As i said above -I'm very well aware of what the options out there are, and I stand by my argument. The options for basically anything realistic fantasy that isnt a GoT Stark stand-in are pretty fe...

If you want North Men, yes! If you want anything else, not so much. ;)

I think the major issue with Archon is that they are still not really a company with a retail side, with almost everything they sell being available as pledge manager rather than a normal store, so...

I would say that both Oathmark and Fireforge's Forgotten World line cover "Realistic fantasy" pretty well.      Is that what you meant?    

So... I think I've identified the real issue with the Bulldog shoulder pads.  They aren't on the shoulder. They sit too far down the arm - and because of the webbing straps over tunic on the...

The left arm was a bit skinny, so I bulked it out a bit and added an elbow pad to match the other arms:  

Added a sniper and replaced the leader's Bulldog arms with something more sensible (Pistol from Stargrave, left arm from Cannon Fodder)  

Works every time...  

One body in that get up is enough and what’s more I think they should do one generic pulp action girl heroin in pants (maybe with a flight jacket, though worker overalls isn't bad), a plucky ...

@Brian Van De Walker Well... No. I fully disagree with your entire sentiment, and I think you're being rather rude. There are already good plastic options for Byzantines, Imperial Romans, and inc...

@H M Quick answer: nope. Longer answer: I want to see some good none historic platemail fantasy types that can work for Black powder/industiarl fantasy and VSF as well as classic fantasy (somethin...

@JTam Hmmm... (relooks at pictures, compares).... your right, though to be honest it is a pants thing and I would rather see Egyptians or plain clothed miltia.

@JTam Yeah, no... despite what you think, the two part body thing is not going to do either of those that well really, particularly in "historical scale" proportions and here is why:   ...

@Brian Van De Walker  Original post details the differences between "German" and "Hungarian" Austrian Infantry and how Perry and Victrix only make "German" Austrian Infantry.

@JTam Actually Victrix already does Austrians, as does perrys. So its not really that big a gap and the only issue with them is they are all marching pose sets.

Oh, prices vary on ebay, Amazon, etc. from merchant to merchant. Likewise some merchants maybe part of a larger group either testing new products sale ability or dealing with overstock orders, so s...

@Magnus Guild  I think kaskett wearing heads would make the miniatures suitable for the French Revolutionry period.  I'm sure there must have been some uniform detail changes but the jac...

@Steven StGeorges  No Mecano?  Why not?  I know nothing about them.  I do remember this song from the mid 90a in Germany... But it may or may not have been this version on the ...

@Magnus Guild  Good Stuff!  Appreciate the advice. Please post your Gringo 40s unit if you get a chance.  Would love to see them.

@Yronimos Whateley  Still glad to meet another Orphaned Land fan ... 😁

@Geoff Maybury  Metric over Imperial, good old question still alive and kicking over here -with the addition of the former French Royal System close fo UK Imperial. I was born in a country wh...

@JTam  No no no Mecano allowed... 😅 Regarding Retrowave... no a big big fan of Gunship but Carpenter Brut, Perturbator to name a few.  I do prefer the Midnight's Nocturnal. https://ww...

 Amen, yes to that and  while ww are about how about some from the French Revolutionary period,both Austrian and Hungarian. A potential army builder?  Grenzers also welcome.

 A brief amendment to the above: heighten the helmet with furry aventail with modelling medium of choice. When dry: paint it red and you have a Bashkir ready to go(paint the rest of the figure...

@Caratacus I tailored this idea for current set size WA politics. For smaller boxes they could cast as easy to break on 2 or 4 parts frame. Or in case of scrabs, be a frame with bigger scrabs for s...

  Congratulations, on discussing on producing- a Bashkir, equally valid for the Napoleonic  Wars.  The Gringo 40s are beautiful figures anf I, indeed, have a unit of them. The Firefo...

To me at least, they look good for general fantasy purposes as any kind of "Great Southern (Mediterranean) Empire" type thing. Like i could imagine those guys, though perhaps with different helms ...

@H M haven't seen ep 4 yet. But visually ep 3 was good.  as far as minis. I can see the appeal. I would likely buy a box. Who is the target for this? Is it just lotr players? Merp rolepl...

@Alessio De Carolis  No doubt.  There's significant danger of fratricide among well trained troops under good conditions.  With partisans fighting in desperate conditions wearing ca...

@Caratacus I feel like there is good design space to offer "light/medium" (except not really) infantry in the style of the Jackson trilogy Numenoreans, and "heavy" infantry in the style of the Amaz...

@Rondaros A'terac  Makes sense.

I would prefer sculpted but decals might work.

Archon has been linked to Prodos, a company in the past with a less than sterling reputation. However, it seems Archon has learned from the Prodos mistakes. 

Both the kingdom of Arnor and Gondor were originated by Numenor, so at least for their early years, the troops could pass for either. Naturally a plastic multi-pose boxed set could be very useful f...

With captured germans' uniforms surely there was the danger of (not so) "friendly fire"!  

It is always time for that. 😊 Most people I know of are converting Victrix Norman Kits to have Numenoreans, with great success, so a dedicated kit for a "high human" realm would probably be very s...

@JTam decals would be better than having to paint them... At least for me. 

@JTam exactly. You can see it in a lot of Republican Spanish, French Resistance and Italian Resistance fighters.

@Blutze My idea to deal with 40 vs 25mm bases is to make swarm parts so they can be glued as bigger or smaller groups to fit both sizes, plus it adds more random look or they can be used as terrain...

Certainly a good idea for a multitude of game systems and factions, though personally I'd say it would be better to have a smaller, cheaper box of each swarm type, so that someone specifically look...

I have no interest in Amazon's wokefest TV show, but some Numenorean-style humans would be a great idea given the only GW models are four slightly-different monoposes packed in with a load of equal...

@Grumpy Gnome  Archon is a new kid on the block isn't?  They have some nice terrain.. and a decent price point.

@Davy Jones  Was not familiar with this troop type.  Appreciate the post and pics.   The Balkans is an exotic place.  Really like the distinctive shields.

Out of curiosity what's your take on trouser braid/knots? Some miniatures mold the detail on, some don't. I wonder if little decals would work?

@Grumpy Gnome @Vitor Soares  Thank You. I think it would be a really cool kit that actually covers a real (and significant) gap.

It might be worth pouncing on making some 'Not-Numenoreans' depending on how people feel about Amazons LoTR show by the end of it's season. So far I've seen mixed opinions about the quality of the ...

Some good bats would be welcome. Maybe some flying swarms incorporated into this idea/kit: Creatures of the Night Box Kind of like this classic... But taken to Eleven....

@Vitor Soares Good point. The AK helped themselves to entire warehouse worth of German kit right at the start of the Warsaw Uprising if I remember correctly....  

Italian wars/Battle for the balkans(WIP name): stradiots/eastern european light cavalry This kit will be useful to portray the famous and iconic light cavalrymen of the balkans and eastern europe...

Something that strikes me whenever I look at swarm minis on offer and compare them to what I need, is that apparently most fantasy wargames run them as a 40mm square base per "creature", whereas in...