just sword arm and head swaps to fit to the standard bodies, you could use nasal helms and the round shield...

The main reason i suggested an upgrade sprue was because I assume it would be easier and quicker to bring into production. Personally I prefer the largely bare skeleton design, so armored bodies ar...

@timbus the thirteenth I think Norman skellies would be a better all rounder undead set than saxons, that said we are limited to one entry (mine was "basic armored torso body sprue" for General Acc...

I will say some companies have started to throw in a couple androgenous heads among with the obviously male ones, and it's much appreciated. (I don't like GW, but their cities of sigmar head select...

Yeah, with how many digital undead kits they do, I think it's pretty clear they like to do skeletons. I'd love some saxon-styled armored skellies, personally. Chuck armored skellies into sprue game...

good luck! may the best model win, lol.

I was just checking up on digital, and it looks like they released totally-not-xenomorphs a couple weeks ago! Yautjas are definitely on the table, so chuck it into the sprue games and see what happ...

Yes I'm right here with ya! I also use the Warlord sprue, and while it's fine for churning out pikeblocks, it really is near impossible to kitbash with them. I also use the Foot Sergeant and Guard ...

@timbus the thirteenth Actually the look does exist in miniture form, its just metals, resins, and maybe some reaper bones and board game plastic, nothing in modular hips😆. Good luck but I am voti...

@Chainface Not really sure why you don't just ask for a full set of medieval skellies and get some armored bodies to boot, but it's not an unreasonable suggestion and I think has been proposed befo...

@timbus the thirteenth Almost for sure mostly for fantasy in mind😆, that said pike and shott has a  decent following that would no doubt grow with this, rule sets like pikemen's lament would l...

@Mithril2098 Based on what little I have read on them, I would say Boyars are more like knights to Barons nobles (perhaps comparable to the Junkers in Germany) than counts though I suppose it depen...

I think it could be kinda neat to have a kit that turns the bronze age themed skeletons into medieval ones. It could have skulls with nasal helmets and kettle hats, as well as weapon arms with medi...

Some examples from the Palio di Siena 

Some sources of inspiration.....

While I'm in the barbarian mood, I figured now would be the proper time to announce that I want you (yes, YOU) for the Shirtless Barbarian agenda. For too long, the people have suffered under the g...

@Erik Schmidt-Nielsen sadly the germanics are stuck in a single awkward pose, have zero of the classic conan-style bits required (greatswords, flails, etc), and all have full pants, with some even ...

@Erik Schmidt-Nielsen hmmm, nah I think it would work fine just from looking at the Egyptians, but it is always a matter taste.

@a.carlucci5 Hmm, it would be cool, so a condottiere set.

@jedifalcon222 hmmm,  I am not really seeing the point in even bothering with a female head swap for this or anything else historical since we are talking 28mm wargaming minis. Headswaps jus...

@Bertrand du Guesclin  Bertrand, I wouldn't say I'm a fast painter...I just wanted to have everything I will need. Unfortunately this also means that I have some rather large collections of l...

Yup, they're on pre-order alright!  https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/grand-battle-scale/products/azincourt-english-army  https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/grand-battle-sc...

Even if you want a LOT of shirtless barbarians, Victrix should still have you covered with their ancients range. The Germanic Warriors set are mostly shirtless. And then of course the Gallic Naked ...

The idea that most Sassanid Persian infantry wore  'pot hats' was based on a misinterpretation of images of Sassanid Persian officers

Well, the pre-order came out. Thank goodness. I placed an order for a set each of the French and English as well as a set of the fantasy dwarves (to oppose my orcs) and a set of the bone blades. I ...

Hello Everyone! I own the conquistadors and the renaissance heavy cavalry sets and they are great. So expanding on this success, I was wondering if people would be interested in a late 17th centur...

I would love to see figures wearing heroic armor inspired by renaissance Italian Condottiere, like those in the Leonardo da Vinci's drawings or in Negroli style armors. What do you think?

i admit to not being much for historicals, but i feel like there's not a ton of games set in the renaissance era? i mean id buy the kits for fantasy reasons, but i'm curious how people would use th...

the Wallachian armies in the 15th century were equipped similar to russian armies, so yeah they and the Moldavian armies of the time could be covered mostly by headswaps. it is worth noting that t...

@Yronimos Whateley Actually when I think of magitech I think of Final Fantasy,  Wild Arms, Wareblades and  other JRPGs/anime with stuff like complix mechalike golems, elemental blasting t...

@James MacLennan the Russian Strelsi and PolishHaduks are pretty much a "two headswaps same set" and done issue, heck I think it is possible to do Vlad the Impalers' forces with another funny hat i...

We have a lot of Western Style troops available for Pike and Shot games but how about some Strelsi, or Polish style Musketeers with Pole-axe Musket rests. Not to mention Boyars and cossacks.

@Marc Hameleers  I feel much the same way. I'm sure some matters can't be controlled or sped up...however I was hoping to add these to various holiday wish lists and I'm not sure the timing w...

Dear wargames Atlantic   Not letting me preorder the azincourt army boxes right now is making me lose sleep, and borders on torture. Please help me sleep again, and let me throw money at yo...

@Yronimos Whateley Thanks for the thread necromancy, I'm stuck in bed with a cold and need something to yap about. I've already posted at extensive length about all kinds of full fantasy kits I wan...

24 November update: GRAND BATTLE SCALE AZINCOURT ENGLISH ARMY Box Printing - all production finished GRAND BATTLE SCALE AZINCOURT FRENCH ARMY Box Printing - all production finished   ...

I know it's been a couple years, but I wanted to reanimate this thread, just because there were a lot of great ideas in here, and now that I've had a couple years to mull it over with some fresh pe...

@Mithril2098 LOL than I am wrong😆, the "pot hats" are the med hats. No apple spear butts though.

@timbus the thirteenth "Anyhow, if I keep yapping about this, I'll never stop. But yeah, I think kits based on this 'magitech' style could go insanely fucking hard. After all, advanced enough scien...

doing some quick research.. conditional yes. you'll want to use the "cooking pot" hats and unhelmeted heads, but otherwise the outfits and weapons should be close enough.  which is slightly...

I'm no expert, but I will add Victrix has a really good Persian-adjacent cavalry selection, as well as Sassanid-specific banners. could be worth it to mix and match. (also yes, please post pics wh...

@Brian Van De Walker I've been dipping my toes into reaper a bit recently, there's some really good kitbash fodder. Plastic is kinda soft but I'm used to reinforcing wobbly bits. @Yronimos Whatele...

@Battle Specter Hmm, well Northstar kits seem pretty compatable with the Death Fields space dwarfs, I wanted to do an Islamic  space corsair themed dwarf force for general purpose scifi games,...

@Stephen Sutton Lol, there are tons of metal manufacturers doing good blaster Aliens models, you just have to look out for them (Badger Games did some nice truely original design "not Tau" in metal...

@Don Williams Well, not too sure on what the Sassanid infantry looked like really but its likely that as long as you don't use the Med heads, chop off the apple butts on the spears and mayby ditch ...

@timbus the thirteenth You've probaby heard about the "restic" they were using around a decade ago. It wasn't the worst thing in the world, but couldn't be ground or filed; shaving with a shar...

I forgot there was an eldritch fish-man kit, I might check into a box of those one day! I've bought a box of the nightstalkers before, my only complaint is that they're a bit pricey compared to Wa...