I like the Stargrave kits. They suit general SF gaming - I'm mostly using them for the Traveller RPG - but you have to consider how young Stargrave is. The three kits issued at launch are basically...

@Brian Van De Walker style wise, sure. I would still argue they are more similar than not, even down to the aspect warrior training camps vs the elves units (lion, Phoenix, etc) but again that...

@William Redford Bro, I own examples of both and the 40k elves are very clearly space Japanese (they have Katanas, nagitanas, shurikan gun and samurai flags, not to mention the body hugging armor),...

@Caratacus Actually VSF /steampunk gaming tends to be more in the mid19th to early 20th century (mostly Victorian and early Edwardian same time frame as the Sherlock Holms stories) and so too are...

@Brian Van De Walker  The only non traditional dwarves I ever really liked were the Gully dwarves from Dragon Lance... but like I said, I'm not really passionate on the subject.   Now ...

@Benjamin Hayward I agree they should be done with cross genre gaming mind, I also feel the same way about the other classic races (ie the WFB/LOTR races) particularly since blackpowder fantasy set...

Oh and I do enjoy some Weird West dwarf... Reaper produced one model I am using with very light conversion in my neo W40K setting.. the famed Olav Gunderson Dwarf Gambler

Kickstarter link This looks really awesome. Figured someone might be interested. I know Paolo Parente had some of these characters in a guest box In Zombicide Black Plague.., which i do have and t...

@Benjamin Hayward  As a matter of facts, I do like the WFB 2nd Dwarves because they were supposed to be quite a motley race depending of the human civilization they lived close to. So: Kar...

@Caratacus ... :( we were promised a gnome thread... I see no gnome thread! you tease! 

The balancing act is that the dwarves would need to be unique enough that it would give people a reason to buy them over whatever is already available, and be something that people would ...

@Steven StGeorges those alpine gnomes are interesting. Undead gnomes too. :)

.. and speaking of Gnomes, just pay a visit to Old School Miniatures and be amazed: https://www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk/alpine-gnomes-3-c.asp Oh and check their Chaos Dwarves range... so funky ...

@William Redford  No trouble about Mr Redford. They are awesome sculpts when compared to old C Series or N14 Ogres. The Mongol look was already part of the latter by the way, mixed with some ...

@Steven StGeorges The GW mongol ogres... I actually like them... I know, I know... I am not sure why i like them, but I do... :(

Japanese Dwarf? Like that one taken from DakkaDakka forum I think Citadel released a Ninja Dwarf too...  Could be interested in a Japanse Dwarf army...  @William Redford  But O...

@William Redford It'll be easy enough to make Gnomes distinct from Halflings (beards and normal sized, booted feet rather than pudgy round faces and unshod Hobbit feet), Dwarves less so, but pointe...

@Caratacus Oh, and I voted for Landsknecht ogres. As to why? The idea does seem absurd, but I remember the old GW empire army book had an option for Ogres. The thought of brutish ogres serving in ...

@Caratacus Now gnomes would be fun. But they would have to be distinct enough from dwarves as well as WA and Mantic's Halflings. You should start another thread with your ideas for gnomes. Maybe ma...

I like my Dwarfs (with Warhammer Fantasy Dwarfs being my first ever miniature army and Middle-Earth Dwarves also having a big place in my heart, I would be a hypocrite not to say it), but I honestl...

@Grumpy Gnome Aha, I've noticed Koyote's Irish chariot was made for use in the early Dark Ages/late Antiquity, i.e. Arthurian era, for use in SAGA's Age of Invasions rules. That makes sense gi...

@Lord Marcus will probably need 2 more boxes, but not anytime soon. But when I do, it will likely be from you. 

@Caratacus I actually havent given it much thought. I have a box of Irish and still have 2 full sprues left. I didnt really have a purpose for them when I got them, but the models look great so i ...

@Brian Van De Walker All that sounds good. But, would wild west dwarves or Japanese Dwarves be attractive enough that people would buy them? Or buy them in the numbers that viking dwarves would be?...

I am not sure about historical accuracy but if you like coolthentic Irish, I would recommend looking at Koyote’s work over on Lead Adventure. His WGA Irish may be of particular interest here....

I'm pleased these have finally been released. I'm not fond of the Imperial look of some of the heads, but I'm sure some of the heads have helmets that are closer to the Iron Hills Dwarves from the ...

@William Redford Which faction do you intend to use the chariots for? Because I think only the Picts still used Chariots by the time of the Dark Ages/Early Medieval period. I thought the Irish only...

@Brian Van De Walker I think that makes more sense given the whole premise of those firearms was to allow the Lizardmen to be customised to be enemies in Colonial-era warfare for games like In Her ...

@Brian Van De Walker Thanks for clarifying, I'll certainly be interested to see the full extent of these differences when the Army Builder set comes out.

@H M GW haven't done very much for their Empire range at all since AoS came round, and given Cities of Sigmar is just a 'catch-all' army list for all the legacy Fantasy stuff that they're not inter...

@William Redford Thanks!

do you happen to need more conquistadors?

@Stephen Sutton @William Redford@Steven StGeorges Guys I disagree with you since elves and dwarves can and often are inserted everywhere in D&D and elsewhere. What’s more you find &ldquo...

Hey, guys, I don’t know how to say this but I just figured out this last week that all the muskets in the lizardmen box are not flintlocks but actually percussion cap which don’t really...

@JTam AHAHAHAHA!!!  Solid GOLD! 🤣🤣🤣

Ohh... F...k....I forgot it... 🤬 Sorry... to much easterdays... please excuse me...

Picture of some supporting metal miniatures: "Join the Highlanders!  The kilt is unparalleled garment for fornicating and defecating!"

The Pork Chop Sandwiches GI Joe Infomercials are probably the best thing to ever come out of GI Joe. Pork Chop Sandwiches Dockside Bars And if those wet your whistle.... here is the 16 minut...

@Benjamin Hayward  Their "Rise of Democracy" line seems just the ticket: https://tradersgalaxy.com.au/product-category/rise-of-the-democracy/

This gentleman has all kinds of appropriate files: https://www.thingiverse.com/jabberwock/designs OK.... I didn't even know the Cobra Sea Rattler was a thing till now.... but that is bad a*s....

@William Redford  Still BIG progress! Is there only 4 one handed sword arms on the sprue?  That is fairly limiting.  

@William Redford  You're absolutely right.   I ASSumed "Hammerers would have to be a seperate more heavily armored kit.  But on closer inspection the "Hammerers" and  "...

Sounds right-on!  Trader's Galaxy has its Not Wars game, which is basically "Saturday Morning Cartoon Royal Rumble" -- Transformers, GI Joe, DinoRiders, M.A.S.K., etc., but I believe it's 6mm ...

@William Redford  Those Ramriders could be quite a good alternative for GW the Hobbit Iron Dwarf army.. especially when compared to Scibor models. 

@Steven StGeorges That pic is nice. I dont mind the rams, but they arent for everyone.  @Blutze I like the proportions on them. But probably because I never really liked the GW dwarves. Thes...

Here is a thread I had created for it over on dakka. Fireforge Dwarf Kickstarter Ok, those size comparisons kill them for me. Way not stunty enough. And their gear is... well not excessively hol...

Ok... going down the rabbit hole.  If you buy 2 boxes of Arqubusiers... and 1 cavalry box.  You could make  * 24x with Arquebus * 3 with double pistols (from the command sprues)&...

@William Redford  I do love the Riders but not the mounts .. too close to the last Hobbit movie to my mind. And most of Giant Boars available are too Orcish, so not a chance to depict that aw...

If you get 3 boxes of hammers and 1 box of cavalry. You would get * 12x  one handed axe from the infantry boxes * 12x  2 handed axe from the infantry boxes * 4x one handed axe from the...

@JTam 12 for $20 is not horrible if you compare to GW... but oathmark is 30 for $30. A box of 12 is useful if you are doing like a Frostgrave warband... but if you are making a unit of 30... then ...